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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arianne Mitzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arianne Mitzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andrew Jackson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitzi closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Mitzi pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jackson slips a straight right by Mitzi.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mitzi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mitzi cracks Jackson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jackson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Mitzi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jackson prevents Mitzi from improving position.
Jackson throws Mitzi to one side and escapes!
Mitzi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mitzi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mitzi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson stuffs the takedown attempt from Mitzi. Mitzi gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arianne Mitzi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mitzi looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
Mitzi closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Mitzi pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Mitzi or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
Jackson scores a takedown into full mount!
Jackson tries to control but Mitzi wriggling away.
Mitzi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson punching from mount but Mitzi doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Mitzi tries to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Mitzi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jackson tries to control but Mitzi wriggling away.
Mitzi avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jackson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitzi holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jackson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jackson wants to control but Mitzi has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Mitzi is positioning himself well to prevent Jackson advancing to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jackson trying to control from Mitzi's half guard. Mitzi has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jackson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jackson forces his way into half guard.
Mitzi keeps control of the position for the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Arianne Mitzi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jackson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mitzi won't allow Jackson to get back to his feet.
Jackson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mitzi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jackson's head.
Mitzi gets to his feet - Jackson follows without any prompting.
Horrible takedown by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Mitzi which made him look bad.
Mitzi misses with a takedown attempt
and Jackson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mitzi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt - Mitzi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mitzi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jackson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mitzi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Arianne Mitzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitzi has his takedown stuffed
and Jackson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jackson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arianne Mitzi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mitzi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jackson is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mitzi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jackson trying to control but Mitzi is working from the bottom.
Jackson tries to free his leg and advance position but Mitzi is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mitzi trying to control the position here.
Mitzi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mitzi tries to get out of the position.
Jackson thows a big elbow that misses.
Mitzi keeping full guard, as Jackson tries to pass.
Jackson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mitzi misses with a body shot.
Mitzi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jackson moves into the clinch.
Jackson manages to pull guard.
Mitzi stops Jackson from standing up.
Mitzi lands a couple of digs.
Mitzi wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mitzi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Arianne Mitzi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mitzi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mitzi advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mitzi tries to advance to mount but can't.
Mitzi grinds an elbow into Jackson's temple.
Mitzi working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mitzi scoring with punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mitzi advances nicely into full mount.
Mitzi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mitzi looking to control but Jackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jackson is bucking up trying to escape but Mitzi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arianne Mitzi dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mitzi throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mitzi is in Jackson's guard.
Mitzi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
Jackson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mitzi pushing down on Jackson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Mitzi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mitzi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mitzi working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mitzi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jackson keeps working.
Mitzi is really struggling to control Jackson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mitzi working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitzi is trying to work for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Mitzi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mitzi moves nicely into side control.
Mitzi is putting a hurting on Jackson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Check out the look on Mitzi's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mitzi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitzi is working Jackson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mitzi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jackson keeps working.
Mitzi tries to advance to mount but Jackson denies him.
Mitzi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mitzi lands some shots froms side control.
Mitzi trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Mitzi lands a few punches from side control.
Mitzi lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mitzi passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Jackson!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitzi is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Jackson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Jackson shrugs it off.
A nice elbow there by Mitzi.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Mitzi content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by Mitzi.
Mitzi with shots to the head and body - Jackson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mitzi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mitzi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitzi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jackson looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Mitzi.
Mitzi trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mitzi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mitzi raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mitzi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Andrew Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arianne Mitzi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jackson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arianne Mitzi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mitzi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arianne Mitzi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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