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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Newsom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fenton Meeks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Newsom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fenton Meeks!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meeks throws a right and a left that Newsom avoids nicely.
Newsom fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Newsom avoids a punch combination nicely.
Newsom thuds his right hand into Meeks's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Newsom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Newsom throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Newsom showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Meeks.
Newsom scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Newsom lands with an uppercut that bounces Meeks off the cage and back into rage.
Meeks doesn't manage to clinch there - Newsom circles away.
Meeks blocks the body kick.
Newsom lands with a good body shot.
Newsom connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Meeks momentarily.
Meeks walks into a jab.
Newsom misses with the combination.
Newsom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Newsom lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Meeks misses with a hook.
Meeks tries to clinch but Newsom moves out of range.
Meeks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newsom moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Newsom lands a body shot.
Meeks misses with a hook to the body
and Newsom counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Meeks throws a right and a left that Newsom avoids nicely.
Meeks darts in trying to clinch
and Meeks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fenton Meeks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newsom jabs at Meeks's body.
Newsom scores with a nice right hand.
Newsom defending well as Meeks loads up on a big left hand.
Newsom scores with a jab.
Meeks tries to clinch up but Newsom circles away and keeps his distance.
Newsom with a jab.
Meeks fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Meeks throws a hook but Newsom avoids it easily.
Meeks clinches up with Newsom and pushes him back against the cage.
Meeks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Newsom wants to get back to striking at distance but Meeks won't allow it.
Newsom is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Meeks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Newsom's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Newsom's elbow.
Newsom looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Meeks is working Newsom over against the cage.
Newsom wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Newsom wants to break free but Meeks has control.
Meeks leaning against his opponent.
Newsom wants to get back to striking at distance but Meeks won't allow it.
Meeks stalling against the cage.
Meeks pushes Newsom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Newsom wants to break the clinch but can't.
Newsom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meeks misses with a hook to the body
enabling Newsom to counter with a crisp jab.
Meeks pushes Newsom up against the cage in a clinch.
Newsom tries to circle away but Meeks has him pinned against the cage.
Meeks lands a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Meeks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meeks tries to break free but Newsom pushes him back against the cage.
Meeks slowing the pace effectively.
Meeks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Meeks prevents Newsom from breaking the clinch.
Newsom is trying to break the clinch but Meeks has him pressed against the cage.
Newsom wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Meeks has him pressed against the cage.
Newsom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Meeks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Newsom circles away from the clinch attempt
and Newsom counters with a three punch combo that has Meeks backing up. Meeks nods at Newsom to acknowledge the strikes.
Meeks looks gassed!
Newsom throws a low kick, looking for Meeks's leg but Meeks calmly moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Newsom.
Meeks pushes Newsom up against the cage in a clinch.
Newsom tries to circle away but Meeks has him pinned against the cage.
Meeks has Newsom pressed against the cage, preventing Newsom from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Newsom wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Meeks misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Meeks.
Meeks scores with a hook to the body.
Meeks swings wildly with an uppercut but Newsom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meeks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newsom backwards.
Meeks leaning his opponent against the cage.
Newsom breaks the clinch.
Newsom with a jab.
Meeks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Newsom is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Newsom throws a body kick that misses.
Meeks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Newsom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meeks doesn't manage to clinch there - Newsom circles away.
Newsom tries to move into range but Meeks moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Meeks moves forwards but Newsom connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Meeks is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Newsom.
A left lands for Newsom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Newsom dominated that round.
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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Newsom.
Newsom keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Newsom stalling in the clinch but Meeks improves position.
Nice body punch from Meeks - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Meeks.
Meeks is stalling here.
Newsom wants to get back to striking at distance but Meeks won't allow it.
Meeks works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Meeks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Meeks stalling against the cage.
Meeks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Meeks stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Meeks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Newsom backwards.
Meeks digs a right hand underneath Newsom's ribcage. Newsom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newsom is looking to break free of the clinch but Meeks has double underhooks.
Newsom keeps control of Meeks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Meeks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Newsom backwards.
Meeks lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Meeks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Meeks lands a body shot.
Meeks is trying to break the clinch but Newsom has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Meeks.
Meeks digs a right hand underneath Newsom's ribcage. Newsom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Meeks has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Newsom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meeks gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big right from Meeks misses.
Meeks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Meeks lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Meeks.
Newsom working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks stalls.
Meeks presses Newsom against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Meeks lands a body punch in the clinch.
Meeks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Meeks lands with a light punch inside.
Meeks scores with a hook to the body.
Meeks lands a body shot in the clinch.
Meeks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Newsom up against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Meeks lands a nice shot to the body.
Meeks pushes Newsom back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Meeks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Newsom scores with a hook to the body. Meeks takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Meeks misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meeks tries to clinch there but Newsom circles away.
Newsom comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Meeks closes the distance looking to clinch
and Newsom counters with a left to the body.
Meeks scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Newsom doesn't seem bothered though.
Newsom darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Newsom scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Meeks doesn't seem bothered though.
Meeks misses with a jab to the body
and Meeks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Meeks tries to close the distance and clinch but Newsom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meeks on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Newsom cracks Meeks with an open hand slap.
Newsom scores with a punch to the head.
Meeks is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Newsom rather than just go for the knockout.
Meeks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Newsom.
Newsom lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Newsom scores with a jab to the body.
Meeks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Newsom circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meeks misses with a double jab
and Newsom counters with a three punch combo that has Meeks backing up. Meeks nods at Newsom to acknowledge the strikes.
Newsom lands the left hand.
Newsom fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Newsom lands a jab to the nose.
Newsom connects with a good right hand that stumbles Meeks. Meeks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Newsom lands a jab to the nose.
Meeks walks into a stiff left hand from Newsom.
Newsom getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Newsom scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Newsom cracks a nice hook into Meeks's ribs.
Meeks misses with a combination
and Newsom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meeks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Newsom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Newsom lands with an overhand left.
Meeks with a nice cross.
Meeks tries to move into range but Newsom moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fenton Meeks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Newsom scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Newsom scores with a body shot.
Meeks wants to clinch.
Meeks misses with a hook. Newsom ducked under it nicely.
Meeks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meeks takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Newsom swinging wildly here.
Newsom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Newsom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Meeks misses.
Newsom on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big right from Meeks misses.
Meeks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Meeks takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Newsom lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Meeks at a distance.
Newsom throws a head kick but Meeks moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meeks smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Newsom connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Meeks falls off balance throwing a combination
and Newsom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Newsom as he connects with a hook.
Meeks wants to clinch up but Newsom keeps it at a distance.
Newsom misses with a series of wild punches.
Newsom scores with a jab to the jaw.
Newsom throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Newsom lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Newsom wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Newsom moves out of range as Meeks strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meeks. Newsom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Newsom throws a leg kick but Meeks checks it.
Newsom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A big right from Meeks misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newsom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meeks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Newsom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Newsom circles away from the clinch attempt
and Newsom counters with a stiff right hand.
Newsom catches Meeks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Newsom throws a shot to the body.
Newsom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Newsom jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Newsom scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Newsom lands a glancing blow to the side of Meeks's head.
Meeks moves out of range of the body kick.
Newsom connects with a crisp jab.
Meeks lands with a nice combination. Newsom backs away looking to recover.
Newsom lands a body shot.
Newsom jabs at Meeks's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meeks closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Newsom comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meeks gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Newsom.
Newsom getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Newsom bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Meeks's head backwards.
Newsom tries a head kick but it misses.
Meeks walks into a jab.
Newsom lands a two punch combo.
Meeks takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Meeks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Newsom connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Meeks's hands.
Chris Newsom is winning the standup battle so far.
Newsom swinging wildly here.
Newsom scores with a nice strike.
Newsom works over Meeks's head and body with a nice combination.
Newsom changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Meeks tries to clinch but Newsom moves away
and Newsom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Meeks thows a body shot but no joy.
Newsom throws a leg kick but Meeks moved away.
Fenton Meeks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newsom lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Newsom connects with a single shot there.
Newsom lands a jab.
Newsom fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Meeks on the side of the head.
Meeks gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Newsom.
Meeks misses with a two punch combination.
Newsom is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Meeks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Newsom connects with a nice looking jab.
Newsom fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good shot there by Newsom.
Newsom lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meeks moves in looking to clinch but Newsom pushes him off.
Meeks checks a low kick from Newsom.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meeks. Newsom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Newsom lands with a right hand.
Newsom cracks Meeks with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Newsom showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Newsom has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Newsom!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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