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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gom Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cale Prosser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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282 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gom Burza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cale Prosser!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Burza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prosser misses with a takedown attempt - Burza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Prosser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burza tries to clinch up but Prosser circles away and keeps his distance.
Prosser lands the left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prosser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gom Burza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prosser misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Burza tries to clinch but Prosser is having none of it.
Burza tries to clinch but Prosser moves out of range.
Burza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prosser manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burza is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza is looking to clinch but Prosser is avoiding it.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prosser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prosser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burza tries to clinch up but Prosser circles away and keeps his distance.
Prosser shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Burza pinned against the cage. Burza gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gom Burza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cale Prosser.
Burza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burza looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Prosser keeps the fight on the outside.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Prosser paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prosser circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two 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.
Burza goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Prosser lands a jab.
Burza tries to clinch up but Prosser circles away and keeps his distance.
Burza tries to clinch up.
Prosser feints and as Burza raises his hands in defense, Prosser changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prosser stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Prosser trying to control but Burza is working from the bottom.
Burza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prosser is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Prosser will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Burza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burza doesn't manage to clinch there - Prosser circles away.
Burza moves in looking to clinch but Prosser pushes him off.
Burza tries to clinch up but Prosser circles away and keeps his distance.
Gom Burza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch but Prosser swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prosser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burza tries to clinch up.
No luck for Prosser with that takedown attempt.
Burza tries a head kick but it misses.
Burza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prosser manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burza doesn't manage to clinch there - Prosser circles away.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Prosser paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burza leaves Prosser with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Prosser tries for a takedown but Burza sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cale Prosser dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Burza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cale Prosser is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prosser manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burza tries to clinch up but Prosser circles away and keeps his distance.
Burza tries to clinch but Prosser is having none of it.
Burza tries to clinch up.
Burza tries to clinch but Prosser is having none of it.
Burza wants to clinch up but Prosser keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burza walks into a straight right hand from Prosser.
Burza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Prosser misses with a few strikes there.
Prosser keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prosser circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prosser blocks a head kick by Burza.
Burza tries to clinch up.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prosser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prosser manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burza moves in looking to clinch but Prosser pushes him off.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prosser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Prosser manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Prosser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burza fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Burza tries to clinch up but Prosser circles away and keeps his distance.
Burza doesn't manage to clinch there - Prosser circles away.
Prosser closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Burza to the mat! Burza manages to get full guard.
Burza keeping full guard, as Prosser tries to pass.
Burza might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Prosser seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Burza keeping full guard, as Prosser tries to pass.
Prosser controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Prosser wants to pass the guard but Burza is keeping the position.
Cale Prosser has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prosser is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burza closes the distance but Prosser moves to the side
and Prosser counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Burza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Prosser trying to control the position from guard on top but Burza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prosser is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burza wants to get back to his feet but Prosser passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cale Prosser showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Burza wants to clinch
and Prosser counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burza looks to clinch
so Prosser counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Prosser accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Burza being controlled here, momentarily.
Prosser trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Prosser trying to control the position from guard on top but Burza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prosser trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prosser connects with a couple of short punches.
Burza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Prosser is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Prosser wants to control from the top but Burza keeps moving.
Prosser passes Burza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Burza trying to control but Prosser postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prosser lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Burza is trying to stand up here but Prosser is controlling him well.
Prosser not doing much here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prosser prevents Burza from improving his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Burza tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Prosser counters with a nice double leg into side control. Burza won't be happy with that.
Burza is trying to improve his position.
Prosser misses with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prosser moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Prosser wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burza keeps working.
Prosser is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Burza seems a little lost for a moment, as Prosser dominates the positioning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cale Prosser comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Prosser has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cale Prosser!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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