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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crusty Pelican (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by All My Life. Joe Man could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Crusty Pelican's chin.
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155 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
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154 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Crusty Pelican!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelican loads up on a big right hand but Man slips the punch.
Man misses with a shot to the body
and Pelican connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pelican uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.
Pelican thumps Man with a low kick.
Pelican uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Pelican throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Man jabs at Pelican's body.
Some wild striking there from Man.
Man misses with a double jab
and Pelican counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A swing and a miss from Pelican.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pelican counters with a left and a right that stings Man.
Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Man lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Man throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Man misses the shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Man.
Man lands a head kick. Pelican smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A clash of legs there as Pelican blocks the low kick.
Man misses with a left hand
enabling Pelican to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a lunging right hand
and Pelican counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Pelican postures up in Man's guard and throws a big left but Man blocks it.
Pelican postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Pelican passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pelican grinds an elbow into Man's temple.
Man managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Pelican.
Pelican working the head with strikes.
Pelican sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Man is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pelican is working Man over with some ground and pound from side control.
Man struggling a bit here.
Pelican cracks Man with a big right hand but Man just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man dodges the ground and pound from Pelican.
Man managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Pelican.
Pelican looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Man is avoiding damage well.
Pelican trying to control the action but Man is working from the bottom.
Pelican throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pelican scoring with punches and elbows.
Pelican working away.
Pelican tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pelican has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pelican scores with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Pelican are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Pelican tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Man manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Pelican missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Man is trying to get back to full guard.
Man is breathing heavily.
Pelican is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Man has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pelican seems to be working for a kimura but Man defends the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pelican scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crusty Pelican dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Pelican moves out of range easily.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Pelican counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Man stalks Pelican and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pelican's face. Pelican staggers backwards, shaken.
Man misses with a double jab.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pelican avoids the head kick by Man.
Pelican takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Joe Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pelican counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pelican.
Man is trying to keep Pelican in close.
Man keeping moving, preventing Pelican from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelican throwing strikes but missing.
Pelican stops Man from standing up.
Pelican postures up in Man's guard and throws a big left but Man blocks it.
Pelican throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pelican's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pelican has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pelican with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pelican missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Man trying to control the position.
Pelican throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Man works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pelican pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Man is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pelican keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Man's head.
Pelican chips away with some ground and pound.
Pelican missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pelican lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Man trying to keep a closed guard but Pelican is proving a slippery customer.
Pelican keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Man's head.
Pelican throws a strike but Man rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Man avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pelican is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Man is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelican bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Man's guard.
Pelican trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pelican working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pelican postures up and lands a big shot to Man's brow.
Pelican throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
Pelican wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.
Man looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pelican throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Man works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pelican throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
Pelican connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelican missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Man avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pelican landing with the ground and pound.
Man is trying to hold Pelican in close to prevent damage but Pelican has managed to pass into half guard.
Pelican is working for a kimura but Man is defending it quite comfortably.
Pelican missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pelican throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crusty Pelican showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Pelican blocks a head kick by Man.
An inside leg kick lands from Man.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pelican makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pelican is looking to chop away at Man's legs.
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Man misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pelican scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pelican throws a jab when Man was well out of range.
Man takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pelican is out of range and Man settles back down.
Man scores with a three punch combo!
Man throws a leg kick but Pelican sees it coming and moves out of range.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pelican makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Man looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Man throws a leg kick
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pelican checks a low kick from Man.
Man slips a straight right by Pelican.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice defenses there by Man.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelican.
Man misses with a leg kick
enabling Pelican to counter with a crisp jab.
A low kick from Man misses
and Pelican counters with a right hand to the body.
Man on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Pelican decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Man's guard.
Pelican trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man keeping moving, preventing Pelican from controlling successfully.
Pelican trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pelican postures up in Man's guard and throws a big left but Man blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelican stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Man swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pelican works over Man with some ground and pound from guard.
Man avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pelican trying to control the position from guard on top but Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pelican is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pelican trying to control but Man is working from the bottom.
Pelican postures up in Man's guard and throws a big left but Man blocks it.
Man is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pelican missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pelican working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelican postures up and lands a big shot to Man's brow.
Pelican sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Man's guard.
Man is looking for a sweep. Pelican is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Man is refusing to be controlled, as Pelican sits in half guard.
Pelican sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.
Pelican missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Crusty Pelican is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crusty Pelican has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pelican throwing shots but Man is blocking nicely.
Joe Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pelican thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pelican missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pelican throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pelican is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Man is not content to let Pelican control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Crusty Pelican comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pelican 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 John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crusty Pelican!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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