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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Ernst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Do!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Ernst!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do shoots in for a takedown but Ernst shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Do tries for a takedown but Ernst sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Do drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ernst moves into range and clinches up with Do.
Ernst tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ernst landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Do is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ernst comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like John Do has been cut.
Ernst breaks from the clinch.
A solid body kick from Ernst.
Ernst gets a clinch.
Ernst digs a right hand into Do's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Do's gas tank.
Ernst lands an elbow that stopped Do in his tracks for a moment.
Ernst connects with a knee to the head.
Ernst lands a nice shot to the body.
Ernst connects with a nasty looking knee right to Do's face.
Nice body punch from Ernst - that landed with a thud.
Ernst gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ernst escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ernst pushes Do up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ernst.
Ernst lands a damaging elbow.
Ernst landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ernst manages to break the clinch.
A big head kick from Ernst and Do is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Do is rocked!
John Do's cut is getting worse.
Ernst slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Oh Do is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ernst pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Do is keeping the position for now.
Do seems to have got his legs back now.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Paul Ernst hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ernst.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ernst throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Do on the side of the head.
Ernst wants to clinch.
Ernst gets a clinch.
Ernst throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ernst connects with a knee to the head.
Ernst stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ernst scores a nice knee to the body.
Ernst breaks the clinch.
Ernst lands the left hand.
Ernst gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ernst displaying some good clinch control by pressing Do up against the cage.
Ernst putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Do in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ernst breaks from the clinch.
Ernst pushes Do up against the cage in a clinch.
Ernst stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ernst just leaning against Do, taking a breather.
Ernst connects with a nasty looking knee right to Do's face.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ernst makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Ernst.
Ernst lands a knee to the head.
John Do's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ernst with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Ernst.
Ernst connects with a knee to the head.
Ernst stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ernst landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Ernst.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ernst lands a nice elbow.
A short right from Ernst on the inside.
Ernst creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Do's defenses.
A knee to the head by Ernst.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ernst.
Ernst lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ernst with a knee to the head.
Ernst lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ernst lands a knee to the head.
Ernst lands a nice knee to the body.
Ernst unloads a knee to the mid-section. Do lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ernst scores with a knee to the head.
Do takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ernst breaks from the clinch.
Ernst takes the fight into the clinch.
Ernst stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Ernst dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Do's cut.
That's time! Do's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Do shoots in looking for a takedown but Ernst manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Do's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ernst wants to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Ernst as Do shoots in.
Ernst tries to clinch up but Do circles away and keeps his distance.
Ernst moves in looking to clinch but Do pushes him off.
Ernst tries to clinch but Do is having none of it.
Do throws a head kick but Ernst moves out of range.
Ernst slaps away a takedown attempt from Do, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Do. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ernst tries to close the distance and clinch up but Do swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ernst tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Do bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ernst tries to bench press Do off him but Do keeps the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do wants to control but Ernst is keeping him busy.
Ernst avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Do.
Do throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Do in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Ernst's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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.
Ernst is looking to reverse the position.
Do postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ernst tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Do landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ernst has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Do trying to control the position but Ernst is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Do seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Do looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ernst is avoiding damage well.
Ernst struggling a bit here.
Do trying to control the position but Ernst is working away.
Ernst tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ernst really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Do. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Do tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ernst defending against the ground and pound.
Ernst avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Do.
Do looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Do tries for a kimura but Ernst is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Do dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Do's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Do has his takedown stuffed
and Ernst moves into the clinch.
Ernst just leaning against Do, taking a breather.
Do takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ernst lands an elbow just above Do 's eye.
Ernst misses with a knee strike.
Ernst stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ernst stops a takedown attempt from Do.
Do takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ernst.
Ernst scores with a shoulder strike.
Ernst unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ernst lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ernst.
Ernst with a knee to the head.
Do takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ernst unloads a knee to the mid-section. Do lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ernst's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ernst doesn't manage to clinch there - Do circles away.
Ernst has closed the distance and engaged Do in a clinch.
Ernst landing knees to the head.
Paul Ernst seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ernst connects with a knee to the head.
Do takes an elbow to the temple.
Ernst breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Do circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ernst tries to clinch up
and Do counters with a single leg into guard. Ernst didn't expect that.
Ernst is pulling down on Do's head. It's preventing any offense from Do, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Ernst is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ernst trying to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ernst can do anything to dispel that myth.
Do wants to control from the top but Ernst keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ernst tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Do. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ernst as he avoids it easily.
Do fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ernst thumps Do with a low kick.
Ernst darts in and clinches Do up against the cage.
Ernst lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ernst lands an elbow inside that Do shrugs off.
Ernst landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Do takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Ernst.
Ernst landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ernst scores a nice knee to the body.
Ernst pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ernst is looking to clinch but Do is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ernst thuds his shin into the meat of Do's side.
Ernst closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ernst lands a nice knee to the body.
Do goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ernst prevents it.
Do takes an elbow to the temple.
Ernst landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ernst landing knees to the body.
Ernst scores with a shot to the side of Do's head.
Stalling in the clinch from Ernst.
Ernst working Do over with knees to the body.
Ernst lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do jumps guard but Ernst stands there with Do around his waist. Do gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Do really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nice elbow from Ernst.
Ernst displaying some good clinch control by pressing Do up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Ernst comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ernst has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 27:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Ernst!
Paul Ernst is the new middleweight champion!
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