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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Pep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawkins comes to the cage accompanied by Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck . Frankie Pep told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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144 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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169 cm
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145 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richard Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frankie Pep!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pep misses with an uppercut
and Pep takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dawkins misses with the body kick
and Pep counters with a nice uppercut.
Pep moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dawkins looks to land a body kick but Pep moved away.
Dawkins scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dawkins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pep.
Pep takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dawkins throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pep counters with a three punch combo that has Dawkins backing up. Dawkins nods at Pep to acknowledge the strikes.
Dawkins thows a leg kick but Pep checks it
and Pep counters with a body kick.
Dawkins misses with a body kick.
Pep throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dawkins counters with a good, hard body kick but Pep shrugs it off.
Pep throws an off balance right hand
and Dawkins counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dawkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dawkins is looking to chop away at Pep's legs.
Pep throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dawkins counters with a nice leg kick.
Pep misses with a hook
and Dawkins counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins lands a nice looking body kick.
Pep throws an off balance right hand
and Dawkins counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dawkins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pep connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dawkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Frankie Pep is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pep stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dawkins.
Pep wants to slow Dawkins down by chopping away at his legs.
Pep rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dawkins counters with a right hand to the body.
Dawkins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pep.
Pep takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pep pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dawkins is out of range and Pep settles back down.
Dawkins throws a nice inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Dawkins.
Pep is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dawkins.
Pep misses with a right hand
and Dawkins counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pep tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dawkins.
Pep looks gassed!
A head kick misses from Dawkins.
Dawkins is looking to slow Pep down with leg kicks.
Pep fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawkins manages to avoid it.
Dawkins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dawkins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dawkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Pep walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dawkins.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawkins moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pep takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dawkins plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dawkins throws a body kick that misses.
Dawkins scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dawkins throws a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dawkins. Pep shrugs it off though.
Dawkins throws a series of strikes that have Pep backpedaling.
Dawkins with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dawkins. That's going to slow Pep down.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dawkins!
Dawkins connects with a leg kick. Pep looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dawkins with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dawkins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pep's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dawkins - that will leave a mark!
Dawkins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dawkins pushes Pep up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dawkins.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dawkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pep backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dawkins.
Dawkins lands a shot to the body.
Pep has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dawkins.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dawkins.
Dawkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Pep.
A head punch on the inside from Dawkins fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pep swings wildly with an uppercut but Dawkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dawkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pep blocks the elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dawkins.
A hook to the body from Pep.
Dawkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dawkins misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Dawkins.
Dawkins lands a damaging elbow.
Dawkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dawkins lands a nice elbow.
Dawkins has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Pep uses from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pep avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dawkins had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pep defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawkins keeping moving, preventing Pep from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Dawkins dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dawkins throws a sloppy head kick and Pep moves out of range easily.
Pep fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dawkins throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dawkins scores with a leg kick.
Dawkins throws a body kick that misses.
Dawkins cracks the inside of Pep's front leg.
A head kick misses from Dawkins.
Dawkins lands with a shot to the body.
Dawkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pep swivels and escapes.
Dawkins throws a leg kick
and Pep counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dawkins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pep's calf.
Pep misses with a right hand
and Dawkins counters with a left and a right that stings Pep.
Dawkins is looking to wear down Pep with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dawkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pep.
Dawkins cracks a nice hook into Pep's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dawkins connects with a leg kick. Pep looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pep misses with an uppercut
and Dawkins counters by clinching up.
Pep tries a body shot but Dawkins blocks it.
Dawkins trying to control the position but instead, Pep has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dawkins into the cage.
Pep scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dawkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dawkins is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dawkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dawkins trying to land knees to the body.
Dawkins tries to pull guard but Pep holds him up against the cage and eventually Dawkins drops back down to his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dawkins.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pep.
Pep is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dawkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dawkins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pep.
Dawkins manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pep wants to control from the top but Dawkins keeps moving.
Pep tries to free his leg and advance position but Dawkins is retaining full guard.
Dawkins is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pep is aware though and is defending well.
Pep trying to control the position from guard on top but Dawkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Frankie Pep was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Pep throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dawkins counters with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Dawkins.
Pep looks to throw the jab but Dawkins is out of range.
Dawkins connects with a single shot there.
Dawkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pep's sensitive parts.
Pep throws a jab but it's blocked by Dawkins.
Richard Dawkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dawkins, right into the meat.
Pep misses with a two punch combination.
Pep jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pep checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dawkins has closed the distance and engaged Pep in a clinch.
Pep misses with a punch on the inside.
Dawkins misses with the head strike.
Pep can't find room to land a body shot as Dawkins controls the action.
Pep misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pep is working Dawkins over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good body shot from Pep.
Dawkins is looking to control Pep's arms but Pep gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dawkins has his back to the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dawkins.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pep creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dawkins fails to land.
Pep blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dawkins lands a body shot.
Pep lands a good knee to the midsection. Dawkins won't want to take too many of those.
Pep tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dawkins avoids it.
Pep is leaning against Dawkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pep lands a right hand.
A short left from Pep.
Pep tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dawkins avoids it.
Pep throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dawkins lands an elbow just above Pep 's eye.
Pep makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dawkins misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Pep.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pep is trying to maintain a safe position but Dawkins gets an underhook and turns Pep into the cage.
Pep is working Dawkins over against the cage.
Dawkins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dawkins misses with some punches.
Pep lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pep lands a shot to the body.
Pep content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pep working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frankie Pep will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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 is the final round!
Dawkins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dawkins misses with a kick to the body
and Pep counters with a left and a right that stings Dawkins.
Dawkins checks a low kick from Pep.
Dawkins throws a low kick, looking for Pep's leg but Pep calmly moves out of range.
Pep throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pep misses with an uppercut.
Dawkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dawkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Pep circles away.
Pep misses with a hook
and Dawkins counters with a thumping low kick.
Pep takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dawkins. Pep does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dawkins misses with a head kick.
Pep lands a jab to the head.
Dawkins misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pep misses with a left hand
and Dawkins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pep's knee momentarily.
Pep takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dawkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pep's sensitive parts.
Richard Dawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pep throws a poor cross that misses
and Dawkins counters with a body kick.
Pep misses with a left hand
and Dawkins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pep misses with the combination.
Dawkins slips a jab from Pep.
Pep throws a poor cross that misses
and Dawkins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Pep is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Dawkins defending well as Pep loads up on a big left hand.
Dawkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pep swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dawkins makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pep really felt that one!
Pep checks a low kick from Dawkins.
Pep rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dawkins makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pep really felt that one!
Dawkins scores with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Pep wants to land a leg kick but Dawkins is out of range.
Dawkins swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pep.
Dawkins throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pep circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dawkins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pep.
Dawkins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dawkins lands an overhand right.
Dawkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dawkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pep sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dawkins.
Dawkins looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pep throws a lazy uppercut
and Dawkins makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pep.
Dawkins scores with a leg kick.
Pep throws a lazy uppercut
and Dawkins counters with an outside leg kick.
Pep throws a right hand that misses
and Dawkins counters by clinching up.
Dawkins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pep's defenses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dawkins.
Dawkins lands an elbow that stopped Pep in his tracks for a moment.
Pep lands an uppercut.
Pep blocks an uppercut.
Pep blocking some punches.
Dawkins lands with a right to the head.
Dawkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dawkins lands a nice elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dawkins scores a nice knee to the body.
Dawkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pep throws an elbow but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Dawkins.
Dawkins looking for a takedown.
Dawkins pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pep takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Dawkins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pep walks away with a smile on his face. Dawkins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dawkins misses with a kick to the body
and Pep counters with a nice body kick.
Pep throws an overhand right that lands on Dawkins's shoulder, as Dawkins tries to avoid the shot.
Pep scores with the left hand. Dawkins knows he should have avoided that one.
A punch combination from Pep misses.
Pep throws a poor cross that misses
and Dawkins counters with a body kick that stops Pep in his tracks momentarily.
Dawkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dawkins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Pep.
Dawkins throws out a leg kick but Pep moves out of range and Dawkins only half commits.
Pep chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dawkins can pounce on him.
Pep throws a series of punches but Dawkins moves out of range.
Pep avoids the head kick by Dawkins.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Dawkins showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dawkins 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Dawkins!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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