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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Man Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cage kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cornbread, 'lasses And Sassafrass Tea. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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220 lbs
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210 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Man Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Boxer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boxer.
Cage moves out of range of the body kick.
Cage swats away the attempt to clinch by Boxer.
Boxer looks to score with a jab to the body but Cage is just out of range.
Boxer jabs Cage right on the nose. Cage blinks but takes it well.
Boxer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Boxer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cage.
Boxer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cage connects with a crisp jab.
Cage misses with a hook.
Boxer tries to clinch but Cage moves out of range.
Cage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boxer.
A bone on bone clash there as Cage blocks the leg kick.
Boxer looks to land a combination but Cage avoids it well.
Boxer scores with a jab to the body.
Boxer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cage lands a right hand.
Cage blocks a body shot from Boxer.
Cage lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boxer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boxer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage is leaning against Boxer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boxer controlling the action here for a moment.
Cage presses Boxer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Boxer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cage takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Boxer scores with a shot to the side of Cage's head.
Cage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boxer lands a hook that snaps the head of Cage backwards.
A short right from Cage.
Cage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boxer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cage blocking some punches.
Cage lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boxer backwards.
Boxer trying to stall but Cage improves his position.
Boxer tries to break the clinch but Cage is controlling the position.
Cage lands a right hand.
Cage lands a hook that snaps the head of Boxer backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boxer.
A right hook to the body lands for Cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Boxer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right handed body shot lands from Cage.
Boxer is trying to maintain a safe position but Cage gets an underhook and turns Boxer into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Boxer.
Boxer looks gassed!
A head punch on the inside from Cage fails to land.
Cage lands a body shot.
Cage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cage lands a hook that snaps the head of Boxer backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boxer tries to land knees in the clinch but Cage avoids the damage to the body.
Cage softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Boxer lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cage.
Boxer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boxer misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Cage.
Cage lands a nice shot to the body.
Cage lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boxer letting Cage take a breather here.
Cage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boxer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cage pushes Boxer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cage lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cage.
Cage works on Boxer's body with a couple of short punches.
Cage makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cage dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boxer avoids it.
Cage lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cage on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice left hand lands by Cage.
Cage lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cage works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cage stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cage works on Boxer's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cage.
Cage lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cage.
Cage lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Cage.
Boxer tries a body shot but Cage blocks it.
Cage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cage digs a right hand underneath Boxer's ribcage. Boxer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cage scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cage.
Cage prevents Boxer from breaking the clinch.
Boxer throws a punch but it's blocked by Cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cage works on Boxer's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cage working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Cage.
Cage lands a left hand.
Boxer swings wildly with an uppercut but Cage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cage lands with a short shot to the head.
Cage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cage fails to land.
A short left from Cage.
Cage taking a breather.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Cage for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Boxer looking to stall.
Boxer is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Cage has denied him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good body shot from Cage.
Boxer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Cage.
Cage lands an uppercut.
Cage lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Man Cage dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Boxer avoids the body shot from Cage.
Boxer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boxer slips a straight right by Cage.
Boxer looks to land a combination. Cage sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cage misses with a right hand
and Boxer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boxer throws a poor cross that misses
and Boxer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boxer motions for Cage to come forward. Boxer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cage misses with a wild body shot.
Cage misses with a wild combination.
Boxer slips under a jab.
Cage misses with a wild body shot.
Cage takes one to the chin there.
Cage scores with a nice strike.
That kick from Boxer tenderised Cage's leg. Cage is trying to keep his angry face on.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cage blocks a jab.
Cage avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice straight punches there by Cage. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cage.
Boxer scoring well with a low kick there.
Cage throws a right hand that Boxer ducks under and follows up with a left that Boxer also avoids with ease.
Boxer throws a head kick but Cage moves out of range.
Boxer misses with a hook.
Boxer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cage scores with a shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Boxer there.
Boxer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cage.
Cage misses with a right hand
and Boxer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Boxer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boxer manages to avoid it.
Boxer misses with a jab to the body
and Cage counters with a right hand to the body.
A head kick misses from Boxer.
Boxer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Man Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boxer.
Cage fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boxer on the side of the head.
Boxer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cage misses with a shot to the body
and Boxer counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cage is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cage lands with a cross.
Boxer tries to clinch but Cage is having none of it.
A jab from Cage finds it's way through Boxer's defenses.
Boxer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cage throws out the jab.
Cage slips under a jab from Boxer.
Boxer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cage.
Boxer lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cage will feel that in the morning.
Cage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Cage misses
and Boxer counters with a head kick.
Cage misses with a right hand
letting Boxer counter with a right hand.
Cage connects with a looping right hand.
Boxer throws a body kick that misses.
Cage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage misses the shot to the body.
Boxer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cage.
Cage misses with a body shot
and Boxer counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cage is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Boxer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boxer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cage will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boxer.
Cage takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cage slips under a jab.
Cage throws a jab but it's blocked by Boxer.
Cage walks into a stiff left hand from Boxer.
Boxer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boxer jabs at Cage's body.
Cage moves forwards but Boxer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boxer thuds a left hand into Cage's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cage avoids the body shot from Boxer.
Boxer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cage just misses with a punch to the body.
Cage on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Boxer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joe Boxer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cage throws a poor cross that misses
and Boxer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cage throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boxer scores with a sloppy right hand. Cage should have avoided that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Boxer. That's going to slow Cage down.
Cage throws a right hand that misses
and Boxer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boxer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cage's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Boxer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage gets tackled into the cage by Boxer. Boxer maintains the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boxer lands a right hand.
Boxer controlling the action here for a moment.
Boxer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cage stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Boxer 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. This is the final round!
Cage throws a right hand that misses
and Boxer counters with a solid body kick.
Cage misses with a lunging right hand
and Boxer counters with a left and a right that stings Cage.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cage checks a leg kick.
Cage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boxer scores with a nice strike.
Boxer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Boxer scoring well with a low kick there.
Boxer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cage on the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by Boxer. Beautiful body shot.
A shot to the liver by Boxer. Beautiful body shot.
Good leg kick by Boxer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boxer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Boxer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Boxer throws a series of punches but Cage avoids them all with ease.
Cage is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cage throws a right hand that misses
and Cage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boxer connects with a jab.
Cage looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Both fighters circling a little - Boxer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice shot by Boxer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer catches Cage with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Boxer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cage in his tracks.
Boxer connects with a crisp jab.
Cage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Boxer.
Boxer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Boxer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boxer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Boxer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Boxer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cage drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Boxer connects with an inside leg kick.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Boxer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cage. Cage circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Boxer closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Boxer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cage has time to react.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boxer 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.
Boxer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Boxer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cage doesn't seem phased though.
Boxer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boxer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Boxer scoring well with a low kick there.
Cage throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Boxer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cage on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Boxer.
Boxer lands a jab to the head.
Jab by Boxer.
A nice leg kick lands there from Boxer.
Boxer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Boxer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cage drops his hands momentarily and Boxer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Boxer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cage takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Boxer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boxer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Boxer throws a hook to the side of Cage's head but Cage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boxer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boxer tries to clinch but Cage moves out of range.
Boxer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cage misses with a hook. Boxer ducked under it nicely.
Boxer misses with a few strikes there.
Cage walks into a jab.
Boxer misses with a wild combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boxer.
Boxer throws a looping overhand right but Cage ducks down to avoid it.
Boxer staying out of range there.
Cage misses with a hook
and Boxer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cage misses with a straight right.
Boxer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cage rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Boxer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boxer misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Boxer.
Boxer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cage throws out the jab.
Boxer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cage drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Boxer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jab, jab by Boxer - just one landing.
A jab from Boxer finds it's way through Cage's defenses.
Cage takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boxer.
Boxer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boxer lunges at Cage with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cage's hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boxer lands a right hook to the body.
Boxer throws a one two combo.
Boxer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheers as Boxer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cage doesn't seem phased though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Boxer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Boxer 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Boxer!
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