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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chito Hua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chito Hua 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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183 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Bronson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chito Hua!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronson loads up on a big right hand but Hua slips the punch.
Hua slips a straight right by Bronson.
A combination from Bronson does no damage.
Hua rushes Bronson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bronson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hua lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hua throws an elbow but misses.
Hua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hua lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hua.
Hua blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hua.
A frustrated look appears on Bronson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bronson is trying to push Hua away but Hua has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bronson wants to break free but Hua has control.
Hua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson blocks an elbow strike.
Bronson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bronson misses with a hook.
Bronson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Charles Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hua leaves Bronson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hua clinches with his opponent.
Hua is looking to control Bronson's arms but Bronson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hua has his back to the cage.
Hua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bronson is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bronson avoids it.
Hua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Bronson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bronson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Bronson does no damage.
Bronson throws a big shot that misses.
Hua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Hua gets tackled into the cage by Bronson. Bronson maintains the clinch.
Bronson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hua is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bronson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hua misses with a knee to the head.
Hua keeps control of Bronson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bronson as Hua tries to tie him up.
Hua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bronson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bronson is trying to break the clinch but Hua is controlling him.
Bronson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bronson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hua shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bronson as he avoids it easily.
Hua looks gassed!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hua is defended easily by Bronson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hua wants to clinch.
Bronson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hua circles away quickly and effectively.
Hua is looking to clinch but Bronson is avoiding it.
Bronson dips to his left and cracks Hua with an uppercut!
Bronson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bronson needs to keep his hands up - Hua had a free shot at his head there.
Bronson cracks Hua with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bronson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bronson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bronson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hua on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hua walks into a left hand.
Hua fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hua closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hua ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Hua looks to clinch
and Bronson counters with a three punch combo that has Hua backing up. Hua nods at Bronson to acknowledge the strikes.
Hua takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bronson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bronson misses with a series of wild punches.
Bronson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hua takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hua takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bronson lands a jab to Hua's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bronson lands with a cross.
Decent striking displayed by Bronson there.
Bronson closes the distance and clinches.
Bronson lands a left hand.
Bronson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bronson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bronson connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Bronson.
A jab from Bronson does it's job there.
Bronson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bronson moves into range and clinches up with Hua.
Hua has Bronson pressed against the cage, preventing Bronson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bronson blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Bronson.
Bronson is trying to push Hua away but Hua has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hua trying to stall but Bronson improves his position.
Bronson is trying to break free.
Bronson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hua tries to clinch but Bronson moves out of range.
Hua blocks a head kick by Bronson.
Bronson swats away the attempt to clinch by Hua.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A cross from Bronson lands.
Hua on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bronson lands a jab to the head.
Hua wants to clinch but Bronson slips to the side
and Bronson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hua thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Bronson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bronson has managed to clinch.
Hua lands a knee to the body.
Bronson pulls guard effortlessly.
Hua stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bronson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bronson wants to stand but Hua is controlling the position.
Hua is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bronson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bronson has escaped and now he's on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hua is looking for a triangle but Bronson pushes his legs off easily.
Hua is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bronson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hua is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bronson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bronson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hua working a defensive guard here.
Hua had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bronson defends it easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bronson wanted to stand there but Hua had control of the position.
Bronson throwing strikes but missing.
Bronson sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bronson gets to his feet. Hua looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bronson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hua sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bronson somewhat.
Bronson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bronson is looking to land body kicks.
Bronson scores with a body shot.
Hua takes one to the chin there.
Hua is looking to clinch.
Bronson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hua eats them both and turns towards Bronson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hua clinches.
Hua scores a nice knee to the body.
Hua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bronson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bronson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hua moves in looking to clinch but Bronson pushes him off.
Bronson punishes Hua's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bronson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hua stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bronson throws a looping overhand right but Hua ducks down to avoid it.
Hua on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bronson scores with a shot to the body.
Bronson gets the takedown into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Bronson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hua keeps working.
Bronson takes a little break here. Hua wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Bronson lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bronson in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hua tries to improve position but can't.
Bronson controls the position.
Bronson with the ground and pound but Hua regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Bronson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hua regains full guard. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bronson landing with the ground and pound.
Bronson postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Bronson dominated that second round.
That's time! Bronson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson gets the takedown into side control.
Hua is looking to regain half guard here but Bronson keeps moving and retains side control.
Bronson wants to control but Hua is keeping him busy.
Hua tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bronson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hua is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hua throws Bronson to one side and escapes!
Bronson with a jab.
Hua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bronson to score with a decent uppercut.
Bronson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hua on his heels. He'll look to pass Hua's guard now, I'm sure.
Hua is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bronson with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson landing with the ground and pound.
Bronson looking to pass the guard.
Hua is looking for a triangle but Bronson pushes his legs off easily.
Hua looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bronson passes into half guard.
Hua on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bronson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hua makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hua.
Bronson cracks Hua with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A head kick misses from Hua.
Hua on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bronson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hua can do to turn this around?
Bronson connects with a jab.
Bronson scores with the left hand. Hua knows he should have avoided that one.
Bronson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bronson scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronson landing strikes from the mount.
Bronson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hua working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hua tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bronson wants to control the pace but Hua is squirming around nicely.
Bronson prevents Hua from getting the reversal.
Bronson lands with some strikes.
Bronson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hua on the ground.
Hua tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bronson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Chito Hua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Hua that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bronson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hua tries to reverse the position but Bronson maintains control.
Bronson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hua looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Hua that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bronson scoring with strikes but Hua is staying in there.
Charles Bronson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bronson cracks Hua with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bronson with good strikes from the mount here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hua is in a horrible position here. Bronson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hua is rocked!
Hua really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Bronson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bronson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Bronson!
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