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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Spade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balboa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Burning Heart. Robbie Balboa is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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196 lbs
18 - 6 - 1 |
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192 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Scott Spade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robbie Balboa!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spade dodges the punch combination from Balboa.
Balboa misses with a body shot
and Spade counters with a nice uppercut.
Spade takes a swing at Balboa's ribcage but misses.
Balboa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balboa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Spade misses with a series of wild punches.
Spade has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Balboa finds it's way round the side to connect with Spade's head.
Balboa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa misses the body punch
and Spade counters with a nice body shot.
Balboa slips under a jab from Spade.
Balboa misses with a left hand
and Spade counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Spade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Balboa's elbow.
Balboa tries to break free but Spade pushes him back against the cage.
Balboa slowing the pace effectively.
A right handed body shot lands from Spade.
Balboa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Balboa - that landed with a thud.
Spade has Balboa pressed against the cage, preventing Balboa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Balboa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spade is leaning against Balboa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Balboa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa wants to break free but Spade has control.
Nice body punch from Balboa - that landed with a thud.
Spade lands a shoulder strike.
Spade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spade swings wildly with an uppercut but Balboa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Spade keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa wants to break free but Spade has control.
Spade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa tries to break free but Spade pushes him back against the cage.
Spade tries to throw a body punch but Balboa avoids it by throwing Spade back against the cage.
Spade lands with a right to the head.
Spade blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Spade.
Spade throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Balboas head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spade.
Balboa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spade throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spade pushes Balboa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spade misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Spade.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spade works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balboa looks gassed!
Spade digs a right hand underneath Balboa's ribcage. Balboa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spade.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spade stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Spade lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spade.
Spade keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Balboa's efforts to push away.
Spade misses with the head strike.
Balboa tries to circle away but Spade has him pinned against the cage.
Spade breaks the clinch.
Spade moves in looking to clinch but Balboa pushes him off.
Spade shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Balboa eats them both and turns towards Spade to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Spade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balboa moves away.
Spade misses with a straight left.
Balboa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Robbie Balboa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spade tries to close the distance and clinch but Balboa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spade moves into the clinch.
Spade can't find room to land a body shot as Balboa controls the action.
Balboa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spade throws a combination. Balboa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Spade stuns Balboa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Balboa throws a leg kick
and Spade counters with a single leg into guard. Balboa didn't expect that.
Balboa wants to stand up but Spade is controlling him.
Spade trying to control the position from guard on top but Balboa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spade looking to pass the guard.
Spade is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Spade dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Decent striking displayed by Balboa there.
Spade uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Balboa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spade.
Balboa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Balboa slips a straight right by Spade.
Balboa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Spade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Balboa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spade slips a jab from Balboa.
Balboa throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Spade to counter with a crisp jab.
Spade throws a head kick that half lands.
Spade tries to bum rush Balboa with a series of wild strikes but Balboa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spade misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Balboa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Spade on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Spade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spade takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Balboa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spade.
Spade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Balboa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spade throws a lazy right hand but Balboa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Balboa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Spade wants to clinch.
Balboa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Spade throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheers as Spade lands an impressive looking overhand right. Balboa doesn't seem phased though.
Spade swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Balboa counters with a low kick, right behind Spade 's knee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Balboa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spade doesn't seem phased though.
Spade on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Balboa misses with a two punch combination.
Balboa misses with a straight left.
Spade wants to clinch up but Balboa keeps it at a distance.
Spade scores with a body shot.
Spade buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Balboa pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Spade back to the cage. Balboa follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spade fails to land with a series of punches.
Spade moves in looking to clinch but Balboa pushes him off.
Spade misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balboa throws a hook but Spade avoids it easily.
Robbie Balboa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spade misses with the body kick
and Balboa counters with a nice body kick.
Balboa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spade.
Scott Spade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spade displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Balboa throws out the jab.
Balboa cracks the inside of Spade's front leg.
Balboa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balboa.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balboa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Balboa swinging wildly here.
Balboa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa misses with a body shot.
Spade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spade thows a body shot but no joy.
Spade darts in trying to clinch
and Balboa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Spade.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robbie Balboa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Balboa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Spade.
Balboa blocks a jab.
No joy there for Balboa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Balboa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spade connects with a jab.
Balboa is looking to score with low kicks.
Spade misses with a lunging right hand
and Balboa counters with a leg kick.
Spade swings widly with a right hand
and Balboa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Balboa misses with the combination.
Balboa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Balboa lands.
A head kick by Spade misses
and Balboa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spade looks to throw the jab but Balboa is out of range.
Spade throws a sloppy head kick and Balboa moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Balboa misses
and Spade counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Spade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Balboa counters with a head kick. That will keep Spade thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Spade throws a sloppy head kick
and Balboa counters with a stiff right hand.
Balboa lands with an overhand left.
Balboa dodges the punch combination from Spade.
Balboa throws a leg kick
letting Spade counter with a right hand.
Spade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spade throws a series of punches but Balboa avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spade jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Balboa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spade displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Balboa throws out the jab.
Spade waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balboa.
Balboa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Spade shoots in but Balboa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice shot by Spade.
Spade lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Balboa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spade.
Spade throws a poor cross that misses
and Balboa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa misses with an uppercut
and Spade counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balboa misses with a few strikes there.
Spade on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balboa. Balboa obviously looking to wear him down.
Spade throws an overhand right that lands on Balboa's shoulder, as Balboa tries to avoid the shot.
Balboa dips to his left and cracks Spade with an uppercut!
Spade throws a sloppy body shot
and Balboa counters with an outside leg kick.
Spade is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice defenses there by Balboa.
Spade cracks Balboa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Spade shoots in looking for a takedown. Balboa tries to sprawl out of it but Spade keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Balboa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice shot by Balboa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Spade fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Balboa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Spade scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Spade shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spade scores with a one two! Balboa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Balboa moves away from the strike by Spade.
Spade moves out of range of the strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Balboa.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balboa misses with a left hand
and Spade counters with a right hand to the body.
Balboa throws a jab when Spade was well out of range.
Balboa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robbie Balboa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Balboa 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 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robbie Balboa!
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