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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Ziskie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillip Ziskie had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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145 lbs
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140 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Good knees
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Dangerous knees
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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
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Phillip Ziskie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aiden Penn!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn moves into the clinch.
Penn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Penn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Phillip Ziskie has been cut.
Penn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ziskie avoids the damage to the body.
Penn lands an elbow just above Ziskie 's eye.
Penn leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ziskie tries to break free but Penn pushes him back against the cage.
Ziskie being controlled against the cage.
Penn working Ziskie over with knees to the body.
Penn misses with a knee strike.
Penn lands a nice elbow.
Penn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ziskie can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Penn.
Ziskie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ziskie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Penn throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Penn misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Ziskie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Penn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ziskie up against the cage.
Penn misses with an elbow strike.
Penn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Penn scores with a knee to the head.
Ziskie managing to block the knees to the body from Penn.
Ziskie wants to break free but Penn has control.
Penn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ziskie is trying to force a seperation but Penn has the dominant position.
Penn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ziskie tries to land knees in the clinch but Penn avoids the damage to the body.
Penn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Penn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Penn lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a knee to the head.
Penn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ziskie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ziskie avoiding damage as Penn throws knees to the body.
Penn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Penn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Penn stalling in the clinch.
Penn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Penn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Penn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Penn keeps control of Ziskie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Penn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ziskie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Penn stalling.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but Ziskie blocks with his arms.
Penn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ziskie takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with an elbow over the top.
Penn scores a nice knee to the body.
Penn slowing the pace effectively.
Penn pushes off an throws an elbow but Ziskie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Penn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ziskie stalling in the clinch but Penn improves position.
Penn pushes off an throws an elbow but Ziskie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Penn has Ziskie pushed against the cage.
Penn with a knee to the head.
Penn lands a knee to the body.
Ziskie avoids the elbow strike from Penn, against the cage.
Ziskie blocks an elbow strike.
Ziskie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ziskie avoiding damage as Penn throws knees to the body.
Penn with a knee to the head.
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.
Penn stalling the fight.
Ziskie avoids a wild elbow strike from Penn.
Penn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ziskie avoids the damage to the body.
Ziskie misses with a knee to the head.
Ziskie trying to land knees to the body.
Ziskie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Penn.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ziskie is trying to break the clinch but Penn is controlling him.
Ziskie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penn misses with a knee to the head.
Ziskie is trying to push Penn away but Penn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Penn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ziskie.
Penn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ziskie's defenses.
Penn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Penn trying to land knees to the body.
Penn looking to throw knees to the head but Ziskie is blocking nicely.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but Ziskie blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aiden Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phillip Ziskie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ziskie throws a head kick but Penn moves out of range.
Phillip Ziskie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ziskie looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
Penn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Penn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Penn missing with knees to the body.
Penn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ziskie takes an elbow to the temple.
Penn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Penn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ziskie avoiding damage as Penn throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn landing knees to the head.
Penn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Penn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn prevents Ziskie from breaking the clinch.
Ziskie is trying to force a seperation but Penn has the dominant position.
Ziskie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Penn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Penn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ziskie has had enough of the clinch but Penn keeps him there for the moment.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but Ziskie blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Penn.
Ziskie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ziskie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Penn's hands.
Ziskie defending well as Penn loads up on a big left hand.
Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ziskie lands the left hand.
A big right from Ziskie misses.
Ziskie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ziskie looks to land a body kick but Penn moved away.
Penn rushes Ziskie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ziskie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Penn lands an elbow inside.
Penn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Penn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ziskie's defenses.
Penn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ziskie is trying to break the clinch but Penn has him pressed against the cage.
Penn avoiding damage as Ziskie throws knees to the body.
Ziskie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Penn working Ziskie over with knees to the body.
Penn throws an elbow that misses.
Penn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ziskie misses with a knee strike.
Penn misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Penn throws an elbow but misses.
Penn lands a knee to the head.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Penn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ziskie's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ziskie lands a right hand.
Penn controlling the action here for a moment.
Penn working aggressively here.
Penn throws an elbow but it misses.
Ziskie wants to get back to striking at distance but Penn won't allow it.
Ziskie tries to break free but Penn pushes him back against the cage.
Ziskie takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Penn throws an elbow but misses.
Penn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ziskie's efforts to push away.
Penn misses with an elbow over the top.
Penn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ziskie blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Penn lands an elbow just above Ziskie 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Penn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ziskie managing to block the knees to the body from Penn.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but Ziskie blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Penn.
Penn pushes off an throws an elbow but Ziskie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Penn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ziskie's brow.
Ziskie is trying to break free.
Penn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ziskie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Penn tries a knee to the head but Ziskie blocks it.
Penn missing with knees to the body.
Penn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ziskie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Penn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ziskie avoiding damage as Penn throws knees to the body.
Penn effectively controlling the action here.
Ziskie wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Phillip Ziskie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Phillip Ziskie's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Penn. Ziskie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Penn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ziskie just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Penn digs a good hook to Ziskie's body.
Penn misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Penn. That snapped Ziskie's head back.
Ziskie tries a head kick but it misses.
Penn tries to clinch but Ziskie moves out of range.
Phillip Ziskie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ziskie tries a head kick but it misses.
Penn closes the distance and clinches.
Ziskie blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Penn throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ziskie takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Penn.
Nice elbow from Penn.
Penn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Penn lands an elbow that stopped Ziskie in his tracks for a moment.
Ziskie is trying to push Penn away but Penn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn is looking to control Ziskie's arms but Ziskie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Penn has his back to the cage.
Penn misses with a knee to the head.
Penn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Penn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ziskie's face.
Ziskie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ziskie tries a knee to the head but Penn blocks it.
Penn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ziskie's defenses.
Penn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ziskie is trying to force a seperation but Penn has the dominant position.
Penn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ziskie is trying to break the clinch but Penn is controlling him.
Penn has Ziskie pressed against the cage, preventing Ziskie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Penn lands an elbow inside that Ziskie shrugs off.
Penn lands an elbow just above Ziskie 's eye.
Penn lands an elbow inside that Ziskie shrugs off.
Penn avoiding damage as Ziskie throws knees to the body.
Penn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Penn misses with an elbow strike.
Penn lands a knee to the head.
Ziskie takes an elbow to the temple.
Ziskie avoiding damage.
Penn tries to land knees in the clinch but Ziskie avoids the damage to the body.
Penn just leaning against Ziskie, taking a breather.
Ziskie takes an elbow to the temple.
Penn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ziskie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Penn crunches a lovely knee into Ziskie's ribcage.
Penn missing with knees to the body.
Ziskie is trying to break the clinch but Penn has him pressed against the cage.
Penn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ziskie avoids it.
Penn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Penn landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn pushes off an throws an elbow but Ziskie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ziskie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Ziskie.
Ziskie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ziskie throws an off balance right hand
and Penn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Penn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ziskie.
Ziskie drops his hands momentarily and Penn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ziskie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Penn closes the distance and clinches.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Penn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aiden Penn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Penn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ziskie's brow.
Penn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ziskie's defenses.
Penn lands an elbow that stopped Ziskie in his tracks for a moment.
Penn trying to control the position but instead, Ziskie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Penn into the cage.
Penn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Penn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Penn misses with an elbow over the top.
Ziskie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Penn avoids it.
Ziskie breaks from the clinch.
Penn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ziskie.
Ziskie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Penn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Penn moves into the clinch.
Penn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Penn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Penn.
Penn lands a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Penn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ziskie is trying to force a seperation but Penn has the dominant position.
Penn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Penn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aiden Penn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Penn 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aiden Penn!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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