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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zophiel Furfur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Cornell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Zophiel Furfur has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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163 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zophiel Furfur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oliver Cornell!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furfur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Furfur pushes Cornell away with a front kick.
Furfur avoids a kick to the body.
Furfur comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Furfur throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cornell shoots for a double leg takedown but Furfur sprawls well. He's pushed Cornell's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Furfur throws a head kick but Cornell moves out of range.
Furfur lands a leg kick that knocks Cornell off balance momentarily.
Furfur fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Furfur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur punishes Cornell's body with a nice straight punch.
Cornell throws a body punch but Furfur moves out of range.
Cornell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zophiel Furfur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cornell misses with a looping left.
Cornell takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Furfur misses with a kick to the body.
Furfur fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Furfur scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Furfur.
Furfur clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cornell has Furfur pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Furfur manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Furfur breaks from the clinch.
Cornell slips a straight right by Furfur.
Furfur looks to land a combination but Cornell avoids it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Furfur misses the target.
Furfur lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furfur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cornell's sensitive parts.
Furfur throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Furfur misses with a straight left.
Furfur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Furfur throws a sloppy head kick and Cornell moves out of range easily.
Furfur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Furfur misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Furfur throws out the jab.
Cornell misses with a body punch
and Furfur counters with a leg kick.
Cornell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cornell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Furfur throws a lazy right hand but Cornell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Furfur scores with a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Furfur closes the distance and clinches.
Furfur is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cornell is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zophiel Furfur dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Furfur connects with a leg kick. Cornell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Furfur throws a head kick that misses.
Furfur gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cornell has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Furfur avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cornell tries for a takedown. No joy.
Furfur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cornell's defenses.
Furfur manages to break the clinch.
Cornell swats away the attempt to clinch by Furfur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur tries to close the distance and clinch but Cornell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Furfur looks to land a body kick but Cornell moved away.
Nice defenses there by Furfur.
Furfur lands with a straight right. Cornell didn't see that one coming.
Furfur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cornell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Furfur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cornell's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur swings widly with a right hand
and Cornell counters with a nice double leg into side control. Furfur won't be happy with that.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cornell working the ground and pound from side control.
Cornell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cornell scoring with punches and elbows.
Cornell in side control, throwing shots but Furfur defends.
Cornell sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Furfur is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Cornell with the ground and pound but Furfur regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Cornell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Furfur is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornell is looking to take a break and control but Furfur is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Furfur has hold of Cornell's hands but Cornell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cornell is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Cornell misses with a head shot. Furfur uses the momentum to regain guard.
Cornell looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furfur is looking to stand up but Cornell isn't so interested in that idea.
Cornell throws a strike but Furfur rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Furfur wants to stand but Cornell is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Oliver Cornell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Furfur throws a head kick that misses.
Furfur lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Zophiel Furfur is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Furfur. That's going to slow Cornell down.
Furfur looks for the body kick but Cornell saw that one coming.
Furfur throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Furfur throws a body punch but Cornell moves out of range.
Cornell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur tries to land a front kick but Cornell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cornell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Furfur jabs at Cornell's body.
Furfur lands with a nice body kick.
Furfur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Furfur takes the fight into the clinch.
Furfur lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Oliver Cornell has been cut.
Furfur pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Furfur misses with an elbow strike.
Furfur lands an elbow inside.
Cornell blocks an elbow strike.
Cornell tries for a takedown but Furfur manages to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornell tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cornell avoiding damage as Furfur throws knees to the body.
Furfur landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Furfur gets underhooks to prevent Cornell's takedown attempt.
Zophiel Furfur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Cornell.
Cornell is trying to drag Furfur to the mat but Furfur just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Furfur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cornell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furfur lands a nice elbow.
Cornell tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cornell avoiding damage as Furfur throws knees to the body.
Furfur has Cornell pressed against the cage.
Furfur gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Furfur lands a nice elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zophiel Furfur showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Furfur 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zophiel Furfur!
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