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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geese Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
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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
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Geese Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, BJ Walters!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walters tries to clinch
and Howard counters with a good low kick that Walters was not able to check.
Walters tries to clinch but Howard is having none of it.
Walters closes the distance and pushes Howard back into the cage.
Howard tries to land a knee to the head but Walters blocks with his arms.
Howard trying to land knees to the body.
Walters is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A bit of stalling here from Howard.
Walters slows down the pace here.
Walters pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Howard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walters taking a breather.
Walters managing to block the knees to the body from Howard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters pushes Howard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Walters.
Howard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walters has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Howard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Howard is trying to maintain a safe position but Walters gets an underhook and turns Howard into the cage.
Howard tries to land knees in the clinch but Walters avoids the damage to the body.
Howard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walters smiles and moves away.
Walters forces Howard back against the cage and clinches.
Walters blocks an elbow strike from Howard.
Walters blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Howard lands a nice knee to the body.
Howard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard tries to land a knee to the head but Walters blocks with his arms.
Howard pushes off an throws an elbow but Walters leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Walters misses with a hook to the ribs.
Howard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walters.
Walters working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walters lands a left hand that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
Howard is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Howard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
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!
Howard tries to pull guard but Walters won't allow it.
Walters avoids a wild elbow strike from Howard.
Howard trying to land knees to the body.
Walters stalls.
Howard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Walters up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geese Howard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Howard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walters smiles and moves away.
BJ Walters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walters misses with a body kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Walters managing to block the knees to the body from Howard.
Walters is looking to break free of the clinch but Howard has double underhooks.
Howard misses with a knee to the head.
Howard is stalling here.
Howard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walters has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Howard crunches a lovely knee into Walters's ribcage.
Walters lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
Howard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walters avoids it.
Walters blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Howard tries to land knees in the clinch but Walters avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Walters.
Howard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walters walks away with a smile on his face. Howard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Walters misses with a jab, cross combination.
Howard tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walters has closed the distance and engaged Howard in a clinch.
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!
Howard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walters blocks it with crossed arms.
Walters avoiding damage as Howard throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Geese Howard will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Some bone on bone action there as Howard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Walters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Howard shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Walters as he jumps to the side.
Walters has closed the distance and engaged Howard in a clinch.
Howard is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Howard tries to pull guard but Walters won't allow it.
Walters avoiding damage as Howard throws knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Walters's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Howard tries to pull guard but Walters holds him up against the cage and eventually Howard drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geese Howard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walters is trying to maintain a safe position but Howard gets an underhook and turns Walters into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walters on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Howard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Howard taking a breather.
Howard crunches a lovely knee into Walters's ribcage.
Howard misses with a knee to the head.
Walters lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Howard tries to land knees in the clinch but Walters avoids the damage to the body.
Walters stalling against the cage.
Howard missing with knees to the body.
Walters can't break the clinch.
Howard just leaning against Walters, taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard lands a knee to the body.
Howard tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walters just stands there and leans against the cage.
Walters blocks the elbow strike.
Walters managing to block the knees to the body from Howard.
Howard throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Walters's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Walters.
Howard looking to throw knees to the head but Walters is blocking nicely.
Howard is looking to control Walters's arms but Walters gets an underhook and turns him. Now Howard has his back to the cage.
Howard gets control of Walters's arms and successfully pulls guard. Howard will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Howard looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walters wants to stand but Howard is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Walters defends it easily.
Walters wanted to stand there but Howard had control of the position.
Walters stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A clash of legs there as Howard blocks the low kick.
BJ Walters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Howard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Howard dodges the punch combination from Walters.
Walters scores with a one two! Howard had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Walters swats away the attempt to clinch by Howard.
Walters tries to clinch but Howard is having none of it.
Geese Howard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters looks for the body kick but Howard saw that one coming.
Howard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walters checks a low kick from Howard.
Walters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Howard tries to clinch up but Walters circles away and keeps his distance.
Walters takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like BJ Walters has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howard throws a sloppy head kick and Walters moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Walters checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walters throws a right and a left that both miss.
A clash of legs there as Walters blocks the low kick.
Walters scores with a jab to the jaw.
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 Geese Howard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on BJ Walters's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Howard.
Walters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Howard swats away the attempt to clinch by Walters.
Walters tries to close the distance and clinch but Howard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walters wants to clinch.
Howard swats away the attempt to clinch by Walters.
Walters throws a right hand that Howard ducks under and follows up with a left that Howard also avoids with ease.
Walters closes the distance and clinches.
Walters is trying to maintain a safe position but Howard gets an underhook and turns Walters into the cage.
Howard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard jumps guard but Walters stands there with Howard around his waist. Howard gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Howard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walters is defending well for now.
Howard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Howard stalling.
Walters avoiding damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Howard as Walters tries to tie him up.
Howard tries to pull guard but Walters won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geese Howard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walters wants to stall.
Howard leaning against his opponent.
Howard looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Howard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Howard is struggling to control the position.
Walters tries to land a knee to the head but Howard blocks with his arms.
Howard effectively controlling the action here.
Howard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walters lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Howard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Howard tries to land a knee to the head but Walters blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Geese Howard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Geese Howard.
A left and a right from Walters both land. Nice combination.
Geese Howard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walters throws a leg kick but Howard moved away.
BJ Walters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howard takes the fight into the clinch.
Walters is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walters leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters takes a knee to the side of the body.
Walters is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howard looking to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to BJ Walters.
I think Howard 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geese Howard!
Geese Howard managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, HeavyWeight Designs, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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