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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Octavio Davino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Senor Sox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davino's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Despicable Me by Pharrell Williams. 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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160 lbs
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164 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Octavio Davino!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, El Senor Sox!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davino looks for a takedown but Sox sprawls well.
Sox throws a body punch but Davino moves out of range.
Davino lands with a nice body kick.
Davino gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Davino just misses with a punch to the body.
Sox leaves Davino with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Octavio Davino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davino shoots in looking for a takedown but Sox manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Davino's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sox darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sox works over Davino's head and body with a nice combination.
Sox lands a nice hook to Davino's body. Davino takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davino tries to land a front kick but Sox steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sox misses with a double jab.
Sox closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Davino is rocked!
Davino moves away from the strike by Sox.
Davino throws a body punch but Sox moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sox was well out of range. Poor timing from Davino.
Davino walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
El Senor Sox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davino lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sox will feel that in the morning.
Sox moves away from the strike by Davino.
Davino with a poor takedown
and Sox counters with a stiff right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Davino. Those never looked like landing.
Davino throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sox's waist but Sox gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Davino off to one side.
A big right from Sox misses.
Davino takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sox works over Davino's head and body with a nice combination.
Oh Davino is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davino darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Davino seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sox has hold of Davino's hands but Davino slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davino stops Sox from getting back to his feet.
Davino sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sox is in trouble now - Davino has advanced to mount!
Sox is trying to escape the mount.
Davino looking to finish with strikes here!
Davino with shots to the head and body - Sox looks very uncomfortable down there.
Davino cracks Sox with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sox is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sox is looking to get to half guard.
Sox wants to control but Davino is having none of it.
Sox really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Davino. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davino landing shots from mount.
Sox holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Davino tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Davino pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Davino with shots to the head and body - Sox looks very uncomfortable down there.
Davino breaks from Sox's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sox is in a horrible position here. Davino smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Davino lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sox hang on?
Davino swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Sox is now in Davino's guard. A big mistake from Davino there, giving up the dominant position!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davino working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sox doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sox manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sox trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Davino manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sox manages to get himself to full guard.
Sox is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sox pushes Davino off and scrambles back to his feet.
Octavio Davino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davino shoots in for a takedown but Sox shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Davino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sox blocks a head kick by Davino.
Davino falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
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 Octavio Davino 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.
Sox lands a jab-cross combination.
Davino misses the shot to the body.
Sox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davino.
Sox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davino works over Sox's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice uppercut there from Davino.
Davino digs a good hook to Sox's body.
Sox throws a combination. Davino tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Davino shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sox eats them both and turns towards Davino to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sox defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Davino.
Davino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davino lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sox thows a body shot but no joy.
Davino rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sox blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davino lands with a straight right. Sox didn't see that one coming.
Sox just misses with a punch to the body.
Sox avoids the body shot from Davino.
Sox sizes up Davino with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Davino uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sox.
Sox moves away from the strike by Davino.
Nice body punch from Davino.
Sox throws a right and a left that Davino avoids nicely.
Sox fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Davino.
Sox misses with a wild combination.
Davino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davino thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davino walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sox throws a hook to the side of Davino's head but Davino sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davino closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sox circles away.
Davino misses with a straight right.
Sox misses with a shot to the body
and Sox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sox moves out of range as Davino strikes.
Sox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davino closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sox throws a shot to the body.
Davino avoids the body shot from Sox.
Sox connects with a nice looking jab.
Sox fails to land with a series of punches.
Davino missing with a left hand there. Sox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sox throws an off balance right hand
and Davino makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sox really felt that one!
Sox is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sox ducks under a wild hook from Davino.
Sox ducks under a wild hook from Davino.
Davino throws a nice looking combination but Sox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Sox. Those never looked like landing.
Sox scores with a sloppy right hand. Davino should have avoided that one.
Davino fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Octavio Davino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davino rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sox counters with a right hand to the body.
Sox needs to keep his hands up - Davino had a free shot at his head there.
Davino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Davino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Davino fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davino.
Davino misses with a wild combination.
Sox ducks under a wild hook from Davino.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sox works over Davino's head and body with a nice combination.
Sox throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Davino stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sox misses with a body shot.
Sox loads up on a big right hand but Davino slips the punch.
Sox misses with a lunging right hand
and Davino counters with a straight right hand.
Davino shoots for a double leg takedown but Sox sprawls well. He's pushed Davino's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Davino lands with an overhand left.
Sox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davino ducks under a wild hook from Sox.
Sox feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Davinos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Davino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davino throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but El Senor Sox will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Davino shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sox pinned against the cage. Sox gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sox misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Davino counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davino throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sox scores with a hook.
Davino dives in and scores a takedown into Sox's guard.
Davino is stalling in the full guard.
Davino looking to pass the guard.
Davino trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davino is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Sox is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Sox has escaped and now he's on top!
Davino escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sox gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sox tries to free his leg and advance position but Davino is retaining full guard.
Davino keeping moving, preventing Sox from controlling successfully.
Sox seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Davino has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sox can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sox showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sox wants to control from the top but Davino keeps moving.
Octavio Davino overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. El Senor Sox wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sox with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Davino.
Sox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sox leaves Davino with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Octavio Davino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sox scores with a body shot.
Sox lands with a right hand.
Sox moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice jab there from Sox.
Sox misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davino.
Davino misses with a double jab
and Sox counters with a straight right hand.
Sox connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Davino momentarily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davino.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Octavio Davino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davino will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Davino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sox manages to avoid it.
Sox lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Davino throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sox's head.
Davino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davino looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sox avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davino is looking to score with low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sox lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Davino looks to land a right hand but Sox moved out of range.
Davino tries a head kick but it misses.
Davino fails to land with a series of punches.
Sox misses with a wild body shot.
Davino throws a chopping leg kick but Sox manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davino takes one to the side of the head.
Sox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davino tests Sox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big left from Davino misses.
Davino moves away from the strike by Sox.
Davino throws a shot from downtown. Sox moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but El Senor Sox just about did enough to take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sox jabs Davino to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice cross by Sox.
Davino throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sox's waist but Sox gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Davino off to one side.
Davino slips a jab from Sox.
Sox takes one to the chin there.
Sox lands a nice looking body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sox.
Davino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sox keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davino misses with a jab to the body
enabling Sox to counter with a crisp jab.
Davino works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sox thows a body shot but no joy.
Sox keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Octavio Davino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Davino does no damage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Sox.
Davino fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sox looks to land a combination but Davino avoids it well.
Sox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sox tries to bum rush Davino with a series of wild strikes but Davino uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A telegraphed right hand from Sox misses the target.
El Senor Sox seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davino looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sox thuds a left hand into Davino's body.
Davino misses with a hook.
Davino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davino looks to throw the jab but Sox is out of range.
Sox lands with an uppercut that bounces Davino off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davino has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Davino thows a leg kick but Sox checks it
and Sox counters with a stiff right hand.
Sox throws a body punch but Davino moves out of range.
Sox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sox misses with an uppercut.
Sox throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sox scores with a hook to the body. Davino takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sox lands a slapping body shot.
Nice shot by Sox.
Sox slips a jab and a cross from Davino.
Sox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Davino counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sox defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Davino.
Davino gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sox dodges the punch combination from Davino.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davino misses with a body shot.
Sox throws a poor cross that misses
and Davino counters with a one-two to the body.
Davino throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davino throws a looping overhand right but Sox ducks down to avoid it.
Davino tries to land a front kick but Sox steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sox lands a nice hook to Davino's body. Davino takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Davino takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davino needs to keep his hands up - Sox had a free shot at his head there.
Sox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davino.
Davino takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Davino shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sox just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sox avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Davino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sox thinking.
Davino throws a right hand that Sox ducks under and follows up with a left that Sox also avoids with ease.
Davino stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sox with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Davino works Sox's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davino tries a head kick but it misses.
Sox cracks Davino with a good jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sox. Davino does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davino closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sox circles away.
Davino misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
El Senor Sox dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Sox bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sox looks to land a combination but Davino avoids it well.
Davino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davino misses with a looping left.
Davino moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davino.
Davino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Davino tries for a takedown but Sox circles away easily
and Sox counters with a stiff right hand.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Sox stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Davino scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davino lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sox has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sox and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sox misses the jab.
Davino takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sox takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sox lands with a straight right. Davino didn't see that one coming.
Davino swinging wildly here.
Davino uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sox.
Davino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sox falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davino counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Davino.
Sox throws an off balance right hand
letting Davino counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davino is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sox.
Sox misses with a double jab.
Davino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sox moves away.
Davino darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Davino thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sox's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davino looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Davino perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Octavio Davino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davino is working for a kimura but Sox is defending it quite comfortably.
Sox on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Davino is trying to work for a kimura but Sox is defending well.
Davino scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Davino has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Davino wants to pass to mount but Sox is defending the position.
Sox pushes Davino off looking to stand but Davino dives back in and keeps control.
Davino passes to full mount!
Sox is in a horrible position here. Davino smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sox is looking to get to half guard.
Davino controlling his opponent.
Sox regains half guard.
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!
Davino looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davino landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Octavio Davino showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sox 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 47:48
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 47:48
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... El Senor Sox!
El Senor Sox is the new lightweight champion!
After winning the bout, El Senor Sox thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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