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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Oman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Davola (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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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jackson Oman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Davola!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davola throws a series of punches but Oman avoids them all with ease.
Oman gets a takedown into half guard.
Davola is staying active underneath Oman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Davola is pressing down on Oman's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Davola working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oman.
Davola being controlled here, momentarily.
Davola is trying to keep Oman in close.
Oman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Oman trying to control the position from guard on top but Davola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oman 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.
Oman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Davola has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Oman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Joe Davola wasn't active enough on the ground.
Davola slips under a jab from Oman.
A telegraphed right hand from Oman misses the target.
Jackson Oman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davola scores with a leg kick.
Davola dodges the punch combination from Oman.
Oman catches Davola with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Davola avoids the body shot from Oman.
Oman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Davola throws the kick towards the body but Oman avoids it.
Oman misses with a few strikes there.
Davola connects with a solid leg kick.
Oman misses with a looping left.
Oman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oman throws a hook but Davola blocks it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Davola.
Oman is breathing heavily.
Davola scores with a shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davola, right into the meat.
Oman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Davola smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davola, right into the meat.
Davola tests Oman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oman misses with a left hand
and Davola counters with a slapping leg kick.
Davola cracks Oman with a good jab.
Davola scores with a leg kick.
Davola wants to clinch.
A head kick from Davola lands but Oman takes it in his stride.
Oman walks forward, straight into a front kick from Davola.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Davola.
Oman throws a right and a left that Davola avoids nicely.
Davola wants to clinch up but Oman keeps it at a distance.
Davola connects with a body shot.
Oman on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Davola misses with a few strikes there.
That kick from Davola tenderised Oman's leg. Oman is trying to keep his angry face on.
Oman looks to score with a jab to the body but Davola is just out of range.
Davola scores with a sloppy right hand. Oman should have avoided that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davola, right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davola thumps Oman with a low kick.
Davola lands an overhand right.
Oman looks to land a combination but Davola avoids it well.
Davola scores with a kick to the midsection.
Davola throws a shot to the body.
Davola throws a head kick that half lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Davola.
No joy there for Davola, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davola keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oman.
Davola ducks under a wild hook from Oman.
Davola scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oman in his tracks.
Oman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davola manages to avoid it.
Davola has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A solid body kick from Davola.
Davola moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Joe Davola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davola buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Davola feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Oman's calf.
Davola fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Oman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Davola.
An inside leg kick lands from Davola.
Davola thumps Oman with a low kick.
Davola tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Davola dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Oman avoids the head kick by Davola.
Davola lands a nice leg kick that just misses Oman's sensitive parts.
Davola lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Oman walks forward, straight into a front kick from Davola.
Davola has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Davola scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oman in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Davola thuds a left hand into Oman's body.
Oman is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Davola's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Davola throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Joe Davola seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davola lets loose with a powerful body kick. Oman will feel that in the morning.
Crunch! Davola slams his shin into Oman's torso.
Davola connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Davola lands a head kick. Oman smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Davola is looking to slow Oman down with leg kicks.
A good leg kick by Davola.
Davola moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Davola slowing the pace effectively.
Oman will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davola stalling in the clinch but Oman improves position.
Davola is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Joe Davola.
Oman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davola takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Davola looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Davola avoids the body shot from Oman.
Oman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davola sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oman misses with a looping right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Davola.
Davola misses with a wild combination.
Davola scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davola scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davola fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Oman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Davola with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davola throws a nice looking combination but Oman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice body kick from Davola.
Davola is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Davola lands a leg kick that knocks Oman off balance momentarily.
Oman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Davola finds it's way round the side to connect with Oman's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Davola lands but Oman takes it in his stride.
Davola looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Davola gets caught napping as Oman dives in and scores a takedown. Davola manages to retain guard.
Oman trying to control but Davola is working from the bottom.
Davola looking to control.
Davola utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davola managing to control the position.
Davola is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Joe Davola hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Oman connects with a right hand. Davola shakes it off.
Davola dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oman throws the left hand but Davola avoids the punch easily.
Davola lands a nice shot to the body.
Davola pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Davola fakes the leg kick and cracks Oman in the body.
Oman shoots in looking for a takedown. Davola tries to sprawl out of it but Oman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Davola manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Davola.
Oman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Davola pushes Oman away with a front kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davola lands with an uppercut that bounces Oman off the cage and back into range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davola, right into the meat.
Davola looks for the body kick but Oman saw that one coming.
Nice jab there from Davola.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Davola showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Oman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oman misses with an uppercut. Davola saw that one coming.
Davola misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oman misses with a body shot.
Davola pushes Oman up against the cage in a clinch.
Oman fails to pull guard.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Oman manages to break the clinch.
Oman throws a lazy uppercut
and Davola counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oman takes a swing at Davola's ribcage but misses.
Davola defending well as Oman loads up on a big left hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davola walks into a left hand.
A jab from Oman misses.
Davola misses with a body kick.
Davola lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davola lands a nice looking body shot.
Davola fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oman takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Davola looks for the body kick but Oman saw that one coming.
Davola misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch lands to the side of Oman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Joe Davola is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davola misses with a wild combination.
Oman dodges the punch combination from Davola.
Davola bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No joy there for Davola, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oman misses with a wild combination.
Davola keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oman.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Davola.
Davola slaps away a takedown attempt from Oman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Oman looks to score with a jab to the body but Davola is just out of range.
Oman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Davola.
Oman shoots in for a takedown but Davola shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Oman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davola throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Davola. Those never looked like landing.
Oman connects with the punch.
Davola feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Omans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Davola dodges the punch combination from Oman.
Davola slips under a jab.
Oman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davola explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Oman throws a jab when Davola was well out of range.
Oman on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Oman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Davola doesn't manage to clinch there - Oman circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Davola.
Jackson Oman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oman looks to land a left hand but Davola moved out of range nicely.
Davola wants to clinch.
Davola dodges the punch combination from Oman.
Oman looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Davola!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davola tries to hold on but Oman pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poor strikes thrown by Oman there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Oman sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
BOOM! Oman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Davola tries to hold on but Oman pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Davola comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Davola winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Davola!
During a confident post fight interview, Joe Davola thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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