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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Bane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Ragno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bane's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ego Draconis. Ragno comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The World is Mine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Xavier Bane has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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156 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier Bane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maximus Ragno!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bane shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ragno avoids the body shot from Bane.
Ragno takes the fight into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ragno takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ragno missing with knees to the body.
Ragno connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bane's face.
It looks like Xavier Bane has been cut.
Ragno breaks the clinch.
Bane tests Ragno's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bane throws a shot from downtown. Ragno moves away and avoids it.
Ragno throws the kick towards the body but Bane avoids it.
Bane is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ragno sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bane checks a leg kick.
Bane gets tackled into the cage by Ragno. Ragno maintains the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ragno.
Ragno pushes Bane back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ragno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bane blocks it with crossed arms.
Ragno avoiding damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ragno fails to land.
Ragno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bane looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Bane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragno scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ragno misses with a body punch.
Ragno lands a knee to the head.
Ragno tries to stall but Bane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ragno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bane has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ragno after a bit of a struggle.
Ragno is trying to push Bane away but Bane has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ragno tries to throw a body punch but Bane avoids it by throwing Ragno back against the cage.
Bane is trying to break free.
Ragno lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragno lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bane misses with a series of wild punches.
Bane fails with a takedown attempt.
Bane missing with a left hand there. Ragno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ragno.
Ragno stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ragno.
Bane misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ragno feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bane's calf.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bane. Ragno does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragno throws a leg kick but Bane sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jab from Bane.
Bane fails with a takedown attempt.
Bane avoids the body shot from Ragno.
Ragno digs a good hook to Bane's body.
Ragno scores with the left hand. Bane knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ragno thows a body shot but no joy.
Maximus Ragno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Ragno. Those never looked like landing.
Bane misses with a body shot
and Ragno counters with a low kick, right behind Bane 's knee.
Jab from Bane.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximus Ragno dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xavier Bane's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bane avoids the head kick by Ragno.
Ragno walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bane checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bane scores with a decent looking hook.
Ragno misses with a low kick.
Ragno misses with a leg kick.
A punch combination from Ragno misses.
Ragno throws a front kick that sends Bane stumbling back into the cage.
Bane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ragno throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bane connects with a looping right hand.
Bane swats away the attempt to clinch by Ragno.
Bane blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragno misses with a low kick.
Ragno moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bane looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut there from Bane.
Bane shoots in looking for a takedown. Ragno tries to sprawl out of it but Bane keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ragno manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ragno looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ragno.
Xavier Bane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bane jabs at Ragno's body.
Ragno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Ragno.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bane scores with a sloppy right hand. Ragno should have avoided that one.
Bane avoids a kick to the body.
Ragno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bane waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ragno.
Ragno clinches with his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Ragno.
Ragno tries a knee to the head but Bane blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragno looking to throw knees to the head but Bane is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ragno.
Ragno blocks a body shot from Bane.
Ragno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragno leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragno with a knee to the head.
Ragno gets through Bane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ragno has Bane pressed against the cage, preventing Bane from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bane looking for a takedown.
Ragno misses with a body punch.
Ragno tries to land a knee to the head but Bane blocks with his arms.
Ragno stalls.
Ragno tries to land knees in the clinch but Bane avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ragno leaning against his opponent.
Ragno looking to stall.
Ragno misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ragno misses with the head strike.
Bane misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bane is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ragno pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Bane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ragno connects with a knee to the head.
Ragno misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximus Ragno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Xavier Bane'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Bane takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bane shoots in and gets a takedown into Ragno's guard.
Ragno looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ragno keeping moving, preventing Bane from controlling successfully.
Bane has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ragno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bane loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ragno wants to stand up but Bane is controlling him.
Bane throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bane with a nice head shot there.
Ragno keeping moving, preventing Bane from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bane missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bane trying to control but Ragno is working from the bottom.
Ragno seems keen to control Bane's posture.
Bane is working Ragno over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bane throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bane pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ragno is keeping the position for now.
Bane postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bane working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bane tries to free his leg and advance position but Ragno is retaining full guard.
Maximus Ragno 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.
Bane scoring with some ground and pound.
Bane wants to control from the top but Ragno keeps moving.
Bane working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ragno's head.
Bane lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bane keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ragno's head.
Bane tries to free his leg and advance position but Ragno is retaining full guard.
Bane loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bane works over Ragno with some ground and pound from guard.
Ragno keeping moving, preventing Bane from controlling successfully.
Bane loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ragno is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bane trying to control but Ragno is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bane throws a big right hand that misses.
Bane trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bane trying to control but Ragno is working from the bottom.
Bane throws a strike but Ragno rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ragno stopping the sweep attempt from Bane.
Bane controls Ragno momentarily but Ragno frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bane controlling the position.
Bane's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Xavier Bane overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We're going to have a standup here because Xavier Bane wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Some wild striking there from Bane.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Bane.
Xavier Bane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Bane showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ragno 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maximus Ragno!
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