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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Ovszenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Basit Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ovszenko kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bas Rutten - El Guapo likes to dance. Marcin Ovszenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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196 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcin Ovszenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Basit Ali!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali thows a body shot but no joy.
Ali will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ovszenko.
Basit Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ovszenko.
Ovszenko digs a good hook to Ali's body.
Ovszenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ali gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ovszenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
Ali rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ovszenko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A leg kick checked by Ali.
Ovszenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ali moves to clinch but Ovszenko breaks away
and Ovszenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ali scores with a leg kick.
Ali clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ovszenko is trying to break the clinch but Ali has him pressed against the cage.
Ali wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ovszenko has him pressed against the cage.
Ali wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ali is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ali prevents the takedown attempt.
Ovszenko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ali breaks the clinch.
Ovszenko takes a swing at Ali's ribcage but misses.
Ali swings for the body but Ovszenko moves out of range.
Ali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ovszenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Ovszenko with a jab.
Ali throws a body punch but Ovszenko moves out of range.
A jab from Ovszenko misses.
Ali throws a series of punches but Ovszenko moves out of range.
Ovszenko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ali sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ovszenko. Ovszenko circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ovszenko lands a right hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Ali. Those never looked like landing.
Danga de danga de dang - Ali scores with a four punch combination!
Ali looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ovszenko gets a double leg takedown into Ali's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ovszenko engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ovszenko makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ovszenko landing with the ground and pound.
Ovszenko thows a big elbow that misses.
Ovszenko passes into half guard.
Ovszenko content to control rather than advance.
Ovszenko working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Still in half guard, Ovszenko seems content to control.
Ovszenko wants to pass the guard but Ali is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ovszenko content to control rather than advance.
Ovszenko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ovszenko looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ali blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ovszenko.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ovszenko sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ovszenko wants to control but Ali is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcin Ovszenko dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ali misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ovszenko connects with an inside leg kick.
Ovszenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ali.
Ali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ovszenko darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ovszenko prevents Ali from standing back up.
Ovszenko controlling the action here.
Ovszenko'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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ovszenko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ovszenko is trying to control. Ali wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ovszenko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ovszenko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ali defending well though.
Still in half guard, Ovszenko seems content to control.
Ali wants to get back to his feet.
Ali is breathing heavily.
Ovszenko looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ovszenko controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ovszenko tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ali knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ovszenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ali keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ovszenko takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ovszenko trying to mount his opponent but Ali defends it.
Ovszenko content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ovszenko is trying to control. Ali wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ovszenko sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ali tries to kick Ovszenko off but Ovszenko keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Marcin Ovszenko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ovszenko sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Marcin Ovszenko wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Ali falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Ovszenko counter with a right hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ali!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ovszenko shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ovszenko perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcin Ovszenko dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ali looks to land a combination but Ovszenko avoids it well.
Ali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ali misses with a body shot
and Ovszenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ovszenko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ovszenko scores with a jab to the body.
Ovszenko jabs Ali right on the nose. Ali blinks but takes it well.
Ali bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ovszenko throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ali was covering up waiting for the punch and Ovszenko finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Ovszenko engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ovszenko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ali is keeping the position for now.
Ali takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ovszenko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ovszenko engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ovszenko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ali's head.
Ali wants to stand but Ovszenko is controlling the position.
Ovszenko content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Marcin Ovszenko wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ovszenko catches Ali with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Basit Ali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ali throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marcin Ovszenko is winning the standup battle so far.
Ovszenko misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ovszenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ali.
Ali misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Ali. Those never looked like landing.
Ovszenko lands with a nice body punch.
Ovszenko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ali takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ovszenko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ali walks into a jab.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Marcin Ovszenko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ali takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab lands there for Ovszenko.
Ovszenko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ovszenko's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ali under the eye.
Ovszenko jabs Ali right on the nose. Ali blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ovszenko lands the left hand.
Ovszenko cracks a nice hook into Ali's ribs.
Basit Ali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ovszenko.
Ovszenko taking a breather here.
Ovszenko has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ovszenko 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Check out the look on Ovszenko's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcin Ovszenko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ovszenko, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Marcin Ovszenko!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Marcin Ovszenko!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Marcin Ovszenko!
Marcin Ovszenko wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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