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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zagnut Dunbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Worthington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Worthington's choice of entrance music: Hand Covers Bruise- Trent Reznor. 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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223 lbs
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218 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zagnut Dunbar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Worthington!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunbar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Worthington's waist but Worthington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dunbar off to one side.
Dunbar avoids the body shot from Worthington.
Worthington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Worthington lands a lovely overhand right.
Worthington looks to score with a jab to the body but Dunbar is just out of range.
Dunbar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Worthington moves away.
Worthington tries a low kick but Dunbar avoids it.
Worthington throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dunbar tries to clinch there but Worthington circles away.
Dunbar misses with a jab to the body
and Worthington counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dunbar lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthington avoids the body shot from Dunbar.
Dunbar drives through and clinches with Worthington against the cage.
Dunbar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dunbar tries to work over Worthington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Worthington letting Dunbar take a breather here.
A short uppercut from Dunbar.
Worthington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dunbar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dunbar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Worthington is keeping busy.
Dunbar tries to throw a body punch but Worthington avoids it by throwing Dunbar back against the cage.
Dunbar cracks Worthington with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dunbar.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dunbar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dunbar struggles to land a body shot inside as Worthington controls his hands.
Worthington prevents a body shot from Dunbar.
A hook to the body from Dunbar.
Dunbar lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar swings wildly with an uppercut but Worthington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunbar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dunbar tries to work over Worthington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Worthington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dunbar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Worthington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Worthington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Worthington struggles to land a body shot inside as Dunbar controls his hands.
Worthington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dunbar keeps control of Worthington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Worthington tries to throw a body punch but Dunbar avoids it by throwing Worthington back against the cage.
Dunbar blocking some punches.
Dunbar lands a nice elbow.
Dunbar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Worthington has clasped his hands together around Dunbar's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Worthington looks gassed!
Dunbar is looking to regain half guard here but Worthington keeps moving and retains side control.
I wouldn't like to be where Dunbar is right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Dunbar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dunbar managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Worthington.
Worthington working away.
Worthington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
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An elbow from Worthington crashes against the mat.
Dunbar is looking to reverse the position.
Worthington working away.
Worthington in side control lands a decent elbow.
Worthington in side control, throwing shots but Dunbar defends.
You can see the frustration on Dunbar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar gets back to half guard.
Worthington tries to pass to full mount but Dunbar defends it.
Dunbar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Worthington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dunbar is looking to stand up but Worthington isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Worthington throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dunbar working a defensive guard here.
Worthington in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Worthington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zagnut Dunbar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dunbar throws a hook but Worthington blocks it.
Zagnut Dunbar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dunbar throws a chopping leg kick but Worthington manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dunbar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Worthington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dunbar manages to avoid it.
Worthington avoids the body shot from Dunbar.
Dunbar misses with a looping left.
Dunbar throws a right hand that Worthington ducks under and follows up with a left that Worthington also avoids with ease.
Dunbar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Worthington throws a series of strikes that have Dunbar backpedaling.
Worthington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunbar.
Worthington throws an overhand right that lands on Dunbar's shoulder, as Dunbar tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunbar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Worthington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dunbar checks a low kick from Worthington.
Dunbar blocks a jab.
Dunbar swings for the body but Worthington moves out of range.
Worthington tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunbar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dunbar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Worthington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunbar.
Worthington takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Worthington scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Worthington. That's going to slow Dunbar down.
Dunbar is looking to wear down Worthington with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Worthington doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Worthington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunbar.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Worthington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Worthington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dunbar.
Worthington moves away from the strike by Dunbar.
Worthington changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dunbar tries to avoid it but Worthington manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dunbar to the ground. Dunbar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dunbar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An inside leg kick from Dunbar misses.
Worthington shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Worthington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zagnut Dunbar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Worthington fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zagnut Dunbar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Worthington.
Dunbar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Worthington scores with a punch to the head.
Dunbar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worthington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dunbar.
Dunbar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Worthington. Dunbar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Worthington wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dunbar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunbar throws a right and a left that Worthington avoids nicely.
Dunbar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Worthington.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jack Worthington will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Worthington misses with a hook to the body
and Worthington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dunbar misses the shot to the body.
Worthington looks for a takedown but Dunbar sprawls well.
Dunbar misses with a leg kick.
Dunbar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Worthington's head backwards.
Dunbar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Worthington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dunbar misses with a double jab
and Worthington counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dunbar!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Worthington with the ground and pound from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthington in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Worthington misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jack Worthington has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dunbar is trying desperately to improve position.
BOOM! Worthington connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Worthington lands a nice shot to the head.
Worthington raining down hammerfists from mount.
Dunbar is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Worthington controlling the pace for now.
Worthington misses with a head shot.
Dunbar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunbar holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Worthington tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dunbar tries to hold on but Worthington postures up.
Worthington punching from mount but Dunbar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Worthington with the ground and pound from mount.
Worthington thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Worthington cracks Dunbar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Dunbar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dunbar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Worthington looking to control but Dunbar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Worthington throws some wild stikes that Dunbar manages to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worthington raining down hammerfists from mount.
Worthington scoring with strikes but Dunbar is staying in there.
Dunbar is rocked!
Worthington postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Dunbar in real trouble here! The ref calls for Dunbar to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Worthington!
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hype
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