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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Merlin Phoenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Platero Scrappypants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phoenix comes to the cage accompanied by Simon Says. The key to victory for Merlin Phoenix has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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278 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Merlin Phoenix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Platero Scrappypants!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Phoenix.
Phoenix throws a series of punches but Scrappypants moves out of range.
Phoenix really is a fat lump.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Phoenix.
Phoenix pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scrappypants throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phoenix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scrappypants moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Phoenix on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Merlin Phoenix has been cut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Phoenix, right into the meat.
Phoenix looks to land a combination but Scrappypants avoids it well.
Scrappypants avoids a punch combination nicely.
Phoenix throws a right hand that Scrappypants ducks under and follows up with a left that Scrappypants also avoids with ease.
Phoenix scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Phoenix swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Phoenix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scrappypants moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scrappypants missing with a left hand there. Phoenix was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Phoenix misses with a series of wild punches.
Phoenix misses with a head kick.
Phoenix looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Scrappypants misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scrappypants feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Scrappypants trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Phoenix knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Scrappypants on the ground.
Scrappypants scoring with some ground and pound.
Scrappypants thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scrappypants wants to control from the top but Phoenix keeps moving.
Phoenix wants to stand and escape but Scrappypants is having none of it.
Phoenix utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Phoenix keeping moving, preventing Scrappypants from controlling successfully.
Scrappypants loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Scrappypants missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Phoenix avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Scrappypants or perhaps it was just good defense by Phoenix which made him look bad.
Phoenix swinging wilding here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scrappypants blocks a head kick by Phoenix.
Phoenix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scrappypants moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A left and a right from Phoenix both land. Nice combination.
Phoenix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scrappypants tries to keep at a distance but Phoenix has taken the fight into the clinch.
Phoenix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Come on Scrappypants - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Phoenix wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Phoenix lands a nice shot to the body.
Scrappypants is trying to stall.
Scrappypants has Phoenix pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Phoenix manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Scrappypants looks gassed!
Scrappypants wants to stall.
Scrappypants is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Phoenix gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Merlin Phoenix has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Platero Scrappypants.
Phoenix is trying to break free.
Scrappypants taking a breather.
Phoenix is trying to break free.
Scrappypants looking to slow down the pace here.
Phoenix creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scrappypants blocks an elbow strike.
Phoenix lands a hook that snaps the head of Scrappypants backwards.
Scrappypants managing to block the knees to the body from Phoenix.
Scrappypants working aggressively here.
Phoenix lands a knee to the head.
Scrappypants lands a left hand.
Phoenix is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Phoenix is looking to break free of the clinch but Scrappypants has double underhooks.
Phoenix trying to land knees to the body.
Phoenix gets through Scrappypants's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Phoenix tries to break the clinch but Scrappypants is controlling the position.
Scrappypants misses with an elbow over the top.
Scrappypants jumps guard but Phoenix stands there with Scrappypants around his waist. Scrappypants gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Scrappypants is stalling here.
Scrappypants tries to stall but Phoenix uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Scrappypants stalls.
Phoenix lands a shot to the body.
Phoenix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Phoenix swinging wilding here.
Phoenix goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Merlin Phoenix is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix scores with the left hand. Scrappypants knows he should have avoided that one.
Phoenix misses with a wild combination.
A shot to de liver by Scrappypants. Beautiful body shot.
Scrappypants throws a right hand that misses
and Phoenix counters with a series of strikes. Scrappypants will be more careful next time no doubt.
Scrappypants takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Scrappypants throws a left and a right that both miss
and Phoenix counters with a two punch combo.
Phoenix works Scrappypants's body with a nice hook.
Scrappypants gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Phoenix.
Phoenix looks to land a combination. Scrappypants sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Scrappypants is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Phoenix.
Scrappypants avoids the head kick by Phoenix.
Scrappypants clinches but Phoenix breaks the clinch
and Phoenix counters with a left and a right that stings Scrappypants.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phoenix clinches up with Scrappypants and pushes him back against the cage.
Scrappypants escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Phoenix!
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 Merlin Phoenix will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Merlin Phoenix's cut.
That's time! Phoenix's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Scrappypants swings away with a body shot that misses
and Phoenix counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short uppercut from Scrappypants.
Scrappypants content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scrappypants.
Scrappypants lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Phoenix escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phoenix lands with a slapping head kick.
Scrappypants is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Phoenix rather than just go for the knockout.
Scrappypants takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Merlin Phoenix is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Phoenix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scrappypants fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Phoenix drives through and clinches with Scrappypants against the cage.
Phoenix is trying to break free.
Phoenix wants to break the clinch but can't.
Scrappypants's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Scrappypants tries to stall but Phoenix uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Scrappypants stalling in the clinch.
Phoenix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scrappypants is breathing heavily.
Phoenix manages to break the clinch.
Scrappypants takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Scrappypants changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Phoenix tries to avoid it but Scrappypants manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Phoenix to the ground. Phoenix escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix throws a head kick but Scrappypants moves out of range.
Phoenix goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Phoenix moves in looking to clinch but Scrappypants pushes him off.
Platero Scrappypants seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scrappypants misses with a body shot
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Phoenix counters with a left and a right that stings Scrappypants.
Scrappypants avoids a punch combination nicely.
Phoenix throws a combination that misses
so Scrappypants counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Phoenix keeping moving, preventing Scrappypants from controlling successfully.
Phoenix is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Scrappypants working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Scrappypants throws a big right hand that misses.
Scrappypants has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Scrappypants is looking to work some ground and pound but Phoenix has wrist control.
Scrappypants scoring with punches to the head and body.
Phoenix keeping moving, preventing Scrappypants from controlling successfully.
Scrappypants throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A combination from Phoenix does no damage.
Scrappypants has taken the fight to the clinch.
Scrappypants breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scrappypants closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Scrappypants trying to mount his opponent but Phoenix defends it.
Scrappypants missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Scrappypants lands a nice short elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scrappypants lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Scrappypants trying to control from half guard but Phoenix is working away.
Scrappypants takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Scrappypants scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Phoenix is trying to stand.
Scrappypants works his way into full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scrappypants throwing strikes here but Phoenix is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Scrappypants throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Phoenix trying desperately to get to his feet.
Scrappypants throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Scrappypants scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Phoenix?
You get the feeling that Phoenix really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Phoenix avoids a series of strikes thrown by Scrappypants.
Phoenix squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Scrappypants lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Phoenix hang on?
Phoenix is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Scrappypants with the ground and pound from mount.
Phoenix is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Scrappypants with the ground and pound from mount.
Phoenix wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Scrappypants.
Scrappypants 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.
BOOM! Scrappypants connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Scrappypants throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Phoenix blocking the ground and pound.
Phoenix holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Scrappypants tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Scrappypants landing shots from mount.
Scrappypants looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Phoenix covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Platero Scrappypants!
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energy
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