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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thai Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Striker is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rage Against The Machine - Killing in The Name. Thai Striker has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Chris Bacon's chin.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Bacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Thai Striker!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bacon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bacon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bacon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Striker was well out of range. Poor timing from Bacon.
Striker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bacon avoids it really well and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Bacon.
Bacon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Striker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Striker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bacon.
Striker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bacon. Striker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bacon swings for the body but Striker moves out of range.
Striker closes the distance and clinches.
Striker landing knees to the head.
Bacon blocks a body shot from Striker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bacon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Striker struggles to land a body shot inside as Bacon controls his hands.
Striker tries to throw a body punch but Bacon avoids it by throwing Striker back against the cage.
Bacon breaks from the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Bacon blocks the low kick.
Striker walks into a stiff left hand from Bacon.
Bacon throws a right hand that misses
and Striker counters with a thumping low kick.
Bacon misses the shot to the body.
Bacon defending well as Striker loads up on a big left hand.
Bacon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bacon misses with a series of wild punches.
Striker clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon lands a left hand.
Striker digs a right hand underneath Bacon's ribcage. Bacon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Striker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bacon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Striker tries to throw a body punch but Bacon avoids it by throwing Striker back against the cage.
Striker has a couple of punches blocked by Bacon.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Striker breaks from the clinch.
Bacon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Striker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Striker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Striker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bacon.
Bacon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bacon lands a nice shot that snaps Striker's head back.
Bacon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Striker doesn't seem bothered though.
Bacon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Striker throws a head kick but Bacon moves out of range.
Bacon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bacon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Striker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bacon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bacon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Striker throws a solid leg kick but Bacon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Striker.
Bacon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Striker.
A telegraphed right hand from Bacon misses the target.
An inside leg kick from Bacon misses.
Striker scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bacon in his tracks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacon takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bacon throws a leg kick
and Striker counters with an outside leg kick.
Bacon moves out of range of the strikes.
Striker connects with the punch.
Bacon lands a nice shot that snaps Striker's head back.
Bacon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Striker.
Bacon wants to land a leg kick but Striker is out of range.
Thai Striker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Striker.
A jab from Striker misses.
Striker staying out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacon takes a swing at Striker's ribcage but misses.
Striker misses the jab.
Striker lands a jab to Bacon's midsection.
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 Chris Bacon will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Striker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Striker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Striker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Striker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Striker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bacon throws a good cross that connects.
Striker lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bacon will feel that in the morning.
Bacon throws a hook to the side of Striker's head but Striker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slapping leg kick lands for Striker.
Striker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Striker needs to keep his hands up - Bacon had a free shot at his head there.
Striker throws a leg kick which misses Bacon's front leg but catches the back leg as Bacon tries to avoid it.
Bacon misses with an uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Bacon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick misses from Striker.
Bacon throws a lazy uppercut
and Striker counters with a stiff right hand.
Striker misses with a hook.
Bacon misses with a looping right.
Striker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Striker tries to move into range but Bacon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bacon misses with an uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bacon checks a leg kick.
Bacon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Striker. Striker obviously looking to wear him down.
Bacon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Striker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bacon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Striker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon staying out of range there.
Striker moves into the clinch.
Striker can't find room to land a body shot as Bacon controls the action.
Bacon manages to break the clinch.
Striker thumps Bacon with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Striker.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bacon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bacon scores with a jab. Striker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Striker.
Bacon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Striker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bacon throws out the jab.
Bacon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bacon blocks a low kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Bacon.
Bacon misses with a looping right.
A big left from Bacon misses.
A head kick misses from Striker.
Bacon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Striker thows a body shot but no joy.
Striker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bacon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Striker.
Bacon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Strikers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bacon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big right from Bacon misses.
Striker tries to clinch but Bacon moves away
and Bacon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bacon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striker throws a shot from downtown. Bacon moves away and avoids it.
Striker lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bacon will feel that in the morning.
Striker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bacon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bacon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Striker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Striker swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Chris Bacon is winning the standup battle so far.
Bacon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Striker doesn't seem bothered though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bacon misses with a double jab.
Bacon jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacon misses with a looping right.
Bacon throws out a loose jab but Striker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bacon throws a series of strikes that have Striker backpedaling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Thai Striker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A jab from Striker misses.
Bacon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Strikers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Striker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bacon. That did some damage!
Bacon lands a nice shot that snaps Striker's head back.
Bacon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Striker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bacon manages to avoid it.
Bacon blocks a head kick by Striker.
Striker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bacon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Striker can pounce on him.
Nice defenses there by Striker.
Bacon connects with a body shot.
Striker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Striker avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon throws a one two combo.
Striker throws a big shot that misses.
Bacon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Striker.
Bacon needs to keep his hands up - Striker had a free shot at his head there.
Striker tries to work over Bacon's front leg with a kick but Bacon checks it.
A nice combination there by Bacon.
Bacon lands with a nice body punch.
Bacon thuds his right hand into Striker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bacon checks a low kick from Striker.
Striker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bacon lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon throws a jab when Striker was well out of range.
Striker slips a jab and a cross from Bacon.
Bacon missing with a left hand there. Striker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Striker throws a leg kick but Bacon sees it coming and moves out of range.
Striker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bacon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bacon throws a right and a left that Striker avoids nicely.
Bacon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bacon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Striker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bacon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Striker drives through and clinches with Bacon against the cage.
A short right from Striker on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker effectively controlling the action here.
Striker has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Striker misses with a knee strike.
Striker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bacon.
Striker is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bacon is looking to break free of the clinch but Striker has double underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Striker.
Striker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bacon manages to break the clinch.
Bacon misses with a looping left.
Striker throws a combination that misses
and Bacon counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Striker doesn't seem bothered though.
Bacon scores with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Striker.
Striker scores with a head kick.
Bacon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bacon blocks the body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Striker scores with a head kick.
Bacon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Striker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bacon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Striker circles away quickly and effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chris Bacon.
I think Bacon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Chris Bacon!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Chris Bacon!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Chris Bacon!
Chris Bacon wins by unanimous decision!
After the big win, Chris Bacon made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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