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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Koers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahut Uno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koers's entrance music is Godsmack - Cryin' Like A Bitch!!. A fine choice. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Koers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mahut Uno!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Koers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koers misses with a few strikes there.
Koers misses with a shot to the body
and Uno counters with a right hand to the body.
Koers misses with a hook. Uno ducked under it nicely.
Uno tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koers throws a jab when Uno was well out of range.
Uno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Uno tries to clinch but Koers moves out of range.
Koers thows a body shot but no joy.
Uno scores with a shot to the body.
Koers scores with a jab to the head.
Koers swats away the attempt to clinch by Uno.
Koers swings for the body but Uno moves out of range.
Uno tries to clinch up but Koers circles away and keeps his distance.
Uno rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Koers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice defenses there by Uno.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uno throws out a powerful jab.
Koers will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Koers misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uno forces Koers back against the cage and clinches.
Uno misses with an elbow strike.
Uno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koers's efforts to push away.
Uno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Koers has had enough of the clinch but Uno keeps him there for the moment.
Uno pushes off an throws an elbow but Koers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Koers manages to break the clinch.
Koers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koers misses with a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Koers.
Jake Koers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koers drops his hands momentarily and Uno takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Uno has Koers up against the cage in a clinch.
Uno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Uno misses with an elbow strike.
Koers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Uno creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Koers's defenses.
Uno throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uno keeps control of Koers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Uno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Koers avoids the elbow strike from Uno, against the cage.
Uno looking to throw knees to the head but Koers is blocking nicely.
Uno tries to land knees in the clinch but Koers avoids the damage to the body.
Koers can't break the clinch.
Uno misses with a knee to the head.
Koers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Koers can't break the clinch.
Uno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Uno creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Koers's defenses.
Uno lands with a short shot to the head.
Koers has had enough of the clinch but Uno keeps him there for the moment.
Koers is trying to break the clinch but Uno has him pressed against the cage.
Koers is trying to break free.
Uno misses with a knee to the head.
Koers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koers dodges an elbow strike from Uno.
Koers dodges an elbow strike from Uno.
Uno pushes off an throws an elbow but Koers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Uno throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Koers is looking to break free of the clinch but Uno has double underhooks.
Koers is trying to force a seperation but Uno has the dominant position.
Koers takes an elbow to the temple.
Koers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Koers is trying to force a seperation but Uno has the dominant position.
Koers wants to get back to striking at distance but Uno won't allow it.
Uno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Uno lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Koers or not.
Uno pushes off an throws an elbow but Koers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Uno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koers's efforts to push away.
Koers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Uno.
Uno throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid body kick from Koers.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Koers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Danga de danga de dang - Uno scores with a four punch combination!
Koers tries to bum rush Uno with a series of wild strikes but Uno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Uno checks a leg kick.
Koers misses with a series of wild punches.
Jake Koers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koers throws a right and a left that Uno avoids nicely.
Koers misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Uno counters by clinching up.
Uno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Koers breaks from the clinch.
Koers throws a shot from downtown. Uno moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Koers throws the left hand but Uno avoids the punch easily.
Crunch! Koers slams his shin into Uno's torso.
No joy there for Koers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mahut Uno dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Uno takes one on the button.
Uno moves away from the strike by Koers.
Koers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Uno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Uno connects with a crisp jab.
Uno is looking to clinch.
Uno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koers thows a body shot but no joy.
Koers is looking to slow Uno down with leg kicks.
Koers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Uno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koers throws a right hand that Uno ducks under and follows up with a left that Uno also avoids with ease.
Uno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Koers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Uno.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koers tries to bum rush Uno with a series of wild strikes but Uno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jake Koers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koers throws a nice looking combination but Uno bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Uno scores with a nice right hand.
Uno tries to clinch but Koers moves out of range.
Uno moves out of range as Koers throws a body kick.
Uno tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koers throws a combination that misses
and Uno counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Uno lands with an uppercut that bounces Koers off the cage and back into range.
Uno is looking to clinch.
Uno tries to close the distance and clinch but Koers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Uno throws a shot to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Uno slips under a jab from Koers.
Koers gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Uno counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Uno closes the distance and clinches.
Uno misses with a knee to the head.
Uno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jake Koers has been cut.
Uno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koers blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Koers can't break the clinch.
Uno pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Uno looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Uno lands a nice knee to the body.
Uno misses with a knee to the head.
Uno lands a damaging elbow.
Koers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Uno misses with an elbow strike.
Mahut Uno seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Uno has a couple of punches blocked by Koers.
Uno misses with a body punch.
Koers blocks an elbow strike.
Koers breaks the clinch.
Koers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Uno is looking to clinch.
Koers just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uno is looking to clinch but Koers is avoiding it.
Koers throws a body punch but Uno moves out of range.
Uno lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Uno dives in and scores a takedown into Koers's guard.
Uno looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Koers manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Uno manages to get himself to full guard.
Uno is looking for a triangle but Koers pushes his legs off easily.
Uno keeping moving, preventing Koers from controlling successfully.
Koers avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uno working a defensive guard but Koers manages to pass into side control anyway.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uno is looking to reverse the position.
Koers tries to move to mount but Uno blocks the move with his legs.
Uno tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Koers wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koers taking a breather here.
Uno can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mahut Uno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jake Koers's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Uno fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Uno moves out of range as Koers strikes.
Koers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Uno fails with the takedown.
Koers throws a right hand that Uno ducks under and follows up with a left that Uno also avoids with ease.
Uno moves into the clinch.
Uno looking to throw knees to the head but Koers is blocking nicely.
Uno prevents Koers from breaking the clinch.
Koers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Uno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koers's efforts to push away.
Uno tries to land a knee to the head but Koers blocks with his arms.
Uno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Uno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Uno misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uno struggles to land a body shot inside as Koers controls his hands.
Uno keeps control of Koers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Uno lands an elbow inside.
Uno pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koers blocking some punches.
Uno looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Uno has a couple of punches blocked by Koers.
Uno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koers's efforts to push away.
Koers dodges an elbow strike from Uno.
Koers tries to circle away but Uno has him pinned against the cage.
Koers is trying to break the clinch but Uno has him pressed against the cage.
Uno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Uno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Koers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mahut Uno seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Koers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Uno lands a body shot.
Uno throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Koers.
Koers misses with a body shot.
Koers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koers lands a nice looking body shot.
Koers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Uno counters with a two punch combo.
Mahut Uno is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Koers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koers scores with a jab.
Koers misses with a head kick.
Uno wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Uno.
Uno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Koers, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koers tries to break free but Uno pushes him back against the cage.
Koers is trying to break the clinch but Uno has him pressed against the cage.
Koers tries to break the clinch but Uno is controlling the position.
Koers wants to break free but Uno has control.
Koers can't break the clinch.
Uno pushes off an throws an elbow but Koers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Uno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koers blocks it with crossed arms.
Jake Koers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koers is trying to break the clinch but Uno has him pressed against the cage.
Koers tries to circle away but Uno has him pinned against the cage.
Koers is trying to force a seperation but Uno has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Uno is defending well for now.
Koers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Uno scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Uno ducks under a wild hook from Koers.
Uno's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Koers connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Uno scrambles back to his feet.
Koers takes a swing at Uno's ribcage but misses.
Uno throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Uno counters by clinching up.
Koers is trying to break the clinch but Uno has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Koers.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koers misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Uno managing to block the knees to the body from Koers.
Uno lands a damaging elbow.
Uno blocking some punches.
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 Jake Koers.
Well Uno has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mahut Uno!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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