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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Scott King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Curran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bryan Curran!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Curran!
King controlling the position easily from mount.
Curran takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
King avoids the attempt from Curran to control.
Curran is looking to improve his position but King isn't that keen on the idea.
King in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
King avoids the attempt from Curran to control.
Curran is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but King is staying active.
Curran working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Curran is desperately trying to improve his position but King has a good base and remains in mount.
Curran is in a horrible position here. King smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
King looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King working for a submission but Curran is keeping him at bay.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Curran taking shots to the head.
Curran tries to hold on but King postures up.
Curran is desperately trying to improve his position but King has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King with a couple of short strikes.
Curran is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King content just to control the position here.
King 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.
King has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
King cracks Curran with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
King sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
King is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Curran looks gassed!
King looking to control and managing it successfully.
King scoring with strikes but Curran is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curran is looking to improve his position but King isn't that keen on the idea.
King controlling from mount.
King raining down hammerfists from mount.
Curran is in all sorts of trouble here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by King.
King with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott King dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from King.
King misses with a series of wild punches.
King misses with the combination.
King lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Curran circles away quickly and effectively.
Curran shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as King sprawls well. King wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Curran gets slowly back to his feet.
Curran slips a jab and a cross from King.
Curran with a lazy takedown attempt
and King counters with a series of strikes. Curran will be more careful next time no doubt.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King stuffs the takedown attempt from Curran. Curran gets slowly back to his feet.
Scott King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Curran.
Curran is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran is looking to clinch.
King scores with a takedown into Curran's guard.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Curran's guard.
King seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
King takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
King seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Scott King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
King prevents Curran from standing back up.
King working over Curran with some ground and pound. Curran looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
King looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
King passes to full mount!
King prevents Curran from getting the reversal.
King controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King looking to secure an arm triangle but Curran defends it well.
Curran in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
King lands a big shot there that rocks Curran but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
King scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Curran?
King controlling from the full mount.
King'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 four minutes gone in the round.
King is in the full mount, landing strikes.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Curran can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King controlling his opponent.
King has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Curran's face.
King controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King is working for a guillotine from mount but Curran frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott King dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
King swinging wildly here.
King throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Curran was covering up waiting for the punch and King finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Curran is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
King content to stall in guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as King accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran looking for a guillotine here but King defends easily.
Curran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
King is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Curran trying to strike off his back.
King looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
King lands a couple of digs.
King content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Scott King just wasn't active enough.
A leg kick checked by Curran.
Curran wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Curran doesn't succeed with the takedown
and King counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Curran's guard now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
King sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curran has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but King can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King stands and throws Curran's legs to the side, diving into side control.
King is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Curran's shoulder. That is not cool.
King scores with punches from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
King in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curran takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Curran tries to bench press King off him but King keeps the position.
Curran is working to avoid the ground and pound but King connects with a decent elbow.
King in side control lands a decent elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Curran down.
Curran tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but King presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
King tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Curran takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King unloading with bombs!
King with the ground and pound from mount.
Bryan Curran has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scott King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Curran is rocked!
King looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well King has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott King!
A very excited looking Scott King made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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