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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ales Zhandunka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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284 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John Bourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ales Zhandunka!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhandunka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhandunka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bourne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bourne misses with a kick to the body.
Bourne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bourne jabs at Zhandunka's body.
Bourne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zhandunka tries to close the distance and clinch but Bourne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bourne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhandunka was well out of range. Poor timing from Bourne.
Zhandunka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zhandunka misses with a shot to the body
and Bourne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zhandunka scores with a punch to the head.
Bourne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zhandunka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhandunka takes a swing at Bourne's ribcage but misses.
Bourne tries to bum rush Zhandunka with a series of wild strikes but Zhandunka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhandunka lands with a right hand.
Zhandunka scores with a hook to the body. Bourne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bourne scores with a jab. Zhandunka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bourne misses with a low kick.
Zhandunka is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bourne rather than just go for the knockout.
Bourne scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Some bone on bone action there as Zhandunka checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Zhandunka looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourne is just out of range.
Zhandunka thuds a left hand into Bourne's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bourne misses the shot to the body.
Zhandunka looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourne is just out of range.
Bourne misses with an attempted mid kick.
Some wild striking there from Zhandunka.
Zhandunka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bourne moves away.
Bourne lands a lovely overhand right.
Zhandunka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John Bourne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bourne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bourne throws a shot from downtown. Zhandunka moves away and avoids it.
Bourne throws a hook but Zhandunka blocks it.
Bourne throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bourne.
Zhandunka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zhandunka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bourne throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bourne. Zhandunka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bourne misses with a kick to the body.
Bourne just misses with a punch to the body.
Zhandunka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zhandunka misses with a hook. Bourne ducked under it nicely.
Bourne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bourne works Zhandunka's body with a nice hook.
Zhandunka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zhandunka sizes up Bourne with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bourne cracks Zhandunka with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zhandunka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bourne misses the shot to the body.
Bourne shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bourne, right into the meat.
An inside leg kick lands from Bourne.
Zhandunka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bourne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bourne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zhandunka throws a body punch but Bourne moves out of range.
Bourne slips under a jab.
Bourne connects with a leg kick. Zhandunka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zhandunka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bourne manages to avoid it.
Zhandunka misses with a hook
and Bourne counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zhandunka's knee momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zhandunka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bourne throws a body kick that misses.
Zhandunka gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Bourne dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bourne lands an overhand right.
Bourne loads up on a big right hand but Zhandunka slips the punch.
Bourne slips under a jab.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bourne.
Bourne throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Ales Zhandunka has been cut.
Bourne misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zhandunka counters with a right hand to the body.
John Bourne is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut there from Zhandunka.
Zhandunka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bourne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bourne throws an overhand right that lands on Zhandunka's shoulder, as Zhandunka tries to avoid the shot.
Zhandunka loads up on a big right hand but Bourne slips the punch.
Bourne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhandunka moves away.
Bourne lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zhandunka circles away quickly and effectively.
Bourne digs a good hook to Zhandunka's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zhandunka.
Bourne walks into a jab.
Bourne fakes the leg kick and cracks Zhandunka in the body.
Bourne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Bourne misses.
Zhandunka throws a body punch but Bourne moves out of range.
Zhandunka misses with a wild body shot.
Donk. Zhandunka catches Bourne right on the button with a cross.
Bourne cracks Zhandunka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zhandunka moves away from the strike by Bourne.
Bourne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zhandunka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bourne on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bourne.
Zhandunka scores with a body shot.
Bourne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot.
A big right from Bourne misses.
Zhandunka has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bourne.
Bourne connects with a solid leg kick.
Bourne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zhandunka.
Zhandunka wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bourne.
Zhandunka blocks a jab.
Zhandunka takes a swing at Bourne's ribcage but misses.
Zhandunka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zhandunka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bourne.
Zhandunka checks a leg kick.
Zhandunka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bourne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bourne misses with a low kick as Zhandunka jumps back.
Zhandunka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Bourne.
Zhandunka blocks a leg kick.
Zhandunka slips under a jab.
Zhandunka throws an overhand right that lands on Bourne's shoulder, as Bourne tries to avoid the shot.
Bourne throws a right hand that misses
and Zhandunka counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bourne misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourne throws a chopping leg kick but Zhandunka manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bourne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bourne.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bourne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Zhandunka checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slow jab from Bourne misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Bourne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ales Zhandunka's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
A decent looking cross lands there for Zhandunka.
Bourne throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zhandunka moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bourne connects with an inside leg kick.
Zhandunka walks into a stiff left hand from Bourne.
Bourne ducks under a wild hook from Zhandunka.
Zhandunka lands an overhand right.
Bourne getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bourne takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bourne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bourne lands a nice looking body shot.
Zhandunka misses with a combination
and Bourne counters with a solid body kick.
Zhandunka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhandunka swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bourne.
Bourne scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Zhandunka digs a good hook to Bourne's body.
Bourne throws a hook but Zhandunka avoids it easily.
Bourne lands a jab.
Bourne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bourne, right into the meat.
Bourne misses with a hook. Zhandunka ducked under it nicely.
Zhandunka has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bourne lands with a hook. Zhandunka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourne throws a low kick but Zhandunka moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka just misses with a punch to the body.
Zhandunka lands with a nice combination. Bourne backs away looking to recover.
Bourne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bourne lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zhandunka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zhandunka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zhandunka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bourne.
Bourne on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zhandunka misses the shot to the body.
Zhandunka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bourne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bourne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhandunka was well out of range. Poor timing from Bourne.
Bourne throws a body punch but Zhandunka moves out of range.
Zhandunka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ales Zhandunka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bourne!
Bourne stalks Zhandunka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zhandunka's face. Zhandunka staggers backwards, shaken.
Bourne looks to land a combination. Zhandunka sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourne scores with a hook to the body. Zhandunka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bourne thuds his right hand into Zhandunka's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zhandunka is rocked!
Zhandunka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bourne.
John Bourne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zhandunka is still on wobbly legs! Can Bourne finish him?
Good leg kick by Bourne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zhandunka seems to have recovered his senses.
Zhandunka throws a big shot that misses.
Bourne's corner calls for a 1-2. Bourne obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bourne.
Bourne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zhandunka can do to turn this around?
Bourne connects with a single shot there.
Zhandunka 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zhandunka. Bourne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zhandunka moves away from the strike by Bourne.
Bourne 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.
Zhandunka looks to land a combination but Bourne avoids it well.
Bourne ducks under a wild hook from Zhandunka.
Bourne stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zhandunka misses the jab.
Zhandunka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bourne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bourne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zhandunka.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Zhandunka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bourne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zhandunka misses with a series of wild punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Bourne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bourne, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Bourne!
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