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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Durant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Poe Winnie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
3 - 6 - 0 |
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178 cm
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185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Durant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Poe Winnie!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durant gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Durant tries to pull guard but Winnie won't allow it.
Winnie just leaning against Durant, taking a breather.
Durant tries to pull guard but Winnie won't allow it.
Durant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Winnie avoids it.
Durant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Winnie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Durant is trying to pull guard but Winnie has him pressed against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Durant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winnie has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Durant regains guard immediately.
Winnie looking to sit in guard and control but Durant gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Winnie pulls Durant in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winnie is working an open guard so Durant takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Durant fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Winnie, pushing him back against the ropes.
Winnie misses with a punch to the body.
Durant drops down looking for an ankle pick but Winnie pulls his leg out and moves away.
Durant closes the distance and pushes Winnie back into the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Durant has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Winnie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Durant up against the ropes.
Durant goes for a takedown in the clinch but Winnie prevents it.
Winnie struggles to land a body shot inside as Durant controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant trying to stall but Winnie improves his position.
Winnie stalling the fight.
Durant is trying to push Winnie away but Winnie has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Winnie has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Durant regains guard immediately.
Durant is trying to control the position but Winnie postures up.
Winnie throws a big elbow that misses.
Durant knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Winnie on the ground.
Winnie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Durant's head.
Durant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Winnie works over Durant with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant is trying to control the position but Winnie postures up.
Durant will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Winnie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Durant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Winnie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Durant on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Durant tries to get out of the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Durant preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Durant working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Winnie.
Durant keeping moving, preventing Winnie from controlling successfully.
Durant is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Durant is really struggling to control Winnie but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Poe Winnie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Durant clinches up against the ropes.
Durant wants to break free but Winnie has control.
Durant is trying to push Winnie away but Winnie has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Durant taking a breather.
Winnie pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Durant tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Winnie smiles and moves away.
Durant closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winnie prevents Durant from breaking the clinch.
Durant can't get the takedown.
Winnie just leaning against Durant, taking a breather.
Durant tries to pull guard but Winnie forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Durant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winnie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durant backwards.
Winnie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durant is trying to stall.
Durant is trying to pull guard but Winnie has him pressed against the ropes.
Winnie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durant backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winnie has Durant pressed against the ropes.
Durant tries to break free but Winnie pushes him back against the ropes.
Durant blocks a body shot from Winnie.
Winnie is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Durant can't fight it off and eventually Winnie manages to take the fight to the floor. Durant looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Winnie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Winnie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Durant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Durant is trying to hold Winnie in close to prevent damage but Winnie has managed to pass into half guard.
Winnie thows a huge punch but Durant dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant is staying active underneath Winnie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Winnie is looking for a kimura but Durant is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Winnie to get the leverage.
Winnie seems to be working for a kimura but Durant defends the submission attempt.
Durant is trying to get back to full guard.
Durant keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Durant blocking the ground and pound attempt from Winnie.
Durant has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Winnie is working away from the top position though.
Winnie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Winnie lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winnie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Durant with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Winnie lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Winnie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Winnie working over Durant with some ground and pound. Durant looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winnie trying to control from half guard but Durant is working away.
Poe Winnie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Winnie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Poe Winnie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Durant clinches up with Winnie and pushes him back against the ropes.
Durant is trying to drag Winnie to the mat but Winnie just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Winnie.
Winnie continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Durant tries for a takedown. No joy.
Durant tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Winnie smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Durant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant has Winnie up against the ropes in a clinch.
Winnie controlling the action here for a moment.
Durant tries to pull guard but Winnie holds him up against the ropes and eventually Durant drops back down to his feet.
Billy Durant has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Durant jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Winnie walks away with a smile on his face. Durant gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Winnie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Durant misses with a punch to the body.
Winnie can't find room to land a body shot as Durant controls the action.
Durant is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Durant is trying to pull guard but Winnie turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Winnie slowing the pace effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winnie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Durant swings wildly with an uppercut but Winnie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durant is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Durant blocking some punches.
Winnie slows down the pace here.
Winnie gets underhooks to prevent Durant's takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant is trying to pull guard but Winnie turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Durant wants to break the clinch but can't.
Durant has had enough of the clinch but Winnie keeps him there for the moment.
Durant tries to pull guard but Winnie holds him up against the ropes and eventually Durant drops back down to his feet.
Winnie gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Winnie is nestled in close to Durant, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durant is staying active underneath Winnie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Durant has hold of Winnie's hands but Winnie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Billy Durant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durant taking some punishment here, with Winnie in his half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Poe Winnie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Winnie winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight for Poe Winnie!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Poe Winnie!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Poe Winnie!
Poe Winnie wins by unanimous decision!
Poe Winnie was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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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