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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Golanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcelo Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Adam Golanski!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Golanski.
Golanski wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Golanski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alves connects with a single shot there.
Alves throws a nice looking combination but Golanski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Golanski misses with a two punch combination.
Golanski 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.
Golanski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Alves looks to land a combination. Golanski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Golanski looks to land a body kick but Alves moved away.
Golanski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alves moves away.
Golanski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marcelo Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golanski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alves at a distance.
Alves connects with a body shot.
Alves is trying hard to land a takedown here. Golanski sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golanski misses with a double jab
and Alves counters with a nice body shot.
Alves misses with a shot to the body
and Golanski counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Alves is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Golanski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alves to score with a decent uppercut.
Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Golanski.
Golanski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alves lands an overhand right.
Alves looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Golanski!
Alves punching from mount but Golanski doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Alves throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Alves looking to finish Golanski with some ground and pound. This is bad for Golanski!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves punching from mount but Golanski doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golanski avoids a series of strikes thrown by Alves.
Alves sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Golanski manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Golanski, under a barage of strikes from Alves.
Alves sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Golanski defending well though.
Alves wants to control but Golanski is keeping him busy.
Alves tries to pass the half guard into mount. Golanski knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Golanski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alves.
Golanski is looking for a sweep. Alves is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golanski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Golanski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alves throws a strike but Golanski avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Golanski pulls Alves in to control the position.
Alves throws a big elbow that misses.
Alves postures up.
Golanski might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Alves kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Alves postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Alves missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Golanski working a defensive guard here.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Golanski trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves stands up from Golanski's guard - Alves perhaps looking for a knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Golanski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Alves dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A lazy left from Alves finds it's target.
Golanski misses with a double jab.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Golanski.
Golanski throws out a leg kick but Alves moves out of range and Golanski only half commits.
Golanski tries to clinch but Alves moves away
and Alves counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Golanski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Golanski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
Alves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Golanski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alves swings for the body but Golanski moves out of range.
Golanski throws out a loose jab but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golanski ducks under a wild hook from Alves.
Marcelo Alves is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Alves.
Golanski misses with a wild combination.
Golanski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golanski throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Golanski misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Alves.
Golanski throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Golanski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
Alves throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Golanski on the side of the head.
Alves misses with a straight right.
Golanski misses with a kick to the body.
Golanski digs a good body shot into Alves's ribs.
Alves throws a shot to the body.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Golanski.
Golanski tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Golanski misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Alves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circling - Alves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Golanski misses with a body kick.
Alves throws a leg kick but Golanski moved away.
Golanski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Golanski moves out of range as Alves throws a body kick.
Alves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alves throws a body punch but Golanski moves out of range.
Golanski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
Golanski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves slips under a jab from Golanski.
Jab, jab by Alves - just one landing.
Alves shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Alves showed some decent athleticism there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Golanski defending well though.
Alves with the ground and pound but Golanski uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Golanski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alves scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Golanski trying to keep a closed guard but Alves is proving a slippery customer.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alves is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alves stands up from Golanski's guard - Alves perhaps looking for a knockout.
A low kick from Alves misses
letting Golanski counter with a right hand.
Golanski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Golanski. Alves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Golanski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alves throws out a loose jab but Golanski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves lands a head shot.
Alves throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alves lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Golanski misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Alves dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Alves gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Golanski looks to land a combination. Alves sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Golanski is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Alves rather than just go for the knockout.
Alves misses the jab.
Golanski tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Alves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Golanski wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Golanski misses with a head kick.
Golanski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Golanski throws a right and a left that Alves avoids nicely.
Golanski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alves, pushing him back against the cage.
Golanski misses with a knee strike.
Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alves works the jab nicely.
Adam Golanski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves misses with a looping left.
Alves throws a shot to the body.
Alves scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alves. Golanski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alves connects with a good right hand that stumbles Golanski. Golanski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Alves connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Golanski momentarily.
Alves scores with a hook.
Alves shoots in for a double leg but Golanski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Golanski manages to avoid it.
Golanski ducks under a wild hook from Alves.
Alves throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Golanski was covering up waiting for the punch and Alves finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Alves wants to control from the top but Golanski keeps moving.
Marcelo Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Golanski has wrist control.
Golanski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alves postures up.
Alves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Golanski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alves wants to control from the top but Golanski keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Adam Golanski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcelo Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Marcelo Alves just wasn't active enough.
Golanski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alves throws a leg kick but Golanski moved away.
Alves shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Golanski but Golanski pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Golanski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Golanski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alves chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alves slips under a jab.
Alves throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golanski clinches with his opponent.
Golanski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves shoots in and gets a takedown into Golanski's guard.
Golanski is trying to keep Alves in close.
Golanski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alves is aware though and is defending well.
Golanski controls Alves momentarily but Alves frees himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves gets to his feet - Golanski follows without any prompting.
Golanski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Alves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Golanski slips a straight right by Alves.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcelo Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alves, 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcelo Alves!
Marcelo Alves thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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