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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bucky The Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angus Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Badger comes to the cage accompanied by Jump Around. Troyer has chosen Yankee Rose as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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137 lbs
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Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bucky The Badger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Angus Troyer!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troyer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The Badger has Troyer up against the cage in a clinch.
Troyer is trying to drag The Badger to the mat but The Badger just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Troyer throws a punch but it's blocked by The Badger.
The Badger avoids the elbow strike from Troyer, against the cage.
The Badger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Troyer backwards.
The Badger lands a body shot.
The Badger trying to land knees to the body.
Troyer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Badger takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Badger lands with a short shot to the head.
The Badger presses Troyer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Troyer takes a shot to the head.
The Badger takes an elbow to the temple.
The Badger lands a nice uppercut.
The Badger avoids a wild elbow strike from Troyer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Badger lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Badger lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Troyer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Badger's defenses.
The Badger is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The Badger throws a punch but it's blocked by Troyer.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Badger obliges.
The Badger tries to land a knee to the head but Troyer blocks with his arms.
The Badger avoids a wild elbow strike from Troyer.
The Badger will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Troyer up against the cage.
Troyer pushes off an throws an elbow but The Badger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Badger.
The Badger lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from The Badger.
The Badger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Troyer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Badger holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Troyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
The Badger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Troyer blocks the elbow strike.
Troyer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
The Badger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Troyers head.
Troyer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Troyer has picked The Badger up - he's going for a ride! Troyer dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The Badger holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The Badger pushes Troyer off looking to stand but Troyer dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Badger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Troyer is working away from the top position though.
Troyer trying to pass the guard but The Badger defending well.
The Badger is trying to maintain the position but Troyer is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Bucky The Badger just wasn't active enough.
The Badger looks to score with a jab to the body but Troyer is just out of range.
The Badger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Troyer manages to avoid it.
Bucky The Badger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Badger closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Badger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Troyer has clasped his hands together around The Badger's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Troyer wants to control but The Badger is keeping him busy.
The Badger is looking for a sweep.
The Badger is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Troyer's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troyer is thwarting The Badger's attempts to control the position.
Troyer is looking to stall here but The Badger recovers full guard.
The Badger tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Troyer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
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!
Troyer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troyer trying to control the position from guard on top but The Badger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Badger wants to sweep but no luck.
The Badger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bucky The Badger dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A nice inside leg kick there by The Badger. That's going to slow Troyer down.
The Badger moves into the clinch.
Troyer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Badger blocks it with crossed arms.
The Badger is looking to control Troyer's arms but Troyer gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Badger has his back to the cage.
The Badger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Badger is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The Badger looking to stall.
Troyer lands an elbow inside that The Badger shrugs off.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The Badger throws an elbow that misses.
The Badger scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Badger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Badger lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Badger.
Troyer tries to land knees in the clinch but The Badger avoids the damage to the body.
Troyer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Badger misses with some punches.
Troyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Badger lands a nice shot to the body.
Troyer is looking for a takedown up against the cage. The Badger gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Troyer just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Badger's brow.
The Badger lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Troyer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Troyer blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from The Badger.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Troyer.
The Badger stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger working aggressively here.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Badger stalling against the cage.
The Badger missing with knees to the body.
Troyer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A knee to the head by The Badger.
It looks like Angus Troyer has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Troyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Badger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Troyer is defending well for now.
The Badger trying to land knees to the body.
Troyer unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Badger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Troyer can't get the takedown.
Bucky The Badger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Angus Troyer.
Troyer tries to land a knee to the head but The Badger blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Badger.
The Badger throws a punch but it's blocked by Troyer.
The Badger has a couple of punches blocked by Troyer.
Troyer tries to land knees in the clinch but The Badger avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troyer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger has a couple of punches blocked by Troyer.
Troyer is looking to control The Badger's arms but The Badger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Troyer has his back to the cage.
The Badger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Troyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Badger feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Troyers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The Badger misses with a low kick.
The Badger throws a right hand that misses
and Troyer counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. The Badger is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The Badger will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Troyer sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The Badger throws a hook but Troyer avoids it easily.
Troyer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Badger.
Bucky The Badger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Badger throws a jab when Troyer was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troyer slips under a jab from The Badger.
Troyer misses with a head kick.
The Badger works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The Badger sizes up Troyer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Badger motions for Troyer to come forward. The Badger throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Badger throws a low kick but Troyer moves out of range easily.
The Badger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice defenses there by Troyer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Badger loads up on a big right hand but Troyer slips the punch.
Troyer keeps the fight on the outside.
Troyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Badger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bucky The Badger dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Angus Troyer's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The Badger tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Badger has Troyer up against the cage in a clinch.
The Badger scores with a nice hook to the head.
Troyer is looking for a takedown.
The Badger lands a damaging elbow.
Troyer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Troyer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Badger throws out a powerful jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Badger. Troyer does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Badger throws a leg kick
and Troyer counters with a head kick. That will keep The Badger thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The Badger moves into the clinch.
Troyer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short left from The Badger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Badger scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Badger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Badger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Troyer throws an elbow that misses.
Troyer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Badger blocks it with crossed arms.
Troyer misses with an elbow over the top.
Troyer blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from The Badger.
The Badger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bucky The Badger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Troyer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Troyer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Troyer slips under a jab from The Badger.
A slow jab from The Badger misses its intended target.
The Badger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Badger cracks Troyer with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger lands a jab.
The Badger throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from The Badger misses.
Good standup being displayed there by The Badger as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Troyer throws a jab when The Badger was well out of range.
The Badger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Troyer.
The Badger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Badger throws a lazy uppercut
and Troyer counters with a nice leg kick.
Troyer lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
An inside leg kick from The Badger misses.
The Badger swings for the body but Troyer moves out of range.
The Badger thows a body shot but no joy.
Troyer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says The Badger as he avoids it easily.
The Badger listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The Badger wants to clinch.
The Badger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Troyer moves out of range as The Badger strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as The Badger blocks the leg kick.
The Badger misses with an uppercut. Troyer saw that one coming.
The Badger throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Troyer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The Badger throws a hook but Troyer blocks it.
The Badger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Troyer avoids the body shot from The Badger.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd cheers as The Badger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Troyer doesn't seem phased though.
The Badger defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Troyer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bucky The Badger clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Angus Troyer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Troyer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Badger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Badger takes a swing at Troyer's ribcage but misses.
Nice jab there from The Badger.
The Badger thumps Troyer with a low kick.
Troyer dives in and grabs The Badger's left leg, looking for a takedown. The Badger pushes down on Troyer's head and hops out.
The Badger is looking to clinch.
Troyer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The Badger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Troyer's sensitive parts.
The Badger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from The Badger.
Troyer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Troyer blocks a jab.
A slow jab from The Badger misses its intended target.
Troyer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Badger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Troyer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Badger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Badger lands a head shot.
The Badger swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bucky The Badger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Angus Troyer.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Troyer is defended easily by The Badger.
The Badger misses with a left hand
and Troyer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Badger thinking.
The Badger misses with a right hand
and Troyer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The Badger throws a lazy right hand but Troyer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bucky The Badger is winning the standup battle so far.
The Badger throws out a leg kick but Troyer moves out of range and The Badger only half commits.
The Badger tries to close the distance and clinch but Troyer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from The Badger misses.
The Badger misses with a hook. Troyer ducked under it nicely.
Troyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Badger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Badger pinned against the cage. The Badger gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The Badger misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Troyer counters with a takedown into side control.
The Badger can't do much from the bottom here.
Troyer working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The Badger is looking to reverse the position.
The Badger tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Troyer presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Troyer landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Troyer.
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!
Troyer with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troyer thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Troyer working The Badger over with strikes here.
The Badger can't escape the position.
Troyer controlling from the full mount.
Troyer working the ground and pound effectively.
The Badger is desperately trying to improve his position but Troyer has a good base and remains in mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troyer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The Badger wants to control but Troyer is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Angus Troyer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Angus Troyer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Left hook, right uppercut from The Badger.
A low kick from The Badger misses
and Troyer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Troyer checks a leg kick.
The Badger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Badger throws a jab when Troyer was well out of range.
The Badger tries to clinch up
and Troyer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Troyer shoots in and gets a takedown into The Badger's guard.
The Badger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Troyer postures up in The Badger's guard and throws a big left but The Badger blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Badger seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The Badger is trying to control the position but Troyer postures up.
The Badger pulls Troyer in close to his closed guard and prevents Troyer from doing any damage or advancing position.
The Badger has momentary wrist control but Troyer slips an elbow through the middle.
The Badger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Troyer's guard.
Troyer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Troyer wants to sweep but no luck.
Troyer pulls The Badger in close to prevent any damage.
Troyer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Angus Troyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyer keeping moving, preventing The Badger from controlling successfully.
Troyer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Badger.
The fighters circling - The Badger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Troyer walks into a stiff left hand from The Badger.
The Badger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Troyer.
The Badger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Troyer.
Troyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Badger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Badger lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Troyer scores with a shot to the body.
Troyer slips under a jab.
The Badger's corner calls for a 1-2. The Badger obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The Badger avoids the head kick by Troyer.
Troyer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Badger throws a lazy right hand but Troyer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Troyer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Troyer moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Troyer looking to throw knees to the head but The Badger is blocking nicely.
The Badger tries to land a knee to the head but Troyer blocks with his arms.
Troyer breaks the clinch.
The Badger jabs Troyer right on the nose. Troyer blinks but takes it well.
Troyer throws a leg kick which misses The Badger's front leg but catches the back leg as The Badger tries to avoid it.
The Badger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Troyer slips a straight right by The Badger.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Badger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Troyer.
Troyer tries to land a leg kick but The Badger saw it coming and moves away.
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 Bucky The Badger.
I think The Badger has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight for Bucky The Badger!
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Bucky The Badger!
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight for Bucky The Badger!
Bucky The Badger wins by unanimous decision!
Bucky The Badger retains his featherweight title!
A relieved looking Bucky The Badger thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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