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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle McDougall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chazz Gecko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gecko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bon Jovi: Livin' On A Prayer. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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213 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyle McDougall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chazz Gecko!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gecko is looking to clinch but McDougall is avoiding it.
Gecko slips a jab and a cross from McDougall.
Gecko misses with a head kick.
Gecko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice straight punches there by Gecko. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gecko.
Gecko is trying hard to land a takedown here. McDougall sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A cross from McDougall lands.
Gecko throws a hook but McDougall avoids it easily.
McDougall throws a jab when Gecko was well out of range.
Gecko ducks under a wild hook from McDougall.
A left and a right from Gecko both land. Nice combination.
McDougall just misses with a punch to the body.
McDougall fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gecko looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDougall stuns Gecko with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gecko avoids the body shot from McDougall.
McDougall lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gecko at a distance.
McDougall looks to score with a jab to the body but Gecko is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Gecko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McDougall staying out of range there.
Gecko closes the distance and clinches up with McDougall, looking for a takedown. Gecko pushes McDougall against the cage but McDougall circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
McDougall scores with a three punch combo!
McDougall looks to land a combination. Gecko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDougall slips a jab from Gecko.
McDougall is looking to wear down Gecko with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McDougall looks to score with a jab to the body but Gecko is just out of range.
McDougall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gecko was well out of range. Poor timing from McDougall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDougall just misses with a punch to the body.
McDougall throws a shot from downtown. Gecko moves away and avoids it.
McDougall fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice shot lands for McDougall.
Gecko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McDougall rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gecko counters with a takedown into side control.
McDougall is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gecko asserts his dominance and retains side control.
McDougall seems a little lost for a moment, as Gecko dominates the positioning.
McDougall wants to control but Gecko postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDougall is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
McDougall prevents Gecko from moving into mount.
McDougall is trying to improve his position.
McDougall is looking to get back to his feet here but Gecko is keeping cool and he's managed to take McDougall's back.
McDougall holding both Gecko 's hands and preventing any damage.
McDougall tries to escape the position.
Gecko throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gecko just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
McDougall rolls, trying to escape but Gecko keeps control of the position.
Gecko controlling from the back.
McDougall is trying to break free.
A lull in the action here.
Gecko trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure McDougall doesn't escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McDougall trying to control the action but Gecko just sinks the hooks in.
Gecko misses with an elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle McDougall dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McDougall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McDougall missing with a left hand there. Gecko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McDougall misses with the combination.
Kyle McDougall is winning the standup battle so far.
Gecko throws a shot from downtown. McDougall moves away and avoids it.
McDougall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gecko misses with a hook.
McDougall throws a hook to the side of Gecko's head but Gecko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McDougall throws a hook but Gecko avoids it easily.
McDougall throws a jab but it's blocked by Gecko.
Gecko avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gecko has managed to clinch.
McDougall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gecko is struggling to control the position.
McDougall tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gecko smiles and moves away.
McDougall stuffs the takedown attempt from Gecko. Gecko gets slowly back to his feet.
Gecko misses with a low kick as McDougall jumps back.
McDougall stalks Gecko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gecko's face. Gecko staggers backwards, shaken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gecko misses with a few strikes there.
McDougall misses with a looping right.
Gecko thows a body shot but no joy.
McDougall takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McDougall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McDougall throws a lazy right hand but Gecko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDougall throws the left hand but Gecko avoids the punch easily.
McDougall swings for the body but Gecko moves out of range.
McDougall looks to throw the jab but Gecko is out of range.
McDougall swings for the body but Gecko moves out of range.
McDougall throws a jab but it's blocked by Gecko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDougall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McDougall swats away the attempt to clinch by Gecko.
Gecko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McDougall moves away from the strike by Gecko.
McDougall throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gecko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McDougall bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gecko's head backwards.
McDougall lands a nice hook to Gecko's body. Gecko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McDougall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gecko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDougall throws a body punch but Gecko moves out of range.
Gecko digs a good body shot into McDougall's ribs.
Gecko throws a leg kick but McDougall checks it.
Gecko instigates a clinch.
Gecko lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left hand lands to the body for Gecko.
Gecko tries to work over McDougall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McDougall fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gecko prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle McDougall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDougall gets control of Gecko's arms and successfully pulls guard. McDougall will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Gecko's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chazz Gecko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gecko misses with a hook. McDougall ducked under it nicely.
Gecko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McDougall on the side of the head.
McDougall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McDougall looks to score with a jab to the body but Gecko is just out of range.
Gecko avoids the body shot from McDougall.
McDougall throws out a loose jab but Gecko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gecko shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gecko showed some decent athleticism there.
McDougall is not content to let Gecko control the position.
Gecko wants to pass to mount but McDougall is defending the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gecko is thwarting McDougall's attempts to control the position.
Gecko prevents McDougall from improving his position.
Gecko wants to take a breather but McDougall is having none of it.
Chazz Gecko has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Gecko looks to land a right hand but McDougall moved out of range.
Gecko misses with an uppercut
and McDougall counters with a left and a right that stings Gecko.
Gecko tries to clinch but McDougall moves out of range.
McDougall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A shot to the liver by Gecko. Beautiful body shot.
Gecko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gecko missing with a left hand there. McDougall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McDougall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gecko.
Gecko scores with a body shot.
McDougall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gecko.
McDougall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gecko has McDougall up against the cage in a clinch.
McDougall blocks a body shot from Gecko.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gecko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gecko stalls.
A short left from McDougall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDougall is looking to control Gecko's arms but Gecko gets an underhook and turns him. Now McDougall has his back to the cage.
Gecko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gecko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gecko avoiding damage.
McDougall tries to pull guard but Gecko holds him up against the cage and eventually McDougall drops back down to his feet.
Gecko stalling against the cage.
Gecko scores with a shoulder strike.
McDougall has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Gecko uses from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDougall is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gecko defends well.
Gecko advances position into side control!
Chazz Gecko has got the better of the ground game so far.
McDougall can't do much from the bottom here.
Gecko working the strikes but McDougall uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gecko looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gecko moves nicely into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gecko is staying tight to McDougall's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chazz Gecko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gecko has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Chazz Gecko!
Our winner, Chazz Gecko, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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