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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Wintzloff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Hosking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wintzloff's entrance music is slint. A fine choice. Hosking is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: War Machine. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
7 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Wintzloff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matthew Hosking!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wintzloff fails to land the takedown.
Hosking is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Wintzloff's half guard.
Hosking trying to control the action but Wintzloff is working from the bottom.
Wintzloff makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Wintzloff.
Hosking would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Wintzloff bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hosking's guard.
Wintzloff throwing strikes but missing.
Wintzloff in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wintzloff throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hosking trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wintzloff trying to control the position from guard on top but Hosking is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hosking working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wintzloff.
Wintzloff stands up over Hosking, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hosking is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wintzloff throwing strikes from guard but Hosking blocks nicely.
Wintzloff wants to control from the top but Hosking keeps moving.
Hosking is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wintzloff controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wintzloff feints a jab promting Hosking to slip. Wintzloff then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hosking slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosking shoots in for a takedown but Wintzloff shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Wintzloff. No joy for Hosking on that attempt.
Hosking tries to close the distance and clinch but Wintzloff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wintzloff misses with a combination
and Hosking counters by clinching up.
Hosking tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jack Wintzloff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Hosking.
Wintzloff trying to land knees to the body.
Wintzloff is trying to pull guard but Hosking turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
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!
Hosking manages to break the clinch.
Wintzloff slaps away a takedown attempt from Hosking, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hosking misses with a double jab.
Wintzloff lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wintzloff closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wintzloff working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wintzloff postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Hosking to stand up.
Hosking tries to clinch
and Wintzloff counters by moving into the clinch.
Wintzloff with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hosking is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hosking looking to stall.
Hosking's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hosking is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wintzloff sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hosking fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wintzloff dives in and grabs Hosking's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hosking pushes down on Wintzloff's head and hops out.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wintzloff.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wintzloff shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hosking is trying to defend but Wintzloff finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hosking trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wintzloff is trying to control the action in half guard but Hosking is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wintzloff has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hosking is desperately trying to improve his position but Wintzloff has a good base and remains in mount.
Wintzloff is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wintzloff lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hosking wants to control but Wintzloff is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wintzloff raining down shots from the mount!
Hosking is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Wintzloff dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hosking closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wintzloff counters by moving into the clinch.
Wintzloff with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wintzloff throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wintzloff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hosking shoots in but no luck this time.
Jack Wintzloff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hosking is looking to clinch but Wintzloff is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Hosking or perhaps it was just good defense by Wintzloff which made him look bad.
Hosking tries to sprawl but Wintzloff drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wintzloff is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hosking defends it well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wintzloff is keen to just control but Hosking is a slippery customer.
Hosking won't allow Wintzloff to pass to mount.
Wintzloff is looking to take a break and control but Hosking is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wintzloff is pressing down on Hosking's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hosking is holding on for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jack Wintzloff just wasn't active enough.
Hosking stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hosking wants it to stay on the feet.
Wintzloff stuffs the takedown attempt from Hosking. Hosking gets slowly back to his feet.
Jack Wintzloff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Hosking.
Wintzloff scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wintzloff throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Wintzloff has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wintzloff in side control, throwing shots but Hosking defends.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hosking is looking to reverse the position.
Wintzloff working the body and head with strikes.
Wintzloff is looking to take a break and control but Hosking is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hosking sneaks back into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hosking trying to control but Wintzloff postures up.
Wintzloff is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hosking has managed to free his arm - good work.
Wintzloff winds up and cracks Hosking with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wintzloff stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Hosking to get to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosking stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wintzloff.
Wintzloff tries to bum rush Hosking with a series of wild strikes but Hosking uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Wintzloff.
Wintzloff moves to clinch but Hosking breaks away
and Hosking holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wintzloff as Hosking tries to tie him up.
Wintzloff stalling the fight.
Wintzloff keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hosking's efforts to push away.
Hosking breaks the clinch.
Wintzloff tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hosking swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wintzloff swinging wildly here.
Hosking tries for a takedown but Wintzloff circles away easily
and Wintzloff counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hosking won't be happy with that.
Hosking manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hosking is looking to improve his position.
Hosking is breathing heavily.
Wintzloff throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wintzloff is keen to just control but Hosking is a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hosking on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wintzloff seems to be working for a kimura but Hosking defends the submission attempt.
Hosking gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Wintzloff dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Hosking fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wintzloff throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hosking's waist but Hosking gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wintzloff off to one side.
Hosking takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wintzloff fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jack Wintzloff is winning the standup battle so far.
Hosking fails to land the takedown.
Wintzloff looks for a takedown but Hosking sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Wintzloff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hosking stuffs the takedown.
Wintzloff works over Hosking's head and body with a nice combination.
Wintzloff shoots in but no luck this time.
Hosking gets caught napping as Wintzloff dives in and scores a takedown. Hosking manages to retain guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wintzloff scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosking scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Hosking working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wintzloff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wintzloff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wintzloff wants to control from the top but Hosking keeps moving.
Wintzloff decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hosking, up you get!
Wintzloff throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hosking.
Wintzloff gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wintzloff lands an elbow that stopped Hosking in his tracks for a moment.
Wintzloff has Hosking pressed against the cage, preventing Hosking from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hosking breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wintzloff scores a takedown into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wintzloff is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hosking can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hosking is trying desperately to improve position.
Hosking is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wintzloff cracks Hosking with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wintzloff controlling from the full mount.
Hosking is trying desperately to improve position.
Wintzloff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hosking can do to turn this around?
Wintzloff controlling from mount.
Wintzloff working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wintzloff is landing with some decent strikes but Hosking is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hosking is looking to improve his position but Wintzloff isn't that keen on the idea.
Wintzloff wants to control the pace but Hosking is squirming around nicely.
Wintzloff working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wintzloff sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wintzloff scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hosking is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wintzloff looking to control but Hosking is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wintzloff raining down shots from the mount!
Jack Wintzloff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hosking is still in real trouble! Can Wintzloff finish him?
Hosking keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hosking seems to have recovered his senses.
Wintzloff takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hosking is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Wintzloff connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wintzloff looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wintzloff looking to finish Hosking with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hosking!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Wintzloff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wintzloff has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Wintzloff!
Jack Wintzloff made sure to mention his sponsor, Hell's Balls Recovery (160) in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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