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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Truman Roosevelt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Roosevelt's choice of entrance music: Gravel Pit by Wu Tang Clan. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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174 cm
30
144 lbs
19 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Bob!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Truman Roosevelt!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob misses with a wild combination.
Roosevelt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Roosevelt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Truman Roosevelt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crunch! Roosevelt slams his shin into Bob's torso.
Bob doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bob will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bob steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Roosevelt. That one must have hurt.
Roosevelt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roosevelt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bob rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roosevelt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roosevelt misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roosevelt throws a sloppy head kick and Bob moves out of range easily.
Bob moves out of range of the body kick.
Roosevelt misses with a hook. Bob ducked under it nicely.
Bob misses with a hook.
Roosevelt throws a body punch but Bob moves out of range.
Bob throws a right hand that Roosevelt ducks under and follows up with a left that Roosevelt also avoids with ease.
Bob shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Roosevelt eats them both and turns towards Bob to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Roosevelt forces Bob back against the cage and clinches.
Roosevelt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Roosevelt looking to throw knees to the head but Bob is blocking nicely.
Roosevelt manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bob has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roosevelt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roosevelt just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bob's brow.
Roosevelt controlling the action here for a moment.
Bob is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roosevelt misses with an elbow strike.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob blocks an elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt trying to land knees to the body.
Roosevelt throws an elbow that misses.
Roosevelt stalling the fight.
Roosevelt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roosevelt tries a knee to the head but Bob blocks it.
Roosevelt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bob avoids the elbow strike from Roosevelt, against the cage.
Roosevelt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bob.
Bob wants to get back to striking at distance but Roosevelt won't allow it.
Come on Roosevelt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt misses with a knee strike.
Bob avoiding damage as Roosevelt throws knees to the body.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow over the top.
Roosevelt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roosevelt pushes off an throws an elbow but Bob leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bob takes an elbow to the temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roosevelt stalling in the clinch.
Bob is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bob takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Truman Roosevelt dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Roosevelt throws an overhand right that lands on Bob's shoulder, as Bob tries to avoid the shot.
Bob misses with a double jab
and Roosevelt counters with a nice body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bob.
Bob misses with a series of wild punches.
Roosevelt throws a head kick that misses.
Bob misses with the combination.
No joy there for Bob, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bob misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bob crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Roosevelt - the referee stops the clock and Bob gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Roosevelt. Bob manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob scores with a one two! Roosevelt had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Roosevelt bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Roosevelt.
Bob digs a good hook to Roosevelt's body.
Roosevelt lands with a nice body kick.
Bob throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bob misses with a two punch combination.
Bob throws a nice looking combination but Roosevelt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Bob.
Bob lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roosevelt circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt has managed to clinch.
Bob blocks the elbow strike.
Roosevelt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bob's defenses.
Roosevelt just leaning against Bob, taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt throws an elbow but it misses.
Roosevelt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bob blocks it with crossed arms.
Bob avoiding damage as Roosevelt throws knees to the body.
Roosevelt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roosevelt throws an elbow but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt has Bob pushed against the cage.
Roosevelt throws an elbow but it misses.
Roosevelt trying to land knees to the body.
Roosevelt crunches a lovely knee into Bob's ribcage.
Roosevelt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bob has had enough of the clinch but Roosevelt keeps him there for the moment.
Roosevelt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bob avoiding damage as Roosevelt throws knees to the body.
Bob blocks an elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt keeps control of Bob as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
Roosevelt lands an elbow that stopped Bob in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bob avoids it.
Bob will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Roosevelt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow over the top.
Roosevelt manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roosevelt tries to land a knee to the head but Bob blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Truman Roosevelt 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.
Roosevelt scores with a push kick.
Bob rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roosevelt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roosevelt throws a head kick that misses.
Bob avoids the head kick by Roosevelt.
Roosevelt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bob paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bob looks to land a combination but Roosevelt avoids it well.
Bob takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bob swinging wildly here.
Roosevelt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roosevelt jabs Bob right on the nose. Bob blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob throws a right hand that Roosevelt ducks under and follows up with a left that Roosevelt also avoids with ease.
Roosevelt closes the distance and clinches.
Roosevelt lands a nice elbow.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bob prevents the takedown attempt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Roosevelt seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Bob wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Roosevelt has him pressed against the cage.
Bob working hard to break the clinch.
Roosevelt lands an elbow just above Bob 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob gets underhooks to prevent Roosevelt's takedown attempt.
Roosevelt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roosevelt just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bob's brow.
Roosevelt tries to land knees in the clinch but Bob avoids the damage to the body.
Roosevelt's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Roosevelt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bob avoids it.
Roosevelt lands an elbow that stopped Bob in his tracks for a moment.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Roosevelt has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bob's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt stalling the fight.
Roosevelt receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Roosevelt lands a damaging elbow.
Roosevelt connects with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bob dodges an elbow strike from Roosevelt.
Bob taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob being controlled against the cage.
Roosevelt tries to land knees in the clinch but Bob avoids the damage to the body.
Roosevelt lands a damaging elbow.
Roosevelt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bob avoids the elbow strike from Roosevelt, against the cage.
Bob managing to block the knees to the body from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bob pulls him back up using the underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Truman Roosevelt really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bob throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Roosevelt.
Roosevelt misses with a body kick.
Bob throws a nice looking combination but Roosevelt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Bob does no damage.
Roosevelt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bob misses with a double jab.
Bob falls off balance throwing a combination
and Roosevelt counters with a straight right hand.
Roosevelt lands with a nice body kick.
Billy Bob is winning the standup battle so far.
Roosevelt lands a nice hook to Bob's body. Bob takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bob keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roosevelt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bob tries to bum rush Roosevelt with a series of wild strikes but Roosevelt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bob misses with a few strikes there.
Bob swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bob waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roosevelt.
Roosevelt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Roosevelt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bob is defending well for now.
Bob wants to break the clinch but can't.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roosevelt.
Knees to the body from Roosevelt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Roosevelt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roosevelt misses with a knee to the head.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow over the top.
Roosevelt throws an elbow that misses.
Roosevelt lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Billy Bob has been cut.
Truman Roosevelt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roosevelt effectively controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bob's face.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roosevelt working Bob over with knees to the body.
Roosevelt lands an elbow just above Bob 's eye.
Roosevelt leaning against his opponent.
Bob avoiding damage as Roosevelt throws knees to the body.
Bob is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roosevelt just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bob's brow.
Roosevelt misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob being controlled against the cage.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roosevelt lands a damaging elbow.
Roosevelt tries to land knees in the clinch but Bob avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bob is pressed up against the cage. Roosevelt has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bob down to the mat. Bob avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Roosevelt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Truman Roosevelt dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Billy Bob's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Bob cracks a nice hook into Roosevelt's ribs.
Bob stalks Roosevelt and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Roosevelt's face. Roosevelt staggers backwards, shaken.
Bob walks forward, straight into a front kick from Roosevelt.
Roosevelt scores with a jab to the head.
Bob throws a combination that misses
and Roosevelt counters with a solid body kick.
Roosevelt closes the distance and pushes Bob back into the cage.
Roosevelt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bob's face.
Bob tries to break free but Roosevelt pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roosevelt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roosevelt pushes off an throws an elbow but Bob leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roosevelt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roosevelt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bob avoids it.
Roosevelt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bob avoids the elbow strike from Roosevelt, against the cage.
Bob avoids the elbow strike from Roosevelt, against the cage.
Roosevelt is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bob is defending well.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roosevelt throws an elbow but misses.
Bob tries to circle away but Roosevelt has him pinned against the cage.
Roosevelt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roosevelt trying to stall but Bob improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roosevelt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bob's efforts to push away.
Roosevelt slows down the pace here.
Roosevelt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roosevelt lands an elbow inside.
Bob is trying to push Roosevelt away but Roosevelt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roosevelt working Bob over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt lands an elbow just above Bob 's eye.
Bob wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bob wants to get back to striking at distance but Roosevelt won't allow it.
Roosevelt tries to land a knee to the head but Bob blocks with his arms.
Roosevelt lands an elbow that stopped Bob in his tracks for a moment.
Truman Roosevelt is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bob avoiding damage as Roosevelt throws knees to the body.
Roosevelt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roosevelt lands an elbow inside.
Roosevelt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roosevelt stalling in the clinch.
Bob blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roosevelt landing knees to the head.
Bob avoiding damage as Roosevelt throws knees to the body.
Billy Bob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bob has had enough of the clinch but Roosevelt keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bob goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roosevelt pushes off an throws an elbow but Bob leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Truman Roosevelt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Roosevelt 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Truman Roosevelt!
Truman Roosevelt is the new featherweight champion!
A less than humble Truman Roosevelt misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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