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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bambooo Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ajax Swan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bambooo Man has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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190 cm
28
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bambooo Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ajax Swan!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swan lands a leg kick that knocks Man off balance momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Swan. Those never looked like landing.
Swan misses with a combination
and Man counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Swan!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Swan tries to hold on but Man pushes him away.
Man punching from mount but Swan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Swan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Man.
Man trying to control but Swan is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man controlling the pace for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Man there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Man pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Swan can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Man can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Swan is looking to escape.
Man with the ground and pound from mount.
Swan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Man. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man trying to control but Swan is having none of it.
Man thowing shots but they're missing.
Swan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Man.
Man can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Swan is looking to escape.
Man in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Man.
Swan is trying to escape the mount.
Swan wants to control but Man is having none of it.
Swan is squirming around, avoiding Man's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bambooo Man dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Swan slips the punch.
Swan misses with a hook to the body
and Man cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Ajax Swan has been cut.
Swan misses with a two punch combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Man.
Swan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Man moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Swan slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Swan stuffs the takedown attempt from Man. Man gets slowly back to his feet.
Swan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Swan throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Swan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Swan misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
No joy there for Swan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Swan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
Man throws a hook but Swan blocks it.
Swan throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
A left and a right from Swan both land. Nice combination.
Ajax Swan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swan throws a right hand that Man ducks under and follows up with a left that Man also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Swan does no damage.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swan.
Swan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Man.
Man fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Swan avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bambooo Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swan swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Left hook, right uppercut from Swan.
Man will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swan misses with a double jab.
Swan tries to bum rush Man with a series of wild strikes but Man uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ajax Swan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ajax Swan's cut.
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.
Sloppy strikes from Swan. Those never looked like landing.
Swan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Man throws a right hand that misses
and Swan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Man.
Swan throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
Man fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Swan avoids it really well and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Swan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swan.
Horrible takedown by Man or perhaps it was just good defense by Swan which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bambooo Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Man throws out a loose jab but Swan uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Man looks for a takedown but Swan sprawls well.
Swan throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
Man on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sloppy strikes from Swan. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Swan.
Swan misses with a few strikes there.
Ajax Swan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Swan tries to bum rush Man with a series of wild strikes but Man uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Man throws out a powerful jab.
Some wild striking there from Swan.
Man throws a hook but Swan avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man walks into a jab.
Swan tries to bum rush Man with a series of wild strikes but Man uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Swan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Swan throws a right hand that Man ducks under and follows up with a left that Man also avoids with ease.
Swan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Swan looks to land a combination but Man avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ajax Swan really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ajax Swan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Man fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Man avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Swan is looking to score with low kicks.
Swan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Swan.
Man drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man passes into half guard.
Swan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Man.
Man tries to pass to full mount but Swan defends it.
Man slows the pace down in half guard.
Man tries to pass the half guard into mount. Swan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Man.
Man is stalling here. Swan is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Man seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Swan has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Man can't do much from the bottom here.
Man 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.
Swan stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swan lands with a nice combination. Man backs away looking to recover.
Swan misses with the combination.
Swan lands a two punch combo.
Swan is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Swan throws a series of punches but Man avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Man looks to land a right hand but Swan moved out of range.
Man shoots in for a double leg but Swan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Swan scores with a one two! Man had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Man will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bambooo Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Ajax Swan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ajax Swan's cut.
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!
Swan throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Swan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Swan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Swan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swan throws a right and a left that Man avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man dives in and grabs Swan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Swan pushes down on Man's head and hops out.
Swan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Swan takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Man decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Swan is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Man trying to control from half guard but Swan is working away.
Man takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Bambooo Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man moves into full mount! Swan won't be happy about that!
Man takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bambooo Man overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swan is squirming around, avoiding Man's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man is really struggling to control Swan but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Swan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Swan tries to lock up and control but Man gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Man throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Man raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ajax Swan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Poor strikes thrown by Man there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Man trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Swan can't escape the position.
Man is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Swan can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man looking to secure an arm triangle but Swan defends it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bambooo Man showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Swan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 47:48
Judge Josh West scores the fight 47:48
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ajax Swan!
Ajax Swan bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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