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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brick Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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199 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brick Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lucas Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws a nice head kick!
Rodriguez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Taylor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodriguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodriguez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez lands a lovely overhand right.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Lucas Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Taylor wants to clinch up but Rodriguez keeps it at a distance.
Taylor throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rodriguez's head.
Rodriguez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Taylor rather than just go for the knockout.
Taylor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rodriguez's sensitive parts.
The fighters circling - Rodriguez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An inside leg kick lands from Taylor.
Taylor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rodriguez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Taylor counters with a stiff right hand.
Rodriguez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Taylor closes the distance and pushes Rodriguez back into the cage.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Taylor is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Taylor.
Taylor stalling the fight.
Taylor is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Taylor connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor throws an elbow that misses.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks with his arms.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Rodriguez is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez misses with a body punch.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Rodriguez is blocking nicely.
Taylor trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Taylor.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodriguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rodriguez controlling the action here for a moment.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taylor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Taylor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor missing with knees to the body.
Taylor prevents the takedown attempt.
Rodriguez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Taylor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taylor holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Taylor is looking to control Rodriguez's arms but Rodriguez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Taylor has his back to the cage.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Taylor has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Taylor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodriguez's brow.
Rodriguez effectively controlling the action here.
Taylor scores with a knee to the head.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taylor is looking to control Rodriguez's arms but Rodriguez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Taylor has his back to the cage.
Rodriguez working hard to break the clinch.
Rodriguez has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Taylor regains guard immediately.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Taylor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rodriguez looking to sit in guard and control but Taylor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brick Taylor dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Taylor dodges the punch combination from Rodriguez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor misses with a hook.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Taylor.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Taylor moved out of range.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Taylor tries to clinch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Taylor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rodriguez lands a jab to Taylor's midsection.
Rodriguez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Taylor checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rodriguez digs a good hook to Taylor's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Taylor.
A clash of legs there as Taylor blocks the low kick.
Taylor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taylor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brick Taylor is winning the standup battle so far.
Rodriguez lands a slapping body shot.
Rodriguez thuds his right hand into Taylor's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A telegraphed right hand from Taylor misses the target.
Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez blocks a jab.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by Taylor.
Good work by Taylor as he checks the leg kick.
Taylor is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor moves out of range of the leg kick from Rodriguez.
Taylor misses with a hook. Rodriguez ducked under it nicely.
Taylor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rodriguez. That did some damage!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rodriguez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Taylor - the referee stops the clock and Rodriguez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Taylor. Rodriguez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Taylor tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taylor checks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Taylor blocks the low kick.
Rodriguez looks to land a left hand but Taylor moved out of range nicely.
Rodriguez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rodriguez throws out a loose jab but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rodriguez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taylor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Taylor scores with a leg kick.
Taylor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rodriguez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. Rodriguez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Taylor lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rodriguez takes a step back to recover.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.
Rodriguez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rodriguez with a nice cross.
Rodriguez missing with a left hand there. Taylor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Taylor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rodriguez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a shot from downtown. Taylor moves away and avoids it.
Taylor checks the leg kick.
Rodriguez dodges the punch combination from Taylor.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor throws a head kick but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Rodriguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Taylor can pounce on him.
Taylor tries to clinch
enabling Rodriguez to counter with a crisp jab.
A combination from Rodriguez does no damage.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Rodriguez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rodriguez misses with a hook.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Taylor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brick Taylor will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Rodriguez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Taylor.
Rodriguez avoids the head kick by Taylor.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rodriguez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Taylor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Taylor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Taylor tries a head kick but it misses.
Taylor throws a chopping leg kick but Rodriguez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodriguez throws a lazy right hand but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick
and Taylor counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rodriguez scores with a jab.
Rodriguez lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Taylor ducks right into an uppercut from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rodriguez connects with a nice looking jab.
Rodriguez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taylor with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rodriguez to score with a decent uppercut.
Rodriguez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Taylor at a distance.
Rodriguez misses with a looping left.
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Rodriguez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Taylor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brick Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
Taylor clinches with his opponent.
Taylor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Rodriguez looking for a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brick Taylor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Taylor obliges.
Rodriguez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Taylor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Taylor lands a knee to the head.
Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rodriguez is defending well for now.
Taylor has Rodriguez pressed against the cage, preventing Rodriguez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taylor dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to push Taylor away but Taylor has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Taylor lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taylor as Rodriguez tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rodriguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taylor landing knees to the body.
Rodriguez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Taylor using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks with his arms.
Rodriguez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Taylor scores with a knee to the head.
Lucas Rodriguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rodriguez lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor works his way to full guard. Good work.
Taylor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rodriguez is one step ahead there.
Rodriguez landing some decent shots from guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez wanted to stand there but Taylor had control of the position.
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 Brick Taylor.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Taylor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Brick Taylor!
Brick Taylor decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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