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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Romano Schoots (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DepaC Pakamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romano Schoots has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Romano Schoots!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, DepaC Pakamara!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schoots is looking to score with low kicks.
Schoots stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Schoots wants it to stay on the feet.
Pakamara tries to keep at a distance but Schoots has taken the fight into the clinch.
Schoots lands a knee to the head.
Pakamara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pakamara tries to break the clinch but Schoots is controlling the position.
Schoots tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Schoots.
Schoots just leaning against Pakamara, taking a breather.
Pakamara is trying to break the clinch but Schoots has him pressed against the cage.
Schoots looking to throw knees to the head but Pakamara is blocking nicely.
Schoots tries to land a knee to the head but Pakamara blocks with his arms.
Schoots pushes Pakamara back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schoots tries to land a knee to the head but Pakamara blocks with his arms.
Schoots lands an uppercut.
Schoots lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pakamara blocks it with crossed arms.
Schoots keeps control of Pakamara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Schoots using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Schoots lands a knee to the head.
Schoots missing with knees to the body.
Schoots misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Schoots fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schoots.
Schoots throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pakamara avoiding damage as Schoots throws knees to the body.
Schoots lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Schoots is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pakamara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schoots tries to work over Pakamara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schoots lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pakamara backwards.
Schoots lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schoots looking to throw knees to the head but Pakamara is blocking nicely.
Schoots has a couple of punches blocked by Pakamara.
Schoots tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schoots with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pakamara is trying to push Schoots away but Schoots has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Schoots stalls.
Schoots tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pakamara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pakamara takes a shot to the head.
Pakamara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schoots misses with a knee strike.
Schoots lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pakamara backwards.
Schoots lands an uppercut.
Schoots gets through Pakamara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schoots is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Schoots.
Pakamara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pakamara avoiding damage as Schoots throws knees to the body.
Schoots lands with a short shot to the head.
Schoots lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schoots tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schoots with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schoots tries a knee to the head but Pakamara blocks it.
Schoots tries a knee to the head but Pakamara blocks it.
Schoots throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pakamara managing to block the knees to the body from Schoots.
Schoots using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pakamara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schoots connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pakamara's face.
Schoots is breathing heavily.
Schoots tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schoots misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pakamara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pakamara checks a leg kick.
Schoots scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schoots is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pakamara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schoots moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schoots missing with a left hand there. Pakamara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Schoots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romano Schoots dominated that round.
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.
Schoots cracks Pakamara with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pakamara throws a right and a left that Schoots avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by Pakamara.
Schoots getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pakamara closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Schoots throws a series of punches but Pakamara avoids them all with ease.
Schoots is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Pakamara comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pakamara checks a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Pakamara.
Pakamara moves out of range of the strikes.
Pakamara misses with a body shot.
Schoots misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pakamara.
Schoots throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Romano Schoots seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pakamara fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Schoots avoids it really well and circles away.
Schoots tried to score with a low kick but Pakamara checks it.
Schoots takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Schoots misses with a few strikes there.
Pakamara has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Schoots finds it's way round the side to connect with Pakamara's head.
Pakamara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schoots manages to avoid it.
DepaC Pakamara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schoots forces Pakamara back against the cage and clinches.
Schoots is struggling to control the position.
Pakamara tries to break free but Schoots pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schoots misses with a knee to the head.
Schoots pressing his opponent against the cage.
Schoots is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pakamara is defending well for now.
Schoots tries to land knees in the clinch but Pakamara avoids the damage to the body.
Pakamara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schoots scores with a knee to the head.
Pakamara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pakamara slips a straight right by Schoots.
A left and a right from Schoots both land. Nice combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schoots. Pakamara does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schoots avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pakamara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schoots.
Pakamara checks a low kick from Schoots.
Schoots cracks Pakamara with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Schoots pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pakamara back to the cage. Schoots follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Schoots tries to clinch there but Pakamara circles away.
Pakamara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schoots cracks the inside of Pakamara's front leg.
Schoots tries to close the distance and clinch but Pakamara swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pakamara rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schoots moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pakamara looks for a takedown but Schoots sprawls well.
Pakamara is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Schoots rather than just go for the knockout.
Pakamara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schoots misses with a low kick.
Pakamara slips under a jab from Schoots.
Schoots throws a series of punches but Pakamara moves out of range.
Schoots misses with a straight right.
Schoots lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schoots is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schoots throws a right hand that misses
and Pakamara counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Schoots's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pakamarais looking to pass into half guard but Schoots pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Schoots is in guard.
Schoots looking to sit in guard and control but Pakamara gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pakamara won't allow Schoots to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romano Schoots dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Pakamara takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pakamara dodges the punch combination from Schoots.
Schoots waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pakamara.
Schoots wants to land a leg kick but Pakamara is out of range.
Pakamara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pakamara misses with the combination.
Schoots misses with a right hand
and Pakamara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pakamara shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Pakamara with that takedown attempt.
Schoots throws a leg kick but Pakamara sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Schoots gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Schoots tries to land a knee to the head but Pakamara blocks with his arms.
Schoots throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pakamara blocks it with crossed arms.
Schoots tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schoots'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.
Schoots using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pakamara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pakamara has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Schoots after a bit of a struggle.
Romano Schoots has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DepaC Pakamara.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pakamara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from Schoots misses.
Pakamara looks to score with a jab to the body but Schoots is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schoots swinging wildly here.
Pakamara throws a combination that misses
letting Schoots counter with a right hand.
Schoots throws a series of punches but Pakamara avoids them all with ease.
Pakamara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pakamara circles away from the clinch attempt.
Schoots tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pakamara was well out of range. Poor timing from Schoots.
Schoots gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Schoots misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schoots lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schoots has Pakamara pushed against the cage.
Romano Schoots has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schoots has Pakamara pressed against the cage, preventing Pakamara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schoots tries a body shot but Pakamara blocks it.
Schoots lands a right hand.
Schoots tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schoots throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schoots looking to throw knees to the head but Pakamara is blocking nicely.
Schoots tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schoots missing with knees to the body.
Schoots tries to work over Pakamara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pakamara has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Schoots clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Schoots is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Pakamara gets his way!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pakamara throwing damaging strikes from the back! Schoots could be in trouble here!
DepaC Pakamara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pakamara is landing with strikes. Schoots can't take much more of this.
Pakamara lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Schoots.
Pakamara struggling to land strikes to the head as Schoots covers up.
Pakamara looking for the RNC.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schoots is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Pakamara 's hooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Pakamara.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to DepaC Pakamara.
I think Schoots has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romano Schoots!
During a confident post fight interview, Romano Schoots thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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