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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gage Bashor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Canedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Canedo has chosen NFG - Dressed to Kill (You) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
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225 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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203 cm
25
210 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gage Bashor! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eugene Canedo! The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bashor moves out of range as Canedo strikes. Canedo is looking to chop away at Bashor's legs. Bashor walks into a jab. Canedo wants to clinch and Bashor counters with a good low kick that Canedo was not able to check. Bashor misses with a leg kick. Canedo throws a body kick that misses. Canedo tries to clinch there but Bashor circles away.
Bashor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. A slapping leg kick lands for Bashor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Canedo misses with a looping right. Bashor darts in and clinches Canedo up against the cage. Bashor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bashor swings wildly with an uppercut but Canedo uses good head movement to avoid it. Canedo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round. Canedo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bashor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Canedo's brow. Bashor dodges an elbow strike from Canedo.
Canedo scores a nice knee to the body.
Bashor blocks a body shot from Canedo. Bashor can't break the clinch.
Canedo wants to take the fight to the mat but Bashor manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch. With the fighters up against the cage, Canedo throws an elbow but misses. Canedo lands a right hand. Bashor stops a takedown attempt from Canedo.
Bashor pressing his opponent against the cage. Canedo is trying to maintain a safe position but Bashor gets an underhook and turns Canedo into the cage. Canedo looks to throw an elbow but misses. Bashor misses with a knee to the head. Bashor pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bashor misses with an elbow strike.
Canedo working aggressively here.
Canedo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Canedo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Canedo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Bashor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Canedo misses with a body shot.
Bashor circles away from the clinch attempt and Bashor counters with a leg kick. Canedo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bashor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Bashor loads up on a big right hand but Canedo slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Canedo closes the distance but Bashor moves to the side and Bashor counters with an inside leg kick. A solid leg kick lands there for Bashor.
Bashor misses with a straight left. Canedo blocks a head kick by Bashor.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bashor.
Bashor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Bashor gets tackled into the cage by Canedo. Canedo maintains the clinch. Bashor is trying to push Canedo away but Canedo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Canedo obliges. 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! Canedo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Bashor blocks an elbow strike from Canedo.
Bashor leaning against his opponent.
Canedo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bashor after a bit of a struggle. Gage Bashor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eugene Canedo.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bashor breaks the clinch.
Bashor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Canedo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Canedo tries to clinch but Bashor moves away and Bashor counters with a good, hard body kick but Canedo shrugs it off. Canedo looks gassed! Bashor scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Bashor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Canedo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Canedo throws a lazy uppercut
and Bashor counters with a nice leg kick. Bashor throws a low kick but Canedo moves out of range easily. Canedo throws a leg kick and Bashor counters with a leg kick. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bashor - that will leave a mark!
Bashor lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Eugene Canedo has been cut. Canedo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Canedo moves out of range of the leg kick from Bashor. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gage Bashor dominated that round. The cut man is working on Eugene Canedo's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bashor thumps Canedo with a low kick. Bashor clinches. Canedo misses with a punch to the body.
Bashor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bashor lands a damaging elbow. Bashor lands an uppercut. Bashor misses with an elbow strike.
Bashor throws an elbow but it misses.
Bashor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Canedo has Bashor pressed against the cage, preventing Bashor from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Bashor misses with an elbow strike.
Canedo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bashor.
Bashor misses with an elbow strike.
Canedo trying to land knees to the body.
Canedo misses with an elbow over the top. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bashor managing to block the knees to the body from Canedo.
Bashor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round. Canedo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Canedo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Bashor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Canedo is breathing heavily. Canedo tries to clinch but fails miserably and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Canedo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bashor can pounce on him.
Bashor instigates a clinch. Bashor is stalling here.
Bashor tries a knee to the head but Canedo blocks it.
Bashor breaks from the clinch.
Canedo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. This has been an exciting period of action! Canedo tries to clinch but Bashor moves away and Bashor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Bashor connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A good leg kick by Bashor. Bashor throws a head kick but Canedo moves out of range.
Bashor lands a jab to the nose.
That has opened up Eugene Canedo's cut even more. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bashor 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 Canedo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Canedo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Bashor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bashor connects with a solid leg kick. Bashor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Canedo. Bashor lands a big head kick that sends Canedo tumbling to the mat! Bashor takes a step backwards and waves Canedo back to his feet - he wants the finish! Eugene Canedo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A bone on bone clash there as Bashor blocks the leg kick.
Gage Bashor is winning the standup battle so far. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bashor. Canedo shrugs it off though. Bashor cracks Canedo with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Bashor has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Canedo to stand back up!
Canedo is rocked!
The cut above Eugene Canedo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bashor has managed to clinch.
Canedo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Bashor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Bashor lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Eugene Canedo's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters. Bashor manages to break the clinch.
Bashor throws a leg kick but Canedo sees it coming and checks it nicely. Bashor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Canedo.
Bashor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Canedo can do to turn this around? Canedo checks a low kick from Bashor. Canedo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bashor throws a head kick that half lands.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Eugene Canedo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gage Bashor! During a confident post fight interview, Gage Bashor thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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RATING
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