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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Billy Axe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Te Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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143 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Axe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Te Rua!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Te Rua lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Te Rua moves into range and clinches up with Axe.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Axe.
Te Rua blocks an elbow strike from Axe.
Axe is fighting off a takedown attempt but Te Rua is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Axe to the mat. Axe regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Axe wants to sweep here but Te Rua controlling him for the moment.
Axe controls Te Rua momentarily but Te Rua frees himself.
Axe manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Te Rua squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Axe throws some wild stikes that Te Rua manages to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Axe looking to ground and pound but Te Rua is blocking nicely.
Axe punching from mount but Te Rua doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Axe throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Te Rua because Axe loaded up on that one.
Te Rua is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Axe raining down shots from the mount!
Te Rua blocking the ground and pound.
Te Rua should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Axe thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Axe misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Axe throwing strikes here but Te Rua is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Axe thowing shots but they're missing.
Axe unloads with some shots from mount but Te Rua bucks and avoids them well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Axe punishing his opponent with strikes.
Axe punching from mount but Te Rua doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Te Rua holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Axe tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Te Rua is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Axe looking to control but Te Rua is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Poor strikes thrown by Axe there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Axe looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Axe looking to ground and pound but Te Rua is blocking nicely.
Te Rua really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Axe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Axe sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Te Rua blocking the ground and pound.
Axe thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Axe throws some wild stikes that Te Rua manages to avoid easily.
Axe unloads with some shots from mount but Te Rua bucks and avoids them well.
Axe misses with a head shot.
Axe throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Axe thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Axe thowing shots but they're missing.
Axe throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Te Rua blocking the ground and pound.
Axe looking to ground and pound but Te Rua is blocking nicely.
Axe misses with a head shot.
Axe throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Te Rua looks winded!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Te Rua blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by Axe there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Axe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Axe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Axe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Te Rua holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Axe tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Axe unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Te Rua wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Axe celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Axe!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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