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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tad Ghostal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Felizberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ghostal might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Good King Wenceslas. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tad Ghostal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Felizberto!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felizberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Felizberto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A big right from Ghostal misses.
Ghostal connects with a single shot there.
Felizberto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ghostal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felizberto. Ghostal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Felizberto slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Felizberto misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ghostal counters with an inside leg kick.
A cross from Felizberto lands.
Felizberto misses with a looping right.
Ghostal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Felizberto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ghostal throws a leg kick but Felizberto checks it.
Ghostal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Felizberto steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ghostal. That one must have hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Felizberto digs a good body shot into Ghostal's ribs.
Ghostal looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ghostal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Felizberto throws out the jab.
Ghostal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Felizberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ghostal.
Felizberto misses with a hook. Ghostal ducked under it nicely.
Felizberto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ghostal bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Felizberto's head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Felizberto crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ghostal - the referee stops the clock and Felizberto gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ghostal. Felizberto manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Felizberto takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ghostal scores with a jab to the head.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Ghostal moves out of range.
Ghostal avoids the body shot from Felizberto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Felizberto. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Felizberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Felizberto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ghostal rather than just go for the knockout.
Felizberto's corner calls for a 1-2. Felizberto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Felizberto ducks right into an uppercut from Ghostal.
Ghostal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ghostal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Felizberto manages to avoid it.
Ghostal is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Felizberto shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ghostal pinned against the cage. Ghostal gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ghostal. That's going to slow Felizberto down.
Ghostal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Felizberto moves away.
Felizberto takes a swing at Ghostal's ribcage but misses.
Ghostal misses with a double jab.
Felizberto throws an overhand right that lands on Ghostal's shoulder, as Ghostal tries to avoid the shot.
Ghostal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal lets loose with a powerful body kick. Felizberto will feel that in the morning.
Ghostal throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ghostal goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ghostal looks for the body kick but Felizberto saw that one coming.
Felizberto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Felizberto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ghostal circles away quickly and effectively.
Ghostal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ghostal scores with a leg kick.
Felizberto misses with a looping right.
Felizberto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ghostal.
Ghostal connects with a solid leg kick.
Felizberto throws a jab when Ghostal was well out of range.
A shot to the liver by Ghostal. Beautiful body shot.
Ryan Felizberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Felizberto fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal tries a head kick but it misses.
Felizberto swings for the body but Ghostal moves out of range.
Felizberto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Felizberto steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ghostal. That one must have hurt.
Ghostal throws a hook but Felizberto avoids it easily.
Felizberto swings for the body but Ghostal moves out of range.
Felizberto moves out of range as Ghostal strikes.
That kick from Ghostal tenderised Felizberto's leg. Felizberto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Felizberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Felizberto looks to land a left hand but Ghostal moved out of range nicely.
Felizberto needs to keep his hands up - Ghostal had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghostal moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Felizberto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ghostal's waist but Ghostal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Felizberto off to one side.
A nice combination there by Ghostal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tad Ghostal dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Felizberto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Felizberto avoids the head kick by Ghostal.
Ghostal is looking to slow Felizberto down with leg kicks.
Felizberto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Felizberto throws a hook to the side of Ghostal's head but Ghostal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick lands from Ghostal.
Ghostal throws a body punch but Felizberto moves out of range.
Ghostal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Felizberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Felizberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tad Ghostal is winning the standup battle so far.
Ghostal slips a jab from Felizberto.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Ghostal moves out of range.
Ghostal throws a body kick that misses.
Felizberto lands a slapping body shot.
Felizberto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Felizberto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto misses with a hook.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felizberto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Ghostal moves out of range.
Ghostal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ghostal avoids the body shot from Felizberto.
Felizberto avoids the body shot from Ghostal.
Felizberto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Felizberto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ghostal.
A good leg kick by Ghostal.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Ghostal moves out of range.
Felizberto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Felizberto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ghostal.
Ghostal slips a jab from Felizberto.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felizberto. Ghostal does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Felizberto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ghostal lets loose with a powerful body kick. Felizberto will feel that in the morning.
Felizberto is breathing heavily.
Ghostal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Felizberto steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ghostal. That one must have hurt.
Ghostal throws a nice head kick!
Ghostal lands with a nice body kick.
Jab from Felizberto.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ghostal!
Ghostal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ghostal ducks right into an uppercut from Felizberto.
Ghostal throws a nice inside leg kick.
Felizberto misses with a body shot.
Ghostal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto thuds a left hand into Ghostal's body.
A shot to the liver by Felizberto. Beautiful body shot.
Ghostal throws a head kick that Felizberto semi-blocks.
Ghostal misses with a body shot.
Felizberto connects with a body shot.
Felizberto moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A cross from Ghostal lands.
Ghostal lands a lovely overhand right.
Ghostal lands with a slapping head kick.
Felizberto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Felizberto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Felizberto misses with a lunging right hand
and Ghostal counters with a nice kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ghostal connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felizberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ghostal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Felizberto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ghostal moves away.
Ghostal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Felizberto.
Felizberto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ghostal really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ghostal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Felizberto thows a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ghostal.
Ghostal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghostal throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Felizberto.
Ghostal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Felizberto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Felizberto scores with a sloppy right hand. Ghostal should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tad Ghostal dominated that second round.
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!
Felizberto scores with a body shot.
Ghostal lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ghostal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Felizberto keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Felizberto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ghostal connects with a leg kick. Felizberto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Felizberto checks a low kick from Ghostal.
Ghostal lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felizberto throws the left hand but Ghostal avoids the punch easily.
Ghostal fakes the leg kick and cracks Felizberto in the body.
Ghostal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Felizberto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Felizberto misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Ghostal.
Ghostal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Felizberto shoots in but no luck this time.
Felizberto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Felizberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ghostal manages to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Ghostal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ghostal.
Felizberto thows a body shot but no joy.
Ghostal shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Felizberto eats them both and turns towards Ghostal to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Felizberto throws a jab when Ghostal was well out of range.
Felizberto lands a right hook to the body.
Felizberto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ghostal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Felizberto scores with a jab to the body.
Ghostal lands a leg kick that knocks Felizberto off balance momentarily.
Ghostal lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ryan Felizberto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ghostal.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ghostal connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Felizberto momentarily.
Ghostal jabs at Felizberto's body.
Ghostal lands a nice looking body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ghostal.
Ghostal lands a glancing blow to the side of Felizberto's head.
Ghostal scores with a nice head shot.
Felizberto walks into a left hand.
Ghostal dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Felizberto. That did some damage!
Ghostal scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Ghostal - just one landing.
Felizberto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ghostal but Ghostal pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Felizberto takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ghostal makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Felizberto really felt that one!
Ghostal throws a quick inside leg kick.
Felizberto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ghostal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good shot there by Ghostal.
Ghostal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Felizberto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ghostal.
Ghostal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ghostal lands a nice looking body kick.
Felizberto throws a hook but Ghostal avoids it easily.
Felizberto misses with a body punch
and Ghostal counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Felizberto looks to score with a jab to the body but Ghostal is just out of range.
Ghostal keeps Felizberto at a distance using the push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felizberto looks to land a combination but Ghostal avoids it well.
Felizberto goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ghostal lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ghostal throws out a powerful jab.
Ghostal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Felizberto.
Felizberto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tad Ghostal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Felizberto.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ghostal.
Felizberto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Felizberto takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Felizberto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ghostal can pounce on him.
Felizberto thows a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tad Ghostal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ghostal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tad Ghostal!
An out of breath and clearly excited Tad Ghostal thanked Syndicate Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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