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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bam Margera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Margera's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Clutch - The Regulator. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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160 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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160 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bam Margera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jay Warner!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Margera.
Margera looks to throw the jab but Warner is out of range.
Bam Margera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Margera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Warner moves out of range as Margera strikes.
Margera scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Margera lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Warner checks a leg kick.
Margera lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Warner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Margera throws a hook to the side of Warner's head but Warner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Warner takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Margera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Margera misses with a low kick.
Bam Margera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner shoots in for a takedown but Margera shows good takedown defense.
Warner shoots in looking for a takedown but Margera manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Warner's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Margera. That's going to slow Warner down.
Margera connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Margera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Margera tried to score with a low kick but Warner checks it.
Margera connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Margera misses.
Warner slips under a jab from Margera.
Margera fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bam Margera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Warner.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Margera misses with an uppercut. Warner saw that one coming.
Margera scores with a jab to the head.
Margera scores with a jab to the body.
Warner looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Margera!
Margera sneaks back into half guard.
Margera is refusing to be controlled, as Warner sits in half guard.
Margera regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Warner wants to control from the top but Margera keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Margera avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Margera seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Warner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Warner advances position into side control!
Margera tries to bench press Warner off him but Warner keeps the position.
Warner throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Margera is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Warner wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Margera, who protects the arm well.
Warner is trying to get an arm triangle but Margera is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Margera can't do much from the bottom here.
Warner working the ground and pound but Margera is defending the strikes.
Warner tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Warner has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Margera is trying to improve his position.
Warner lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Margera manages to get back to half guard.
Margera is doing well to control the position and prevent Warner from advancing to side control.
Margera is pressing down on Warner's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bam Margera 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.
Warner throws a low kick but Margera moves out of range easily.
Margera slaps away a takedown attempt from Warner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jay Warner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Warner ducks under a wild hook from Margera.
Warner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Margera lands with a cross.
Warner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Margera to score with a decent uppercut.
Margera smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Margera tried to score with a low kick but Warner checks it.
Warner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Margera's jab looks to have found its range, popping Warner under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Margera lands a jab to the nose.
Margera scoring well with a low kick there.
Margera swings for the body but Warner moves out of range.
Warner tries to score a power double leg takedown but Margera sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Warner somewhat.
Bam Margera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Warner.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Margera, right into the meat.
Margera lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Margera is looking to slow Warner down with leg kicks.
Warner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Margera as he avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Margera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Margera lands a left and a right that send Warner crashing to the mat, dazed. Margera thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Warner is rocked!
Margera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Warner is still on wobbly legs! Can Margera finish him?
Margera lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Jay Warner has been cut.
Warner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Margera creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Warner's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Warner drops to his knees and Margera pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bam Margera!
Bam Margera retains his lightweight title!
Bam Margera spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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