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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darius Pudzianowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Farro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pudzianowski comes to the cage accompanied by Tanzdiktator by Nachtmahr. Darius Pudzianowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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154 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Darius Pudzianowski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Farro!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farro just misses with a punch to the body.
Pudzianowski lands a lovely overhand right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pudzianowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Farro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pudzianowski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Farro lands a jab to the head.
Farro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Farro takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pudzianowski tries to clinch up.
Pudzianowski throws a body punch but Farro moves out of range.
Farro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pudzianowski.
Farro closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pudzianowski did well to prevent Farro getting side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Farro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pudzianowski is not content to let Farro control the position.
Farro controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pudzianowski is defending against the submission attempts here by Farro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farro throws a strike but Pudzianowski avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Farro throwing strikes from guard but Pudzianowski blocks nicely.
Farro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Farro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pudzianowski is keeping the position for now.
Pudzianowski is pulling down on Farro's head to control his posture.
Farro trying to control but Pudzianowski is working from the bottom.
Pudzianowski managing to control the position.
Farro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farro wants to control from the top but Pudzianowski keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Darius Pudzianowski just wasn't active enough.
Farro scores with a body shot.
Farro tests Pudzianowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Farro swings for the body but Pudzianowski moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Farro.
Farro shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Farro showed some decent athleticism there.
Pudzianowski keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pudzianowski has hold of Farro's hands but Farro slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pudzianowski wants to control but Farro is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Farro prevents Pudzianowski from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farro is trying to control. Pudzianowski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Farro is trying to work for a kimura but Pudzianowski is defending well.
Farro is looking for a kimura but Pudzianowski is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Farro to get the leverage.
Pudzianowski trying to control here.
Farro throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Farro working over Pudzianowski with some ground and pound. Pudzianowski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Farro landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pudzianowski regains full guard. Nicely done.
Farro is looking to work some ground and pound but Pudzianowski has wrist control.
Farro postures up.
Farro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pudzianowski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pudzianowski can't keep his opponent in guard - Farro advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farro stalling away here and it's allowed Pudzianowski to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Pudzianowski is pulling down on Farro's head. It's preventing any offense from Farro, at least for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farro wants to control from the top but Pudzianowski keeps moving.
Farro lands a couple of digs.
Pudzianowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Farro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Farro with a nice head shot there.
Farro preventing the sweep.
Pudzianowski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Farro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pudzianowski pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Farro dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pudzianowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Farro takes a swing at Pudzianowski's ribcage but misses.
Farro shoots in for a takedown but Pudzianowski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pudzianowski tries to clinch up but Farro circles away and keeps his distance.
Farro closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pudzianowski did well to prevent Farro getting side control.
Farro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pudzianowski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pudzianowski manages to get to full guard.
Farro throws a big right hand that misses.
Farro drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Pudzianowski dives on top into guard.
Farro being controlled here, momentarily.
Pudzianowski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pudzianowski is one step ahead there.
Farro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pudzianowski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pudzianowski controlling from the top position.
Pudzianowski wants to control from the top but Farro keeps moving.
Pudzianowski controls from within his opponent's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
We're going to have a standup here because Darius Pudzianowski wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Farro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski tries to clinch up.
Pudzianowski blocks the body kick.
Pudzianowski walks into a stiff left hand from Farro.
Farro is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pudzianowski rather than just go for the knockout.
Farro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pudzianowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Farro.
Farro throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pudzianowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Pudzianowski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pudzianowski wants it to stay on the feet.
Pudzianowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farro.
Farro swinging wildly here.
Pudzianowski misses with a wild body shot.
Farro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pudzianowski.
Pudzianowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Farro manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Farro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Farro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Farro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pudzianowski defends it nicely.
Darius Pudzianowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Farro.
Farro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pudzianowski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Farro.
Farro scores with a jab to the body.
Pudzianowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pudzianowski slips a straight right by Farro.
Farro tests Pudzianowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pudzianowski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pudzianowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Farro circles away.
Pudzianowski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Darius Pudzianowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Farro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Farro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Farro moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pudzianowski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pudzianowski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Farro is defended easily by Pudzianowski.
Pudzianowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Farro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pudzianowski moves away.
Pudzianowski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Farro.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Farro scores with a nice head shot.
Pudzianowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Farro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pudzianowski takes the fight into the clinch.
Pudzianowski is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Farro pulls guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ben Farro will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pudzianowski displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Farro.
Pudzianowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Farro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pudzianowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Farro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circling - Pudzianowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pudzianowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farro swats away the attempt to clinch by Pudzianowski.
Ben Farro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pudzianowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Farro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pudzianowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Farro drops his hands momentarily and Pudzianowski takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A swing and a miss from Pudzianowski.
Farro closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sloppy strikes there by Farro.
Pudzianowski managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Farro.
Pudzianowski is looking to regain half guard here but Farro keeps moving and retains side control.
Pudzianowski defending against the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farro trying to control the position but Pudzianowski is working away.
Farro lands a decent elbow from side control.
Farro tries to move to mount but Pudzianowski blocks the move with his legs.
Farro tries to score with some ground and pound. Pudzianowski controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Farro working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pudzianowski prevents Farro from improving position.
Farro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Farro postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Farro fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farro throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Farro wants to control but Pudzianowski is keeping him busy.
Pudzianowski is trying to get back to half guard.
Ben Farro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Farro throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Farro tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Farro throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Farro works to advance to full mount. Pudzianowski defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Farro cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Farro lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pudzianowski avoids a series of strikes thrown by Farro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski taking shots to the head.
Pudzianowski in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Farro is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pudzianowski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Farro connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Farro scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pudzianowski is working to get back to half guard.
Farro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farro working for a submission but Pudzianowski is keeping him at bay.
BOOM! Farro connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Farro throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pudzianowski because Farro loaded up on that one.
Farro working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Farro cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Farro there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Farro with the ground and pound from mount.
Farro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pudzianowski is rocked!
Farro lands a big shot there that rocks Pudzianowski but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh Pudzianowski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Farro postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Pudzianowski badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Farro around the waist but Farro pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Farro is the winner by TKO! Farro jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Farro!
Ben Farro is the new featherweight champion!
Ben Farro took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Undead clothing. All items 10$ for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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