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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ling kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Parkway Drive - Hollow Man. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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188 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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189 cm
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197 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeff Ling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Martin Cash!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ling jabs Cash right on the nose. Cash blinks but takes it well.
Ling swinging wildly here.
Ling just misses with a punch to the body.
Cash closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ling counters with a one-two to the body.
Ling feints a jab promting Cash to slip. Ling then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cash slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ling throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cash moves away from the strike by Ling.
Ling misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ling circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ling throws a hook to the side of Cash's head but Cash sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cash wants to clinch
and Ling counters with a straight right hand.
Cash pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ling misses with a looping left.
Ling misses with a head kick.
Ling throws a shot from downtown. Cash moves away and avoids it.
Ling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cash moves away.
Ling throws a body punch but Cash moves out of range.
Cash throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ling.
Cash with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ling to score with a decent uppercut.
Ling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cash bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cash moves away.
Ling smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ling swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cash tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ling throws a hook to the side of Cash's head but Cash sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ling scores with a punch to the head.
Ling takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ling is looking to chop away at Cash's legs.
Cash bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ling throws a poor cross that misses
and Cash counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ling is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cash is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ling misses the jab.
Ling misses with a left hand
and Cash counters with a big head kick but Ling shrugs it off.
Ling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ling just misses with a punch to the body.
Cash dodges the punch combination from Ling.
Cash misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ling swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cash avoids the body shot from Ling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cash throws a head kick that misses.
Cash misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Ling dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cash tries to clinch there but Ling circles away.
Cash lands a head kick. Ling smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ling misses the shot to the body.
Cash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cash throws a nice head kick!
Ling misses with a hook.
Ling looks to land a combination but Cash avoids it well.
Ling connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cash's hands.
Ling takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cash moves in looking to clinch but Ling pushes him off.
Cash uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Ling lands.
Ling blocks a head kick by Cash.
Ling swings for the body but Cash moves out of range.
Ling throws a right and a left that Cash avoids nicely.
Cash is looking to clinch.
Ling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ling misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cash.
A head kick misses from Cash.
Cash scores with a head kick. Ling tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ling takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cash manages to avoid it.
Ling connects with a jab.
Jeff Ling is winning the standup battle so far.
Ling looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cash manages to avoid it.
Cash uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ling.
Jeff Ling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cash throws a head kick that Ling semi-blocks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ling thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cash plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ling swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash tries to clinch up
and Ling counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Ling finds it's way through Cash's defenses.
Cash's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ling connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cash scrambles back to his feet.
Ling misses with a hook. Cash ducked under it nicely.
Ling tries to bum rush Cash with a series of wild strikes but Cash uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cash pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cash tries to clinch up but Ling circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ling misses with a leg kick.
Ling cracks Cash with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ling lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right-left combo lands from Ling.
Ling throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cash showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ling.
Cash tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cash moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Ling dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jab from Ling.
Ling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cash.
Jeff Ling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ling scores with a jab.
Cash tries to clinch up but Ling circles away and keeps his distance.
Cash lands a head kick. Ling smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A combination from Ling does no damage.
Ling swinging wildly here.
Ling scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ling throws a right hand that Cash ducks under and follows up with a left that Cash also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash slips a jab and a cross from Ling.
Ling just misses with a punch to the body.
Cash is looking to clinch.
Cash tries to clinch there but Ling circles away.
Cash tries to clinch but Ling moves away
and Ling counters with a series of strikes. Cash will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cash closes the distance and clinches.
Cash misses with a knee to the head.
Ling lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
Cash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ling is looking to break free of the clinch but Cash has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling lands with a right to the head.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but Ling blocks with his arms.
Cash looking to throw knees to the head but Ling is blocking nicely.
Ling scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cash lands a nice elbow.
Cash blocks a body shot from Ling.
Cash lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cash throws an elbow that misses.
Ling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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!
Cash wants to clinch.
Ling bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ling takes a swing at Cash's ribcage but misses.
Ling misses with a looping right.
Cash avoids the body shot from Ling.
Cash pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cash avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cash keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ling.
Martin Cash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ling fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ling fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cash has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ling throws a right hand that Cash ducks under and follows up with a left that Cash also avoids with ease.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cash - that will leave a mark!
Cash tries to clinch
and Ling counters with a straight right hand.
Cash throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ling circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ling counters with a lovely shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ling takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jeff Ling.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ling, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Ling!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jeff Ling thanked Damnfield clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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