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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lonnie Pickard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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147 lbs
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150 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Decent boxing
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lonnie Pickard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Chapman!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pickard misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chapman moves into the clinch successfully.
Chapman tries to break free but Pickard pushes him back against the cage.
Chapman keeps control of Pickard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chapman can't break the clinch.
Chapman tries to circle away but Pickard has him pinned against the cage.
Chapman breaks from the clinch.
Chapman clinches up against the cage.
Chapman tries to break free but Pickard pushes him back against the cage.
Pickard goes for a takedown attempt but Chapman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pickard keeps the fight on the outside.
Chapman tries to clinch up but Pickard circles away and keeps his distance.
Chapman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chapman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pickard closes this distance looking for a takedown but Chapman circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lonnie Pickard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chapman keeps the fight on the outside.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pickard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No luck for Pickard with that takedown attempt.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch but Pickard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chapman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chapman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chapman tries to clinch up.
Pickard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chapman wants to clinch.
Victor Chapman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chapman closes the distance and pushes Pickard back into the cage.
Chapman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chapman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pickard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chapman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Chapman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman tries to clinch but Pickard is having none of it.
Chapman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chapman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chapman stuffs the takedown.
Chapman rushes Pickard and presses him up against the cage.
Chapman is trying to push Pickard away but Pickard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pickard tries for a takedown. No joy.
Chapman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chapman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pickard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pickard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chapman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chapman closes the distance and clinches.
Chapman tries to circle away but Pickard has him pinned against the cage.
Pickard tries to pull guard but Chapman holds him up against the cage and eventually Pickard drops back down to his feet.
Chapman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chapman clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pickard tries to pull guard but Chapman won't allow it.
Chapman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pickard has him pressed against the cage.
Pickard is trying to drag Chapman to the mat but Chapman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Chapman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chapman is looking to clinch.
Chapman moves in looking to clinch but Pickard pushes him off.
Pickard tries for a takedown but Chapman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Victor Chapman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chapman is looking to clinch.
Pickard shoots in for a takedown but Chapman shows good takedown defense.
Chapman is looking to clinch.
Chapman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pickard counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Pickard postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pickard tries to free his leg and advance position but Chapman is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Pickard working some strikes from top position.
Chapman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pickard working some strikes from top position.
Chapman is looking to stand up but Pickard isn't so interested in that idea.
Pickard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Chapman's head.
Chapman wants to stand but Pickard is controlling the position.
Pickard throwing strikes from guard but Chapman blocks nicely.
Pickard thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chapman wants to stand but Pickard is controlling the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Chapman dominated that round.
That's time! Pickard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chapman doesn't manage to clinch there - Pickard circles away.
Chapman doesn't manage to clinch there - Pickard circles away.
Chapman drives through and clinches with Pickard against the cage.
Chapman is looking to break free of the clinch but Pickard has double underhooks.
Pickard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chapman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pickard.
Chapman clinches.
Pickard is trying to break the clinch but Chapman is controlling him.
Pickard has Chapman pressed against the cage, preventing Chapman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pickard tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Chapman just stands there and leans against the cage.
Chapman breaks the clinch.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pickard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chapman tries to clinch but Pickard is having none of it.
Chapman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chapman rushes Pickard and presses him up against the cage.
Chapman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chapman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pickard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pickard shoots in looking for a takedown. Chapman tries to sprawl out of it but Pickard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chapman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lonnie Pickard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chapman doesn't manage to clinch there - Pickard circles away.
Chapman wants to clinch up but Pickard keeps it at a distance.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pickard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chapman wants to clinch up but Pickard keeps it at a distance.
Chapman is looking to clinch but Pickard is avoiding it.
Pickard will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pickard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chapman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chapman tries to clinch but Pickard moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman closes the distance looking to clinch
so Pickard counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pickard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chapman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chapman looking for a guillotine here but Pickard defends easily.
Pickard throws a big right hand that misses.
Pickard stops Chapman from standing up.
Pickard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pickard wants to control from the top but Chapman keeps moving.
Chapman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pickard thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Chapman is looking to stand up but Pickard isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pickard postures up in Chapman's guard and throws a big left but Chapman blocks it.
Pickard landing some decent shots from guard.
Pickard chips away with some ground and pound.
Pickard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pickard lands a couple of elbows.
Pickard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chapman is keeping the position for now.
Pickard trying to control the position from guard on top but Chapman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pickard seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pickard wants to control from the top but Chapman keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Chapman pushes Pickard off and gets back to his feet.
Chapman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chapman moves in looking to clinch but Pickard pushes him off.
Pickard shoots in looking for a takedown. Chapman tries to sprawl out of it but Pickard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chapman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pickard.
Pickard keeps the fight on the outside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chapman wants to clinch up but Pickard keeps it at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pickard tries to clinch but Chapman is having none of it.
Pickard fails with a takedown attempt.
Pickard shoots for a double leg takedown but Chapman sprawls well. He's pushed Pickard's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Lonnie Pickard will probably get the nod.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Chapman wants to clinch up but Pickard keeps it at a distance.
Chapman is looking to clinch but Pickard is avoiding it.
Chapman has closed the distance and engaged Pickard in a clinch.
Chapman breaks the clinch.
Chapman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pickard misses with a takedown attempt - Chapman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chapman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Victor Chapman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chapman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chapman tries to clinch there but Pickard circles away.
Chapman drives through and clinches with Pickard against the cage.
Chapman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pickard has him pressed against the cage.
Pickard tries to pull guard but Chapman won't allow it.
Chapman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chapman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pickard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickard jumps guard but Chapman stands there with Pickard around his waist. Pickard gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lonnie Pickard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chapman is trying to break the clinch but Pickard is controlling him.
Pickard has Chapman pressed against the cage, preventing Chapman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chapman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pickard tries to pull guard but Chapman won't allow it.
Pickard tries to pull guard but Chapman holds him up against the cage and eventually Pickard drops back down to his feet.
Pickard looking for a takedown.
Pickard breaks from the clinch.
Chapman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pickard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chapman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chapman darts in and clinches Pickard up against the cage.
Pickard has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Chapman after a bit of a struggle.
Pickard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Chapman gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pickard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pickard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chapman is keeping busy.
Chapman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pickard has him pressed against the cage.
Pickard wants a takedown.
Chapman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pickard has him pressed against the cage.
Pickard fails to pull guard.
Chapman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pickard shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Chapman pinned against the cage. Chapman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chapman moves in looking to clinch but Pickard pushes him off.
Pickard looks for a takedown but Chapman sprawls well.
Chapman tries to clinch there but Pickard circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman tries to clinch up but Pickard circles away and keeps his distance.
Chapman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pickard.
Chapman moves in looking to clinch but Pickard pushes him off.
Chapman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pickard closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Chapman sneaks out the side door and pushes Pickard away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Chapman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pickard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chapman moves in looking to clinch but Pickard pushes him off.
Chapman slaps away a takedown attempt from Pickard, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pickard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chapman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chapman moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman wants to get back to striking at distance but Pickard won't allow it.
Pickard tries a knee to the head but Chapman blocks it.
Chapman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chapman is trying to break free.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chapman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chapman drives through and clinches with Pickard against the cage.
Pickard is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pickard wants a takedown.
Chapman keeps control of Pickard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chapman is trying to break the clinch but Pickard has him pressed against the cage.
Pickard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chapman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chapman breaks from the clinch.
Chapman is looking to clinch but Pickard is avoiding it.
Chapman rushes Pickard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chapman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Chapman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chapman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Chapman!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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