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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Woody Guthrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Serra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guthrie comes to the cage accompanied by Power For Power, The Swans. Woody Guthrie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Woody Guthrie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Serra!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guthrie tries to clinch up but Serra circles away and keeps his distance.
Guthrie is looking to clinch.
Guthrie throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Serra stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Guthrie follows into mount!
Serra is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guthrie working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Serra is still in real trouble! Can Guthrie finish him?
Serra is in a horrible position here. Guthrie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Guthrie lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Guthrie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Serra is desperately trying to improve his position but Guthrie has a good base and remains in mount.
Serra seems to have recovered his senses.
You get the feeling that Serra really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Serra regains half guard.
Serra avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Guthrie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guthrie is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Serra tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Guthrie has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Serra keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Guthrie controlling from mount.
Serra is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Guthrie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Serra keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Guthrie content just to control the position here.
Guthrie's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Serra working to try and regain half guard.
Serra manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Serra trying to get back to full guard but Guthrie takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Woody Guthrie 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.
Guthrie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Guthrie rushes Serra and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Guthrie lands an uppercut.
Guthrie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Guthrie lands an elbow inside that Serra shrugs off.
Guthrie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie missing with knees to the body.
Serra jumps guard but Guthrie stands there with Serra around his waist. Serra gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Guthrie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guthrie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guthrie scores a nice knee to the body.
Serra takes a knee right on the jaw!
Guthrie landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Guthrie.
Guthrie tries a knee to the head but Serra blocks it.
Guthrie gets underhooks to prevent Serra's takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guthrie lands an elbow inside.
Guthrie landing knees to the body.
Guthrie lands a nice elbow.
Guthrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Guthrie.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Guthrie.
Serra managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Serra managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Serra.
Woody Guthrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Serra.
Serra wants to get back to striking at distance but Guthrie won't allow it.
Guthrie misses with an elbow over the top.
Guthrie prevents the takedown attempt.
Serra goes for a takedown in the clinch but Guthrie prevents it.
Guthrie tries to land a knee to the head but Serra blocks with his arms.
Serra dodges an elbow strike from Guthrie.
Guthrie gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Serra.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Serra.
Serra tries a body shot but Guthrie blocks it.
Serra is trying to break free.
Serra managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Serra has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Guthrie avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Guthrie tries to land knees in the clinch but Serra avoids the damage to the body.
Serra blocks an elbow strike.
Serra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Guthrie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Serra blocks an elbow strike from Guthrie.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Guthrie.
With the fighters up against the cage, Guthrie throws an elbow but misses.
Guthrie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Serra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Serra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Guthrie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Guthrie lands a nice knee to the body.
Serra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guthrie lands an elbow that stopped Serra in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serra can't break the clinch.
Guthrie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Serra.
Serra is trying to break free.
Serra takes an elbow to the temple.
Guthrie is pressed up against the cage. Serra has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Guthrie down to the mat. Guthrie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Guthrie has Serra up against the cage in a clinch.
Serra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Guthrie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Guthrie lands an elbow inside.
Guthrie tries to land a knee to the head but Serra blocks with his arms.
Serra tries for a takedown. No joy.
Guthrie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Guthrie.
Guthrie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guthrie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Serra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Guthrie lands a nice knee to the body.
Guthrie scores a nice knee to the body.
Guthrie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie lands a knee to the body.
Guthrie scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guthrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guthrie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Serra is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Guthrie gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Serra takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Guthrie.
Guthrie lands a damaging elbow.
Guthrie lands an elbow inside.
Guthrie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Guthrie tries to land knees in the clinch but Serra avoids the damage to the body.
Serra tries to pull guard but Guthrie won't allow it.
Guthrie missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guthrie landing knees to the body.
Guthrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Serra takes a knee right on the jaw!
Guthrie tries to work over Serra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Guthrie throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Woody Guthrie dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Serra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guthrie is looking to clinch.
Serra circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guthrie tries to clinch but Serra moves out of range.
Guthrie doesn't manage to clinch there - Serra circles away.
Serra cracks Guthrie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Horrible takedown by Serra or perhaps it was just good defense by Guthrie which made him look bad.
Serra shoots in for a takedown but Guthrie shows good takedown defense.
The fight stays on the outside here - Guthrie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guthrie moves in looking to clinch but Serra pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guthrie darts in and clinches Serra up against the cage.
Guthrie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Serra takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Guthrie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guthrie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guthrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guthrie lands a nice elbow.
Serra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Guthrie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Woody Guthrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Serra.
With the fighters up against the cage, Guthrie throws an elbow but misses.
Guthrie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Serra wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Guthrie has him pressed against the cage.
Guthrie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Serra blocks it with crossed arms.
Guthrie tries to land knees in the clinch but Serra avoids the damage to the body.
Serra takes an elbow to the forehead.
Serra managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Serra tries for a takedown but Guthrie manages to get underhooks.
Guthrie lands a nice shot to the body.
Guthrie with a knee to the head.
Guthrie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Serra.
Guthrie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Guthrie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guthrie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Guthrie misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serra managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie tries to land knees in the clinch but Serra avoids the damage to the body.
Guthrie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Serra goes for a takedown in the clinch but Guthrie prevents it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Guthrie.
Guthrie looking to throw knees to the head but Serra is blocking nicely.
Serra drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Serra blocks the elbow strike.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Serra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Guthrie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Serra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Guthrie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Guthrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guthrie lands an elbow just above Serra 's eye.
Guthrie gets underhooks to prevent Serra's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie lands a nice knee to the body.
Guthrie lands an elbow inside.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Serra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Guthrie crunches a lovely knee into Serra's ribcage.
Guthrie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Serra's face.
Guthrie scores with a knee to the head.
Guthrie with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Guthrie.
Guthrie lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Guthrie.
Serra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guthrie backwards.
Serra takes an elbow to the forehead.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Serra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guthrie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Serra managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie gets underhooks to prevent Serra's takedown attempt.
Mike Serra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Serra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Guthrie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Guthrie misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Serra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Woody Guthrie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Guthrie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Guthrie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Serra wants a takedown but no success here.
Guthrie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Serra.
Guthrie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Serra can do to turn this around?
Guthrie lands an elbow inside.
Serra is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Guthrie.
Serra is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Guthrie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Guthrie lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie is pressed up against the cage. Serra has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Guthrie down to the mat. Guthrie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Guthrie lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guthrie circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Serra drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Guthrie follows Serra to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Woody Guthrie!
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energy
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hype
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