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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rick Sharpie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Banan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sharpie is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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185 lbs
3 - 10 - 0 |
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190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rick Sharpie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Banan!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharpie swats away the attempt to clinch by Banan.
Sharpie looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Banan tries to clinch up.
Banan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sharpie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sharpie.
Banan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Banan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sharpie avoids it.
Banan looking to stall.
Banan is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Banan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Banan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sharpie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banan is looking to control Sharpie's arms but Sharpie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Banan has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jan Banan.
Banan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Banan clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banan scores a nice knee to the body.
Banan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Banan obliges.
Banan taking a breather.
Banan lands a good knee to the midsection. Sharpie won't want to take too many of those.
Banan working Sharpie over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Banan.
Sharpie managing to block the knees to the body from Banan.
Banan taking a breather.
Banan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sharpie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Banan looking to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Banan obliges.
Banan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Banan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Banan working Sharpie over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sharpie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Banan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Banan lands a nice knee to the body.
Sharpie avoiding damage as Banan throws knees to the body.
Sharpie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Banan taking a breather.
Banan is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Sharpie has denied him.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jan Banan.
Banan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sharpie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie is having none of it.
Banan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharpie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharpie swats away the attempt to clinch by Banan.
Banan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie moves out of range.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sharpie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Banan doesn't manage to clinch there - Sharpie circles away.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sharpie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Banan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jan Banan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Banan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sharpie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sharpie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Banan missing with knees to the body.
Sharpie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Banan working Sharpie over with knees to the body.
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!
Banan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sharpie.
Banan is trying to stall.
Banan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sharpie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Banan trying to land knees to the body.
Sharpie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Banan just leaning against Sharpie, taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Banan looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Banan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sharpie keeps the fight on the outside.
Banan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Banan moves in looking to clinch but Sharpie pushes him off.
Banan tries to clinch there but Sharpie circles away.
Banan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Banan is looking to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie is having none of it.
Banan wants to clinch.
Sharpie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sharpie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Banan is looking to clinch.
Sharpie swats away the attempt to clinch by Banan.
Sharpie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banan is looking to clinch but Sharpie is avoiding it.
Banan moves in looking to clinch but Sharpie pushes him off.
Banan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharpie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banan fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banan moves in looking to clinch but Sharpie pushes him off.
Banan is looking to clinch but Sharpie is avoiding it.
Banan doesn't manage to clinch there - Sharpie circles away.
Banan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch up.
Sharpie keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sharpie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sharpie keeps the fight on the outside.
Banan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharpie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rick Sharpie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Banan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Banan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Banan wants to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie moves out of range.
Sharpie keeps the fight on the outside.
Banan wants to clinch up but Sharpie keeps it at a distance.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sharpie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Banan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie is having none of it.
Sharpie keeps the fight on the outside.
Banan moves in looking to clinch but Sharpie pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharpie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banan is looking to clinch.
Sharpie swats away the attempt to clinch by Banan.
Banan wants to clinch up but Sharpie keeps it at a distance.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharpie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banan wants to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch there but Sharpie circles away.
Jan Banan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sharpie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banan is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Banan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Banan clinches up against the cage.
Banan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Banan looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jan Banan.
Sharpie keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch but Sharpie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Banan wants to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Banan is looking to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie is having none of it.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie moves out of range.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch but Sharpie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Banan wants to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie is having none of it.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharpie keeps the fight on the outside.
Banan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch up but Sharpie circles away and keeps his distance.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharpie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie moves out of range.
Banan tries to clinch up.
Banan tries to clinch there but Sharpie circles away.
Banan tries to clinch up but Sharpie circles away and keeps his distance.
Banan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Banan tries to clinch but Sharpie is having none of it.
Banan tries to clinch up but Sharpie circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banan looks to clinch
and Sharpie counters by moving into the clinch.
Banan taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Banan.
Banan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Banan trying to stall but Sharpie improves his position.
Banan lands a knee to the body.
Sharpie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
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!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jan Banan.
Banan tries to clinch up.
Banan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Banan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sharpie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sharpie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Banan tries to clinch there but Sharpie circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banan wants to clinch.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharpie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banan wants to clinch up but Sharpie keeps it at a distance.
Banan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Banan is looking to clinch but Sharpie is avoiding it.
Banan is looking to clinch.
Banan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharpie keeps the fight on the outside.
Rick Sharpie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jan Banan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Banan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharpie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Banan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Banan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 24:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Banan!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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