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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dravan Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarzan Bundolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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197 lbs
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205 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dravan Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tarzan Bundolo!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bundolo fails to land with a series of punches.
Blake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blake looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bundolo is fending him off so far but Blake persists. Nope, Bundolo circles away and we're back to standing.
Bundolo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
It looks like Tarzan Bundolo has been cut.
Blake scores with a jab.
Blake fails to land the takedown.
Blake tests Bundolo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bundolo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blake cracks Bundolo with an open hand slap.
No luck for Blake with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dravan Blake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A swing and a miss from Blake.
Bundolo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Blake gets a takedown into half guard.
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!
Bundolo kicks Blake off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bundolo misses with a wild combination.
Bundolo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bundolo.
Bundolo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice shot by Blake.
Blake misses with a looping right.
Blake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Blake misses the target.
Blake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bundolo jabs Blake right on the nose. Blake blinks but takes it well.
Bundolo throws a combination that misses
and Blake counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Bundolo has Blake pulled in close to control his posture.
Let's hope that Bundolo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake with a flurry of punches that miss.
Blake won't allow Bundolo to get back to his feet.
Blake in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bundolo has his hands on Blake's head, controlling the position.
Blake content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Blake won't allow Bundolo to sweep him here.
Blake throwing strikes from guard but Bundolo blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundolo will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Blake throws and elbow that misses. Bundolo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blake's guard. Nice move by Bundolo!
Bundolo preventing the sweep.
Blake is looking for a triangle but Bundolo pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bundolo trying to control but Blake is working from the bottom.
Blake is looking for a triangle but Bundolo pushes his legs off easily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Bundolo tries to bum rush Blake with a series of wild strikes but Blake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blake tries to move into range but Bundolo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bundolo looks to land a combination. Blake sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bundolo fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Blake misses.
Blake shoots in for a takedown but Bundolo shows good takedown defense.
Bundolo tries to clinch but Blake is having none of it.
Blake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bundolo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blake.
Blake misses with a two punch combination.
Blake waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bundolo.
Blake throws a hook to the side of Bundolo's head but Bundolo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bundolo throws a right hand that Blake ducks under and follows up with a left that Blake also avoids with ease.
Bundolo lands a nice hook to Blake's body. Blake takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bundolo forces Blake back against the cage and clinches.
Bundolo scores with a shoulder strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blake wants to get back to striking at distance but Bundolo won't allow it.
Blake wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Bundolo.
Bundolo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bundolo misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bundolo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blake's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dravan Blake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tarzan Bundolo's cut.
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.
Bundolo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Blake shoots in and drives through. Bundolo sprawls well.
Blake tries to keep at a distance but Bundolo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blake has had enough of the clinch but Bundolo keeps him there for the moment.
Bundolo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blake backwards.
Bundolo leaning against his opponent.
Blake throws a punch but it's blocked by Bundolo.
Bundolo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blake.
Blake is trying to break the clinch but Bundolo has him pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bundolo.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bundolo.
Bundolo just leaning against Blake, taking a breather.
Bundolo wants to stall.
Bundolo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bundolo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blake or not.
Bundolo keeps control of Blake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bundolo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tarzan Bundolo.
Blake looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake misses with a jab to the body
and Bundolo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blake misses with an uppercut.
No luck for Blake with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dravan Blake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blake shoots in looking for a takedown. Bundolo tries to sprawl out of it but Blake keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bundolo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bundolo avoids the body shot from Blake.
Bundolo misses with the combination.
Blake shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bundolo as he avoids it easily.
Bundolo is looking to clinch but Blake is avoiding it.
Blake takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bundolo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tarzan Bundolo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blake takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bundolo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Bundolo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bundolo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A punch combination from Blake misses.
Blake ducks right into an uppercut from Bundolo.
Blake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bundolo counters with a left and a right that stings Blake.
Bundolo misses with a combination
and Blake counters with a stiff right hand.
Blake looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bundolo is fending him off so far but Blake persists. Nope, Bundolo circles away and we're back to standing.
Bundolo tries to clinch there but Blake circles away.
Bundolo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blake takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bundolo scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bundolo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blake takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bundolo connects with the punch.
Blake has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Blake looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake has a takedown stuffed.
Bundolo scores with a shot to the body.
Bundolo cracks Blake with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bundolo moves in looking to clinch but Blake pushes him off.
Bundolo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Blake is rocked!
Blake tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bundolo swivels and escapes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bundolo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bundolo defending well as Blake loads up on a big left hand.
Bundolo tries to clinch but Blake is having none of it.
Blake takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bundolo throws out a powerful jab.
Oh Blake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bundolo scores with a jab.
Bundolo throws a right and a left that Blake avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bundolo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Bundolo.
Blake with a poor takedown
and Bundolo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blake seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Bundolo shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Blake is backing up but Bundolo catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Blake covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Bundolo Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tarzan Bundolo!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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