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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cain Markewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulie Wahlburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markewicz comes to the cage accompanied by Maino- All the above. The key to victory for Cain Markewicz has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cain Markewicz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paulie Wahlburg!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markewicz moves in looking to clinch but Wahlburg pushes him off.
Markewicz looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Wahlburg pushes Markewicz up against the cage in a clinch.
Wahlburg stalling against the cage.
Wahlburg keeps control of Markewicz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Markewicz fails to pull guard.
Wahlburg's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Markewicz looking to stall.
Markewicz wants to get back to striking at distance but Wahlburg won't allow it.
Markewicz can't break the clinch.
Markewicz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wahlburg scores a nice knee to the body.
Wahlburg crunches a lovely knee into Markewicz's ribcage.
Wahlburg landing knees to the head.
Wahlburg stalls.
Wahlburg continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markewicz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wahlburg just leaning against Markewicz, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paulie Wahlburg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wahlburg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wahlburg closes the distance and clinches.
Wahlburg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A knee to the head by Wahlburg.
The is referee keeping an eye on Wahlburg - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wahlburg connects with a knee to the head.
Wahlburg lands a knee to the body.
Wahlburg controlling the action here for a moment.
Wahlburg looking to throw knees to the head but Markewicz is blocking nicely.
Wahlburg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wahlburg lands a nice knee to the body.
Wahlburg manages to break the clinch.
Wahlburg has managed to clinch.
Wahlburg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wahlburg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wahlburg lands a damaging elbow.
Wahlburg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Markewicz blocks it with crossed arms.
Markewicz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wahlburg lands a nice knee to the body.
Wahlburg misses with a knee strike.
Come on Wahlburg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wahlburg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls for Wahlburg to work.
Wahlburg lands a nice elbow.
Wahlburg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Markewicz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wahlburg lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Wahlburg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wahlburg taking a breather.
Wahlburg lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wahlburg landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wahlburg.
Wahlburg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Markewicz backwards.
Markewicz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Wahlburg.
Wahlburg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wahlburg taking a breather.
Wahlburg lands a knee to the head.
Wahlburg controlling the action here for a moment.
Wahlburg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wahlburg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Markewicz's face.
A short body shot lands from Wahlburg as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wahlburg connects with a knee to the head.
Wahlburg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wahlburg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wahlburg has Markewicz pushed against the cage.
Markewicz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wahlburg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wahlburg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wahlburg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wahlburg holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Markewicz managing to block the knees to the body from Wahlburg.
Markewicz takes an elbow to the temple.
Wahlburg leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paulie Wahlburg.
Wahlburg tries to clinch but Markewicz moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulie Wahlburg dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wahlburg fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wahlburg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Markewicz waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Wahlburg.
Wahlburg clinches up against the cage.
Wahlburg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wahlburg lands a damaging elbow.
Come on Wahlburg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paulie Wahlburg.
Wahlburg moves in looking to clinch but Markewicz pushes him off.
Wahlburg takes the fight into the clinch.
Markewicz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wahlburg will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Markewicz up against the cage.
Wahlburg tries to land a knee to the head but Markewicz blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Wahlburg.
Wahlburg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Markewicz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wahlburg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Markewicz's face.
Wahlburg leaning against his opponent.
Wahlburg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wahlburg ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wahlburg no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wahlburg is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Wahlburg stalling the fight.
Wahlburg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wahlburg.
Wahlburg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Wahlburg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Markewicz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wahlburg can't get the takedown.
Wahlburg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Markewicz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wahlburg scores a nice knee to the body.
Wahlburg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wahlburg scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markewicz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wahlburg is stalling here.
Wahlburg scores with a knee to the head.
Wahlburg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wahlburg lands a nice knee to the body.
Wahlburg stalling against the cage.
Markewicz is looking to break free of the clinch but Wahlburg has double underhooks.
Wahlburg tries to land knees in the clinch but Markewicz avoids the damage to the body.
Wahlburg will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Markewicz up against the cage.
Markewicz has had enough of the clinch but Wahlburg keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Wahlburg.
Wahlburg scores a nice knee to the body.
Markewicz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wahlburg's elbow.
Wahlburg lands a nice knee to the body.
Wahlburg just leaning against Markewicz, taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wahlburg lands an elbow inside that Markewicz shrugs off.
Wahlburg slows down the pace here.
Wahlburg lands with a light punch inside.
Wahlburg connects with a knee to the head.
Wahlburg lands an elbow just above Markewicz 's eye.
Wahlburg holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Paulie Wahlburg seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wahlburg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wahlburg drags the fight down to the ground.
Markewicz trying to control but Wahlburg is working from the bottom.
Wahlburg pushes Markewicz off and scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulie Wahlburg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wahlburg lands a damaging elbow.
Markewicz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wahlburg taking a breather.
Wahlburg lands a nice elbow.
Wahlburg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wahlburg lands an elbow that stopped Markewicz in his tracks for a moment.
Wahlburg is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wahlburg landing knees to the body.
Wahlburg looking for a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wahlburg taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wahlburg lands an elbow that stopped Markewicz in his tracks for a moment.
Markewicz takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wahlburg breaks from the clinch.
Wahlburg clinches up against the cage.
Wahlburg lands a damaging elbow.
Wahlburg content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wahlburg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Markewicz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wahlburg landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Wahlburg.
A knee to the head by Wahlburg.
Wahlburg lands a nice elbow.
Wahlburg with a knee to the head.
Markewicz is rocked!
Wahlburg tries to land knees in the clinch but Markewicz avoids the damage to the body.
Wahlburg breaks from the clinch.
Wahlburg rushes Markewicz and presses him up against the cage.
Wahlburg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wahlburg's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Markewicz misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wahlburg will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Markewicz up against the cage.
Wahlburg lands an elbow inside that Markewicz shrugs off.
Wahlburg landing knees to the head.
Wahlburg scores with a knee to the head.
Wahlburg scores a nice knee to the body.
Markewicz is fighting off a takedown attempt but Wahlburg is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Markewicz to the mat. Markewicz regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Markewicz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wahlburg won't allow Markewicz to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wahlburg stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Markewicz darts in trying to clinch
and Wahlburg counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Markewicz avoiding damage as Wahlburg throws knees to the body.
Wahlburg managing to block the knees to the body from Markewicz.
Wahlburg lands a damaging elbow.
Wahlburg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Markewicz takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wahlburg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wahlburg lands an elbow just above Markewicz 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wahlburg.
Wahlburg misses with a knee to the head.
Wahlburg breaks the clinch.
Wahlburg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wahlburg counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wahlburg.
Wahlburg landing knees to the body.
Wahlburg blocks a body shot from Markewicz.
Wahlburg prevents a body shot from Markewicz.
Wahlburg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wahlburg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cain Markewicz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Markewicz misses with a punch to the body.
Wahlburg stalling the fight.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paulie Wahlburg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wahlburg 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulie Wahlburg!
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