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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mina Princess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Fotiou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mina Princess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Fotiou!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Princess. No joy for Fotiou on that attempt.
Princess is looking to clinch.
Princess looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Princess looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Princess controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fotiou is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Princess dives into side control.
Princess decides to stand up, so the ref orders Fotiou to his feet.
Princess pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fotiou tries to clinch up but Princess circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Princess tries to clinch up but Fotiou circles away and keeps his distance.
Fotiou fails with a takedown attempt.
Princess shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fotiou napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fotiou is looking to reverse the position.
Princess trying to control the action but Fotiou is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fotiou tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Princess remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Princess cracks Fotiou with a big right hand but Fotiou just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Princess decides to stand up, so the ref orders Fotiou to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Princess as Fotiou shoots in.
Mina Princess has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Fotiou.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Princess closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fotiou did well to prevent Princess getting side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fotiou blocking the ground and pound attempt from Princess.
Princess looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Princess will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fotiou wants to control but Princess is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Princess decides to stand up.
Fotiou shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Princess as he jumps to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fotiou takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fotiou has a takedown stuffed.
Fotiou looks winded!
Fotiou tries for a takedown but Princess sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Princess moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Princess closes the distance and clinches.
Princess has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Fotiou after a bit of a struggle.
Princess escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fotiou fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Princess avoids it really well and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Princess looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mina Princess dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Princess shoots in and drives through. Fotiou sprawls well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fotiou.
Fotiou shoots in for a takedown but Princess shows good takedown defense.
Fotiou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fotiou tests Princess's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Princess clinches.
Princess lands a nice elbow.
Princess pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Princess looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Princess trying to keep a closed guard but Fotiou is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fotiou trying to control the position from guard on top but Princess is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fotiou wanted to stand there but Princess had control of the position.
Princess is adopting a defensive guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fotiou tries to close the distance and clinch but Princess swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No luck for Princess with that takedown attempt.
Fotiou is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Princess closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Princess breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Princess throws a head kick that misses.
Fotiou throws a head kick that misses.
Princess really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fotiou displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Princess.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mina Princess. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fotiou misses with a takedown attempt
and Princess counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Fotiou is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Princess shoots in but Fotiou avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Princess fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fotiou shoots in looking for a takedown. Princess tries to sprawl out of it but Fotiou keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Princess manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fotiou shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Princess as he jumps to the side.
Princess dives in and scores a takedown into Fotiou's guard.
Fotiou trying to control the position here.
Fotiou is trying to keep Princess in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fotiou keeping moving, preventing Princess from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mina Princess wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Fotiou with a lazy takedown attempt
and Princess finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Princess.
Mina Princess is winning the standup battle so far.
Princess closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Fotiou quickly recovers to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Princess is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Fotiou trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mina Princess dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Fotiou keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Fotiou is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Princess.
Princess throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fotiou was covering up waiting for the punch and Princess finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Princess trying to control the position from guard on top but Fotiou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Princess sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fotiou's guard.
Fotiou is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fotiou is trying to maintain the position but Princess is very close to passing his half guard.
Princess is trying to control the action in half guard but Fotiou is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Well, if Princess is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Princess wants to control but Fotiou is keeping him busy.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Mina Princess just wasn't active enough.
Princess fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Princess feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Princess looking to sit in guard and control but Fotiou gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Princess keeping moving, preventing Fotiou from controlling successfully.
Fotiou tries to free his leg and advance position but Princess is retaining full guard.
Fotiou with a flurry of punches that miss.
Princess working a defensive guard here.
Fotiou throws a big right hand that misses.
Mina Princess overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princess tries to strike from the bottom.
Fotiou controls from within his opponent's guard.
Princess controlling the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Princess throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fotiou's waist but Fotiou gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Princess off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mina Princess. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Princess fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mina Princess is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice combination there by Fotiou.
Fotiou pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fotiou fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Princess avoids it really well and circles away.
Fotiou is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Princess tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fotiou swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fotiou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Princess was well out of range. Poor timing from Fotiou.
Fotiou shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Princess sprawls well. Princess wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fotiou gets slowly back to his feet.
Princess with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Michael Fotiou has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mina Princess is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Princess throws a combination. Fotiou tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mina Princess showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Princess has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mina Princess!
Mina Princess took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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