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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Ruston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zues Orion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zues Orion will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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300 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Karl Ruston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zues Orion!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruston darts in and clinches Orion up against the cage.
Orion scores a nice knee to the body.
Orion using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ruston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orion unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orion is trying to stall.
Ruston throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ruston leaning his opponent against the cage.
Orion throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruston pushes off an throws an elbow but Orion leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Orion throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruston throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruston lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ruston avoiding damage as Orion throws knees to the body.
Ruston stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruston misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orion.
A knee to the head by Orion.
It looks like Karl Ruston has been cut.
Ruston misses with a knee to the head.
Ruston misses with a punch on the inside.
Orion blocks an elbow strike.
Ruston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ruston trying to land knees to the body.
Ruston managing to block the knees to the body from Orion.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.
Orion throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruston managing to block the knees to the body from Orion.
Ruston is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Orion tries to stall but Ruston uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Orion missing with knees to the body.
Ruston misses with the head strike.
Orion is looking to control Ruston's arms but Ruston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orion has his back to the cage.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Orion tries to land a knee to the head but Ruston blocks with his arms.
Orion dodges an elbow strike from Ruston.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Orion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Orion will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ruston up against the cage.
Orion throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Orion crunches a lovely knee into Ruston's ribcage.
Ruston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruston is breathing heavily.
Ruston avoiding damage as Orion throws knees to the body.
Orion tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruston avoids the damage to the body.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruston with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Orion just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ruston's brow.
Orion misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ruston.
Ruston makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ruston digs a right hand into Orion's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Orion's gas tank.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Ruston misses with a knee to the head.
Orion landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ruston managing to block the knees to the body from Orion.
Orion stalling in the clinch but Ruston improves position.
Orion landing knees to the body.
Orion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.
Orion scores a nice knee to the body.
Orion scores with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ruston throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orion blocks it with crossed arms.
Orion tries to land a knee to the head but Ruston blocks with his arms.
Orion is looking to control Ruston's arms but Ruston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orion has his back to the cage.
Orion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Ruston.
Orion connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruston's face.
Orion lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ruston stalling the fight.
Ruston avoiding damage as Orion throws knees to the body.
Orion stalling in the clinch but Ruston improves position.
Ruston misses with an elbow strike.
Orion tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruston avoids the damage to the body.
Orion misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Orion trying to stall but Ruston improves his position.
Ruston gets through Orion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ruston.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.
Knees to the body from Ruston.
Orion throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ruston blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruston is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Orion misses with an elbow over the top.
Ruston landing knees to the body.
Orion wants to stall.
Orion lands an elbow inside.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Orion managing to block the knees to the body from Ruston.
Orion trying to stall but Ruston improves his position.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruston managing to block the knees to the body from Orion.
Orion throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orion taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Ruston.
That's four 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.
Orion is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ruston controlling the action here for a moment.
Orion scores a nice knee to the body.
Orion is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ruston throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orion blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruston misses with a knee to the head.
Orion managing to block the knees to the body from Ruston.
Ruston managing to block the knees to the body from Orion.
Orion is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ruston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ruston just misses with a elbow thrown towards Orion's brow.
Ruston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orion tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.
Ruston with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Orion lands a damaging elbow.
Ruston tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zues Orion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Ruston's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ruston on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Orion. Orion obviously looking to wear him down.
Orion throws a leg kick that misses.
Orion fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karl Ruston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruston comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ruston misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Ruston.
No joy there for Ruston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Orion tries to clinch there but Ruston circles away.
Orion fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruston is looking to clinch but Orion is avoiding it.
Ruston scores with a sloppy right hand. Orion should have avoided that one.
Karl Ruston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Ruston there.
Ruston closes the distance looking to clinch
and Orion counters with a good low kick that Ruston was not able to check.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Orion throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ruston's waist but Ruston gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Orion off to one side.
Ruston falls off balance throwing a combination
and Orion counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Orion gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruston throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orion blocks it with crossed arms.
Orion misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ruston.
Ruston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orion blocks an elbow strike.
Ruston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Orion.
Orion is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Orion avoiding damage as Ruston throws knees to the body.
Ruston throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orion blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruston landing knees to the body.
Ruston is looking to control Orion's arms but Orion gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ruston has his back to the cage.
Ruston tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Orion is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Orion avoiding damage.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Orion.
Orion unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orion looking to throw knees to the head but Ruston is blocking nicely.
Ruston lands with a short shot to the head.
Orion is looking to control Ruston's arms but Ruston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orion has his back to the cage.
Orion lands an elbow inside that Ruston shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruston misses with a knee to the head.
Orion connects with a knee to the head.
Orion trying to land knees to the body.
Ruston tries to stall but Orion uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Orion looking to throw knees to the head but Ruston is blocking nicely.
Ruston throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruston avoiding damage as Orion throws knees to the body.
Ruston using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ruston tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Orion lands an elbow just above Ruston 's eye.
Ruston missing with knees to the body.
Ruston looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
Orion lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Orion misses with a knee to the head.
Ruston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruston with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Orion.
Ruston creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Orion is trying to maintain a safe position but Ruston gets an underhook and turns Orion into the cage.
Orion using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ruston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orion lands an elbow just above Ruston 's eye.
Ruston slows down the pace here.
Ruston looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruston will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Orion up against the cage.
Ruston with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Orion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruston with a knee to the head.
Orion creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.
Orion is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ruston is trying to break free.
Ruston looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ruston misses with a knee to the head.
Orion unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ruston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orion throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orion looking to stall.
A knee to the head by Ruston.
Orion tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruston avoids the damage to the body.
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.
Orion tries to land a knee to the head but Ruston blocks with his arms.
Orion looking to slow down the pace here.
Ruston tries to land a knee to the head but Orion blocks with his arms.
Ruston lands with a light punch inside.
Ruston looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
Orion misses with an elbow strike.
Orion using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ruston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruston looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Orion is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ruston is keeping busy.
Ruston manages to break the clinch.
Ruston moves into range and clinches up with Orion.
Ruston landing knees to the head.
Ruston throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Orions head.
Orion is looking to control Ruston's arms but Ruston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orion has his back to the cage.
Ruston lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Orion misses with a knee strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruston.
Ruston misses with a knee to the head.
Ruston using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Orion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Zues Orion will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Karl Ruston's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ruston instigates a clinch.
Ruston lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ruston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruston misses with a knee to the head.
Orion trying to land knees to the body.
Zues Orion seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Orion is trying to maintain a safe position but Ruston gets an underhook and turns Orion into the cage.
Orion lands a damaging elbow.
Ruston is trying to stall.
Orion trying to stall but Ruston improves his position.
Ruston controlling the action here for a moment.
Ruston tries to land a knee to the head but Orion blocks with his arms.
The referee calls for Ruston to work.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Orion looking to slow down the pace here.
Ruston wants to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Orion stalling in the clinch but Ruston improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruston lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Orion.
Ruston misses with an elbow over the top.
Ruston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orion tries to land a knee to the head but Ruston blocks with his arms.
Ruston unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orion lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ruston throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Orion blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruston throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Orion tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruston avoids the damage to the body.
Orion tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Ruston looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
Orion looking to stall.
Orion connects with a knee to the head.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Orion trying to land knees to the body.
Ruston is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Orion avoiding damage as Ruston throws knees to the body.
Ruston tries to land a knee to the head but Orion blocks with his arms.
Orion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ruston with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ruston makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Orion manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ruston using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruston avoiding damage as Orion throws knees to the body.
Orion lands a knee to the body.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.
A short right from Ruston.
Orion content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ruston missing with knees to the body.
Orion tries to land knees in the clinch but Ruston avoids the damage to the body.
Ruston scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orion with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Ruston to work.
Ruston looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
Orion wants to stall.
Ruston leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ruston tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orion looking to throw knees to the head but Ruston is blocking nicely.
Ruston working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ruston content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ruston tries a knee to the head but Orion blocks it.
Ruston looking to stall.
Ruston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Come on Orion - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Orion landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ruston pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ruston looking to slow down the pace here.
Ruston takes a knee right on the jaw!
Orion throws an elbow that misses.
Karl Ruston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruston unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orion lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orion takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ruston.
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.
Orion is looking to control Ruston's arms but Ruston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orion has his back to the cage.
Ruston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orion tries a knee to the head but Ruston blocks it.
Ruston avoiding damage as Orion throws knees to the body.
Ruston looking to throw knees to the head but Orion is blocking nicely.
Ruston lands a nice knee to the body.
Orion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orion tries to land a knee to the head but Ruston blocks with his arms.
A short right from Ruston on the inside.
Orion takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ruston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orion using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Orion stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ruston.
Orion is trying to maintain a safe position but Ruston gets an underhook and turns Orion into the cage.
Ruston dodges an elbow strike from Orion.
Ruston tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Orion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ruston landing knees to the body.
Ruston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruston misses with a knee strike.
Orion stalling in the clinch but Ruston improves position.
Ruston creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Ruston showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Orion has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zues Orion!
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