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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mak Artur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Flanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Artur kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I shall return. Flanders is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Jaw of Glass - Blondie. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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160 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mak Artur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Todd Flanders!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flanders misses with a kick to the body.
Flanders pivots, looking for a leg kick but Artur is out of range and Flanders settles back down.
Flanders lands a leg kick that knocks Artur off balance momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Artur blocks the low kick.
Flanders looks to score with a jab to the body but Artur is just out of range.
Artur throws a jab but it's blocked by Flanders.
Artur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flanders manages to avoid it.
Flanders throws a head kick that Artur semi-blocks.
Flanders tries to score with a low kick but Artur moves his leg out of the way.
Flanders throws a low kick but it's checked well by Artur.
Artur wants to slow Flanders down by chopping away at his legs.
Flanders with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A punch combination from Artur misses.
Flanders misses with an attempted mid kick.
Good shot there by Flanders.
Flanders tried to score with a low kick but Artur checks it.
Flanders slips under a jab from Artur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanders pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Flanders takes a swing at Artur's ribcage but misses.
Flanders throws a leg kick which misses Artur's front leg but catches the back leg as Artur tries to avoid it.
Flanders throws a nice inside leg kick.
Artur cracks Flanders with an open hand slap.
Artur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Artur checks a low kick from Flanders.
Flanders connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Artur clinches.
A hook to the body from Artur.
I was talking to Artur's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Artur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flanders scores with a shot to the side of Artur's head.
Flanders tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flanders lands with a left to the head.
Artur misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Artur.
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!
Artur prevents a body shot from Flanders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Artur.
Artur tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flanders avoids it.
Artur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flanders lands a hook that snaps the head of Artur backwards.
Artur scores with a shot to the side of Flanders's head.
Artur tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flanders avoids it.
Flanders goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flanders blocks a body shot from Artur.
Flanders is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Flanders tries to work over Artur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Artur.
Flanders scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Artur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flanders's elbow.
Artur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Artur lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Flanders throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Arturs head.
Flanders lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Artur.
Artur misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanders scores with a nice hook to the head.
Flanders makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Artur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flanders tries to throw a body punch but Artur avoids it by throwing Flanders back against the cage.
Flanders throws a punch but it's blocked by Artur.
Artur blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flanders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Flanders is looking to score with low kicks.
Artur avoids a kick to the body.
Artur tries to clinch but Flanders is having none of it.
Artur checks a low kick from Flanders.
Artur has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Artur there as he acknowledges the shot.
Artur motions for Flanders to come forward. Artur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Artur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flanders slips a jab and a cross from Artur.
Flanders connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Artur throws a hook to the side of Flanders's head but Flanders sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flanders.
A clash of legs there as Artur blocks the low kick.
Artur throws out a loose jab but Flanders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Artur clinches up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flanders pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Artur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Flanders moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A cross from Flanders lands.
Artur throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Flanders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Artur with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Flanders to score with a decent uppercut.
Artur darts in trying to clinch
and Flanders counters with a good low kick that Artur was not able to check.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flanders lands with a nice body kick.
Artur sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Todd Flanders dominated that round.
That's time! Artur's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A leg kick checked by Flanders.
Some bone on bone action there as Artur checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Artur ducks under a wild hook from Flanders.
Flanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Artur throws out the jab.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Flanders in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Flanders circles away from the clinch attempt.
Artur tries to work over Flanders's front leg with a kick but Flanders checks it.
Artur wants to clinch.
Artur tries to clinch up but Flanders circles away and keeps his distance.
Flanders circles away from the clinch attempt
and Flanders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Flanders cracks the inside of Artur's front leg.
Artur closes the distance looking to clinch
and Flanders counters with a nice low kick that buckles Artur's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Artur throws an overhand right that lands on Flanders's shoulder, as Flanders tries to avoid the shot.
Flanders has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Flanders circles away from the clinch attempt
and Flanders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good work by Artur as he checks the leg kick.
A good leg kick by Flanders.
Flanders pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Flanders slips under a jab.
Artur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flanders manages to avoid it.
Flanders chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Flanders throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Flanders fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artur doesn't manage to clinch there - Flanders circles away.
Flanders throws out a leg kick but Artur moves out of range and Flanders only half commits.
Artur lands a right hook to the body.
Artur tries to close the distance and clinch but Flanders swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Artur instigates a clinch.
Flanders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flanders blocking some punches.
Flanders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Artur has managed to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flanders lands a left hand that snaps the head of Artur backwards.
Flanders throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Arturs head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Flanders.
Artur lands a body punch.
Artur is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Artur tries a body shot but Flanders blocks it.
Artur misses with a punch to the body.
Artur tries to throw a body punch but Flanders avoids it by throwing Artur back against the cage.
Artur misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artur lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Flanders backwards.
Artur misses with a punch to the body.
Artur lands a left hand that snaps the head of Flanders backwards.
Flanders tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Artur.
Flanders makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Flanders.
Flanders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Artur has taken the fight to the clinch.
Flanders misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Artur as Flanders tries to tie him up.
Artur makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Artur lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Artur fails to land.
Flanders prevents a body shot from Artur.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Artur.
Artur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artur lands a right hand.
Artur can't find room to land a body shot as Flanders controls the action.
Mak Artur has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Flanders makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Artur is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flanders is defending well for now.
Artur is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Flanders's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Artur tries to throw a body punch but Flanders avoids it by throwing Artur back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Artur.
Flanders is rocked!
Artur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flanders's elbow.
Artur throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Flanders throws a head punch that misses.
Artur misses with a punch to the body.
Artur's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Flanders blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Artur presses Flanders against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flanders lands with a light punch inside.
Artur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Artur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Flanders.
Artur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mak Artur dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Flanders lands a jab to the head.
Flanders motions for Artur to come forward. Flanders throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Flanders shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Flanders on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Artur darts in trying to clinch
and Flanders makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Todd Flanders seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Artur throws a right hand that Flanders ducks under and follows up with a left that Flanders also avoids with ease.
Artur avoids the head kick by Flanders.
Artur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flanders tries to land a leg kick but Artur saw it coming and moves away.
Artur misses the jab.
Artur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flanders misses with a body kick.
Flanders is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Artur avoids the head kick by Flanders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanders misses with a hook.
Artur avoids a kick to the body.
A shot to the body from Flanders misses
and Artur counters by clinching up.
Artur tries to land knees in the clinch but Flanders avoids the damage to the body.
Artur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flanders misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Artur takes a shot to the head.
Flanders prevents a body shot from Artur.
Flanders prevents a body shot from Artur.
Artur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flanders escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Flanders scoring well with a low kick there.
Flanders throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A nice leg kick lands there from Flanders.
Flanders throws the left hand but Artur avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artur jabs Flanders right on the nose. Flanders blinks but takes it well.
Artur throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flanders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flanders throws a head kick that misses.
Artur is looking to clinch.
Artur takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Flanders tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Flanders slips under a jab from Artur.
Flanders pivots, looking for a leg kick but Artur is out of range and Flanders settles back down.
Artur tries to clinch but Flanders moves out of range.
Artur fails in his attempt to clinch.
Artur looks to clinch
and Flanders counters with a straight right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Flanders.
Good shot there by Flanders.
Artur tries to close the distance and clinch but Flanders swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artur wants to clinch.
Artur closes the distance and pushes Flanders back into the cage.
Artur tries to work over Flanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flanders struggles to land a body shot inside as Artur controls his hands.
Flanders tries a body shot but Artur blocks it.
Artur misses with a punch to the body.
Artur tries a knee to the head but Flanders blocks it.
Artur throws a head punch that misses.
Artur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Artur tries to work over Flanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flanders lands an uppercut.
Artur struggles to land a body shot inside as Flanders controls his hands.
Artur struggles to land a body shot inside as Flanders controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artur tries a body shot but Flanders blocks it.
Flanders stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Artur.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Artur.
Flanders managing to block the knees to the body from Artur.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flanders lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Flanders is trying to stall.
Artur lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Flanders or not.
Flanders prevents a body shot from Artur.
Artur tries to throw a body punch but Flanders avoids it by throwing Artur back against the cage.
Good body shot from Artur.
Artur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Artur working aggressively here.
Artur misses with a punch to the body.
Artur is working Flanders over against the cage.
Flanders takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Flanders lands with a light punch inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mak Artur.
I think Artur has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mak Artur!
An intense looking Mak Artur took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I told yah...I can get even with him..'.
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