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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Romano Schoots (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banks is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: All I do Is win. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
29 - 20 - 0 |
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156 lbs
30 - 19 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Romano Schoots!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Will Banks!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks jabs Schoots to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Schoots blocks the body kick.
Schoots misses with an uppercut.
Banks throws a looping overhand right but Schoots ducks down to avoid it.
Banks ducks right into an uppercut from Schoots.
Schoots has a takedown stuffed.
Banks keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Banks misses with the combination.
Banks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Schoots.
Schoots tries for a takedown but Banks sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romano Schoots. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Banks defending well as Schoots loads up on a big left hand.
Schoots scores with a nice right hand.
Banks jabs Schoots to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Banks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schoots at a distance.
Banks scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Schoots doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots darts in trying to clinch
and Banks counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Schoots's guard now.
Schoots working a defensive guard but Banks passes into half guard.
Schoots trying to control but Banks postures up.
Banks is just content to waste time from the top position. Schoots takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Banks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Banks throws a big right hand that misses.
Schoots has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Banks throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Schoots works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schoots wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schoots preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Banks throws an elbow that misses. Schoots uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Banks's guard. Nice move by Schoots!
Schoots trying to control but Banks is working from the bottom.
Schoots throwing strikes from guard but Banks blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schoots won't allow Banks to sweep him here.
Banks keeping full guard, as Schoots tries to pass.
Banks can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Schoots controls the pace.
Banks is trying to control the position but Schoots postures up.
Schoots wants to control from the top but Banks keeps moving.
Banks controlling Schoots's posture.
Will Banks has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Schoots scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Banks doesn't seem bothered though.
Schoots misses with a straight left.
Schoots misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schoots misses with a hook.
Banks needs to keep his hands up - Schoots had a free shot at his head there.
Nice sprawl there from Banks as Schoots shoots in.
Banks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schoots throws out the jab.
Banks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Romano Schoots seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schoots misses with a hook. Banks ducked under it nicely.
Banks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Schoots. Schoots obviously looking to wear him down.
Schoots jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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!
Banks takes one to the chin there.
Schoots is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Schoots takes a swing at Banks's ribcage but misses.
Schoots looks to land a right hand but Banks moved out of range.
Schoots misses with a left hand
letting Banks counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schoots throws a head kick but Banks moves out of range.
Schoots with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Schoots misses with a straight right.
Banks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schoots at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Romano Schoots will probably get the nod.
That's time! Schoots's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Schoots throws out a leg kick but Banks moves out of range and Schoots only half commits.
Schoots throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Schoots motions for Banks to come forward. Schoots throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Banks takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Banks is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Schoots rather than just go for the knockout.
Good exchange - Schoots coming out on top.
Schoots throws a jab but it's blocked by Banks.
Banks throws a body punch but Schoots moves out of range.
Banks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schoots moves away.
Jab by Banks.
Schoots fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Banks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Schoots. Schoots obviously looking to wear him down.
Banks moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Schoots closes this distance looking for a takedown but Banks circles away.
Banks digs a good hook to Schoots's body.
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!
Banks lands a jab-cross combination.
Schoots tries to clinch but Banks is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Banks. That snapped Schoots's head back.
Schoots throws a wild body kick that Banks sees coming a mile off.
Banks lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schoots bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Banks gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Schoots.
Banks slips under a jab.
Banks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Schoots counters with a stiff right hand.
Schoots bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Banks's head backwards.
Schoots swings widly with a right hand
and Banks counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Schoots's guard now.
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!
Banks trying to control the position from guard on top but Schoots is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schoots wants to sweep but no luck.
Schoots trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Schoots has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Romano Schoots wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Banks displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Schoots.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romano Schoots. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Banks pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Schoots misses with a hook.
A low kick from Schoots misses
and Banks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Banks. That's going to slow Schoots down.
Schoots thows a leg kick but Banks checks it
and Banks counters with a single leg into guard. Schoots didn't expect that.
Banks trying to control but Schoots is working from the bottom.
Schoots managing to control the position.
Banks trying to control but Schoots is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Schoots blocks the body kick.
Schoots lands a nice leg kick that just misses Banks's sensitive parts.
Banks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banks feints and then cracks Schoots's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Schoots down.
Banks lands a slapping body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schoots.
Banks looks to land a right hand but Schoots moved out of range.
Banks lands an overhand right.
A slow jab from Banks misses its intended target.
Banks jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schoots connects with an inside leg kick.
Banks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Schoots cracks Banks with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Banks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Banks throws a leg kick but Schoots moved away.
Banks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Schoots misses with a combination
and Banks counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Schoots!
Schoots tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Banks working away.
Schoots is trying to get back to half guard.
Banks tries to advance to mount but can't.
Banks trying to control the action but Schoots is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots taking punishment in the form of punches.
Banks lands a decent elbow from side control.
Schoots managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Banks.
Schoots is looking to reverse the position.
Schoots can't do much from the bottom here.
Banks lands a decent elbow from side control.
Banks throws an elbow but Schoots slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schoots gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Schoots trying to control here.
Banks wants to work for an arm triangle but Schoots is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Schoots wants to improve his position but Banks is controlling well.
Banks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Banks sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks works his way into side control.
Banks scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Schoots to see if he's OK.
Banks working the ground and pound from side control.
Banks working the ground and pound.
Banks tries to score with some ground and pound. Schoots controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Banks wants to control but Schoots is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Banks sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Schoots is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Banks wants to take a breather but Schoots manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Banks.
Schoots is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Banks wants to control from the top but Schoots keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
Will Banks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Banks 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Banks!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Will Banks made sure he mentioned KO Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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