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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sun Wukong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franklin Worner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin Worner is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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135 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sun Wukong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franklin Worner!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wukong shoots in and gets a takedown into Worner's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Worner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wukong scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Worner is trying to control the position but Wukong postures up.
Wukong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Worner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Worner working for a triangle but Wukong defends it easily.
Wukong lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Worner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wukong. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Worner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wukong postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wukong's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wukong loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wukong not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Worner wants to sweep here but Wukong controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wukong works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wukong is looking to take a break and control but Worner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Worner scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Wukong manages to mount him!
Wukong has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Worner's face.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Worner can do anything to dispel that myth.
Worner in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wukong looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Worner is looking to improve his position but Wukong isn't that keen on the idea.
Wukong has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wukong controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wukong looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wukong wants to control the pace but Worner is squirming around nicely.
Wukong working Worner over with strikes here.
Wukong tries to control but Worner wriggling away.
Wukong scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Worner really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Worner's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong working the ground and pound effectively.
Wukong with good strikes from the mount here!
Wukong controlling from the full mount.
Worner is looking to improve his position but Wukong isn't that keen on the idea.
Worner wants to control but Wukong is having none of it.
Wukong working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Worner can't escape the position.
Wukong lands with some strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worner takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Worner regains half guard.
Ground and pound from Wukong.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wukong lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wukong content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wukong is trying to control. Worner wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worner avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wukong.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wukong lands a nice short elbow.
Wukong seems to be working for a kimura but Worner defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Wukong dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Horrible takedown by Worner or perhaps it was just good defense by Wukong which made him look bad.
Worner shoots in for a takedown but Wukong shows good takedown defense.
Worner misses with a wild combination.
Wukong shoots in but no luck this time.
Wukong gets caught napping as Worner dives in and scores a takedown. Wukong manages to retain guard.
Wukong trying to control the position here.
Worner stopping the sweep attempt from Wukong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Wukong manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Worner tries to hold on but Wukong postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wukong wants to control the pace but Worner is squirming around nicely.
Worner is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wukong landing shots from mount.
We've been hearing that Wukong has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Wukong lands a nice shot to the head.
Wukong prevents Worner from getting the reversal.
Wukong raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wukong breaks from Worner's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wukong lands a heavy elbow.
Worner in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wukong postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Worner looks a forlorn figure.
Worner wants to hold on but Wukong pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worner tries to reverse the position but Wukong maintains control.
Wukong connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wukong tries to control but Worner wriggling away.
Wukong landing strikes from the mount.
Worner trying desperately to get to his feet.
Wukong lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wukong scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Worner?
Wukong lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Worner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wukong postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Worner looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wukong scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Worner tries to hold on but Wukong pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wukong lands a heavy elbow.
Wukong lands a heavy elbow.
Worner tries to reverse the position but Wukong maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wukong lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wukong lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Worner hang on?
Worner is looking to improve his position but Wukong isn't that keen on the idea.
Wukong is landing with some decent strikes but Worner is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wukong lands a couple of good shots and Worner has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Sun Wukong overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Worner looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Wukong dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Wukong feints and as Worner raises his hands in defense, Wukong changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wukong trying to control but Worner is working from the bottom.
Wukong is looking to work some ground and pound but Worner has wrist control.
Worner keeping moving, preventing Wukong from controlling successfully.
Wukong stops Worner from standing up.
Wukong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Worner can do to turn this around?
Wukong cracks Worner with a solid left hand.
Wukong scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wukong throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wukong loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Worner trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wukong accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wukong passes Worner's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Worner wants to get back to his feet.
Wukong scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wukong working over Worner with some ground and pound. Worner looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wukong landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wukong slips a nice elbow through Worner's hands, connecting with Worner's forehead.
Worner wants to improve his position but Wukong is controlling well.
Worner tries to kick Wukong off but Wukong keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Worner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Worner actively working from the bottom here.
Wukong scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wukong content to control rather than advance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Worner looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wukong is controlling the pace.
Wukong working over Worner with some ground and pound. Worner looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong is keen to just control but Worner is a slippery customer.
Wukong drops an elbow to the side of Worner's head.
Wukong lands strikes from half guard.
Wukong looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wukong winds up and cracks Worner with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wukong is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Worner trying to hold on to Wukong's head to control him but Wukong postures up.
Wukong works his foot free and advances to mount.
Worner is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wukong cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wukong landing strikes from the mount and Worner is in trouble!
Worner is bucking up trying to escape but Wukong cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wukong prevents Worner from getting the reversal.
Wukong has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Worner's face.
Wukong lands a big elbow.
Wukong raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wukong is working for a guillotine from mount but Worner frees his head quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worner tries to hold on but Wukong postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Wukong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wukong, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Wukong!
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hype
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