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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rufus Firefly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Caschera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caschera is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Crimson King by Demons & Wizards limited edition. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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258 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rufus Firefly !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Caschera!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caschera shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice uppercut lands for Firefly . That snapped Caschera's head back.
Caschera moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Firefly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Caschera's head backwards.
Caschera shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Firefly wants to get back to his feet but Caschera is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Caschera loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Firefly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Firefly wants to stand but Caschera is controlling the position.
Caschera has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Firefly keeping moving, preventing Caschera from controlling successfully.
Caschera stands and steps away. Firefly gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Rufus Firefly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caschera rushes Firefly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Caschera tries for a takedown but Firefly manages to get underhooks.
Caschera looks gassed!
Caschera manages to break the clinch.
Firefly with a hook.
Firefly stuns Caschera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab from Firefly .
Firefly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice cross by Firefly .
Caschera takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Firefly closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
A decent looking cross lands there for Firefly .
Firefly jabs Caschera right on the nose. Caschera blinks but takes it well.
Firefly lands a nice shot to the body.
Firefly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Firefly punishes Caschera's body with a nice straight punch.
Firefly with a jab.
Firefly scores with a crisp jab that stopped Caschera in his tracks.
Firefly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Firefly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Firefly thuds a left hand into Caschera's body.
Firefly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice body punch from Firefly .
Firefly lands a jab-cross combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Firefly lands a with a good body shot.
Firefly could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Firefly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Caschera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Firefly with a nice cross.
Caschera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Firefly scores with a jab to the head.
Firefly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Caschera's hands.
Caschera shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A punch combination from Firefly misses.
Caschera throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Firefly 's waist but Firefly gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Caschera off to one side.
Rufus Firefly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Caschera.
Firefly jabs Caschera right on the nose. Caschera blinks but takes it well.
Caschera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Firefly , as that shot connected.
Caschera walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caschera tries to move into range but Firefly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Firefly lands with a nice combination. Caschera backs away looking to recover.
Firefly is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jab by Firefly .
Caschera takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Firefly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Firefly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Caschera takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Caschera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Caschera shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Firefly as he avoids it easily.
Firefly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Firefly lands a right hook to the body.
Caschera looks for a takedown but Firefly sprawls well.
Firefly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Firefly scores with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Firefly , as that shot connected.
Caschera takes a jab right on the kisser.
Caschera is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Firefly is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caschera gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Caschera darts in and clinches Firefly up against the cage.
Firefly changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Caschera fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Caschera has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Firefly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Caschera counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Caschera misses with a takedown attempt - Firefly sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Firefly stuffs the takedown attempt from Caschera. Caschera gets slowly back to his feet.
Firefly lands with an uppercut that bounces Caschera off the cage and back into rage.
Firefly lands a nice shot that snaps Caschera's head back.
Firefly cracks Caschera with an open hand slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Firefly stuns Caschera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab, jab by Firefly - just one landing.
Caschera swinging wilding here.
Firefly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Caschera on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rufus Firefly dominated that round.
That's time! Firefly 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Firefly missing with a left hand there. Caschera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Caschera throws a head kick but Firefly moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Firefly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Firefly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Caschera at a distance.
Firefly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Firefly throws a series of strikes that have Caschera backpedaling.
Caschera has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Firefly finds it's way round the side to connect with Caschera's head.
Firefly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Caschera has time to react.
Firefly throws a big shot that misses.
Caschera shoots in looking for a takedown. Firefly tries to sprawl out of it but Caschera keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Firefly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Firefly lands a head shot.
Caschera changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Firefly tries to avoid it but Caschera manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Firefly to the ground. Firefly escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Firefly scores with a one two! Caschera had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Firefly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Firefly thuds his right hand into Caschera's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Firefly with a hook.
Rufus Firefly is winning the standup battle so far.
Firefly shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caschera gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Firefly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Firefly scores with a body shot.
Firefly 's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Firefly duly obliges.
Firefly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Caschera gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Caschera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rufus Firefly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Caschera.
A lazy left from Firefly finds it's target.
Firefly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Firefly . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Firefly .
Firefly paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Firefly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Firefly throws a series of punches but Caschera moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Firefly there.
Caschera scores with a kick to the midsection.
Caschera shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Firefly 's guard.
Firefly is looking to stand up but Caschera isn't so interested in that idea.
Firefly trying to keep a closed guard but Caschera is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caschera postures up and lands a big shot to Firefly 's brow.
Caschera avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Firefly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Caschera is one step ahead there.
Firefly looking for a guillotine here but Caschera defends easily.
Caschera gets to his feet - Firefly follows without any prompting.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Caschera misses.
Caschera misses the jab.
Firefly connects with the punch.
Firefly scores with a three punch combo!
Firefly 's corner calls for a 1-2. Firefly obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Firefly thuds his right hand into Caschera's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Firefly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Firefly lands a with a good body shot.
Firefly clobbers Caschera with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Caschera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Caschera fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Firefly lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Firefly thuds a left hand into Caschera's body.
Caschera fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Firefly sprawls well initially but Caschera persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Caschera working the head and body with strikes.
Caschera slips a nice elbow through Firefly 's hands, connecting with Firefly 's forehead.
Caschera decides to return to a standing position.
Caschera fails with the takedown.
Firefly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Firefly .
Caschera scores with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Firefly misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caschera shoots in and drives through. Firefly sprawls well.
Firefly lands with a straight right. Caschera didn't see that one coming.
Firefly scores with a hook.
Caschera misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rufus Firefly dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Caschera looks to score with a jab to the body but Firefly is just out of range.
Good shot there by Firefly .
Caschera gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Caschera shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Firefly but Firefly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Firefly lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Caschera backs up against the cage.
Danga de danga de dang - Firefly scores with a four punch combination!
Firefly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Caschera fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Firefly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Caschera's head backwards.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Firefly .
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Firefly !
Firefly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Caschera stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Firefly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Caschera momentarily.
Firefly catches Caschera with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Caschera closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A jab from Firefly does it's job there.
Caschera fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rufus Firefly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Caschera.
Firefly lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Firefly fails to land with a series of punches.
Firefly scores with a hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Caschera.
Caschera fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice shot lands for Firefly .
Caschera shoots for a takedown but Firefly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Firefly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Caschera momentarily.
Firefly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Firefly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Firefly throws a leg kick
and Caschera counters with a left to the body.
Caschera wants to clinch.
Firefly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Caschera walks into a left hand.
Firefly moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caschera scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Caschera thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Firefly 's head.
Caschera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Caschera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Caschera is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Caschera is trying to control the action in half guard but Firefly is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Caschera is pressing down on Firefly 's thigh, looking to free his foot. Firefly is holding on for now.
Firefly wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Firefly trying to control here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Caschera darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Firefly on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Caschera thows a huge punch but Firefly dodges it nicely.
Firefly is looking to escape.
Caschera throws a strike but Firefly avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Firefly bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Caschera's guard.
Firefly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Caschera is on top in guard.
Firefly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Firefly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Caschera is one step ahead there.
Caschera stands and throws Firefly 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Max Caschera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Caschera cracks Firefly with a big right hand but Firefly just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
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 Rufus Firefly .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Firefly , 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rufus Firefly !
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