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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sun Ra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hong Kong Phooey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phooey is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hong Kong Phooey. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sun Ra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Hong Kong Phooey!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ra throws a leg kick but Phooey moved away.
Ra moves out of range of the body kick.
Ra throws a sloppy head kick and Phooey moves out of range easily.
Ra misses with a wild body shot.
Phooey instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Phooey.
Phooey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Phooey looking to throw knees to the head but Ra is blocking nicely.
Phooey breaks from the clinch.
Phooey wants to clinch up but Ra keeps it at a distance.
Ra will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Phooey looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Phooey feints a jab promting Ra to slip. Phooey then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ra slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Ra as he connects with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Ra misses the target.
Ra pushes Phooey up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Phooey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ra.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phooey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ra lands a good knee to the midsection. Phooey won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Phooey.
Ra pushes off an throws an elbow but Phooey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Phooey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Phooey is defending well for now.
Ra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phooey avoids the elbow strike from Ra, against the cage.
Ra trying to land knees to the body.
Ra struggles to land a body shot inside as Phooey controls his hands.
Ra prevents a body shot from Phooey.
Phooey takes an elbow to the temple.
Phooey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Phooey takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ra missing with knees to the body.
Phooey misses with a knee strike.
Phooey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ra.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phooey has had enough of the clinch but Ra keeps him there for the moment.
Ra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phooey slaps away a takedown attempt from Ra, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Phooey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ra.
Hong Kong Phooey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Phooey fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ra misses with a leg kick
and Phooey counters with a head kick.
Ra scores with a decent looking hook.
Ra is looking to slow Phooey down with leg kicks.
Ra bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Phooey's head.
Phooey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ra lands a really nice looking cross but Phooey seems unphased.
Phooey misses the shot to the body.
Phooey motions for Ra to come forward. Phooey throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ra fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Phooey is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ra looks to land a right hand but Phooey moved out of range.
Phooey leaves Ra with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sun Ra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phooey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ra connects with a leg kick. Phooey looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ra throws a low kick but Phooey moves out of range easily.
Ra avoids the head kick by Phooey.
Phooey misses with the combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ra.
Phooey throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ra uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Phooey.
Ra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phooey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ra.
Ra lands with an uppercut that bounces Phooey off the cage and back into range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phooey thows a body shot but no joy.
Phooey looks to land a combination but Ra avoids it well.
Ra is looking to clinch.
Ra connects with a single shot there.
Phooey throws a hook but Ra avoids it easily.
Ra lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ra connects with a solid leg kick.
Ra throws a leg kick
and Phooey counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Phooey throws a leg kick but Ra checks it.
Phooey blocks a head kick by Ra.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phooey misses with a low kick.
Sun Ra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Phooey.
Ra lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Decent striking displayed by Phooey there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Ra dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ra digs a good hook to Phooey's body.
Phooey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Phooey fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ra checks it well.
Phooey misses with the body kick
and Ra counters with a big head kick but Phooey shrugs it off.
Phooey is rocked!
A bone on bone clash there as Phooey blocks the leg kick.
Ra fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Phooey.
A decent looking cross lands there for Phooey.
Phooey scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick lands from Phooey.
Ra gets a clinch.
Phooey tries to land knees in the clinch but Ra avoids the damage to the body.
Ra misses with a knee to the head.
Ra lands a nice uppercut.
Ra lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Phooey backwards.
Phooey has a couple of punches blocked by Ra.
Ra misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phooey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Phooey tries to work over Ra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phooey wants to stall.
Ra tries to work over Phooey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ra lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Phooey is trying to stall.
Phooey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Phooey avoiding damage as Ra throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ra.
Ra swings wildly with an uppercut but Phooey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phooey is trying to break the clinch but Ra is controlling him.
Phooey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ra or not.
Phooey is trying to break free.
Ra pushes Phooey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ra throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short body shot lands from Ra as the two fighters clinch.
Phooey lands with a short shot to the head.
Ra tries to land a knee to the head but Phooey blocks with his arms.
A short right from Phooey.
Phooey misses with a body punch.
Phooey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ra.
Phooey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ra misses with a knee strike.
Ra digs a right hand underneath Phooey's ribcage. Phooey let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ra.
Ra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Phooey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Phooey tries to work over Ra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ra misses with a knee to the head.
Ra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Phooey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ra or not.
Phooey misses with the head strike.
Phooey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ra in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ra.
Ra tries to break the clinch but Phooey is controlling the position.
Phooey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ra looking to throw knees to the head but Phooey is blocking nicely.
Ra lands an uppercut.
Phooey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phooey misses with the head strike.
Phooey avoids the elbow strike from Ra, against the cage.
Phooey blocks the elbow strike.
Ra misses with an elbow strike.
Phooey tries to work over Ra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phooey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phooey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Phooey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ra missing with knees to the body.
Phooey tries to work over Ra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phooey throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Phooey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ra.
Phooey blocks an elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ra.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Phooey.
Phooey working aggressively here.
Ra lands a hook that snaps the head of Phooey backwards.
Phooey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ra backwards.
Phooey misses with a knee to the head.
Phooey tries to stall but Ra uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Phooey digs a right hand underneath Ra's ribcage. Ra let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Phooey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ras head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ra breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Phooey lands a lovely overhand right.
A good leg kick by Ra.
Phooey slips a jab from Ra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hong Kong Phooey will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ra looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Ra tries to pass to full mount but Phooey defends it.
Ra performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Phooey is staying active underneath Ra, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Sun Ra just wasn't active enough.
Ra throws a leg kick but Phooey checks it.
Phooey misses with an uppercut.
Phooey throws a body punch but Ra moves out of range.
Phooey moves out of range of the leg kick from Ra.
Phooey throws a head kick but Ra moves out of range.
Ra lands with a slapping head kick.
Ra throws a leg kick but Phooey checks it.
Phooey on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A punch combination from Phooey misses.
Phooey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Phooey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phooey shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ra eats them both and turns towards Phooey to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Phooey throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ra gets the takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phooey gets back to half guard.
Ra content to control rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Phooey is concentrating on defense, preventing Ra from advancing position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Sun Ra wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Ra moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Ra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Phooeys head.
Phooey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Phooey.
Ra blocks a body shot from Phooey.
Phooey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Phooey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Phooey lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Phooey.
Sun Ra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ra manages to break the clinch.
Ra doesn't manage to clinch there - Phooey circles away.
Phooey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ra moves into range and clinches up with Phooey.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ra lands an uppercut.
Phooey managing to block the knees to the body from Ra.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ra lands a nice elbow.
Ra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Phooey.
Phooey is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Phooey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Ra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ra has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Ra!
Sun Ra decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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