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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Artison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darth Paduwan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Artison comes to the cage accompanied by Death Around the Corner. Paduwan has chosen Bitch as his entrance music. Darth Paduwan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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149 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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146 lbs
21 - 12 - 3 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Artison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 3, fighting out of London, Darth Paduwan !
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Artison scores with a leg kick.
Artison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Paduwan sprawls well. Paduwan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Artison gets slowly back to his feet.
Paduwan lands a head shot.
Artison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paduwan throws a lazy uppercut
and Artison counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Paduwan 's guard now.
Artison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Artison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Paduwan is keeping the position for now.
Artison wants to control from the top but Paduwan keeps moving.
Paduwan can't keep his opponent in guard - Artison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Artison trying to control the action but Paduwan is working from the bottom.
Paduwan is controlling Artison's trapped leg to prevent Artison from advancing to side control.
Artison trying to control the action but Paduwan is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
James Artison has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Paduwan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Artison finds it's way round the side to connect with Paduwan 's head.
Artison looks for a takedown but Paduwan sprawls well.
Artison darts in and clinches Paduwan up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Paduwan .
Artison takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Artison.
Artison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Paduwan is keeping busy.
Paduwan lands an elbow just above Artison 's eye.
Paduwan misses with a punch to the body.
Paduwan scores with a shoulder strike.
Paduwan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Artison avoids it.
Paduwan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like James Artison has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan blocking some punches.
Artison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paduwan gets through Artison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Artison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paduwan trying to land knees to the body.
Artison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Paduwan is keeping busy.
Paduwan with a knee to the head.
Paduwan crunches a lovely knee into Artison's ribcage.
Paduwan lands a nice elbow.
Artison takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paduwan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Paduwan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Artison throws a looping overhand right but Paduwan ducks down to avoid it.
Paduwan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Artison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
James Artison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paduwan missing with a left hand there. Artison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Artison.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artison throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Artison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Paduwan misses.
Artison lands with an overhand left.
Paduwan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Artison.
Artison throws a leg kick but Paduwan moved away.
Paduwan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Paduwan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Artison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Artison throws a lazy right hand but Paduwan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Artison throws a body kick that misses.
Artison connects with a body shot that sends Paduwan 's belly button to the back.
Paduwan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Darth Paduwan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Artison's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Paduwan , right into the meat.
Paduwan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Paduwan moves out of range as Artison strikes.
Artison clinches with his opponent.
Paduwan trying to control the position but instead, Artison has worked for underhooks and has pushed Paduwan into the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Paduwan lands a hook that snaps the head of Artison backwards.
Paduwan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Artison backwards.
Artison tries to circle away but Paduwan has him pinned against the cage.
Artison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paduwan blocks an uppercut.
Paduwan is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paduwan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paduwan throws an elbow that misses.
Paduwan blocking some punches.
Paduwan pushes Artison back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Paduwan manages to break the clinch.
Artison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Artison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Paduwan on the side of the head.
Artison is looking to slow Paduwan down with leg kicks.
Paduwan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Artison fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A big right from Artison misses.
Paduwan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Artison wants to clinch.
Paduwan throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan clinches up against the cage.
Paduwan breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paduwan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Paduwan staying out of range there.
Paduwan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Paduwan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paduwan staying out of range there.
Artison scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab from Artison misses.
Paduwan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Artison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artison moves away from the strike by Paduwan .
Artison misses with a hook.
Artison misses with a looping right.
Paduwan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paduwan slips a straight right by Artison.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Paduwan , as that shot connected.
James Artison's cut is getting worse.
Good work by Artison as he checks the leg kick.
Paduwan slips a straight right by Artison.
Paduwan throws out a loose jab but Artison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Artison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paduwan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Artison checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Artison throws a big shot that misses.
Paduwan connects with a nice looking jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artison misses with a head kick.
Paduwan swats away the attempt to clinch by Artison.
Artison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Paduwan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Artison.
Artison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Artison doesn't manage to clinch there - Paduwan circles away.
Artison scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paduwan blocks a head kick by Artison.
An inside leg kick from Artison misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Paduwan .
Artison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paduwan sizes up Artison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Darth Paduwan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on James Artison's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Paduwan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Artison can pounce on him.
Artison fails with the takedown.
Artison misses with a hook. Paduwan ducked under it nicely.
Artison walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Paduwan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Artison.
Decent striking displayed by Paduwan there.
Artison lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Paduwan does it's job there.
Artison lands a leg kick that knocks Paduwan off balance momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paduwan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Artison connects with a leg kick. Paduwan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paduwan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
James Artison is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paduwan throws a leg kick but Artison sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Paduwan is looking to clinch.
Artison misses with a hook. Paduwan ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Artison misses.
Paduwan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Artison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Artison moves in looking to clinch but Paduwan pushes him off.
A bone on bone clash there as Paduwan blocks the leg kick.
Paduwan clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paduwan .
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Paduwan .
Artison misses with a punch on the inside.
Artison looking to slow down the pace here.
Paduwan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Artison misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Artison trying to stall but Paduwan improves his position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Artison avoiding damage as Paduwan throws knees to the body.
Paduwan lands a shoulder strike.
Paduwan lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Artison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Artison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
I was talking to Artison's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Paduwan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paduwan is pushing Artison up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Artison can't break the clinch.
Paduwan lands a nice elbow.
James Artison's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan lands a good knee to the midsection. Artison won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paduwan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Artison misses with a body kick.
Artison lands with a cross.
Artison walks into a jab.
Paduwan moves into range and clinches up with Artison.
Paduwan lands a nice elbow.
Paduwan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the 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!
Paduwan lands an elbow that stopped Artison in his tracks for a moment.
Jeez, James Artison's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Paduwan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Artison taking a breather.
Paduwan prevents a body shot from Artison.
Paduwan lands an elbow that stopped Artison in his tracks for a moment.
Artison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Paduwan is keeping busy.
Artison blocks a body shot from Paduwan .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan lands an elbow inside that Artison shrugs off.
Paduwan tries a knee to the head but Artison blocks it.
Paduwan stalling against the cage.
Paduwan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Paduwan struggles to land a body shot inside as Artison controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Artison fails to land.
Artison leaning against his opponent.
Artison has a couple of punches blocked by Paduwan .
Paduwan connects with a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at James Artison's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Darth Paduwan !
Darth Paduwan is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Darth Paduwan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, James Artison stepped up to the mic, saying 'Where am I?'.
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