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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zhora Speranskiq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Straight Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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143 lbs
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144 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zhora Speranskiq!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Straight Cash!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speranskiq thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cash tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Speranskiq manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Speranskiq throws a leg kick but Cash moved away.
Cash has Speranskiq up against the cage in a clinch.
Speranskiq scores with a shot to the side of Cash's head.
Cash looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cash is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cash.
Cash misses with the head strike.
Cash looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Speranskiq lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
Cash blocking some punches.
Speranskiq letting Cash take a breather here.
Cash is looking to control Speranskiq's arms but Speranskiq gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cash has his back to the cage.
Speranskiq blocks an elbow strike from Cash.
Speranskiq managing to block the knees to the body from Cash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cash tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Speranskiq is trying to break the clinch but Cash has him pressed against the cage.
Speranskiq is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cash pushes off an throws an elbow but Speranskiq leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cash creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Speranskiq throws a punch but it's blocked by Cash.
Speranskiq misses with some punches.
Speranskiq misses with the head strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Speranskiq blocks an elbow strike from Cash.
Speranskiq is trying to push Cash away but Cash has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cash goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Speranskiq wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cash has him pressed against the cage.
Cash looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cash misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice elbow from Cash.
Speranskiq stalling in the clinch but Cash improves position.
Cash trying to stall but Speranskiq improves his position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cash.
Speranskiq wants to break free but Cash has control.
Cash is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cash lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Speranskiq.
Nice elbow from Cash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cash tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Speranskiq's elbow.
Speranskiq dodges an elbow strike from Cash.
Speranskiq avoiding damage as Cash throws knees to the body.
Speranskiq misses with a short punch on the inside.
Speranskiq trying to control the position but instead, Cash has worked for underhooks and has pushed Speranskiq into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cash keeps control of Speranskiq as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cash is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cash manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cash is looking to control Speranskiq's arms but Speranskiq gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cash has his back to the cage.
Speranskiq blocks an elbow strike from Cash.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cash.
Cash gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Speranskiq avoids a wild elbow strike from Cash.
Cash misses with an elbow over the top.
Speranskiq avoiding damage as Cash throws knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Speranskiq.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cash misses with a body punch.
Speranskiq is trying to break the clinch but Cash is controlling him.
Speranskiq displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cash up against the cage.
Cash throws an elbow but it misses.
Cash wants to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cash throws an elbow but misses.
Cash tries to stall but Speranskiq uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cash lands a damaging elbow.
Cash gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Speranskiq pushes Cash back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cash.
Cash can't find room to land a body shot as Speranskiq controls the action.
Speranskiq working hard to break the clinch.
Speranskiq misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Straight Cash dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A punch lands to the side of Cash 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Speranskiq avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cash is looking to clinch.
Speranskiq loads up on a big right hand but Cash slips the punch.
Oooooh!!! Speranskiq has knocked Cash down with a huge combo! Speranskiq steps away and waves a wobbly Cash back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Cash is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cash wants to clinch up but Speranskiq keeps it at a distance.
Cash is still on wobbly legs! Can Speranskiq finish him?
Cash tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Speranskiq makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cash is looking to clinch.
Cash seems to have recovered his senses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Speranskiq throws a right and a left that Cash avoids nicely.
The crowd cheers as Speranskiq lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cash doesn't seem phased though.
Speranskiq misses with a low kick as Cash jumps back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cash wants to clinch up but Speranskiq keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash tries to clinch up.
Cash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Speranskiq circles away from the clinch attempt
and Speranskiq counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zhora Speranskiq is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Speranskiq keeps the fight on the outside.
Speranskiq misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cash tries to close the distance and clinch but Speranskiq swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Straight Cash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cash checks a low kick from Speranskiq.
Cash wants to clinch but Speranskiq slips to the side
and Speranskiq counters with a left and a right that stings Cash.
Cash fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Speranskiq misses.
Cash checks a low kick from Speranskiq.
Cash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zhora Speranskiq is winning the standup battle so far.
Cash checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speranskiq's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Speranskiq duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cash tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Speranskiq counters with a nice uppercut.
Speranskiq attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Speranskiq swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A leg kick checked by Cash.
Cash wants to clinch up but Speranskiq keeps it at a distance.
Speranskiq misses with a few strikes there.
Speranskiq pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cash is out of range and Speranskiq settles back down.
Cash moves into the clinch successfully.
Cash creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Speranskiq's defenses.
Nice elbow from Cash.
Cash misses with a punch to the body.
Cash taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speranskiq is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cash gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cash throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Straight Cash seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cash lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cash has Speranskiq pushed against the cage.
Cash lands an elbow inside.
Speranskiq content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Speranskiq looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Speranskiq takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cash misses with an elbow strike.
Cash avoiding damage.
Cash tries to throw a body punch but Speranskiq avoids it by throwing Cash back against the cage.
Cash struggles to land a body shot inside as Speranskiq controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cash pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cash misses with an elbow strike.
Cash throws an elbow but it misses.
Speranskiq blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Speranskiq blocks the elbow strike.
Speranskiq is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Speranskiq wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Speranskiq dodges an elbow strike from Cash.
Cash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cash trying to control the position but instead, Speranskiq has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cash into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cash fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speranskiq is trying to break the clinch but Cash has him pressed against the cage.
Cash misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zhora Speranskiq dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Cash wants to clinch.
Speranskiq attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cash tries to clinch but Speranskiq is having none of it.
Cash checks a leg kick.
Cash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cash tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Speranskiq manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Speranskiq looks to land a combination. Cash sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cash instigates a clinch.
Speranskiq misses with a punch on the inside.
Speranskiq wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cash has him pressed against the cage.
Cash pushes off an throws an elbow but Speranskiq leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cash throws an elbow that misses.
Cash prevents Speranskiq from breaking the clinch.
Speranskiq is looking to break free of the clinch but Cash has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cash just misses with a elbow thrown towards Speranskiq's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speranskiq is trying to break free.
Speranskiq wants to get back to striking at distance but Cash won't allow it.
Speranskiq fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cash struggles to land a body shot inside as Speranskiq controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Speranskiq's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Speranskiq is trying to force a seperation but Cash has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Speranskiq scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cash misses with a punch to the body.
Speranskiq wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cash throws an elbow but it misses.
Cash pushes off an throws an elbow but Speranskiq leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Speranskiq dodges an elbow strike from Cash.
Speranskiq blocks an elbow strike.
Cash misses with an elbow over the top.
Cash throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash pushes off an throws an elbow but Speranskiq leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Speranskiq blocks the elbow strike.
Cash throws an elbow but it misses.
Cash throws an elbow but it misses.
Speranskiq tries to circle away but Cash has him pinned against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cash just misses with a elbow thrown towards Speranskiq's brow.
Cash lands an elbow inside.
Cash missing with knees to the body.
Speranskiq tries to circle away but Cash has him pinned against the cage.
Cash pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cash tries to stall but Speranskiq uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Speranskiq is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cash is keeping busy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cash holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Speranskiq stalls.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cash.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cash.
Speranskiq blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cash gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cash lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cash just misses with a elbow thrown towards Speranskiq's brow.
Cash throws an elbow that misses.
Cash lands an elbow inside that Speranskiq shrugs off.
Cash misses with the head strike.
Speranskiq is looking to break free of the clinch but Cash has double underhooks.
Speranskiq avoids the elbow strike from Cash, against the cage.
Cash tries to throw a body punch but Speranskiq avoids it by throwing Cash back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Speranskiq.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cash is stalling here.
Cash pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cash lands an elbow inside that Speranskiq shrugs off.
Cash has a couple of punches blocked by Speranskiq.
Cash lands an elbow that stopped Speranskiq in his tracks for a moment.
Cash comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Speranskiq blocks an elbow strike from Cash.
Speranskiq is looking to control Cash's arms but Cash gets an underhook and turns him. Now Speranskiq has his back to the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Speranskiq.
Cash lands a damaging elbow.
Cash pushes off an throws an elbow but Speranskiq leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cash stalling in the clinch but Speranskiq improves position.
Nice elbow from Cash.
Cash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that's the end of the fight!
Straight Cash comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cash 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Straight Cash!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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