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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Happy Gilmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Happy Gilmore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Souza!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilmore with a hook.
Souza misses with the combination.
Souza moves away from the strike by Gilmore.
Gilmore connects with a body shot that sends Souza's belly button to the back.
Gilmore fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Souza.
Gilmore connects with a right hand. Souza shakes it off.
Gilmore swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Gilmore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza takes the fight into the clinch.
Souza lands with a left to the head.
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gilmore is trying to maintain a safe position but Souza gets an underhook and turns Gilmore into the cage.
Gilmore stalling.
Souza working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza misses with a knee to the head.
Souza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gilmore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Gilmore.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza tries a body shot but Gilmore blocks it.
The referee calls for Gilmore to work.
Gilmore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gilmore leaning his opponent against the cage.
Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gilmore has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
Gilmore's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to throw a body punch but Gilmore avoids it by throwing Souza back against the cage.
Souza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souza misses with a knee to the head.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gilmore lands with a light punch inside.
Gilmore landing knees to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Gilmore fails to land.
Gilmore blocks an elbow strike.
Gilmore gets through Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Gilmore misses with some punches.
Gilmore stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gilmore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gilmore comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Gilmore feints and then cracks Souza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Souza down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore keeps the fight on the outside.
Gilmore circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Gilmore to counter with a crisp jab.
Gilmore scores with the left hand. Souza knows he should have avoided that one.
Gilmore swats away the attempt to clinch by Souza.
Some bone on bone action there as Souza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Souza misses with an uppercut.
Jab from Gilmore.
Souza is looking to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Gilmore.
Gilmore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gilmore lands a nice shot that snaps Souza's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A combination from Gilmore does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gilmore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gilmore pushes Souza away with a front kick.
Gilmore keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gilmore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Souza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gilmore lands a nice leg kick that just misses Souza's sensitive parts.
Souza wants to clinch.
Gilmore throws a sloppy head kick and Souza moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Happy Gilmore dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gilmore pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Souza back to the cage. Gilmore follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Souza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gilmore lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Souza tries to clinch but Gilmore moves away
and Gilmore counters with a good low kick that Souza was not able to check.
Gilmore scores with a jab to the jaw.
Souza wants to clinch up but Gilmore keeps it at a distance.
Gilmore throws a right and a left that Souza avoids nicely.
Souza throws a shot from downtown. Gilmore moves away and avoids it.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Happy Gilmore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gilmore lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Souza tries to clinch up but Gilmore circles away and keeps his distance.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza throws a leg kick
and Gilmore counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Souza's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gilmore wanted to stand there but Souza had control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gilmore doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gilmore manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Souza is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gilmore is controlling him.
Souza looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gilmore wants to stand but Souza is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gilmore stands up and waves to Souza to follow him.
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore misses with a straight right.
Some bone on bone action there as Souza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gilmore swats away the attempt to clinch by Souza.
Souza darts in trying to clinch
and Gilmore counters with a right hand to the body.
Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gilmore misses the shot to the body.
Souza has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Souza looks to land a combination but Gilmore avoids it well.
Gilmore scores with a nice right hand.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gilmore throws a series of punches but Souza moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore throws an overhand right that lands on Souza's shoulder, as Souza tries to avoid the shot.
Gilmore scores with a jab to the head.
Souza displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gilmore.
Gilmore throws a sloppy head kick
and Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Souza is looking to land body kicks.
Happy Gilmore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Gilmore circles away.
Gilmore throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gilmore rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Souza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Happy Gilmore is winning the standup battle so far.
Gilmore misses with a double jab.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gilmore.
Gilmore misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore misses with the combination.
Gilmore misses the jab.
Gilmore misses with an attempted mid kick.
Souza tries to clinch up but Gilmore circles away and keeps his distance.
Gilmore jabs Souza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gilmore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.
Gilmore just misses with a punch to the body.
Souza clinches up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Gilmore manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gilmore lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Happy Gilmore dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Souza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gilmore lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gilmore throws a shot from downtown. Souza moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot lands for Gilmore.
Souza moves out of range as Gilmore throws a body kick.
Souza lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gilmore at a distance.
Gilmore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza clobbers Gilmore with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Souza wants to clinch up but Gilmore keeps it at a distance.
Souza darts in trying to clinch
and Gilmore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmore throws a leg kick which misses Souza's front leg but catches the back leg as Souza tries to avoid it.
Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gilmore moves away.
Gilmore scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gilmore chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Souza can pounce on him.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gilmore shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Souza blocks a jab.
Gilmore feints and then cracks Souza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Souza down.
Souza tries to clinch up
and Gilmore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gilmore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gilmore fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gilmore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. Gilmore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Souza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gilmore misses with a head kick.
Gilmore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Souza has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Souza darts in and clinches Gilmore up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gilmore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gilmore is looking to control Souza's arms but Souza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gilmore has his back to the cage.
Gilmore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore leaning his opponent against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Souza.
Gilmore lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gilmore is trying to break the clinch but Souza is controlling him.
Souza trying to land knees to the body.
Souza pushes off an throws an elbow but Gilmore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Souza misses.
Gilmore thumps Souza with a low kick.
Gilmore takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
That kick from Gilmore tenderised Souza's leg. Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice uppercut there from Gilmore.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore moves forwards but Souza connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gilmore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gilmore cracks a nice hook into Souza's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Gilmore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gilmore.
Gilmore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gilmore pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Souza back to the cage. Gilmore follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jake Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gilmore checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gilmore lands the left hand.
Souza on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Souza avoids the body shot from Gilmore.
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 Happy Gilmore.
Well Gilmore 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Happy Gilmore!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Happy Gilmore!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Happy Gilmore!
Happy Gilmore wins by unanimous decision!
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