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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Savo Tieros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and IP Freely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tieros comes into the arena with All Over You-Live blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Savo Tieros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, IP Freely!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freely moves into range and connects with a jab.
Freely avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Freely throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tieros was covering up waiting for the punch and Freely finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Freely trying to control but Tieros is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Freely stops Tieros from standing up.
Freely postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Freely stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tieros swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Freely thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Freely stopping the sweep attempt from Tieros.
Tieros working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Freely.
Tieros looking for a sweep. Not yet Tieros, not yet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Freely passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tieros is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freely working away.
Freely tries to move into full mount but can't pass Tieros's legs.
Freely working the body and head with strikes.
Freely decides to stand back up. Freely steps back and let's Tieros get back to his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Freely.
Freely shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tieros napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Tieros is pushing Freely's head away, looking to escape. Freely manages to hold on to the position though.
Freely decides to stand back up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tieros is looking to land body kicks.
Freely fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tieros throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Freely stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tieros.
Freely dives in and grabs Tieros's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tieros pushes down on Freely's head and hops out.
Tieros tries to close the distance and clinch but Freely swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tieros looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freely swats away the attempt to clinch by Tieros.
Tieros lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tieros throws the kick towards the body but Freely avoids it.
IP Freely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tieros moves to clinch but Freely breaks away
and Freely counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tieros!
Tieros is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Freely asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tieros tries to bench press Freely off him but Freely keeps the position.
Freely tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tieros takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Freely slows the pace down.
Freely misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Tieros sneaks back into half guard.
Tieros is trying to stand back up but Freely is controlling him
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tieros wants to improve his position but Freely is controlling well.
Freely has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tieros trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Freely manages to pass to mount!
Freely prevents Tieros from getting the reversal.
Freely raining down shots from the mount!
Freely with the ground and pound from mount.
Freely looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Freely postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tieros looks a forlorn figure.
Freely lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tieros is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Freely working the ground and pound effectively.
Tieros working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freely breaks from Tieros's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tieros is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tieros taking shots to the head.
Freely connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tieros is trying desperately to improve position.
Tieros wants to control but Freely is having none of it.
Freely controlling from mount.
Tieros is looking to improve his position but Freely isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Freely cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
IP Freely dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tieros throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Freely.
Horrible takedown attempt by Freely or perhaps it was just good defense by Tieros, which made it look bad.
Tieros throws a right and a left that Freely avoids nicely.
Tieros tries to clinch there but Freely circles away.
Freely scores with a shot to the body.
Freely swats away the attempt to clinch by Tieros.
Freely misses with a takedown
and Tieros counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tieros lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Freely circles away quickly and effectively.
Tieros fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Freely avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tieros tries a head kick but it misses.
Tieros fails with an attempt to clinch.
Freely darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tieros pushes Freely off looking to stand but Freely dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freely seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tieros looks like he's trying to stand up.
Freely stands up out of the half guard.
Tieros misses with a head kick.
Tieros steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Freely.
A big left from Freely misses.
Sloppy strikes from Freely. Those never looked like landing.
Tieros lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Freely circles away quickly and effectively.
Freely misses with a takedown
and Tieros counters with a thumping low kick.
Savo Tieros has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of IP Freely.
Freely shoots in for a takedown but Tieros shows good takedown defense.
Freely keeps the fight on the outside.
Savo Tieros is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Freely thuds a left hand into Tieros's body.
Freely cracks Tieros with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freely shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tieros but Tieros pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Freely misses with a takedown
and Tieros counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Freely is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Freely is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice combination there by Tieros.
Freely jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Savo Tieros is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tieros looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Freely lands a lovely overhand right.
Freely dodges the punch combination from Tieros.
Freely fails with the takedown
and Tieros counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tieros.
Freely can't get the takedown.
Tieros tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tieros creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Freely's defenses.
Tieros with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tieros throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tieros fails to land.
Tieros misses with a punch to the body.
Tieros working aggressively here.
Tieros landing knees to the head.
Freely gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tieros is trying to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Freely.
Freely takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
IP Freely has got the better of the ground game so far.
Freely lands strikes from half guard.
Freely is looking for a kimura here.
Freely is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tieros wants to get back to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Freely stands up from half guard.
Freely throws the left hand but Tieros avoids the punch easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Freely or perhaps it was just good defense by Tieros, which made it look bad.
Tieros throws a series of punches but Freely avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tieros slips under a jab.
Freely shoots in and gets a takedown into Tieros's guard.
Tieros controlling Freely's posture.
Freely postures up in Tieros's guard and throws a big left but Tieros blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
IP Freely showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Tieros closes the distance and pushes Freely back into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tieros throws an elbow but misses.
Freely looking for a takedown.
Freely is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tieros gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tieros misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Freely.
Tieros gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Freely.
Savo Tieros has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of IP Freely.
Freely wants a takedown.
Tieros tries to land knees in the clinch but Freely avoids the damage to the body.
Tieros is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Freely blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Freely blocks an uppercut.
Freely has hold of one of Tieros's legs. Tieros is fighting the takedown attempt but Freely gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freely controlling from the top position.
Tieros wants to get back to his feet but Freely is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tieros avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tieros is pulling down on Freely's head to control his posture.
Freely missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Freely landing with the ground and pound.
Freely working some strikes from top position.
Freely lands a couple of elbows.
Freely trying to control but Tieros is working from the bottom.
Tieros is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Freely is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tieros keeping moving, preventing Freely from controlling successfully.
Freely stops Tieros from standing up.
Freely stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tieros swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Freely thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Freely passes Tieros's left leg - he's now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tieros trying to control from the bottom.
Freely is trying to control the action in half guard but Tieros is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Freely throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tieros tries to kick Freely off but Freely keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tieros trying to control but Freely postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Freely connects with a nice short shot to Tieros's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freely prevents Tieros from improving his position.
Tieros is trying to maintain the position but Freely is very close to passing his half guard.
Tieros is trying to stand.
Freely working over Tieros with some ground and pound. Tieros looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tieros makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tieros.
Freely makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tieros trying to keep a closed guard but Freely is proving a slippery customer.
Tieros keeping moving, preventing Freely from controlling successfully.
Freely lands a couple of elbows.
Tieros is pulling down on Freely's head to control his posture.
Savo Tieros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freely forces his way into half guard.
Freely wants to take a breather but Tieros is having none of it.
Freely is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tieros wants to get back to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tieros is trying to stand up here but Freely is controlling him well.
IP Freely is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Freely scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Freely is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tieros has hold of Freely's hands but Freely slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Freely wants to pass the guard but Tieros is defending well.
And that's the end of the fight!
IP Freely comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Freely winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... IP Freely!
IP Freely decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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