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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Quick!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick clinches with his opponent.
Quick gets control of Waters's arms and successfully pulls guard. Quick will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Waters is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Waters postures up and lands a big shot to Quick's brow.
Waters trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Waters gets to his feet - Quick follows without any prompting.
Waters dives in and scores a takedown into Quick's guard.
Waters decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Quick, up you get!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Quick misses
and Waters counters with a nice body kick.
Waters shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Quick as he avoids it easily.
Waters blocks a head kick by Quick.
Quick looks winded!
Waters slips a jab and a cross from Quick.
Quick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Waters fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Quick avoids it really well and circles away.
Waters slips a jab from Quick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick misses with a leg kick
and Waters counters with a head kick.
Waters keeps the fight on the outside.
Waters looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Waters could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Waters with a flurry of punches that miss.
Waters's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Quick working a defensive guard here.
Waters in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Waters accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick is working an open guard so Waters takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A head kick by Quick misses
and Waters counters with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quick stuffs the takedown attempt from Waters. Waters gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster Waters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick stuffs the takedown attempt from Waters. Waters gets slowly back to his feet.
Quick gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Waters to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Waters stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Waters goes for a double leg but Quick avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Quick continues to drive forward.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick is trying to push Waters away but Waters has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Waters wants a takedown but no success here.
Waters tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Quick just stands there and leans against the cage.
Waters is trying to stall.
Quick holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Quick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Waters ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Waters no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quick stands up and waves to Waters to follow him.
Quick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters shoots in but Quick avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Quick gets a clinch.
Quick is fighting off a takedown attempt but Waters is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Quick to the mat. Quick regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Quick holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Waters stands up from Quick's guard - Waters perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quick rushes Waters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buster Waters dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Quick keeps the fight on the outside.
Waters fails with the takedown.
Quick wants to clinch.
Waters tries for a takedown but Quick circles away easily
and Quick counters by clinching up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Waters obliges.
Waters manages to break the clinch.
Waters doesn't manage to clinch there - Quick circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Waters enables Quick to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Waters manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Waters has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Quick wants to control from the top but Waters keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Waters, up you get!
Quick leaves Waters 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 Buster Waters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick stuffs the takedown.
Quick punishes Waters's body with a nice straight punch.
Waters takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice shot lands for Quick.
Quick lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Waters backs up against the cage.
Quick is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Waters's half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quick stands up out of the half guard.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Waters enables Quick to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Waters manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Buster Waters overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Quick looking to sit in guard and control but Waters gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Waters throws a strike but Quick rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Waters keeping moving, preventing Quick from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick wants to stand and escape but instead Waters has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Quick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Waters.
Waters postures up in Quick's guard and throws a big left but Quick blocks it.
Waters postures up and lands a big shot to Quick's brow.
Waters decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Waters closes this distance looking for a takedown but Quick circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Quick's waist but Quick gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Waters off to one side.
Quick moves into range and clinches up with Waters.
Waters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quick gets a clinch.
Quick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Waters's elbow.
Waters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Waters misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quick jabs Waters right on the nose. Waters blinks but takes it well.
Johnny Quick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Quick goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Quick 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Quick. No joy for Waters on that attempt.
Quick closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Quick lands in his opponent's guard.
Quick looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Quick tries to free his leg and advance position but Waters is retaining full guard.
Waters has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Quick off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick throws a sloppy head kick and Waters moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quick stuffs the takedown attempt from Waters. Waters gets slowly back to his feet.
Quick throws a head kick but Waters moves out of range.
Quick lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Waters circles away quickly and effectively.
Waters shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Waters trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Quick wants to get back to his feet but Waters is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Quick, up you get!
Quick closes the distance but Waters moves to the side
and Waters counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Quick misses with a few strikes there.
Johnny Quick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Waters shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Quick is trying to defend but Waters finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
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!
Waters working Quick over with strikes.
Quick is trying to control but can't.
Waters decides to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quick swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster Waters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Waters avoids a punch combination nicely.
Waters shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Waters not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Waters missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Quick is refusing to be controlled, as Waters sits in half guard.
Waters stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Quick to get to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick tries to clinch there but Waters circles away.
Waters fails with the takedown.
Quick throws a leg kick but Waters sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Quick catches Waters with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waters shoots in for a takedown but Quick shows good takedown defense.
Quick with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Quick gets caught flat footed, as Waters shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buster Waters showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Waters has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buster Waters!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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