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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wacko Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hope is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rock you like ah hurricane. James Hope acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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130 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wacko Warner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Hope!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hope throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hope closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Warner.
Warner takes an elbow to the temple.
Hope missing with knees to the body.
Hope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warner.
Hope blocks a body shot from Warner.
Warner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warner is looking to break free of the clinch but Hope has double underhooks.
Hope leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warner.
Warner misses with a knee strike.
Hope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hope lands a knee to the body.
Warner wants to break free but Hope has control.
Hope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hope avoiding damage as Warner throws knees to the body.
Warner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hope's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hope landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Warner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hope blocks it with crossed arms.
Warner lands an elbow just above Hope 's eye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Warner tries to land knees in the clinch but Hope avoids the damage to the body.
Hope lands an elbow that stopped Warner in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Warner - that landed with a thud.
Hope wants to stall.
Warner misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hope blocking some punches.
Warner scores a nice knee to the body.
Warner tries to stall but Hope uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hope blocks an elbow strike.
Warner avoiding damage as Hope throws knees to the body.
Warner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hope.
Warner tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hope just stands there and leans against the cage.
Warner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Hope.
Hope wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hope is pressed up against the cage. Warner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hope down to the mat. Hope avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Warner darts in trying to clinch
and Hope holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hope using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hope with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hope is looking to break free of the clinch but Warner has double underhooks.
Hope dodges an elbow strike from Warner.
Warner taking a breather.
Hope avoiding damage as Warner throws knees to the body.
Warner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warner swings wildly with an uppercut but Hope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hope misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warner's defenses.
Warner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Warner lands with a left to the head.
Warner tries to break the clinch but Hope is controlling the position.
Warner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Warner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hopes head.
Warner tries to land knees in the clinch but Hope avoids the damage to the body.
Hope crunches a lovely knee into Warner's ribcage.
Warner trying to land knees to the body.
Warner has a couple of punches blocked by Hope.
Hope on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warner misses with a punch on the inside.
Warner missing with knees to the body.
Warner is breathing heavily.
Hope prevents a body shot from Warner.
Hope breaks from the clinch.
Hope throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Warner clinches but Hope breaks the clinch
and Hope counters by clinching up.
Hope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hope is trying to maintain a safe position but Warner gets an underhook and turns Hope into the cage.
Warner can't break the clinch.
Hope breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hope counters with an inside leg kick.
Hope clinches.
Hope trying to control the position but instead, Warner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hope into the cage.
A short uppercut from Warner.
Hope lands an elbow inside.
Hope blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hope taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Warner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hope has him pressed against the cage.
Warner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hope has him pressed against the cage.
Hope breaks the clinch.
Warner tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hope holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hope tries to land knees in the clinch but Warner avoids the damage to the body.
Warner trying to land knees to the body.
Hope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Warner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Warner tries to land a knee to the head but Hope blocks with his arms.
Warner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Warner pulls guard effortlessly.
Warner wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hope stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Warner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hope counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hope.
Warner tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hope just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wacko Warner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hope lands an elbow just above Warner 's eye.
Warner keeps control of Hope as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Warner dodges an elbow strike from Hope.
Hope crunches a lovely knee into Warner's ribcage.
Warner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hope.
Warner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hope using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hope avoids the elbow strike from Warner, against the cage.
Warner digs a right hand underneath Hope's ribcage. Hope let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Warner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Warner stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Warner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hope.
Hope breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Hope dominated that 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.
Hope throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Warner looks to clinch
and Hope counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Warner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hope circles away from the clinch attempt
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Hope holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hope tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hope's elbow.
Hope unloads a knee to the mid-section. Warner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Warner blocks an elbow strike from Hope.
Warner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hope.
Knees to the body from Hope.
Hope blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hope avoiding damage as Warner throws knees to the body.
Warner tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Warner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hope misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Warner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Warner lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope misses with an elbow strike.
Hope taking a breather.
Hope is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Hope.
Hope avoiding damage as Warner throws knees to the body.
Warner misses with some punches.
Hope blocks a body shot from Warner.
Warner can't break the clinch.
Warner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Warner changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hope fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Warner avoids the head kick by Hope.
Warner tries to clinch
and Hope counters with a leg kick.
Warner darts in trying to clinch
and Hope counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Warner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hope makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hope misses with the combination.
Warner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hope tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hope managing to block the knees to the body from Warner.
Warner tries a body shot but Hope blocks it.
Warner tries to pull guard but Hope won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wacko Warner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hope tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hope tries to land knees in the clinch but Warner avoids the damage to the body.
Warner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hope can't break the clinch.
Warner tries to land knees in the clinch but Hope avoids the damage to the body.
Hope avoiding damage as Warner throws knees to the body.
Warner pushes Hope back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hope avoiding damage as Warner throws knees to the body.
Hope blocks an elbow strike.
Hope lands a damaging elbow.
Warner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hope blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Warner tries to work over Hope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Warner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Warner throws a head punch that misses.
Warner tries to land knees in the clinch but Hope avoids the damage to the body.
Warner tries to work over Hope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Warner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Warner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hope's brow.
Warner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hope backwards.
Hope wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Warner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hope backwards.
Hope blocks the elbow strike.
Hope lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hope keeps control of Warner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Warner is trying to break free.
Warner fails to pull guard.
Hope looking to stall.
Warner wants to break free but Hope has control.
Hope dodges an elbow strike from Warner.
Warner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hope.
Warner blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Warner tries to land a knee to the head but Hope blocks with his arms.
Warner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hope tries to land a knee to the head but Warner blocks with his arms.
Warner is trying to break the clinch but Hope has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hope.
Hope managing to block the knees to the body from Warner.
Hope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hope takes an elbow to the temple.
Warner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hope landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Warner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Warner can't find room to land a body shot as Hope controls the action.
Hope lands an elbow inside.
Warner trying to land knees to the body.
Warner looking to throw knees to the head but Hope is blocking nicely.
Hope blocks an elbow strike.
Hope breaks the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hope has taken the fight to the clinch.
Warner taking a breather.
Warner tries for a takedown but Hope manages to get underhooks.
Hope is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Hope showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Warner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.
Hope misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Warner tries to clinch
and Hope counters with a low kick, right behind Warner 's knee.
Hope takes the fight into the clinch.
Warner tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hope trying to stall but Warner improves his position.
Hope gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Warner.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Warner.
Warner trying to land knees to the body.
Hope blocks the elbow strike.
Hope avoiding damage as Warner throws knees to the body.
Warner can't break the clinch.
Warner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hope blocks a body shot from Warner.
Warner is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hope gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wacko Warner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hope throws an elbow but it misses.
Hope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warner's defenses.
Warner struggles to land a body shot inside as Hope controls his hands.
Warner tries to work over Hope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hope on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hope avoiding damage as Warner throws knees to the body.
Hope lands an elbow that stopped Warner in his tracks for a moment.
Hope managing to block the knees to the body from Warner.
Hope can't break the clinch.
Hope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warner.
Warner goes for a takedown attempt but Hope pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hope has managed to clinch.
Hope tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warner blocks the elbow strike.
Hope avoids the elbow strike from Warner, against the cage.
Warner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hope with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Warner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hope.
Warner avoids the elbow strike from Hope, against the cage.
Hope throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Warner missing with knees to the body.
Hope tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warner tries to pull guard but Hope won't allow it.
Wacko Warner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Warner blocks an elbow strike.
Warner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Warner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warner is looking to break free of the clinch but Hope has double underhooks.
Hope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hope will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Warner fails with the takedown
and Hope counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hope tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Warner tries to clinch but Hope moves away
and Hope makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Warner misses with a double jab.
Hope moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Warner clinches but Hope breaks the clinch
and Hope counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Warner moves out of range as Hope throws a body kick.
Warner looks to clinch
and Hope holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Warner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope misses with a knee strike.
Warner struggles to land a body shot inside as Hope controls his hands.
Hope managing to block the knees to the body from Warner.
Warner landing knees to the head.
Warner can't find room to land a body shot as Hope controls the action.
Warner tries to throw a body punch but Hope avoids it by throwing Warner back against the cage.
Hope on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warner jumps into guard, dragging Hope to the mat.
Warner manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Warner breaks from Hope's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Warner 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.
Hope trying desperately to get to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warner throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hope because Warner loaded up on that one.
Warner throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hope because Warner loaded up on that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hope is looking to escape.
Warner looking to ground and pound but Hope is blocking nicely.
Warner controlling the position easily from mount.
Hope wants to hold on but Warner pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Warner landing strikes, looking to finish!
Warner sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
James Hope is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Warner landing punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Hope.
I've got Hope 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Hope!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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