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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bertram Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Sellers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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178 lbs
0 - 4 - 1 |
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180 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Bertram Battle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonny Sellers!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sellers gets a clinch.
Sellers manages to break the clinch.
Sellers swinging wildly here.
Battle lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sellers stalks Battle and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Battle's face. Battle staggers backwards, shaken.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sellers.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Battle.
Sellers tries to clinch up but Battle circles away and keeps his distance.
Sellers clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Battle has Sellers pressed against the cage, preventing Sellers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Battle.
Battle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Battle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sellers.
Battle wants to break free but Sellers has control.
Battle really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sellers working hard to break the clinch.
Sellers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Battle lands an elbow that stopped Sellers in his tracks for a moment.
Sellers effectively controlling the action here.
Battle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sellers is trying to break the clinch but Battle is controlling him.
Sellers manages to break the clinch.
Battle pushes Sellers up against the cage in a clinch.
Sellers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sellers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Battle manages to avoid it.
Sellers digs a good body shot into Battle's ribs.
Battle lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sellers is looking to clinch.
Battle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Battle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sellers, pushing him back against the cage.
Battle keeps control of Sellers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sellers slows down the pace here.
Sellers is trying to push Battle away but Battle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sellers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Battle or not.
Sellers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Battle's elbow.
Sellers lands a damaging elbow.
Battle with a knee to the head.
Sellers has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Battle seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sellers can turn it around.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sellers avoiding damage as Battle throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sellers manages to break the clinch.
Battle throws a big shot that misses.
Sellers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donk. Sellers catches Battle right on the button with a cross.
Battle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sellers blocks the body kick.
Sellers looks to clinch
and Battle counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sellers is looking to escape.
Sellers kicks Battle off and gets back to his feet.
Battle circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
Battle is looking to break free of the clinch but Sellers has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sellers.
A short right from Battle on the inside.
Sellers looking to slow down the pace here.
Sellers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Battle avoids it.
Battle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sellers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sellers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Battle throws the kick towards the body but Sellers avoids it.
Battle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bertram Battle dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Battle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sellers stalling in the clinch but Battle improves position.
Battle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sellers has him pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice left hand lands by Battle.
Sellers slows down the pace here.
Sellers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Battle moves into range and clinches up with Sellers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Battle.
Sellers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sellers avoids a wild elbow strike from Battle.
Sellers tries to break free but Battle pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sellers breaks the clinch.
Sellers throws a series of punches but Battle avoids them all with ease.
Battle swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sellers holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sellers avoids the elbow strike from Battle, against the cage.
Sellers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sellers breaks from the clinch.
Battle looks for the body kick but Sellers saw that one coming.
Sellers closes the distance looking to clinch
and Battle counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sellers is trying to break the clinch but Battle is controlling him.
Sellers pushes off an throws an elbow but Battle leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Battle has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sellers breaks the clinch.
Bertram Battle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sellers misses with a few strikes there.
Sellers pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Battle back to the cage. Sellers follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Bertram Battle has been cut.
Sellers throws a head kick but Battle moves out of range.
Sellers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sellers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Battle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sellers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sellers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Battle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Battle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sellers scores with a hook to the body. Battle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sellers throws a right and a left that Battle avoids nicely.
Battle lands a glancing blow to the side of Sellers's head.
Sellers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sellers is trying to stall.
Sellers can't break the clinch.
Battle working aggressively here.
Battle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sellers backwards.
Sellers tries to break free but Battle pushes him back against the cage.
Battle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Battle misses with a knee to the head.
Battle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sellers backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battle throws a head punch that misses.
Sellers breaks the clinch.
Sellers scoring well with a low kick there.
Sellers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Battle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Battle looks to throw a body kick
and Sellers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Battle misses with the body kick
and Sellers counters with an outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Battle misses with a series of wild punches.
Battle looks to land a combination but Sellers avoids it well.
Battle throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jonny Sellers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bertram Battle's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Battle swinging wildly here.
Battle moves into the clinch successfully.
Sellers is trying to force a seperation but Battle has the dominant position.
Sellers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sellers lands an elbow just above Battle 's eye.
Battle tries a body shot but Sellers blocks it.
Sellers stalls.
Sellers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sellers digs a right hand into Battle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Battle's gas tank.
Sellers manages to break the clinch.
Battle misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sellers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Battle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sellers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Battle circles away quickly and effectively.
Battle throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sellers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Battle.
Battle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sellers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sellers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sellers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Battle misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sellers.
Battle prevents Sellers from breaking the clinch.
Battle prevents Sellers from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sellers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Battle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Battle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sellers prevents a body shot from Battle.
Sellers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sellers looks to land a combination but Battle avoids it well.
Sellers moves out of range as Battle throws a body kick.
Battle looks for the body kick but Sellers saw that one coming.
Battle keeps the fight on the outside.
Battle throws a head kick but Sellers moves out of range.
Battle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sellers, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sellers is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sellers working hard to break the clinch.
Battle throws a head punch that misses.
Sellers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Battle is keeping busy.
Sellers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sellers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sellers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Battle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sellers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sellers closes the distance looking to clinch
and Battle counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sellers misses with a lunging right hand
and Battle makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sellers really felt that one!
Battle swinging wildly here.
Sellers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Battle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Battle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sellers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sellers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Battle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sellers closes the distance and clinches.
Battle misses with some punches.
Sellers manages to break the clinch.
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 Bertram Battle.
I think Battle 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bertram Battle!
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