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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Jessup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Koza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carl Jessup has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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214 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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Great elbows
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carl Jessup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Damian Koza!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jessup has a couple of punches blocked by Koza.
Jessup avoids a wild elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike from Koza.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Koza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Koza lands a nice elbow.
Jessup is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Koza is keeping busy.
Jessup is struggling to control the position.
Koza controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jessup has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jessup misses with a punch on the inside.
Jessup has a couple of punches blocked by Koza.
Jessup misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Jessup pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jessup blocks the elbow strike.
Koza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jessup has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Koza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jessup avoids a wild elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jessup misses with a punch on the inside.
Jessup avoids a wild elbow strike from Koza.
Koza lands an elbow inside.
Koza throws an elbow but it misses.
Jessup with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jessup trying to stall but Koza improves his position.
Jessup on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koza looking to throw knees to the head but Jessup is blocking nicely.
Jessup misses with a knee strike.
Jessup managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koza lands an elbow just above Jessup 's eye.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Koza working Jessup over with knees to the body.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Jessup fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Jessup fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Koza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jessup as Koza tries to tie him up.
Koza avoids a wild elbow strike from Jessup.
Jessup dodges an elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Koza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jessup trying to control the position but instead, Koza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jessup into the cage.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Jessup lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Koza backwards.
Jessup avoids a wild elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup dodges an elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup can't find room to land a body shot as Koza controls the action.
A short right from Jessup on the inside.
Koza lands a nice knee to the body.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
Jessup misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koza blocking some punches.
Jessup taking a breather.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Jessup scores with a shoulder strike.
Koza lands an elbow that stopped Jessup in his tracks for a moment.
Jessup tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koza's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jessup is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koza will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jessup up against the cage.
Koza lands a knee to the body.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Koza.
Koza lands a nice elbow.
Koza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Koza has Jessup pressed against the cage.
Jessup avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koza throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jessup's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Koza dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Koza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jessup was well out of range. Poor timing from Koza.
Koza tries to clinch up.
Jessup drives through and clinches with Koza against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jessup misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koza scores a nice knee to the body.
Jessup takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Koza.
Koza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jessup blocks it with crossed arms.
Koza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Koza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jessup avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Koza.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Koza pushes off an throws an elbow but Jessup leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Koza crunches a lovely knee into Jessup's ribcage.
Damian Koza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koza obliges.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Jessup missing with knees to the body.
Jessup takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koza.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Jessup avoids the elbow strike from Koza, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koza obliges.
Koza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Koza controlling the action here for a moment.
Jessup looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jessup tries a knee to the head but Koza blocks it.
Jessup throws a head punch that misses.
Koza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jessup's defenses.
Jessup tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jessup's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koza lands a nice elbow.
Jessup managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Jessup managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.
Koza looking to throw knees to the head but Jessup is blocking nicely.
Jessup is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koza is defending well for now.
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup throws a punch but it's blocked by Koza.
Jessup working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Koza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Jessup on the inside.
Koza misses with a knee to the head.
Koza letting Jessup take a breather here.
Koza is pushing Jessup up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Koza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koza landing knees to the body.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Jessup with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koza.
Jessup swings wildly with an uppercut but Koza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Koza avoids the elbow strike from Jessup, against the cage.
Jessup avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koza throws an elbow that misses.
Koza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jessup taking a breather.
Jessup missing with knees to the body.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koza scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
Koza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Koza lands an elbow inside.
Koza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Koza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jessup tries to land knees in the clinch but Koza avoids the damage to the body.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jessup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Koza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Koza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jessup swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jessup rushes Koza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Koza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Koza misses with a knee to the head.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
Koza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Koza lands an elbow inside.
Koza lands an elbow inside.
Jessup on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Koza stalling the fight.
Koza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jessup's defenses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jessup.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
Jessup takes an elbow to the forehead.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koza throws an elbow but misses.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Koza lands an elbow inside.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Koza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Koza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Koza tries a knee to the head but Jessup blocks it.
Koza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Koza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Nice elbow from Koza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jessup misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Jessup.
Jessup throws a punch but it's blocked by Koza.
Koza blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koza.
Jessup fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
Jessup stalling in the clinch but Koza improves position.
Koza blocks an elbow strike.
Koza letting Jessup take a breather here.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Koza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jessup avoids the elbow strike from Koza, against the cage.
Koza just leaning against Jessup, taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Koza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jessup avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Jessup landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koza.
Jessup misses with a knee to the head.
Koza is trying to stall.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike from Koza.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Jessup misses with an elbow over the top.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike.
Koza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike.
Jessup misses with the head strike.
Jessup dodges an elbow strike from Koza.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jessup misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jessup digs a right hand underneath Koza's ribcage. Koza let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jessup blocks the elbow strike.
Koza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Jessup connects with a knee to the head.
Jessup tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koza avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jessup creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
Koza scores a nice knee to the body.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
Jessup is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koza is defending well for now.
Koza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Koza lands an elbow just above Jessup 's eye.
Koza blocks an uppercut.
Jessup stalling in the clinch but Koza improves position.
Carl Jessup has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jessup avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Koza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Koza 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 David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Koza!
The defeated Carl Jessup had this to say: '
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energy
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hype
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pop
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