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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Walt Disney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pawel Konopacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 cm
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180 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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179 cm
29
171 lbs
17 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Walt Disney! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Pawel Konopacki! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Konopacki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Disney wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch. Disney scores with a crisp jab that stopped Konopacki in his tracks. Disney rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Konopacki moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Konopacki throws a chopping leg kick but Disney manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Disney throws a leg kick but Konopacki checks it. Walt Disney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Konopacki shoots in for a takedown but Disney shows good takedown defense. Disney scores with a hook to the body. Konopacki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Disney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Konopacki. Konopacki throws a shot from downtown. Disney moves away and avoids it. Konopacki walks into a jab. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Disney throws a head kick that half lands.
Disney cracks Konopacki with a right hand to the side of the head. Nice cross by Konopacki. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Disney moves into range and connects with a jab. Disney misses with a hook
and Konopacki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round. Konopacki avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Konopacki keeps the fight on the outside. Konopacki lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Disney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Disney takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Disney cracks a nice hook into Konopacki's ribs. A big right from Konopacki misses. Konopacki throws a leg kick but Disney sees it coming and checks it nicely. Disney is looking to clinch but Konopacki is avoiding it.
Disney jabs Konopacki to the body, keeping him at a distance. Konopacki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Disney missing with a left hand there. Konopacki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Konopacki closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Konopacki lands in his opponent's guard. Konopacki is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Konopacki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Konopacki trying to control the position from guard on top but Disney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Disney trying to control the position here. Konopacki throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Konopacki postures up in Disney's guard and throws a big left but Disney blocks it. Konopacki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Konopacki postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet. Konopacki throws a head kick but Disney moves out of range.
Konopacki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Disney.
Disney circles away from the clinch attempt.
Konopacki slips a jab from Disney. Disney throws a quick inside leg kick. The fight stays on the outside here - Disney looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Konopacki flicks out a counter leg kick but Disney steps away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Konopacki tries to clinch there but Disney circles away.
A nice combination there by Disney.
Disney blocks a leg kick. Disney is looking to counter the offense by Konopacki and move into the clinch. Konopacki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Disney. Disney throws a jab when Konopacki was well out of range. Disney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Disney gets tackled into the cage by Konopacki. Konopacki maintains the clinch. Disney misses with a short punch on the inside. Disney scores with an uppercut up the middle. This has been an exciting period of action! Come on Disney - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Disney lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Disney. Konopacki gets through Disney's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Walt Disney will probably get the nod. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Disney misses with a wild combination.
Disney ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Konopacki stuns Disney with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Konopacki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Disney tests Konopacki's chin there with a solid looking shot. Konopacki cracks the inside of Disney's front leg. Disney just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Konopacki throws a sloppy head kick and Disney moves out of range easily. Disney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Konopacki counters with a one-two to the body. Disney throws a looping overhand right but Konopacki ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Konopacki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Konopacki! But no joy. Walt Disney is winning the standup battle so far. Disney bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Konopacki's head backwards. Disney lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Konopacki misses with a head kick.
Disney gets a clinch. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Disney lands a damaging elbow. Konopacki wants to get back to striking at distance but Disney won't allow it.
Disney throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Disney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Konopacki avoids it. Konopacki tries to score a body lock takedown but Disney shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Konopacki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Disney backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Disney misses with an elbow over the top. Good body shot from Disney.
Konopacki lands a hook that snaps the head of Disney backwards. Disney is pushing Konopacki up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Konopacki throws a head punch that misses. A head punch blocked on the inside by Disney. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Konopacki scores with an uppercut up the middle. Konopacki swings wildly with an uppercut but Disney uses good head movement to avoid it. Konopacki misses with a punch on the inside.
Disney misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Disney is defending well against a takedown attempt. Disney throws a head punch that misses. Disney swings wildly with an uppercut but Konopacki uses good head movement to avoid it. Disney blocking some punches.
Disney pushes off an throws an elbow but Konopacki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Konopacki managing to block the knees to the body from Disney.
Konopacki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Disney's elbow. Disney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Konopacki blocks an elbow strike. Konopacki tries to work over Disney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Disney is stalling here.
Konopacki misses with a hook from the clinch. Disney has a couple of punches blocked by Konopacki.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nice body punch from Konopacki. Disney lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Konopacki scores with a nice hook to the head. Konopacki trying to control the position but instead, Disney has worked for underhooks and has pushed Konopacki into the cage. Disney tries to land knees in the clinch but Konopacki avoids the damage to the body. Disney creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Disney blocking some punches.
Walt Disney has scored more points in the clinch so far. Disney missing with knees to the body.
Konopacki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Disney lands with a short shot to the head. Disney lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. This has been an exciting period of action! Disney pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Konopacki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Disney gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walt Disney dominated that second round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Konopacki lands with a nice body punch. Disney tries to score with a low kick but Konopacki moves his leg out of the way. A good leg kick by Konopacki. Konopacki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Konopacki darts in looking for a takedown but Disney gets double underhooks and turns Konopacki into the cage. Konopacki tries for a takedown but Disney sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. An inside leg kick lands from Konopacki. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Konopacki tries to clinch but Disney is having none of it. Konopacki doesn't manage to clinch there - Disney circles away.
Konopacki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Konopacki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Disney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Disney lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Konopacki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Konopacki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Disney throws a nice inside leg kick. Konopacki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Disney.
Konopacki closes the distance and clinches up with Disney, looking for a takedown. Konopacki pushes Disney against the cage but Disney circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Walt Disney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pawel Konopacki. Konopacki throws an overhand right that lands on Disney's shoulder, as Disney tries to avoid the shot. Walt Disney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. A nice inside leg kick there by Disney. That's going to slow Konopacki down. Disney ducks right into an uppercut from Konopacki. The fight moves into the clinch position. Konopacki breaks the clinch.
Konopacki tries to close the distance and clinch but Disney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Konopacki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Konopacki shoots in but Disney avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Disney takes a swing at Konopacki's ribcage but misses. Konopacki throws a leg kick but Disney moved away. A right-left combo lands from Disney. Pawel Konopacki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Sloppy strikes from Konopacki. Those never looked like landing. A left and a right from Disney both land. Nice combination. Konopacki clobbers Disney with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Walt Disney has been cut. Disney lands a jab-cross combination. Konopacki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Disney scoring well with a low kick there.
Disney lands with a slapping head kick.
Konopacki is rocked! Konopacki throws a low kick, looking for Disney's leg but Disney calmly moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Disney avoids the body shot from Konopacki.
Nice defenses there by Konopacki. Konopacki throws a chopping leg kick but Disney manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Konopacki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Disney. Konopacki ducks under a wild hook from Disney. A nice inside leg kick there by Disney. That's going to slow Konopacki down. Konopacki throws a wild body kick that Disney sees coming a mile off. Konopacki throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Disney checks a leg kick. Disney throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Disney uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Disney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Konopacki. Disney throws a front kick aimed at Konopacki's knee but Konopacki avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A head kick by Disney misses and Konopacki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Konopacki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Disney slips a jab from Konopacki. Disney slips under a jab from Konopacki. Konopacki throws a low kick but Disney avoids it. Konopacki takes a swing at Disney's ribcage but misses. Disney tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Konopacki manages to circle out of the way. Konopacki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Konopacki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Disney looks to throw the jab but Konopacki is out of range. Konopacki was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind. Disney closes the distance and clinches. Disney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight! Walt Disney showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Disney, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27 Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27 Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walt Disney! Walt Disney thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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