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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Monkey Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Boland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Man might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to move bitch-ludacris. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Monkey Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ronnie Boland!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boland fails with a takedown attempt.
Boland clinches up against the cage.
Man tries to score a body lock takedown but Boland shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Man lands with a short shot to the head.
Man gets underhooks to prevent Boland's takedown attempt.
Man breaks from the clinch.
Boland misses with a double jab.
Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man misses with the combination.
Man avoids a kick to the body.
Man stuffs the takedown attempt from Boland. Boland gets slowly back to his feet.
Monkey Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronnie Boland.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man is looking to slow Boland down with leg kicks.
Boland doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Man scores with a hook.
Boland fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ronnie Boland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boland falls off balance throwing a combination
and Man counters with a good, hard body kick but Boland shrugs it off.
Boland doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Boland takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Man decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Man looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boland with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Man not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Man is nestled in close to Boland, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Boland keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boland is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Man pulls his head out easily.
Boland looks gassed!
Boland avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Man.
Boland wants to control but Man is keeping busy.
Boland might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Man kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Nice strikes from Man there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Man there.
Boland taking some punishment here, with Man in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Man connects with a nice short shot to Boland's temple.
Man looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boland with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Man working Boland over with strikes.
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!
Man prevents Boland from improving his position.
Boland on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man thows a huge punch but Boland dodges it nicely.
Man takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Man landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Boland is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Man not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man trying to pass the guard but Boland defending well.
Boland taking some punishment here, with Man in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Man missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Boland wants to get back to full guard.
Man thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Boland's head.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Man throws a nice inside leg kick.
Boland slips a jab and a cross from Man.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boland looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boland shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Boland content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Man throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man is looking to stand up but Boland isn't so interested in that idea.
Boland wants to stand but Man has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Boland works over Man with some ground and pound from guard.
Man striking off his back but it's not causing Boland any problems.
Boland lands a couple of digs.
Man is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Man shoots in for a takedown but Boland shows good takedown defense.
Man motions for Boland to come forward. Man throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boland throws a series of punches but Man avoids them all with ease.
Man feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boland's calf.
A punch combination from Boland misses.
Boland throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Monkey Man dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Man tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Boland counters by clinching up.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boland wants a takedown but no success here.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boland has him pressed against the cage.
Boland is looking to break free of the clinch but Man has double underhooks.
Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Man.
Man looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Man fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Boland is looking for a sweep.
Man lands a nice forearm strike.
Man lands a nice forearm strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boland manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Boland is looking to control Man's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Boland avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boland gets full guard.
Boland preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boland looking for a guillotine here but Man defends easily.
Man lands a couple of digs.
Boland looking to hit a scissor sweep but Man is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Man accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boland wants to stand and escape but Man is having none of it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Man clobbers Boland with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Man, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice sprawl there from Man as Boland shoots in.
Man wants to clinch
and Boland counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boland.
Man lands with a left to the head.
Boland tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Man just stands there and leans against the cage.
Monkey Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronnie Boland.
Man tries to break the clinch but Boland is controlling the position.
A right hand to the body from Man.
Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boland tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Man swinging wilding here.
Boland throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Man.
Good leg kick by Man there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid leg kick lands there for Man.
Man's corner calls for a 1-2. Man obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Man lands with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Man working the body and head with strikes.
Boland tries to buck Man off but Man is having none of it.
Man working the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Man's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Man lands some shots froms side control.
Boland takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Man cracks Boland with a big right hand but Boland just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Man working the ground and pound.
Boland really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Man. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Man working the head with strikes.
Man wants to stand but Boland is controlling his arm.
Boland manages to work his way to half guard, despite Man's best efforts.
Boland wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man winds up and cracks Boland with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Man working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Man not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Man thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Boland can do anything to dispel that myth.
Man not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boland wants to control but Man is keeping busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boland darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Monkey Man overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Man is looking to escape.
Boland seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Man does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Man is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Monkey Man dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Boland falls off balance throwing a combination
and Man counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Man.
Man throwing strikes but missing.
Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Man content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Boland controlling Man's posture.
Man thows a big elbow that misses.
Man stops Boland from standing up.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boland looking to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Man showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boland.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man looks to land a right hand but Boland moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boland shoots in and bounces Man off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Man throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Boland won't allow Man to get back to his feet.
Boland wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.
Boland works over Man with some ground and pound from guard.
Man keeping moving, preventing Boland from controlling successfully.
Man thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Boland scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Man throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Man changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Boland tries to avoid it but Man manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Boland to the ground. Boland escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boland shoots in looking for a takedown. Man tries to sprawl out of it but Boland keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Man manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Man. That's going to slow Boland down.
Man shoots for a takedown but Boland saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Man walks into a left hand.
Boland's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Boland fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the cage.
Man is trying to break free.
Boland drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Boland fails to pull guard.
Monkey Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronnie Boland.
Man breaks from the clinch.
Boland circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boland swinging wilding here.
A punch combination from Boland misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Man misses.
Boland takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Man looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boland fails with a takedown attempt.
Man gets the takedown into side control.
Man working the head and body with strikes.
Boland dodges the ground and pound from Man.
Boland regains half guard.
Boland gets back to full guard.
Man postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boland tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Man landing with the ground and pound.
Boland wants to stand but Man is controlling the position.
Boland looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Man works over Boland with some ground and pound from guard.
Man scoring with punches to the head and body.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boland doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Man counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Man escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Man gets caught flat footed, as Boland shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Man wants to stand up but Boland is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Monkey Man did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Boland looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Man!
Man throwing punches despite being mounted.
Man throwing hammer fists to the chest of Boland. What's that going to do exactly?
Boland prevents Man from getting the reversal.
Man 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.
Boland pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Man throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Boland looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Boland looking to secure an arm triangle but Man defends it well.
Man throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Man is mounted and he's throwing punches. Is that wise?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is desperately trying to improve his position but Boland has a good base and remains in mount.
Boland blocks Man's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Man is looking to get to half guard.
Boland landing strikes from the mount and Man is in trouble!
Boland has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Man's face.
Man throwing punches despite being mounted.
Man keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Man takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Boland lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Boland tries to control but Man wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Boland working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Man swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Man is looking to improve his position but Boland isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Boland.
Man is trying desperately to improve position.
Man flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Man is bucking up trying to escape but Boland cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Boland trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Man tries to reverse the position but Boland maintains control.
Boland working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Man throwing hammer fists to the chest of Boland. What's that going to do exactly?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Boland lands a nice shot to the head.
Boland controlling from the full mount.
Boland blocks Man's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Boland prevents Man from getting the reversal.
Boland in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Boland cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Boland blocks Man's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Boland working the ground and pound effectively.
Man throwing hammer fists to the chest of Boland. What's that going to do exactly?
Boland blocks Man's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Boland lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Man keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Man throwing hammer fists to the chest of Boland. What's that going to do exactly?
Man flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Man flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Boland lands a big elbow.
Boland wants to control the pace but Man is squirming around nicely.
Man throwing hammer fists to the chest of Boland. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boland landing punches.
Man regains half guard.
Man punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Boland dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Boland fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Boland shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Man pinned against the cage. Man gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Man stalks Boland and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Boland's face. Boland staggers backwards, shaken.
Boland walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Man looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boland shoots and misses
and Man counters with a slapping leg kick.
Monkey Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronnie Boland.
Man misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Man keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Man tries to clinch but Boland moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is looking to slow Boland down with leg kicks.
Man connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Man.
Man lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Man.
Man lands a high kick!
Man dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Boland. That did some damage!
Boland works over Man's head and body with a nice combination.
Man lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Man getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Man, right into the meat.
Man lands a jab-cross combination.
Man tries to clinch up
and Boland counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Boland.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Boland manages to get himself to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man stands and steps away. Boland gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Man is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Boland slips the punch.
Man tries to clinch up.
Boland with a poor takedown
and Man counters with a nice low kick that buckles Boland's knee momentarily.
Man looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick from Man lands but Boland takes it in his stride.
Man throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man moves in looking to clinch but Boland pushes him off.
Man throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Boland is trying to drag Man to the mat but Man just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Man breaks from the clinch.
Monkey Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boland takes a kick to the side of the head.
Boland tries for a takedown but Man circles away easily
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
Man throws a leg kick which misses Boland's front leg but catches the back leg as Boland tries to avoid it.
Man shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Boland regains full guard. Nicely done.
Man landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man looking to pass the guard.
Man postures up in Boland's guard and throws a big left but Boland blocks it.
Boland lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Man!
Boland landing strikes, looking to finish!
Man's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Man trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Man is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boland landing punches.
Ronnie Boland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Monkey Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Man in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Monkey Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 49:46
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 49:46
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Monkey Man!
Monkey Man is the new welterweight champion!
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