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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chev Chelios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chelios comes to the cage accompanied by In Waves. Bronson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Death to the apple gerls. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
39 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Chev Chelios!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Bronson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chelios is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bronson.
Chelios staying out of range there.
Chelios swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bronson counters with a nice body kick.
Bronson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chelios.
Bronson throws the left hand but Chelios avoids the punch easily.
Chelios throws a jab when Bronson was well out of range.
Bronson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bronson avoids the body shot from Chelios.
The crowd cheers as Bronson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chelios doesn't seem phased though.
Bronson loads up on a big right hand but Chelios slips the punch.
It looked like Chelios was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Chelios looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Bronson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chelios turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bronson misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Chelios to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bronson misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Chelios is predictable there
and Bronson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bronson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chelios misses with a hook
letting Bronson counter with a right hand.
A big right from Bronson misses.
Bronson swings for the body but Chelios moves out of range.
Bronson connects with an inside leg kick.
Chelios fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chelios fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bronson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bronson tries to keep at a distance but Chelios has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chelios lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chelios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chelios cracks Bronson with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chelios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bronson.
Bronson is trying to push Chelios away but Chelios has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chelios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bronson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bronson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bronson struggles to land a body shot inside as Chelios controls his hands.
Bronson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bronson is trying to maintain a safe position but Chelios gets an underhook and turns Bronson into the cage.
Bronson trying to control the position but instead, Chelios has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bronson into the cage.
Bronson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bronson tries to break the clinch but Chelios is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bronson.
Bronson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Chelios throws an elbow that misses.
Chelios looking to throw knees to the head but Bronson is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Chelios lands a nice elbow.
Bronson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chelios seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bronson can turn it around.
Bronson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chelios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bronson is looking to break free of the clinch but Chelios has double underhooks.
Bronson manages to break the clinch.
Chelios takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chelios steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Chelios is looking to counter punch.
Nice shot lands for Chelios.
Bronson misses the jab.
Bronson lands with a cross.
Chelios moves out of range of the body kick.
Chelios went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Chelios lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios swings widly with a right hand
and Bronson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bronson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chelioss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bronson 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.
Bronson keeps the fight on the outside.
Bronson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chelios fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bronson on the side of the head.
Chelios throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, jab by Bronson - just one landing.
Bronson digs a good body shot into Chelios's ribs.
Bronson throws a good cross that connects.
Bronson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chelios lands with a cross to side of his opponent's 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 Chev Chelios will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chelios walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Chelios checks a low kick from Bronson.
Chelios tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bronson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chelios dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bronson. That did some damage!
Bronson throws a right and a left that Chelios avoids nicely.
Chelios throws a jab but it's blocked by Bronson.
Bronson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chelios.
Chelios misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson misses with a hook
and Chelios counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bronson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chelios blocks a jab.
Chelios scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bronson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bronson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bronson misses with a low kick.
Chelios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bronson keeps the fight on the outside.
Bronson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chelios.
Bronson misses with a right hand
and Chelios cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Bronson misses.
Bronson punishes Chelios's body with a nice straight punch.
Charles Bronson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bronson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chelios jabs at Bronson's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bronson.
Nice body kick there by Bronson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chelios ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chelios blocks a head kick by Bronson.
Bronson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Chelios misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bronson. That's going to slow Chelios down.
Chelios misses with a kick to the body.
Bronson misses with a body kick.
Chelios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bronson.
Chelios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bronson misses with an uppercut
and Chelios counters with a nice body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bronson.
Bronson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a wild body shot.
Chelios fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bronson just manages to avoid it.
Chelios scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bronson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Bronson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromChelios.
Bronson thumps Chelios with a low kick.
Chelios tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bronson counters with a body kick that stops Chelios in his tracks momentarily.
Chelios checks a leg kick.
Bronson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bronson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chelios's sensitive parts.
Chelios lands with a hook. Bronson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chelios blocks a leg kick.
Chelios was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bronson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chelios scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bronson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson catches Chelios with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bronson moves out of range as Chelios strikes.
Chelios gets a clinch.
Bronson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bronson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bronson as Chelios tries to tie him up.
Chelios tries a body shot but Bronson blocks it.
Chelios looking to stall.
Bronson tries to throw a body punch but Chelios avoids it by throwing Bronson back against the cage.
Chelios tries to throw a body punch but Bronson avoids it by throwing Chelios back against the cage.
Bronson can't find room to land a body shot as Chelios controls the action.
Chelios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Bronson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bronson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chelios swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bronson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chelios.
Bronson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bronson misses with a body kick.
Chelios seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Bronson misses with a double jab.
Chelios on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chelios bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Charles Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronson ducks right into an uppercut from Chelios.
Bronson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson throws a low kick but Chelios avoids it.
Bronson just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chelios stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chelios rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bronson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios moves into the clinch.
Chelios throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bronson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chelios misses with some punches.
Chelios lands with a short shot to the head.
Bronson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chev Chelios has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bronson.
Chelios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bronson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bronson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chelios lands a nice knee to the body.
Chelios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bronson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bronson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chelios lands with a right to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chelios obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chelios.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson takes a shot to the head.
Chelios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chelios lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bronson backwards.
Chelios scores with a shot to the side of Bronson's head.
Chelios cracks Bronson with a nice body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Chelios.
Chelios lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chelios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chelios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chelios trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bronson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chelios's brow.
Chelios tries a knee to the head but Bronson blocks it.
Chelios lands an elbow that stopped Bronson in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios has Bronson pressed against the cage.
Chelios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chelios lands a knee to the head.
Chelios lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Chelios.
Chelios lands an uppercut.
Chelios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chelios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chelios's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chelios bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bronson's head.
Bronson walks into a jab.
Chelios scores with a leg kick.
Chelios throws a jab when Bronson was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Chelios.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chelios throws a leg kick which misses Bronson's front leg but catches the back leg as Bronson tries to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Bronson.
Chelios gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chelios stalling against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bronson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bronson blocks the elbow strike.
Bronson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Chelios on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chelios just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bronson's brow.
Chelios can't find room to land a body shot as Bronson controls the action.
Bronson scores with a hook to the body.
Bronson tries to break free but Chelios pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chev Chelios clearly takes that 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.
Bronson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bronson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bronson missing with a left hand there. Chelios was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bronson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Bronson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Bronson. That snapped Chelios's head back.
Chelios misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Bronson.
Bronson's corner calls for a 1-2. Bronson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chelios throws a looping overhand right but Bronson ducks down to avoid it.
Chelios uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Good exchange - Chelios coming out on top.
A jab lands there for Bronson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chelios looks to land a combination but Bronson avoids it well.
Bronson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bronson lands with a good body shot.
Bronson thumps Chelios with a low kick.
Chelios's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Chelios duly obliges.
Chelios lands a head shot.
Chelios throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronson. Chelios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bronson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chelios misses with a body shot.
Bronson flicks out a counter leg kick but Chelios steps away.
Bronson sizes up Chelios with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chelios comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chelios tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chelios goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bronson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chelios sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chev Chelios is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chelios throws a series of punches but Bronson avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot lands for Bronson.
Chelios throws a leg kick but Bronson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chelios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bronson feints a counter leg kick.
Bronson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Chelios.
Bronson misses with an uppercut.
Chelios avoids the body shot from Bronson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios misses with a body shot.
Bronson cracks the inside of Chelios's front leg.
Nice cross by Bronson.
Bronson misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Chelios.
Chelios takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fighters circling - Chelios throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bronson! But no joy.
Chelios lands a glancing blow to the side of Bronson's head.
Bronson moves away from the strike by Chelios.
Chelios looks to land a left hand but Bronson moved out of range nicely.
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson throws a right hand that misses
and Chelios counters with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws a jab but it's blocked by Chelios.
Bronson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chelios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bronson scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chelios slips a jab from Bronson.
Chelios is looking for a counter combo.
Bronson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bronson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chelios catches Bronson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bronson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chelios has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bronson finds it's way round the side to connect with Chelios's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Charles Bronson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Chelios defending well as Bronson loads up on a big left hand.
Bronson lands a leg kick that knocks Chelios off balance momentarily.
Chelios looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good exchange - Bronson coming out on top.
Bronson throws a leg kick but Chelios sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chelios is looking for a counter combo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chelios.
Chelios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bronson.
Bronson connects with a single shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chelios ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bronson moves away.
Some wild striking there from Chelios.
Chelios tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bronson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chelios throws out a loose jab but Bronson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bronson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chelios is looking to counter punch.
Bronson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chelios.
Chelios throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson throws a poor cross that misses
and Chelios counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bronson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chelios throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Bronson to counter with a crisp jab.
Bronson misses with a straight right.
Chelios half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bronson swings widly with a right hand
and Chelios counters with a nice body shot.
Bronson lands a really nice looking cross but Chelios seems unphased.
Chelios misses with a left hand
letting Bronson counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a lunging right hand
and Chelios counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bronson misses with a looping right.
Chelios misses with a wild combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chelios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bronson was well out of range. Poor timing from Chelios.
Bronson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chelios counters with a stiff right hand.
Bronson staying out of range there.
Chelios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chelios has closed the distance and engaged Bronson in a clinch.
Bronson struggles to land a body shot inside as Chelios controls his hands.
Chelios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bronson or not.
Bronson blocking some punches.
Bronson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios trying to land knees to the body.
Chelios controlling the action here for a moment.
Bronson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bronson managing to block the knees to the body from Chelios.
Chelios lands a right hand.
Chelios can't find room to land a body shot as Bronson controls the action.
Bronson lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Chelios.
Bronson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bronson misses with a jab to the body
and Chelios counters with a stiff right hand.
Chelios swings for the body but Bronson moves out of range.
Chelios cracks Bronson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios defending well as Bronson loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Chelios was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bronson misses with a wild body shot.
Chelios seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A low kick from Bronson misses
and Chelios counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bronson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bronson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Left hook, right uppercut from Chelios.
Bronson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chelios on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bronson lands with a right hand.
Bronson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronson. Chelios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chelios scores with a jab to the head.
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 Chev Chelios.
I think Chelios 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 48:47
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 48:47
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chev Chelios!
Chev Chelios retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Chev Chelios thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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