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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph Edgar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daniel Washington's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Washington!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington misses with a hook. Edgar ducked under it nicely.
Edgar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Washington under the eye.
Washington avoids a punch combination nicely.
Edgar throws a body punch but Washington moves out of range.
Washington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Edgar throws a big shot that misses.
Washington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Edgar.
We've been hearing reports that Edgar has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Washington goes for a double leg but Edgar avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Edgar continues to drive forward.
Washington slips a jab and a cross from Edgar.
Washington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Edgar lands a body shot.
Edgar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Washington did well to prevent Edgar getting side control.
Edgar trying to control from half guard but Washington is working away.
Still in half guard, Edgar seems content to control.
Washington is trying to maintain the position but Edgar is very close to passing his half guard.
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!
Washington regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Edgar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Edgar sitting in guard here, content to control.
Edgar seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Washington for as long as he can get away with.
Edgar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Washington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Edgar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Edgar trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Washington manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Washington working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Edgar's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Edgar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Edgar wants to sweep here but Washington controlling him for the moment.
Washington throwing strikes from guard but Edgar blocks nicely.
Washington is fighting to break Edgar's control of his arms but Edgar is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Edgar 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.
Edgar keeping moving, preventing Washington from controlling successfully.
Edgar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Edgar tries to get out of the position.
Edgar has Washington pulled in close to control his posture.
Washington is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A slow jab from Edgar misses its intended target.
It seemed like Washington was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Washington throws a jab but it's blocked by Edgar.
Washington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Washington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Edgar.
Nice uppercut lands for Edgar. That snapped Washington's head back.
Edgar throws a jab when Washington was well out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Washington as he connects with a hook.
Edgar throws a jab when Washington was well out of range.
Washington shoots in but Edgar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Edgar appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Edgar misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Washington.
Edgar misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Washington.
Edgar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Washington.
Washington throws a big shot that misses.
Edgar is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Washington's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice defenses there by Washington.
Edgar takes a swing at Washington's ribcage but misses.
Washington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edgar.
Edgar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Washington.
Washington throws a jab but it's blocked by Edgar.
Edgar looks to land a left hand but Washington moved out of range nicely.
Washington wants to counter the offense by Edgar and move into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Washington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Washington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Washington ducks under a wild hook from Edgar.
Washington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Edgar.
Washington shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Edgar as he avoids it easily.
Joseph Edgar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Washington.
Washington lands a jab to the nose.
Edgar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Washington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edgar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Edgar dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Edgar swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.
Washington lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Washington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Edgar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Washington staying out of range there.
Edgar blocks a jab.
Edgar misses with a wild body shot.
Edgar missing with a left hand there. Washington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Washington shoots for a takedown but Edgar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Washington fails with a takedown attempt.
Washington scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Edgar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Washington can do to turn this around?
Edgar drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Washington looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Edgar postures up in Washington's guard and throws a big left but Washington blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar lands a couple of elbows.
Joseph Edgar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Washington looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Edgar passes into side control.
Washington is breathing heavily.
The referee asks Edgar politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Edgar prefers to stall for the moment though.
Edgar working the ground and pound from side control.
Washington is not content to let Edgar control the position.
Edgar has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Washington!
Edgar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Edgar unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Washington can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Edgar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Edgar breaks from Washington's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Washington is rocked!
Edgar lands a big shot there that rocks Washington but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Washington is still in real trouble! Can Edgar finish him?
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 big strike lands for Edgar! That's really hurt Washington and he's turned his back - Edgar keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Edgar jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Edgar!
A very excited looking Joseph Edgar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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