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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jack Stick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Longworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinnie Longworth has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Brawler
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Stick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Vinnie Longworth!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stick misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice takedown defense from Stick. No joy for Longworth on that attempt.
Longworth misses with a hook.
Stick shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Longworth manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Stick really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stick tries to free his leg and advance position but Longworth is retaining full guard.
Longworth wants to sweep but no luck.
Longworth is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stick is aware though and is defending well.
Stick trying to control but Longworth is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stick's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stick stopping the sweep attempt from Longworth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Longworth throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Longworth is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stick is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stick preventing the sweep.
Stick distracts Longworth with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Longworth looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Longworth working a defensive guard but Stick passes into half guard.
Longworth is pressing down on Stick's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Stick landing with the ground and pound.
Longworth is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Longworth thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Stick working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Longworth looking for a guillotine here but Stick defends easily.
Longworth escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Stick gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Longworth had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stick defends it easily.
Longworth wants to sweep but no luck.
Stick trying to control the position from guard on top but Longworth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Longworth throws his legs up looking for a submission but Stick uses it to pass to side control.
Longworth can't do much from the bottom here.
Stick scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Longworth to see if he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stick in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Stick will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Stick cracks Longworth with a big elbow.
Longworth has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Longworth sneaks back into half guard.
Stick moves nicely into side control.
Longworth tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Longworth manages to work his way to half guard, despite Stick's best efforts.
Stick trying to control the pace.
Ground and pound from Stick.
Longworth gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longworth trying to keep a closed guard but Stick is proving a slippery customer.
Stick won't allow Longworth to sweep him here.
Stick postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Longworth is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stick is aware though and is defending well.
Stick works over Longworth with some ground and pound from guard.
Stick scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stick distracts Longworth with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stick working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Longworth's head.
Stick lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Longworth throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Stick dominated that 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.
Longworth misses with a series of wild punches.
Stick takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Longworth fails to land with a series of punches.
Stick manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Longworth on his heels. He'll look to pass Longworth's guard now, I'm sure.
Stick stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Longworth swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Stick connects with a couple of short punches.
Longworth looking for a guillotine here but Stick defends easily.
Longworth has momentary wrist control but Stick slips an elbow through the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stick is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stick throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longworth trying to keep a closed guard but Stick is proving a slippery customer.
Longworth looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Stick passes into side control.
Longworth takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Stick cracks Longworth with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Longworth gets back to half guard.
Stick is nestled in close to Longworth, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Longworth tries to get to full guard but Stick has control of the leg.
Longworth slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Longworth escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Stick gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stick cracks Longworth with a solid left hand.
Stick landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stick trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Longworth escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Stick gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Stick got a little sloppy there for a moment and Longworth has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Stick has managed to get both his arms back between Longworth's legs - danger averted.
Stick works over Longworth with some ground and pound from guard.
Longworth thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stick landing some decent shots from guard.
Stick wants to control from the top but Longworth keeps moving.
Longworth looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stick is one step ahead there.
Jack Stick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Longworth is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Longworth looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Stick wants to control from the top but Longworth keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Longworth working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stick doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stick manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stick makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stick working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stick working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Longworth looking for a guillotine here but Stick defends easily.
Stick with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Stick dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Longworth shoots in and drives through. Stick sprawls well.
Stick appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Longworth wants to clinch up but Stick keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Stick misses the target.
Longworth lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Longworth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stick looking to score a takedown here. Longworth is defending well but Stick drives through and ends up in Longworth's guard.
Stick lands a couple of elbows.
Longworth throws his legs up looking for a submission but Stick uses it to pass to side control.
Longworth throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Longworth is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stick working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stick working the ground and pound from side control.
Stick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Longworth can do to turn this around?
Longworth struggling a bit here.
Stick is putting a hurting on Longworth here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stick working away.
Stick is looking to take a break and control but Longworth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Longworth tries to buck Stick off but Stick is having none of it.
Longworth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Vinnie Longworth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stick connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Longworth some visible discomfort.
Stick landing strikes.
Longworth tries to buck Stick off but Stick is having none of it.
Stick landing a few strikes.
Stick lands some shots froms side control.
Longworth can't do much from the bottom here.
Stick lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Longworth struggling a bit here.
Stick lands a few punches from side control.
Stick scores with punches from side control.
Longworth takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longworth is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Stick lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Longworth down.
Stick is looking to take a break and control but Longworth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jack Stick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stick looks up at the clock and then as Longworth takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Stick smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Stick landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Longworth is looking to regain half guard here but Stick keeps moving and retains side control.
Longworth sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longworth is looking to control Stick's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Longworth avoid being mounted?
Longworth looking for submissions off his back.
Stick slows the pace down in half guard.
Stick drops an elbow to the side of Longworth's head.
Stick is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Longworth misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Stick is taking a breather. Longworth says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Stick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stick, 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Stick!
Jack Stick decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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RATING
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