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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Koi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the ring accompanied by Such a Tragedy. Koi has chosen Cross Out the Eyes as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
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186 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Koi!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Washington. No joy for Koi on that attempt.
Washington moves into the clinch successfully.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Rob Koi has been cut.
Koi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Washington prevents it.
Tony Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Koi.
Koi misses with a knee strike.
Koi misses with a knee to the head.
Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Washington lands with a hook. Koi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Koi looks gassed!
Washington rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Koi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Koi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Washington is looking to clinch but Koi is avoiding it.
Washington closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Washington prevents a takedown attempt there.
Washington lands an elbow just above Koi 's eye.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Koi in his tracks for a moment.
Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Koi, pushing him back against the ropes.
Koi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Koi takes an elbow to the temple.
Washington manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Washington tries to clinch up.
Washington with a hook.
Washington clinches with his opponent.
Koi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koi takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Rob Koi's cut even more.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Koi misses with an elbow strike.
Washington lands an elbow just above Koi 's eye.
Washington lands an elbow inside that Koi shrugs off.
Washington has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Koi is trying to keep an underhook but Washington manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Washington is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Washington knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Koi on the ground.
Koi tries to get to full guard but Washington has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Washington escapes and gets back to his feet.
Washington tries to clinch but Koi moves out of range.
Washington clinches up against the ropes.
Koi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Koi in his tracks for a moment.
The cut above Rob Koi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Washington wants the takedown. Koi is fighting it off but Washington persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Koi's guard against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington gets to his feet. Koi looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Washington rushes Koi and presses him up against the ropes.
Washington breaks the clinch.
Washington has Koi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington tightens his grip and picks Koi up, before dumping him to the ground. Koi manages to land in guard.
Koi wants to improve his position but instead Washington has moved into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington wants to get back to his feet.
Washington stands up out of the half guard.
Washington has managed to clinch.
Washington breaks from the clinch.
Washington clinches with his opponent.
Koi looking to throw knees to the head but Washington is blocking nicely.
Washington lands an elbow inside.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Washington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Washington clinches.
Washington manages to break the clinch.
Washington rushes Koi and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Koi is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Washington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Koi's defenses.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Washington lands a knee to the body.
Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington clinches.
Koi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Washington gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Koi goes for a takedown attempt but Washington pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Washington is looking to clinch.
Washington gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Washington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Koi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Washington misses with a series of wild punches.
Koi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koi swats away the attempt to clinch by Washington.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Koi.
Jab from Washington.
Koi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Washington swivels and escapes.
Koi shoots in but Washington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tony Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Koi.
Koi swats away the attempt to clinch by Washington.
Washington darts in and clinches Koi up against the ropes.
Washington is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Koi can't fight it off and eventually Washington manages to take the fight to the floor. Koi looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Washington wants to stand but Koi is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Washington tries to clinch but Koi is having none of it.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch but Koi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koi keeps the fight on the outside.
Washington darts in and clinches Koi up against the ropes.
Koi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washington.
Washington lands an elbow just above Koi 's eye.
Washington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Washington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Washington throws a series of punches but Koi avoids them all with ease.
Koi swats away the attempt to clinch by Washington.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Washington moves into range and clinches up with Koi.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Washington wants to clinch up but Koi keeps it at a distance.
Tony Washington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Washington has managed to clinch.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Washington has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Koi uses from the top position.
Washington wants to stand and escape but Koi is having none of it.
Washington has a closed guard, preventing Koi from standing up.
Koi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Koi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Koi drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Washington manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Koi has Washington in his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Washington has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Koi is proving hard to escape from.
Washington has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Washington stops Koi from standing up.
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.
Washington wants to get up but he can't break Koi's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Koi shoots in looking for a takedown. Washington tries to sprawl out of it but Koi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Washington manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Washington forces Koi back against the ropes and clinches.
Washington avoiding damage as Koi throws knees to the body.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Koi misses with a knee strike.
Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Washington darts in and clinches Koi up against the ropes.
Washington crunches a lovely knee into Koi's ribcage.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Washington.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Koi managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Washington dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rob Koi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Koi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Washington pinned against the cage. Washington gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koi dodges the punch combination from Washington.
Washington moves into range and clinches up with Koi.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Washington trying to land knees to the body.
Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tony Washington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Washington closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Koi won't allow Washington to get back to his feet.
Washington pushes Koi off and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Washington wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Washington.
Washington lands an elbow inside.
Washington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Koi's defenses.
Washington breaks from the clinch.
Washington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koi can do to turn this around?
Washington rushes Koi and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Washington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Washington tries to clinch but Koi is having none of it.
Washington darts in and clinches Koi up against the ropes.
Tony Washington has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Washington lands an elbow inside.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Washington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Koi's defenses.
Washington manages to break the clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Koi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koi is looking to take a break and control but Washington is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Koi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Washington knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Washington managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Koi.
Koi decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Washington rushes Koi and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington breaks from the clinch.
Washington has managed to clinch.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Washington pushes Koi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Washington lands an elbow just above Koi 's eye.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Washington breaks the clinch.
Koi shoots in for a takedown but Washington shows good takedown defense.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Washington pushes Koi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Koi can't get the takedown.
Tony Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Koi.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Washington.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koi.
Koi wants to get back to striking at distance but Washington won't allow it.
Koi missing with knees to the body.
Washington breaks from the clinch.
Washington closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Washington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Koi in his tracks for a moment.
Washington avoiding damage as Koi throws knees to the body.
Washington lands an elbow inside.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Koi.
Washington missing with knees to the body.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Koi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Washington avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Washington lands an elbow inside that Koi shrugs off.
Washington lands an elbow inside.
Koi avoiding damage as Washington throws knees to the body.
Washington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rob Koi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tony Washington is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Koi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Koi missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Washington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Washington 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Tony Washington!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Tony Washington!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Tony Washington!
Tony Washington wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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