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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Casper Vanderhose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Gable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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252 lbs
9 - 13 - 0 |
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205 cm
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275 lbs
2 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Casper Vanderhose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sean Gable!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanderhose closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gable quickly recovers to half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Gable wants to sweep but Vanderhose has passed to side control!
Gable seems a little lost for a moment, as Vanderhose dominates the positioning.
Gable tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanderhose decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderhose clobbers Gable with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vanderhose avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vanderhose looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gable makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Casper Vanderhose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vanderhose is looking to land body kicks.
Gable with the counter takedown but Vanderhose avoids it easily.
Vanderhose shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gable defends it nicely.
Vanderhose fails with the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Gable with that takedown attempt.
Vanderhose scores with a jab. Gable acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanderhose pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gable blocks a head kick by Vanderhose.
Vanderhose scores with a nice head shot.
Vanderhose misses the shot to the body.
Gable looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vanderhose is fending him off so far but Gable persists. Nope, Vanderhose circles away and we're back to standing.
Vanderhose misses with a takedown attempt
and Gable counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Casper Vanderhose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vanderhose breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vanderhose throws a leg kick which misses Gable's front leg but catches the back leg as Gable tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhose misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gable misses with a takedown
and Vanderhose counters with a solid body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Vanderhose. Those never looked like landing.
Vanderhose lands a nice shot to the body.
Vanderhose lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gable backs up against the cage.
Vanderhose scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gable drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gable is standing up over Vanderhose. Vanderhose looks to escape but Gable dives into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vanderhose is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gable is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gable trying to control the position but Vanderhose is working away.
Vanderhose is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gable is controlling him well.
Vanderhose knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gable on the ground.
Gable stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Vanderhose cracks the inside of Gable's front leg.
Vanderhose lands a right hook to the body.
Vanderhose misses with a two punch combination.
Vanderhose shoots in for a takedown but Gable shows good takedown defense.
Gable closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Casper Vanderhose 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.
Vanderhose pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vanderhose shoots and misses
and Gable holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A body shot lands from Vanderhose.
Gable escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Casper Vanderhose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Gable with that takedown attempt.
Vanderhose throws a big counter combination but Gable scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Gable tries to clinch but Vanderhose is having none of it.
Vanderhose throws a head kick but Gable moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanderhose circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vanderhose counters with an inside leg kick.
Vanderhose ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderhose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vanderhose fakes the leg kick and cracks Gable in the body.
Gable has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vanderhose.
Vanderhose feints and then cracks Gable's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gable down.
Vanderhose fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vanderhose!
Vanderhose dives in and grabs Gable's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gable pushes down on Vanderhose's head and hops out.
Vanderhose chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vanderhose scores with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gable circles away quickly and effectively.
Vanderhose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gable blocks the body kick.
Gable tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Vanderhose shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Vanderhose showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gable looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Vanderhose pushes past his half guard into mount!
Vanderhose takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Vanderhose prevents Gable from getting the reversal.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Vanderhose here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gable keeps trying to improve his position.
Gable is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vanderhose controlling from mount.
Gable slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Gable is not content to let Vanderhose control the position.
Gable kicks Vanderhose off and gets back to his feet.
Vanderhose shoots in for a takedown but Gable shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Casper Vanderhose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhose digs a good hook to Gable's body.
Gable tries to clinch there but Vanderhose circles away.
Vanderhose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gable.
Gable changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Vanderhose misses with a series of wild punches.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gable crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vanderhose - the referee stops the clock and Gable gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vanderhose. Gable manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vanderhose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gable moves away.
Gable shoots in for a takedown but Vanderhose shows good takedown defense.
A head kick by Vanderhose misses
and Gable counters with a three punch combo that has Vanderhose backing up. Vanderhose nods at Gable to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vanderhose listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Casper Vanderhose dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Vanderhose throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Gable counters with a shoot takedown. Vanderhose fights it but they end up in guard.
Gable wants to control from the top but Vanderhose keeps moving.
Gable stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vanderhose swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gable decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Vanderhose, up you get!
Vanderhose shoots in for a takedown but Gable shows good takedown defense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gable with a poor takedown
and Vanderhose counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vanderhose looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vanderhose lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gable's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gable shoots in and bounces Vanderhose off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gable trying to control but Vanderhose is working from the bottom.
Gable is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Gable won't allow Vanderhose to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gable stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Vanderhose lands with a shot to the body.
Vanderhose connects with a high kick.
Nice sprawl there from Gable as Vanderhose shoots in.
Vanderhose closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gable circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Casper Vanderhose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gable throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vanderhose's waist but Vanderhose gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gable off to one side.
Gable shoots for a double leg takedown but Vanderhose sprawls well. He's pushed Gable's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Vanderhose shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Vanderhose pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Casper Vanderhose is winning the standup battle so far.
Vanderhose misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhose looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gable darts in and clinches Vanderhose up against the cage.
Vanderhose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gable clinches up with Vanderhose and pushes him back against the cage.
Vanderhose misses with a body punch.
Gable stalling the fight.
Vanderhose pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vanderhose slaps away a takedown attempt from Gable, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gable closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vanderhose circles away.
Vanderhose misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gable changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhose shoots in looking for a takedown but Gable manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vanderhose's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gable throws a counter combo.
Some wild striking there from Vanderhose.
Vanderhose goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Casper Vanderhose is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gable takes the fight into the clinch.
Vanderhose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vanderhose lands a slapping body shot.
Sean Gable has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Gable misses.
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 Casper Vanderhose.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vanderhose, 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Casper Vanderhose!
A relieved looking Casper Vanderhose thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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