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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trent Cotchin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Yauch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yauch has chosen Fight For Your Right To Party as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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179 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trent Cotchin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Yauch!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ron Honeybunn and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yauch looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cotchin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cotchin scores with a nice right hand.
We've been told by Cotchin's head coaches at Breakdown Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cotchin walks into a left hand.
Yauch takes one to the chin there.
Cotchin moves into the clinch successfully.
Cotchin misses with a body punch.
Yauch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yauch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yauch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cotchin blocking some punches.
Cotchin tries to throw a body punch but Yauch avoids it by throwing Cotchin back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yauch.
It looks like Trent Cotchin has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yauch.
Yauch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Yauch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yauch prevents a body shot from Cotchin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Yauch fails to land.
Cotchin struggles to land a body shot inside as Yauch controls his hands.
Yauch blocking some punches.
Cotchin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cotchin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Yauch can't fight it off and eventually Cotchin manages to take the fight to the floor. Yauch looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Yauch bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cotchin's guard.
Cotchin is trying to control the position but Yauch postures up.
Cotchin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cotchin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yauch controls the pace.
Cotchin wants to sweep but no luck.
Yauch must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yauch engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Yauch trying to control the position from guard on top but Cotchin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cotchin pulls Yauch in to control the position.
Yauch's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Yauch passes Cotchin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Yauch trying to control the pace.
Cotchin is looking for a sweep. Yauch is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yauch is thwarting Cotchin's attempts to control the position.
We've been informed that Yauch has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Yauch prevents Cotchin from improving his position.
Yauch wants to control but Cotchin is keeping him busy.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nice body kick from Yauch.
Yauch throws a half hearted mid kick.
A swing and a miss from Cotchin.
Yauch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cotchin.
Cotchin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin needs to keep his hands up - Yauch had a free shot at his head there.
Yauch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cotchin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Cotchin. Beautiful body shot.
Cotchin avoids the body shot from Yauch.
Yauch misses with a few strikes there.
Cotchin looks to land a left hand but Yauch moved out of range nicely.
Cotchin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cotchin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Yauch avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yauch tries to keep at a distance but Cotchin has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cotchin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cotchin manages to break the clinch.
Yauch throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Adam Yauch will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Trent Cotchin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cotchin tries to clinch up.
Cotchin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yauch scores with a head kick.
Yauch throws a body punch but Cotchin moves out of range.
Yauch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yauch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cotchin walks into a left hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Cotchin.
Cotchin scores with the left hand. Yauch knows he should have avoided that one.
Yauch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yauch has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cotchin is looking to clinch.
Cotchin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cotchin slips a straight right by Yauch.
Yauch ducks under a wild hook from Cotchin.
Cotchin connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotchin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yauch moves away.
Adam Yauch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cotchin. Yauch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cotchin tries to clinch there but Yauch circles away.
Cotchin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cotchin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yauch.
Yauch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cotchin can pounce on him.
Yauch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cotchin.
Cotchin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cotchin scoring well with a low kick there.
Yauch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yauch delivers a nice body kick.
Yauch scores with a head kick. Cotchin tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Yauch throws out a powerful jab.
Cotchin is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yauch defending well as Cotchin loads up on a big left hand.
Oh Cotchin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yauch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cotchin seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yauch's corner calls for a 1-2. Yauch obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yauch checks the leg kick nicely there.
Crunch! Yauch slams his shin into Cotchin's torso.
Yauch throws a body punch but Cotchin moves out of range.
Yauch lands a nice looking body kick.
Yauch feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Cotchin sprawling to the canvas! Cotchin rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Yauch finish him?!
Cotchin staying out of range there.
Cotchin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cotchin scores with a jab.
Yauch misses with a straight right.
Yauch misses with the combination.
Cotchin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yauch throws a combination that misses
letting Cotchin counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin stuns Yauch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cotchin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cotchin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Adam Yauch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cotchin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cotchin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yauch counters with a three punch combo that has Cotchin backing up. Cotchin nods at Yauch to acknowledge the strikes.
Cotchin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yauch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cotchin stuns Yauch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Yauch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cotchin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yauch manages to avoid it.
Cotchin swings for the body but Yauch moves out of range.
Yauch blocks a jab.
Yauch misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the body from Cotchin misses
and Yauch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cotchin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yauch throws out the jab.
Cotchin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yauch. That's going to slow Cotchin down.
Yauch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cotchin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yauch.
Yauch lands a nice shot to the body.
Cotchin cracks Yauch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cotchin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cotchin instigates a clinch.
Cotchin lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yauch.
Yauch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cotchin looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Yauch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Trent Cotchin's cut.
That's time! Cotchin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.
Yauch swats away the attempt to clinch by Cotchin.
Yauch throws a jab but it's blocked by Cotchin.
Cotchin cracks Yauch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yauch scores with a shot to the body.
Cotchin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Yauch.
Yauch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cotchin was well out of range. Poor timing from Yauch.
Yauch misses with a few strikes there.
Yauch swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cotchin. Yauch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yauch misses with a wild body shot.
Cotchin slips under a jab from Yauch.
Yauch walks into a straight right hand from Cotchin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Cotchin.
Cotchin slips a jab and a cross from Yauch.
Cotchin just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Cotchin misses its intended target.
Yauch throws a jab but it's blocked by Cotchin.
Cotchin misses with a wild body shot.
Cotchin cracks the inside of Yauch's front leg.
Yauch throws a body shot but no joy.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yauch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cotchin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cotchin misses with a body punch.
Yauch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trent Cotchin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yauch's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Yauch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cotchin scores with a hook to the body.
Cotchin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cotchin lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yauch cracks Cotchin with a nice body shot.
Yauch throws an elbow but it misses.
Cotchin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cotchin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yauch's efforts to push away.
Yauch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin throws a punch but it's blocked by Yauch.
Cotchin misses with a punch to the body.
Yauch is struggling to control the position.
Cotchin can't find room to land a body shot as Yauch controls the action.
Yauch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yauch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cotchin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cotchin works on Yauch's body with a couple of short punches.
Cotchin can't find room to land a body shot as Yauch controls the action.
Cotchin misses with a punch to the body.
Cotchin tries a body shot but Yauch blocks it.
Cotchin misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yauch manages to break the clinch.
Cotchin throws out a leg kick but Yauch moves out of range and Cotchin only half commits.
Yauch is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cotchin with a body shot.
Yauch throws a head kick that misses.
Cotchin lands a nice shot to the body.
Yauch misses the body punch
and Cotchin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cotchin connects with a body shot that sends Yauch's belly button to the back.
Cotchin defending well as Yauch loads up on a big left hand.
Cotchin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yauch throws a big shot that misses.
Cotchin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Yauch takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cotchin misses with a hook.
Jab, jab by Cotchin - just one landing.
Cotchin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trent Cotchin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Yauch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Yauch!
During a confident post fight interview, Adam Yauch thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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