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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Welch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cage Southcutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Welch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cage Southcutt!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Southcutt scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Welch throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Welch clinches up against the cage.
Southcutt lands a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Welch is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Southcutt is aware though and is defending well.
Southcutt slips nicely into half guard.
Welch really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Welch is holding on to half guard well.
Welch wants to control but Southcutt is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Southcutt is working for a submission of some sort.
Welch moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Southcutt wants to control from the top but Welch keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Southcutt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Welch looking for a sweep. Not yet Welch, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Welch kicks Southcutt off and gets to his feet.
Welch clinches up with Southcutt and pushes him back against the cage.
Welch managing to block the knees to the body from Southcutt.
Southcutt tries to land knees in the clinch but Welch avoids the damage to the body.
Southcutt is looking for a takedown.
Welch prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Southcutt is defending well.
Southcutt tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bruce Welch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cage Southcutt.
Welch keeps control of Southcutt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Welch gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Southcutt regains guard.
Welch is working Southcutt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Southcutt wants to stand and escape but Welch is having none of it.
Welch stands up over Southcutt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Welch won't allow Southcutt to get back to his feet.
Southcutt looks winded!
Welch cracks Southcutt with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Welch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Southcutt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Welch working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Southcutt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Welch.
Welch 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.
Welch connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welch throwing strikes but missing.
Welch with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Welch's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Southcutt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Welch with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Welch keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Southcutt's head.
Welch postures up in Southcutt's guard and throws a big left but Southcutt blocks it.
Welch stands up over Southcutt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Welch with a nice head shot there.
Welch wants to get up but he can't break Southcutt's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Welch is in close to Southcutt's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Welch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Southcutt wants to stand but Welch is controlling the position.
Southcutt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Welch throwing strikes but missing.
Southcutt wants to stand but Welch is controlling the position.
Welch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Welch wanted to stand there but Southcutt had control of the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Welch shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Southcutt sprawls well. Southcutt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Welch gets slowly back to his feet.
Southcutt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Welch moves into the clinch.
Southcutt gets through Welch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Welch dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Southcutt fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Welch avoids it really well and circles away.
Southcutt misses with a takedown
and Welch counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Welch.
Welch controlling the action here for a moment.
Welch works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Welch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Southcutt can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Southcutt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Welch's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Welch throws a big right hand that misses.
Welch throws a strike but Southcutt rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Southcutt is fighting to break Welch's control of his arms but Welch is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Southcutt decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Welch, up you get!
Southcutt with a poor takedown
and Welch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bruce Welch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cage Southcutt.
Southcutt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Welch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bruce Welch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Southcutt closes this distance looking for a takedown but Welch circles away.
Southcutt is breathing heavily.
Southcutt tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
Welch tries to counter by clinching up but Southcutt breaks away and moves out of range.
Southcutt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Welch shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Southcutt sprawls well. Southcutt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Welch gets slowly back to his feet.
Southcutt throws a sloppy head kick and Welch moves out of range easily.
Southcutt tries to clinch but Welch is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch blocks a head kick by Southcutt.
Southcutt misses with a wild body shot.
Welch throws a right and a left that Southcutt avoids nicely.
Welch closes this distance looking for a takedown but Southcutt circles away.
Welch displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Southcutt.
Welch pushes Southcutt up against the cage in a clinch.
Welch has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Southcutt after a bit of a struggle.
Welch has Southcutt pressed against the cage, preventing Southcutt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Southcutt is trying to maintain a safe position but Welch gets an underhook and turns Southcutt into the cage.
Welch drops down looking for an ankle pick but Southcutt pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welch throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Southcutt's waist but Southcutt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Welch off to one side.
Southcutt throws a right hand that Welch ducks under and follows up with a left that Welch also avoids with ease.
Welch manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Southcutt on his heels. He'll look to pass Southcutt's guard now, I'm sure.
Southcutt is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Welch presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
A frustrated look appears on Southcutt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Southcutt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Southcutt breaks the clinch.
Welch gets caught napping as Southcutt dives in and scores a takedown. Welch manages to retain guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Southcutt throws a big right hand that misses.
Welch wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Welch looking for a sweep. Not yet Welch, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Southcutt trying to control but Welch is working from the bottom.
Welch lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Welch with a flurry of punches that miss.
Welch is looking to work some ground and pound but Southcutt has wrist control.
Southcutt wants to get back to his feet but Welch is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bruce Welch will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Welch has managed to clinch.
Welch manages to break the clinch.
Welch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Southcutt. No joy for Welch on that attempt.
Welch stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Welch wants it to stay on the feet.
Welch moves into range and clinches up with Southcutt.
Southcutt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Welch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Welch is pressed up against the cage. Southcutt has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Welch down to the mat. Welch avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bruce Welch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cage Southcutt.
Southcutt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
No luck for Southcutt with that takedown attempt.
Welch is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Southcutt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Southcutt tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Welch swivels and escapes.
Welch is looking to counter punch.
Welch fails to land the takedown.
Southcutt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Welch defends it nicely.
Southcutt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Welch to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Welch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Southcutt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch landing with the ground and pound.
Southcutt wants to stand up but Welch is controlling him.
Welch working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Welch postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Southcutt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Welch.
Welch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Welch scoring with some ground and pound.
Welch landing some decent shots from guard.
Welch working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Welch landing some decent shots from guard.
Welch lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bruce Welch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welch lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Welch is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Welch throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Welch stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Welch connects with a single shot there.
Welch moves into the clinch.
Southcutt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Welch avoids it.
Southcutt gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Welch.
Southcutt has had enough of the clinch but Welch keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Southcutt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch wants the takedown. Southcutt is fighting it off but Welch persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Southcutt's guard against the cage.
Welch throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Welch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Welch with a flurry of punches that miss.
Welch is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Welch prevents Southcutt from getting back to his feet.
Southcutt has momentary wrist control but Welch slips an elbow through the middle.
Welch throws a big elbow that misses.
Southcutt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Welch's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Welch with a nice head shot there.
Southcutt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Welch.
Cage Southcutt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruce Welch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Welch is working Southcutt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Welch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Welch 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Welch!
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energy
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RATING
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