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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Birbiglia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raja Wijaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
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189 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roger Birbiglia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raja Wijaya!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ben Hemmingworth and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wijaya decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Birbiglia is trying to control but can't.
Wijaya sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Birbiglia defending well though.
Birbiglia trying to control here.
Birbiglia tries to roll over but Wijaya keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wijaya landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wijaya lands a nice short elbow.
Birbiglia is looking to improve his position.
Wijaya thows a huge punch but Birbiglia dodges it nicely.
Birbiglia moves into full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wijaya scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wijaya throwing strikes but missing.
Wijaya throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birbiglia wants to sweep but no luck.
Wijaya scoring with punches to the head and body.
Birbiglia is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Birbiglia controls Wijaya momentarily but Wijaya frees himself.
Wijaya preventing the sweep.
Wijaya cracks Birbiglia with a solid left hand.
Wijaya wants to control from the top but Birbiglia keeps moving.
Birbiglia trying to keep a closed guard but Wijaya is proving a slippery customer.
Wijaya cracks Birbiglia with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wijaya's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wijaya keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Birbiglia's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birbiglia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wijaya is in close to Birbiglia's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wijaya is working Birbiglia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wijaya with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wijaya postures up and lands a big shot to Birbiglia's brow.
Wijaya postures up.
Wijaya connects with a couple of short punches.
Wijaya got a little sloppy there for a moment and Birbiglia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wijaya has managed to get both his arms back between Birbiglia's legs - danger averted.
Birbiglia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wijaya defends it easily.
Wijaya keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Birbiglia's head.
Wijaya is in close to Birbiglia's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wijaya throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Birbiglia controls Wijaya momentarily but Wijaya frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birbiglia is really struggling to control Wijaya but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Wijaya is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Birbiglia looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Wijaya puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Birbiglia gets back to full guard.
Birbiglia seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Wijaya distracts Birbiglia with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Birbiglia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wijaya scoring with some ground and pound.
Wijaya throws a big elbow that misses.
Wijaya stopping the sweep attempt from Birbiglia.
Birbiglia has his foot on Wijaya's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wijaya works his way back into a safe position though.
Wijaya distracts Birbiglia with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wijaya's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wijaya keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Birbiglia's head.
Wijaya looking to sit in guard and control but Birbiglia gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wijaya wants to stand up but Birbiglia is controlling him.
Wijaya is adopting a defensive guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wijaya can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wijaya wants to control but Birbiglia passes easily into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Wijaya 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.
Wijaya pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Birbiglia back to the cage. Wijaya follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Birbiglia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wijaya but Wijaya pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Birbiglia. Wijaya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wijaya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Birbiglia lands an overhand right.
Birbiglia throws a big shot that misses.
Wijaya slips a jab from Birbiglia.
Wijaya looks to score with a jab to the body but Birbiglia is just out of range.
It looked like Birbiglia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wijaya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Birbiglia misses with a takedown
and Wijaya counters with a shoot takedown. Birbiglia fights it but they end up in guard.
Wijaya scoring with some ground and pound.
Wijaya must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wijaya postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Birbiglia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wijaya.
Wijaya is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wijaya with a nice head shot there.
Wijaya postures up and lands a big shot to Birbiglia's brow.
Raja Wijaya has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wijaya is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wijaya is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wijaya is working Birbiglia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wijaya won't allow Birbiglia to sweep him here.
Wijaya postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wijaya is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Birbiglia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Wijaya preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Birbiglia postures up in Wijaya's guard and throws a big left but Wijaya blocks it.
Birbiglia avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Birbiglia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birbiglia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Birbiglia slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wijaya wants to control but Birbiglia postures up.
Birbiglia trying to control the action but Wijaya is working from the bottom.
Birbiglia cracks Wijaya with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Birbiglia creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Wijaya sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Wijaya is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wijaya felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
You can see the frustration on Wijaya's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wijaya is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Birbiglia is looking to take a break and control but Wijaya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wijaya is looking for a sweep.
Birbiglia tries to score with some ground and pound. Wijaya controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Wijaya wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birbiglia trying to control the position but Wijaya is working away.
Wijaya is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wijaya is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Birbiglia asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Wijaya manages to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Raja Wijaya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Birbiglia digs a good body shot into Wijaya's ribs.
Birbiglia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wijaya doesn't seem bothered though.
Wijaya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wijaya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wijaya moves out of range as Birbiglia strikes.
Birbiglia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Birbiglia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Birbiglia misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wijaya! But no joy.
Birbiglia dives in and scores a takedown into Wijaya's guard.
Wijaya manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wijaya ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wijaya no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Birbiglia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Birbiglia wants to control from the top but Wijaya keeps moving.
Wijaya is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Birbiglia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wijaya keeping full guard, as Birbiglia tries to pass.
Birbiglia is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Wijaya is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Wijaya has escaped and now he's on top!
Birbiglia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wijaya working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wijaya landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birbiglia controls Wijaya momentarily but Wijaya frees himself.
Wijaya landing some decent shots from guard.
Birbiglia is trying to control the position but Wijaya postures up.
Wijaya scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wijaya works over Birbiglia with some ground and pound from guard.
Wijaya lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wijaya trying to control the position from guard on top but Birbiglia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wijaya is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Birbiglia trying to control the position here.
Wijaya lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wijaya landing some decent shots from guard.
Wijaya lands a couple of elbows.
Wijaya postures up and lands a big shot to Birbiglia's brow.
Birbiglia escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wijaya gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Birbiglia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wijaya keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Birbiglia's head.
Birbiglia keeping moving, preventing Wijaya from controlling successfully.
Birbiglia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wijaya is one step ahead there.
Birbiglia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wijaya landing with the ground and pound.
Wijaya working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Birbiglia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wijaya is one step ahead there.
Wijaya advances position into side control!
Wijaya cracks Birbiglia with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Birbiglia is trying to control Wijaya's posture but Wijaya avoids it.
Wijaya scores with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Wijaya really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Wijaya pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Birbiglia back to the cage. Wijaya follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wijaya works Birbiglia's body with a nice hook.
Birbiglia blocks a head kick by Wijaya.
Wijaya just misses with a punch to the body.
Birbiglia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wijaya lands with a cross.
Birbiglia misses with a body punch
and Wijaya counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Birbiglia!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birbiglia takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Birbiglia manages to get back to half guard.
Wijaya lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Birbiglia tries to roll over but Wijaya keeps him under control.
Birbiglia has hold of Wijaya's hands but Wijaya slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wijaya scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wijaya is just content to waste time from the top position. Birbiglia takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Wijaya is working Birbiglia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wijaya is in close to Birbiglia's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wijaya accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Birbiglia scores with a nice shot.
Birbiglia trying to keep a closed guard but Wijaya is proving a slippery customer.
Wijaya stands up over Birbiglia, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Birbiglia pulls Wijaya in close to prevent any damage.
Wijaya avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wijaya with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Birbiglia is looking for a triangle here but Wijaya uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Wijaya working away.
Birbiglia is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wijaya cracks Birbiglia with a big elbow.
Birbiglia can't do much from the bottom here.
Wijaya landing strikes.
Wijaya landing a few strikes.
Wijaya grinds an elbow into Birbiglia's temple.
Birbiglia is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wijaya working away.
Wijaya is putting a hurting on Birbiglia here, landing some big shots from side control.
Oh Birbiglia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wijaya is working to tighten his grip on Birbiglia's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Birbiglia has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Wijaya is really squeezing tight and eventually Birbiglia passes out! Wijaya breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Raja Wijaya!
Raja Wijaya is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Raja Wijaya 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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