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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enting Butikol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Howell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butikol comes into the arena with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
20 - 13 - 0 |
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223 lbs
18 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enting Butikol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Howell!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howell looks to land a left hand but Butikol moved out of range nicely.
Howell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Butikol slips under a jab from Howell.
Howell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Howell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Howell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Butikol under the eye.
Howell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Howell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Butikol.
Howell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Butikol.
A swing and a miss from Howell.
Howell avoids the body shot from Butikol.
Butikol throws a body punch but Howell moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butikol misses with a body shot.
Butikol just misses with a punch to the body.
Howell swings widly with a right hand
and Butikol counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Howell takes an elbow to the temple.
Butikol lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howell has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Butikol clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howell doesn't have the hooks in and Butikol manages to turn into his guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Butikol accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Howell wants to get back to his feet but Butikol is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Butikol tries to free his leg and advance position but Howell is retaining full guard.
Butikol postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Butikol 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.
Howell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Butikol postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Butikol is looking to work some ground and pound but Howell has wrist control.
Butikol is looking to work some ground and pound but Howell has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Butikol accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Butikol throws a big elbow that misses.
Butikol postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Butikol trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butikol with a flurry of punches that miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Butikol drops back looking for a leg! Howell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Howell manages to kick Butikol off! Butikol jumps back into Howell's guard.
Howell pulls Butikol in close to prevent any damage.
Howell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Butikol works his way to full guard. Good work.
Butikol pushes a forearm under Howell's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Howell is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Enting Butikol!
During a confident post fight interview, Enting Butikol thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Josh Howell stepped up to the mic, saying 'My opposition fought like a 10-year-old girl tonight. I'm not sure if I got knocked out or lost a terrible decision. My head hurts. '.
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hype
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