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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Caschera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gora Sammo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caschera comes to the cage accompanied by Crimson King by Demons & Wizards limited edition. Max Caschera has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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228 lbs
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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
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Caschera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gora Sammo!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sammo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Caschera if he has to take too many more of those.
Caschera throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sammo throws a head kick that misses.
Sammo gets a clinch.
Sammo lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Max Caschera has been cut.
Sammo tries to land knees in the clinch but Caschera avoids the damage to the body.
Caschera tries to land a knee to the head but Sammo blocks with his arms.
Caschera can't break the clinch.
Sammo prevents a body shot from Caschera.
Caschera manages to break the clinch.
Sammo pushes Caschera up against the cage in a clinch.
Caschera is trying to stall.
Caschera avoiding damage as Sammo throws knees to the body.
Sammo missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Sammo.
Sammo gets underhooks to prevent Caschera's takedown attempt.
Sammo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sammo is struggling to control the position.
Caschera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sammo trying to land knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Caschera.
Caschera avoids a wild elbow strike from Sammo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caschera drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Caschera lands a body shot.
Sammo looking to stall.
A hook to the body from Caschera.
Caschera lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sammo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sammo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Caschera up against the cage.
Caschera tries to break the clinch but Sammo is controlling the position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Caschera avoids the elbow strike from Sammo, against the cage.
Sammo misses with an elbow over the top.
Sammo pushes off an throws an elbow but Caschera leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Caschera breaks from the clinch.
Caschera keeps the fight on the outside.
A leg kick checked by Sammo.
Nice sprawl there from Sammo as Caschera shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Caschera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caschera is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Caschera.
Caschera tries to clinch
and Sammo counters with a big head kick but Caschera shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sammo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sammo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sammo closes the distance and pushes Caschera back into the cage.
The is referee keeping an eye on Sammo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are getting on Sammo's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Caschera avoiding damage as Sammo throws knees to the body.
Caschera can't get the takedown.
Sammo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caschera lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Caschera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Come on Sammo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sammo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caschera lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sammo pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sammo blocks a body shot from Caschera.
Sammo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Caschera up against the cage.
Sammo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Caschera struggles to land a body shot inside as Sammo controls his hands.
Sammo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gora Sammo.
Caschera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Max Caschera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sammo lands with a kick to the temple. Caschera shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Caschera throws a lazy head kick
and Sammo counters with a nice leg kick.
Sammo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sammo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sammo tries to land a knee to the head but Caschera blocks with his arms.
Sammo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caschera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sammo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sammo.
Caschera avoiding damage as Sammo throws knees to the body.
Sammo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caschera lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sammo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sammo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Caschera up against the cage.
Sammo misses with an elbow strike.
Sammo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Caschera wants to break free but Sammo has control.
Caschera misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caschera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sammo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sammo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Max Caschera's cut is getting worse.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stalling in the clinch from Sammo.
Caschera avoiding damage as Sammo throws knees to the body.
Caschera is trying to break the clinch but Sammo has him pressed against the cage.
Sammo scores a nice knee to the body.
Sammo prevents Caschera from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gora Sammo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Caschera's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sammo closes the distance and pushes Caschera back into the cage.
Caschera can't find room to land a body shot as Sammo controls the action.
Caschera tries to land knees in the clinch but Sammo avoids the damage to the body.
Sammo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sammo continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Caschera blocks an elbow strike from Sammo.
Caschera blocks an elbow strike.
Caschera swings wildly with an uppercut but Sammo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sammo trying to land knees to the body.
Caschera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sammo slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sammo tries to land knees in the clinch but Caschera avoids the damage to the body.
Caschera misses with a punch on the inside.
Sammo stalling against the cage.
Nice body punch from Caschera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caschera managing to block the knees to the body from Sammo.
Gora Sammo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sammo lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Caschera as Sammo tries to tie him up.
Caschera gets through Sammo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Caschera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sammo is pressed up against the cage. Caschera has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sammo down to the mat. Sammo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Sammo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Caschera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sammo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sammo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
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!
Sammo throws a sloppy head kick
and Caschera counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sammo!
Caschera avoids the attempt from Sammo to control.
Sammo slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sammo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Caschera is one step ahead there.
Caschera is looking to work some ground and pound but Sammo has wrist control.
Sammo seems keen to control Caschera's posture.
Caschera lands a couple of digs.
Caschera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sammo is keeping the position for now.
Sammo is controlling Caschera's posture.
Sammo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sammo is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sammo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Caschera manages to get himself to full guard.
Caschera wants to sweep here but Sammo controlling him for the moment.
Caschera will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sammo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Let's hope that Sammo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Sammo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Caschera keeping moving, preventing Sammo from controlling successfully.
Sammo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Caschera has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sammo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sammo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sammo content to stall in guard here.
Despite being in the dominant position, Gora Sammo just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sammo fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sammo.
Sammo throws a head kick that Caschera semi-blocks.
Sammo forces Caschera back against the cage and clinches.
Sammo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Caschera up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gora Sammo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Max Caschera's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Sammo wants to clinch.
Caschera misses with a leg kick
and Sammo counters with a low kick, right behind Caschera 's knee.
Nice body kick from Sammo.
Caschera walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sammo.
Sammo moves into the clinch.
Sammo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sammo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sammo slows down the pace here.
Sammo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sammo stalling the fight.
Caschera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Caschera wants to break free but Sammo has control.
Sammo is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sammo prevents Caschera from breaking the clinch.
Sammo missing with knees to the body.
Caschera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sammo blocks a body shot from Caschera.
Come on Sammo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sammo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Caschera wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sammo is pressed up against the cage. Caschera has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sammo down to the mat. Sammo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sammo.
Caschera fails with the takedown
and Sammo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Sammo wants to clinch up but Caschera keeps it at a distance.
Sammo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Caschera's head.
Sammo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sammo has Caschera up against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammo missing with knees to the body.
Sammo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sammo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caschera.
Caschera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sammo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sammo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caschera.
Caschera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sammo has him pressed against the cage.
Sammo is stalling here.
Caschera managing to block the knees to the body from Sammo.
Sammo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caschera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caschera tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Caschera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caschera tries to work over Sammo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caschera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caschera jumps guard but Sammo stands there with Caschera around his waist. Caschera gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caschera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sammo controlling the action here for a moment.
Caschera will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sammo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Caschera's brow.
Sammo landing knees to the head.
Max Caschera's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sammo throws an elbow but it misses.
Caschera managing to block the knees to the body from Sammo.
Caschera can't break the clinch.
Caschera is looking to break free of the clinch but Sammo has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Caschera.
Sammo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caschera.
Caschera tries a body shot but Sammo blocks it.
Sammo gets underhooks to prevent Caschera's takedown attempt.
A left hand lands to the body for Sammo.
Sammo lands an elbow just above Caschera 's eye.
Sammo taking a breather.
Sammo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sammo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sammo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Caschera up against the cage.
Sammo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sammo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sammo lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sammo scores a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sammo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Caschera.
Sammo is pushing Caschera up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Max Caschera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Gora Sammo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sammo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gora Sammo!
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