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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tanner Pounds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Where Yo Girl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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150 lbs
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172 cm
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155 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tanner Pounds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Where Yo Girl!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pounds pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yo Girl pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pounds is out of range and Yo Girl settles back down.
Pounds half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Yo Girl connects with an inside leg kick.
Pounds takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pounds dives in and scores a takedown into Yo Girl's guard.
Pounds working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pounds is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Pounds pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yo Girl is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pounds sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yo Girl's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pounds missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yo Girl looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yo Girl tries to get to full guard but Pounds has control of the leg.
Pounds is looking to take a break and control but Yo Girl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pounds looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pounds keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yo Girl is staying active underneath Pounds, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pounds missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pounds trying to mount his opponent but Yo Girl defends it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pounds connects with a nice short shot to Yo Girl's temple.
Pounds works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pounds sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Yo Girl is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pounds cracks Yo Girl with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pounds working the ground and pound effectively.
Pounds with good strikes from the mount here!
Yo Girl is squirming around, avoiding Pounds's attempts to control the action.
Pounds controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounds fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pounds sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pounds seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Yo Girl for as long as he can get away with.
Yo Girl tries to lock up and control but Pounds gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Yo Girl really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pounds. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pounds can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yo Girl is looking to escape.
Yo Girl is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pounds throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Pounds with shots to the head and body - Yo Girl looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pounds dominating with strikes here.
Pounds connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pounds looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pounds can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yo Girl is looking to escape.
BOOM! Pounds connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pounds lands a big shot there that rocks Yo Girl but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pounds with shots to the head and body - Yo Girl looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pounds scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tanner Pounds dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Yo Girl misses with a body shot.
Yo Girl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pounds was well out of range. Poor timing from Yo Girl.
Pounds drops his hands momentarily and Yo Girl takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yo Girl takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pounds misses with a wild body shot.
Pounds lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice combination there by Yo Girl.
Nice jab there from Pounds.
Yo Girl lunges at Pounds with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pounds's hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pounds is defended easily by Yo Girl.
Yo Girl swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pounds is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yo Girl can do to turn this around?
Pounds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yo Girl moves away.
Yo Girl chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pounds can pounce on him.
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!
Pounds walks into a straight right hand from Yo Girl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yo Girl.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Yo Girl enables Pounds to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Yo Girl manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Pounds throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pounds stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yo Girl swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Yo Girl looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pounds is one step ahead there.
Pounds advances position into side control!
Pounds fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Pounds lands an elbow.
Yo Girl is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pounds creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Yo Girl sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pounds lands a nice forearm strike.
Pounds lands a few punches from side control.
Pounds postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Pounds works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yo Girl managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Pounds.
Pounds tries to score with some ground and pound. Yo Girl controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pounds is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yo Girl is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Yo Girl is looking for a sweep.
Pounds is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yo Girl is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pounds throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounds goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Yo Girl rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Pounds's guard! Nice work there by Yo Girl!
Pounds trying to keep a closed guard but Yo Girl is proving a slippery customer.
Yo Girl looking to sit in guard and control but Pounds gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pounds throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yo Girl keeping moving, preventing Pounds from controlling successfully.
Pounds lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pounds drops back looking for a leg! Yo Girl is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yo Girl manages to kick Pounds off! Pounds jumps back into Yo Girl's guard.
Yo Girl looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pounds is one step ahead there.
Pounds scoring with some ground and pound.
Yo Girl is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Yo Girl looking for a sweep. Not yet Yo Girl, not yet.
Pounds trying to control the position from guard on top but Yo Girl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pounds stopping the sweep attempt from Yo Girl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tanner Pounds dominated that second round.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Pounds. That's going to slow Yo Girl down.
A telegraphed right hand from Yo Girl misses the target.
Pounds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yo Girl uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pounds.
Yo Girl avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yo Girl takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pounds takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yo Girl dodges the punch combination from Pounds.
Yo Girl takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pounds shoots in but no luck this time.
Yo Girl just misses with a punch to the body.
Where Yo Girl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yo Girl takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pounds shoots in and drives through. Yo Girl sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yo Girl lands a body shot.
Pounds misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yo Girl.
Yo Girl let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yo Girl slips under a jab.
Pounds swings for the body but Yo Girl moves out of range.
Pounds moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yo Girl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pounds moves away.
Good leg kick by Yo Girl there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yo Girl throws a leg kick but Pounds checks it.
Pounds shoots in for a double leg but Yo Girl sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tanner Pounds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pounds shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yo Girl as he avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Yo Girl.
Yo Girl is looking to score with low kicks.
Pounds connects with a solid leg kick.
Where Yo Girl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pounds doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yo Girl scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pounds.
Yo Girl misses with a hook.
Pounds works the jab nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yo Girl misses the jab.
Yo Girl lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yo Girl uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pounds.
Yo Girl connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yo Girl lands a jab to Pounds's midsection.
Pounds connects with a leg kick. Yo Girl looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pounds does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yo Girl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Pounds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounds throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pounds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yo Girl moves away from the strike by Pounds.
Yo Girl feints a counter leg kick.
Yo Girl displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pounds.
Where Yo Girl is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pounds takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pounds swinging wildly here.
Pounds defending well as Yo Girl loads up on a big left hand.
Pounds closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Yo Girl can't do much from the bottom here.
Pounds misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pounds working the ground and pound.
Yo Girl is being controlled here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Yo Girl can do anything to dispel that myth.
Yo Girl sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Yo Girl has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pounds is working away from the top position though.
Pounds not doing much here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pounds missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yo Girl wants to improve his position but Pounds is controlling well.
Pounds works his way into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tanner Pounds showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pounds, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tanner Pounds!
An out of breath Tanner Pounds thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Where Yo Girl had this to say: 'The bitch got lucky! I am the most talented in this whole damn organization! Man fuck old man Popper and fuck this damn interview!'.
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energy
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RATING
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