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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bronko Strunz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devon Gilliam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bronko Strunz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Devon Gilliam!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strunz connects with a solid leg kick.
Gilliam throws a right hand that misses
and Strunz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gilliam!
Strunz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gilliam.
Gilliam throws a right hand that misses
and Strunz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Strunz throws a hook but Gilliam blocks it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Strunz - that will leave a mark!
We've been told by Strunz's head coaches at School Of Hard Knocks that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Strunz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gilliam uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strunz.
A slow jab from Strunz misses its intended target.
Strunz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gilliam manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Gilliam. Those never looked like landing.
Strunz tried to counter with a leg kick but Gilliam avoided it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Strunz misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Strunz misses the target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Strunz.
Gilliam takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Strunz cracks Gilliam with a right hand to the side of the head.
Strunz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gilliam.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Gilliam blocks the leg kick.
Strunz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gilliam staying out of range there.
Strunz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Strunz.
Gilliam chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Strunz can pounce on him.
Strunz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Strunz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Strunz throws a head kick but Gilliam moves out of range.
Strunz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Strunz cracks Gilliam with a right hand to the side of the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gilliam has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Strunz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gilliam's hands.
Strunz misses the shot to the body.
Gilliam shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A cross from Strunz lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strunz. Gilliam does a little dance to reset his feet.
Strunz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gilliam checks it well.
Strunz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gilliam checks it well.
Strunz connects with a nice looking jab.
Gilliam scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gilliam walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice body kick from Strunz.
Strunz circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big left from Gilliam misses.
Strunz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gilliam's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Strunz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gilliam tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strunz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Strunz throws an off balance right hand
and Gilliam counters with a nice uppercut.
Gilliam connects with a body shot.
Gilliam is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Strunz ducks under a wild hook from Gilliam.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilliam stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Strunz.
Gilliam keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strunz.
Gilliam with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Strunz to score with a decent uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Strunz there.
Bronko Strunz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gilliam has taken the fight to the clinch.
Strunz misses with a punch on the inside.
Strunz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gilliam backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Strunz.
Strunz breaks the clinch.
A left lands for Strunz.
Gilliam uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strunz.
Strunz scores with a sloppy right hand. Gilliam should have avoided that one.
Gilliam swings for the body but Strunz moves out of range.
Gilliam tries to close the distance and clinch but Strunz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strunz scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Strunz. That snapped Gilliam's head back.
Gilliam fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Strunz, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Strunz fails to land.
Strunz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gilliam misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Strunz.
Gilliam is stalling here.
Strunz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Strunz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gilliam has a couple of punches blocked by Strunz.
Gilliam misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strunz lands with a left to the head.
Strunz digs a right hand into Gilliam's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gilliam's gas tank.
Strunz lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Strunz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bronko Strunz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Strunz lands with a good body shot.
Strunz moves out of range as Gilliam strikes.
Strunz feints and then cracks Gilliam's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gilliam down.
Strunz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gilliam's sensitive parts.
Gilliam needs to keep his hands up - Strunz had a free shot at his head there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Strunz.
Strunz moves out of range as Gilliam strikes.
Gilliam loads up on a big right hand but Strunz slips the punch.
The crowd cheers as Strunz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gilliam doesn't seem phased though.
Gilliam takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Strunz sizes up Gilliam with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Strunz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gilliam.
Gilliam swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strunz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gilliam.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gilliam throws out a leg kick but Strunz moves out of range and Gilliam only half commits.
Gilliam doesn't manage to clinch there - Strunz circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilliam doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bronko Strunz is winning the standup battle so far.
Gilliam misses with an uppercut.
Strunz lands a nice looking body shot.
A clash of legs there as Gilliam blocks the low kick.
Strunz misses with an uppercut. Gilliam saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Gilliam releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Strunz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gilliam can do to turn this around?
Strunz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strunz with a hook.
Strunz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Strunz does it's job there.
Nice body punch from Strunz.
Gilliam misses with a double jab.
Strunz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Strunz manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strunz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice shot lands for Strunz.
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!
Strunz scores with a leg kick.
Strunz moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Gilliam.
Strunz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gilliam.
A jab from Gilliam misses.
Gilliam takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Strunz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Strunz looks to score with a jab to the body but Gilliam is just out of range.
Gilliam unleashes a big counter combination but Strunz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Gilliam in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Strunz just misses with a punch to the body.
Gilliam ducks under a wild hook from Strunz.
Strunz tests Gilliam's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gilliam tries to close the distance and clinch but Strunz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Strunz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gilliam.
Gilliam stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Strunz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strunz lands a front kick.
Gilliam takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gilliam looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gilliam takes a jab right on the kisser.
Strunz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gilliam counters with a three punch combo that has Strunz backing up. Strunz nods at Gilliam to acknowledge the strikes.
Strunz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Strunz lands with a cross.
Gilliam has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A good leg kick by Strunz.
A jab from Strunz does it's job there.
Strunz throws a leg kick which misses Gilliam's front leg but catches the back leg as Gilliam tries to avoid it.
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!
Strunz misses with a hook.
A jab from Gilliam misses.
Strunz connects with a looping right hand.
Nice defenses there by Strunz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strunz throws the left hand but Gilliam avoids the punch easily.
Strunz looks to score with a jab to the body but Gilliam is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Strunz.
Strunz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Gilliam.
Strunz misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Gilliam misses its intended target.
Strunz tests Gilliam's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Strunz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Strunz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gilliam takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Strunz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gilliam sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Strunz scores with a sloppy right hand. Gilliam should have avoided that one.
Strunz misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bronko Strunz dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Strunz moves forwards but Gilliam connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Strunz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gilliam checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Strunz lands with a good body shot.
Strunz is looking to slow Gilliam down with leg kicks.
Strunz swats away the attempt to clinch by Gilliam.
Strunz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gilliam ducks under a wild hook from Strunz.
Gilliam drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilliam has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gilliam there as he acknowledges the shot.
Strunz throws a shot from downtown. Gilliam moves away and avoids it.
Gilliam wants to clinch
enabling Strunz to counter with a crisp jab.
Strunz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gilliam.
It looked like Strunz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strunz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Strunz scoring well with a low kick there.
Strunz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gilliam moves out of range as Strunz strikes.
Gilliam throws a jab but it's blocked by Strunz.
Gilliam blocks a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Strunz.
Strunz throws a body kick that misses.
Gilliam steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Strunz.
Strunz looks to land a right hand but Gilliam moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gilliam! But no joy.
Strunz throws a right hand that misses
enabling Gilliam to counter with a crisp jab.
Gilliam throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Strunz misses the target.
Strunz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gilliam takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Strunz keeps Gilliam at a distance using the push kick.
Gilliam throws a jab but it's blocked by Strunz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Strunz misses.
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!
Strunz lands an overhand right.
Gilliam tries to clinch but Strunz is having none of it.
Gilliam wants to clinch.
Strunz half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gilliam lands a nice shot that snaps Strunz's head back.
Bronko Strunz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gilliam throws a jab but it's blocked by Strunz.
Strunz lands with a hook. Gilliam tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gilliam throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gilliam takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gilliam on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Strunz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strunz just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice cross by Strunz.
Gilliam throws the left hand but Strunz avoids the punch easily.
Strunz with a jab.
Gilliam takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Strunz lands a jab to the nose.
Strunz throws a hook but Gilliam avoids it easily.
Gilliam scores with a decent looking hook.
A solid body kick from Strunz.
Gilliam throws a combination. Strunz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A telegraphed right hand from Strunz misses the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gilliam throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gilliam gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gilliam blocks a body shot from Strunz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilliam misses with the head strike.
Strunz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strunz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gilliam takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gilliam slips under a jab from Strunz.
Gilliam looks to clinch
enabling Strunz to counter with a crisp jab.
Gilliam tries to clinch up but Strunz circles away and keeps his distance.
Strunz misses with a left hand
and Gilliam counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gilliam doesn't manage to clinch there - Strunz circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Strunz misses the target.
Strunz swings for the body but Gilliam moves out of range.
Gilliam lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gilliam waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Strunz.
Gilliam ducks right into an uppercut from Strunz.
Strunz jabs at Gilliam's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bronko Strunz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Strunz 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bronko Strunz!
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