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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andri Gunawan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knuckles OToole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Andri Gunawan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Knuckles OToole!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunawan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gunawan throws a head kick that misses.
Gunawan missing with a left hand there. OToole was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gunawan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gunawan throws a combination that misses
and OToole counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for OToole.
OToole lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gunawan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
OToole clinches with his opponent.
OToole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
OToole blocks an uppercut.
OToole lands with a left to the head.
OToole lands a right hand.
Gunawan tries to throw a body punch but OToole avoids it by throwing Gunawan back against the cage.
Gunawan just leaning against OToole, taking a breather.
OToole misses with a punch to the body.
Gunawan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gunawan throws a looping overhand right but OToole ducks down to avoid it.
OToole throws an overhand right that lands on Gunawan's shoulder, as Gunawan tries to avoid the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunawan digs a good hook to OToole's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunawan defending well as OToole loads up on a big left hand.
Gunawan stuns OToole with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fighters circling - Gunawan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Gunawan misses the target.
OToole drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gunawan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. OToole doesn't seem bothered though.
Gunawan misses with a straight right.
Gunawan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but OToole circles away quickly and effectively.
OToole moves into range and clinches up with Gunawan.
OToole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gunawan backwards.
Gunawan struggles to land a body shot inside as OToole controls his hands.
Gunawan breaks from the clinch.
Gunawan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
OToole has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Nice uppercut lands for OToole. That snapped Gunawan's head back.
Gunawan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and OToole counters with a left and a right that stings Gunawan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunawan throws out a loose jab but OToole uses good head movement to avoid it.
OToole looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gunawan misses with a lunging right hand
and OToole counters with a straight right hand.
Gunawan fails to land with a series of punches.
We've been told by Gunawan's head coaches at Red Tri-Angle - 12 ELITE COACHES that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
OToole swings for the body but Gunawan moves out of range.
Gunawan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but OToole moves away.
Gunawan moves into the clinch.
A short right from Gunawan on the inside.
OToole misses with a punch on the inside.
OToole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
OToole tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
OToole swings wildly with an uppercut but Gunawan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunawan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
OToole digs a right hand underneath Gunawan's ribcage. Gunawan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gunawan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunawan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gunawan manages to break the clinch.
Gunawan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by OToole.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OToole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
OToole clinches up against the cage.
Gunawan lands a hook that snaps the head of OToole backwards.
Gunawan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
OToole struggles to land a body shot inside as Gunawan controls his hands.
Gunawan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gunawan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
OToole misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gunawan.
OToole lands with a left to the head.
Gunawan blocking some punches.
OToole keeps control of Gunawan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
OToole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for OToole.
Gunawan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with OToole's elbow.
Gunawan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
OToole misses with a combination
and Gunawan counters by moving into the clinch.
Gunawan struggles to land a body shot inside as OToole controls his hands.
Gunawan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling OToole to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunawan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gunawan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
OToole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunawan.
Gunawan misses with a low kick.
OToole on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gunawan swats away the attempt to clinch by OToole.
OToole swinging wildly here.
Gunawan misses with a left hand
letting OToole counter with a right hand.
OToole throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
OToole gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
OToole blocks a body shot from Gunawan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Knuckles OToole will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
OToole throws a head kick that misses
enabling Gunawan to counter with a crisp jab.
Gunawan slips under a jab.
Gunawan misses with a wild body shot.
OToole is trying to counter with his kicks.
OToole takes a jab right on the kisser.
No joy there for Gunawan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
OToole throws a right and a left that both miss.
OToole moves out of range as Gunawan strikes.
OToole throws a lazy body kick
and OToole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
OToole ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OToole tries to clinch but Gunawan is having none of it.
Gunawan throws an off balance right hand
and OToole counters with a stiff right hand.
OToole ducks under a wild hook from Gunawan.
Gunawan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
OToole throws a hook but Gunawan blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OToole throws a wild body kick that Gunawan sees coming a mile off.
A jab from Gunawan misses.
Gunawan tries to clinch but OToole moves out of range.
OToole throws out a counter right but Gunawan avoids it with no problem.
Gunawan throws a right and a left that OToole avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gunawan. OToole does a little dance to reset his feet.
OToole moves in looking to clinch but Gunawan pushes him off.
OToole tries to land a front kick but Gunawan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
OToole slips under a jab.
A shot to the liver by Gunawan. Beautiful body shot.
A jab from Gunawan finds it's way through OToole's defenses.
Gunawan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
OToole avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gunawan connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OToole pushes Gunawan away with a front kick.
OToole moves out of range of the body kick.
A cross from Gunawan lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunawan throws a big shot that misses.
OToole counters with a body kick.
Gunawan misses the shot to the body.
Gunawan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. OToole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
OToole throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Gunawan counter with a right hand.
Gunawan throws a combination that misses
enabling OToole to counter with a crisp jab.
OToole has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from OToole there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gunawan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and OToole connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gunawan scrambles back to his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gunawan.
Gunawan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
OToole wants to counter with a clinch but Gunawan pushes him away.
Nice uppercut there from OToole.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OToole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gunawan.
OToole counters with a body kick.
Andri Gunawan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunawan connects with a nice looking jab.
Gunawan scores with a body shot.
OToole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Gunawan lands.
OToole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gunawan.
OToole cracks Gunawan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A combination from OToole does no damage.
Gunawan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and OToole counters with a nice uppercut.
Gunawan tries to clinch up.
Gunawan looks to score with a jab to the body but OToole is just out of range.
Gunawan scores with a shot to the body.
Gunawan tests OToole's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
OToole misses with a double jab.
Gunawan doesn't manage to clinch there - OToole circles away.
Gunawan is looking to land body kicks.
OToole fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice shot by Gunawan.
Gunawan digs a good hook to OToole's body.
OToole tries to clinch but Gunawan moves out of range.
Gunawan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gunawan takes a swing at OToole's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from OToole! But no joy.
OToole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
OToole looks to land a right hand but Gunawan moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Gunawan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andri Gunawan 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
OToole looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gunawan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gunawan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gunawan throws a jab when OToole was well out of range.
OToole looks for the body kick but Gunawan saw that one coming.
Gunawan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gunawan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gunawan throws a lazy right hand but OToole sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
OToole slips under a jab from Gunawan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OToole missing with a left hand there. Gunawan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
OToole misses with a right hand
and Gunawan counters with a nice uppercut.
Gunawan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
OToole throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gunawan on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunawan moves into the clinch.
Gunawan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gunawan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunawan punishes OToole's body with a nice straight punch.
Gunawan throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Gunawan.
OToole tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gunawan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunawan throws the left hand but OToole avoids the punch easily.
OToole misses with a body kick.
Gunawan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
OToole fails in his attempt to clinch.
OToole throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Gunawan counter with a right hand.
Gunawan misses with a looping left.
Gunawan misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OToole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
OToole displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OToole moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
OToole misses with a looping left.
Gunawan misses with a wild body shot.
Gunawan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
OToole scores with a push kick.
OToole slips a jab from Gunawan.
OToole throws a counter combo.
Gunawan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gunawan just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Gunawan misses.
Gunawan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that OToole can do to turn this around?
OToole connects with an inside leg kick.
Gunawan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OToole throws a head punch that misses.
OToole looking to throw knees to the head but Gunawan is blocking nicely.
OToole has a couple of punches blocked by Gunawan.
OToole presses Gunawan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gunawan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gunawan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
OToole wants to get back to striking at distance but Gunawan won't allow it.
Gunawan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gunawan swings wildly with an uppercut but OToole uses good head movement to avoid it.
OToole tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andri Gunawan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knuckles OToole seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
OToole misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gunawan.
Gunawan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gunawan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gunawan misses with a straight right.
Gunawan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but OToole moves away.
Gunawan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by OToole.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan misses with a right hand
and OToole counters with a nice uppercut.
Knuckles OToole has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
OToole throws a chopping leg kick but Gunawan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
OToole has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gunawan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gunawan clobbers OToole with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
OToole lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gunawan circles away quickly and effectively.
Gunawan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gunawan ducks under a wild hook from OToole.
A jab lands there for Gunawan.
OToole tries a head kick but it misses.
Gunawan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
OToole takes one to the chin there.
OToole takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gunawan blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gunawan. OToole does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andri Gunawan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gunawan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Andri Gunawan!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Andri Gunawan!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Andri Gunawan!
Andri Gunawan wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Andri Gunawan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Knuckles OToole was interviewed post fight and said 'What happened? I thought I was winning :('.
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