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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Bag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bag's choice of entrance music: living dead girl - rob zomie. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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195 lbs
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187 lbs
3 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Daniel Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Donny Bag!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Hemmingworth and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bag clinches up with Cohen and pushes him back against the cage.
Bag jumps guard but Cohen stands there with Bag around his waist. Bag gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bag blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bag manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Our sources have told us that Cohen has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cohen.
Cohen tries to land knees in the clinch but Bag avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bag prevents Cohen from breaking the clinch.
Bag has Cohen pressed against the cage, preventing Cohen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cohen pulls guard.
Cohen is trying to control the position but Bag postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bag stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Bag tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cohen defends well and Bag ends up having to push Cohen into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
No luck for Bag with that takedown attempt.
Daniel Cohen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donny Bag.
Bag looks winded!
Cohen throws a sloppy head kick
and Bag holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cohen tries to land knees in the clinch but Bag avoids the damage to the body.
Bag throws an elbow that misses.
Cohen jumps guard but Bag turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Cohen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bag throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cohen crunches a lovely knee into Bag's ribcage.
Cohen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bag keeps control of Cohen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bag pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bag is trying to break free.
Cohen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cohen looks to land a combination but Bag avoids it well.
Cohen moves into range and clinches up with Bag.
Cohen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bag uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cohen is struggling to control the position.
Cohen tries to break free but Bag pushes him back against the cage.
Bag blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cohen avoids a wild elbow strike from Bag.
Cohen tries to pull guard but Bag holds him up against the cage and eventually Cohen drops back down to his feet.
Cohen working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cohen missing with knees to the body.
Cohen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bag backwards.
Bag fails to pull guard.
Cohen tries to land knees in the clinch but Bag avoids the damage to the body.
Bag has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cohen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cohen is struggling to control the position.
Bag blocks a body shot from Cohen.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cohen is trying to break the clinch but Bag has him pressed against the cage.
Bag changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cohen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Cohen dominated that 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.
Cohen instigates a clinch.
Bag takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bag keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cohen's efforts to push away.
Cohen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cohen working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cohen throws a head punch that misses.
Cohen trying to land knees to the body.
Cohen misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cohen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bag darts in looking for a takedown but Cohen gets double underhooks and turns Bag into the cage.
Bag is breathing heavily.
Cohen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cohen is trying to break free.
A bit of stalling here from Cohen.
Cohen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Cohen as the two fighters clinch.
Bag keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cohen's efforts to push away.
Bag blocks an uppercut.
Cohen stalling in the clinch but Bag improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bag tries to break the clinch but Cohen is controlling the position.
Cohen is trying to force a seperation but Bag has the dominant position.
Cohen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cohen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bag closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cohen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bag throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bag has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cohen uses from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bag controls Cohen momentarily but Cohen frees himself.
Cohen stands up and waves to Bag to follow him.
Cohen throws the kick towards the body but Bag avoids it.
Daniel Cohen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bag clinches up with Cohen and pushes him back against the cage.
Cohen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bag's elbow.
Bag keeps control of Cohen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cohen tries to land a knee to the head but Bag blocks with his arms.
Cohen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bag can do to turn this around?
Cohen breaks from the clinch.
Bag has Cohen up against the cage in a clinch.
Cohen is trying to force a seperation but Bag has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cohen is trying to force a seperation but Bag has the dominant position.
Cohen has had enough of the clinch but Bag keeps him there for the moment.
Cohen breaks the clinch.
Cohen misses with a body kick.
Bag has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cohen is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cohen shoots in but Bag avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cohen pushes Bag up against the cage in a clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bag is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cohen to keep the fight standing.
Cohen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Cohen dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bag will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cohen is looking for a counter combo.
Bag closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Cohen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cohen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bag has Cohen up against the cage in a clinch.
Cohen manages to break the clinch.
Cohen instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bag is trying to pull guard but Cohen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Cohen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bag takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cohen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bag sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen pushes Bag up against the cage in a clinch.
Cohen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cohen misses with a head kick.
Bag tries to counter by closing the distance.
Cohen has closed the distance and engaged Bag in a clinch.
Cohen avoids a wild elbow strike from Bag.
Cohen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bag up against the cage.
Cohen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bag keeps control of Cohen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen avoids the elbow strike from Bag, against the cage.
Cohen trying to land knees to the body.
Cohen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bag has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Daniel Cohen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cohen has Bag pushed against the cage.
Cohen tries a knee to the head but Bag blocks it.
Cohen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bag closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cohen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cohen tries to break the clinch but Bag is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen is trying to break the clinch but Bag is controlling him.
Bag gets control of Cohen's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bag will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Cohen wants to control from the top but Bag keeps moving.
Bag has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Cohen has passed into side control.
Cohen decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Cohen throws a right hand that Bag ducks under and follows up with a left that Bag also avoids with ease.
Cohen moves into the clinch.
Cohen tries to break free but Bag pushes him back against the cage.
Cohen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cohen lands a nice looking body kick.
Cohen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cohen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cohen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bag has Cohen pressed against the cage, preventing Cohen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cohen trying to control the position but instead, Bag has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cohen into the cage.
Cohen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bag is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cohen wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Cohen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cohen, 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 Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Cohen!
A victorious Daniel Cohen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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