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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Troy Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer comes to the cage accompanied by Fivefold – Broken. Troy Palmer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
14 - 2 - 0 |
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173 cm
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143 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Troy Palmer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bordignon Miyao lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Palmer at a distance.
Palmer throws the left hand but Bordignon Miyao avoids the punch easily.
Bordignon Miyao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Palmer in his tracks.
Bordignon Miyao dives in for a single leg takedown but Palmer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bordignon Miyao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bordignon Miyao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palmer manages to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Palmer.
Bordignon Miyao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palmer.
Palmer throws a series of punches but Bordignon Miyao avoids them all with ease.
Bordignon Miyao is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bordignon Miyao moves into the clinch.
Bordignon Miyao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmer lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bordignon Miyao tries for a takedown but Palmer manages to get underhooks.
Bordignon Miyao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Palmer is pressed up against the cage. Bordignon Miyao has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Palmer down to the mat. Palmer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Troy Palmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer just misses with a punch to the body.
Bordignon Miyao shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bordignon Miyao was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Palmer is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bordignon Miyao looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Palmer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bordignon Miyao on the ground.
Bordignon Miyao wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Palmer, who protects the arm well.
Bordignon Miyao trying to control the position but Palmer is working away.
Bordignon Miyao goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Palmer has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Bordignon Miyao but great work by Palmer.
Palmer working away.
Bordignon Miyao gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bordignon Miyao slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Palmer wants to stand but Bordignon Miyao has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Bordignon Miyao is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Palmer defends well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bordignon Miyao is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Palmer defends well.
Palmer has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bordignon Miyao is proving hard to escape from.
Palmer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bordignon Miyao manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Palmer manages to get himself to full guard.
Bordignon Miyao won't allow Palmer to get back to his feet.
Bordignon Miyao tries to free his leg and advance position but Palmer is retaining full guard.
Bordignon Miyao trying to control the position from guard on top but Palmer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Palmer wants to get back to his feet but Bordignon Miyao is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bordignon Miyao wants to pass the guard but Palmer is keeping the position.
Bordignon Miyao trying to control the position from guard on top but Palmer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bordignon Miyao slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Let's hope that Bordignon Miyao 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.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Bordignon Miyao passes Palmer's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bordignon Miyao prevents Palmer from standing back up.
Bordignon Miyao wants to take a breather but Palmer is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bordignon Miyao has his takedown stuffed
and Palmer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Palmer misses the jab.
Palmer leaves Bordignon Miyao with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bordignon Miyao tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Palmer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palmer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bordignon Miyao throws out the jab.
Bordignon Miyao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Palmer misses with a body punch.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike.
Palmer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bordignon Miyao's elbow.
Palmer throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bordignon Miyao can't get the takedown.
Troy Palmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao.
Bordignon Miyao has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Palmer after a bit of a struggle.
Bordignon Miyao tries for a takedown. No joy.
Palmer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bordignon Miyao blocks an uppercut.
Bordignon Miyao is looking to take this one to the mat.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Bordignon Miyao has Palmer pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Palmer manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bordignon Miyao tries to score a body lock takedown but Palmer shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palmer.
Bordignon Miyao is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bordignon Miyao is breathing heavily.
Palmer lands with a light punch inside.
Troy Palmer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Palmer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmer swings wildly with an uppercut but Bordignon Miyao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bordignon Miyao dodges an elbow strike from Palmer.
Palmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bordignon Miyao blocks an uppercut.
Palmer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Palmer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bordignon Miyao can do to turn this around?
Palmer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Palmer.
Palmer working aggressively here.
Palmer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bordignon Miyao can't get the takedown.
Palmer pushes Bordignon Miyao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer gets underhooks to prevent Bordignon Miyao's takedown attempt.
Palmer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bordignon Miyao.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Palmer throws an elbow but misses.
Palmer tries to throw a body punch but Bordignon Miyao avoids it by throwing Palmer back against the cage.
Palmer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Palmer misses with an elbow strike.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Bordignon Miyao blocks an uppercut.
Palmer misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bordignon Miyao looking for a takedown.
A short left from Palmer.
Palmer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Palmer throws a head punch that misses.
Palmer misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Palmer tries to work over Bordignon Miyao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palmer can't find room to land a body shot as Bordignon Miyao controls the action.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmer swings wildly with an uppercut but Bordignon Miyao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer working aggressively here.
Bordignon Miyao takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Palmer 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.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bordignon Miyao darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bordignon Miyao is looking to clinch.
Palmer throws a body shot but no joy.
Bordignon Miyao just misses with a punch to the body.
Bordignon Miyao shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice body punch from Bordignon Miyao.
Bordignon Miyao dives in for a single leg takedown but Palmer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bordignon Miyao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bordignon Miyao is defended easily by Palmer.
Troy Palmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Henrigue Bordignon Miyao.
Palmer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bordignon Miyao is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Palmer rather than just go for the knockout.
Bordignon Miyao wants to clinch up but Palmer keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bordignon Miyao shoots in for a double leg but Palmer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bordignon Miyao walks into a jab.
Bordignon Miyao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Palmer lands with a right and another and another! Bordignon Miyao is in big trouble! Palmer lands again and this time it's lights out for Bordignon Miyao! A quality knockout there for Palmer.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Troy Palmer!
Troy Palmer is the new bantamweight champion!
Our winner, Troy Palmer, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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