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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mikolaj Penczewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rondo Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mikolaj Penczewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rondo Ruthless!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruthless gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
Penczewski goes for a double leg but Ruthless avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ruthless continues to drive forward.
Ruthless takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Penczewski shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ruthless's guard.
Ruthless is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruthless breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruthless is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ruthless stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ruthless wants it to stay on the feet.
Ruthless moves into the clinch successfully.
Ruthless pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruthless leaves Penczewski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Despite the aggression on Ruthless's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikolaj Penczewski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruthless closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthless breaks from the clinch.
Ruthless gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
Penczewski has closed the distance and engaged Ruthless in a clinch.
Penczewski goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ruthless prevents it.
Penczewski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ruthless has Penczewski pressed against the cage, preventing Penczewski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ruthless pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Penczewski dives in and grabs Ruthless's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ruthless pushes down on Penczewski's head and hops out.
Penczewski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ruthless sprawls well. Ruthless wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Penczewski gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penczewski throws a head kick but Ruthless moves out of range.
Ruthless instigates a clinch.
Ruthless breaks from the clinch.
Penczewski wants to clinch up but Ruthless keeps it at a distance.
Ruthless rushes Penczewski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ruthless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rondo Ruthless is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruthless drives through and clinches with Penczewski against the cage.
Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
No luck for Penczewski with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ruthless breaks from the clinch.
Penczewski shoots and misses
and Ruthless counters with a two punch combo.
Penczewski is breathing heavily.
Ruthless clinches.
Ruthless breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruthless misses with a head kick.
Ruthless will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ruthless fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Penczewski, pushing him back against the cage.
Penczewski manages to break the clinch.
Ruthless fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Penczewski, pushing him back against the cage.
Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penczewski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruthless swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ruthless's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ruthless's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Penczewski tries to keep at a distance but Ruthless has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ruthless breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rondo Ruthless dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ruthless clinches.
Ruthless breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penczewski with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ruthless counters with a left and a right that stings Penczewski.
Penczewski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Penczewski shoots in but no luck this time.
Ruthless clinches with his opponent.
Penczewski is trying to pull guard but Ruthless has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikolaj Penczewski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruthless pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruthless clinches up against the cage.
Penczewski is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ruthless is defending well.
Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
Ruthless is breathing heavily.
Penczewski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penczewski has his takedown stuffed
and Ruthless counters with a big head kick but Penczewski shrugs it off.
Penczewski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ruthless clinches up against the cage.
Penczewski tries to score a body lock takedown but Ruthless shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Penczewski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruthless moves into range and clinches up with Penczewski.
Ruthless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ruthless lands with a slapping head kick.
Penczewski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Penczewski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ruthless throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruthless gets a clinch.
Penczewski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ruthless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Penczewski takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Penczewski misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless slaps away a takedown attempt from Penczewski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ruthless replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Penczewski blocks it well.
Penczewski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ruthless connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruthless scores with a leg kick.
Penczewski tries to clinch up but Ruthless circles away and keeps his distance.
Ruthless will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Penczewski feinted with a counter takedown.
No joy there for Ruthless, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mikolaj Penczewski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruthless uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Penczewski.
Ruthless closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruthless forces Penczewski back against the cage and clinches.
Ruthless breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penczewski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ruthless sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Penczewski throws a head kick but Ruthless moves out of range.
Ruthless rushes Penczewski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ruthless breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penczewski misses with the body kick
and Ruthless counters with a nice uppercut.
A left and a right from Penczewski both land. Nice combination.
Ruthless closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rondo Ruthless showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Ruthless instigates a clinch.
Penczewski tries to pull guard but Ruthless forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rondo Ruthless seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Penczewski is looking to clinch.
Ruthless moves into range and clinches up with Penczewski.
Ruthless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Penczewski throws a lazy body kick
and Ruthless counters with a nice double leg into side control. Penczewski won't be happy with that.
Penczewski is trying to improve his position.
Penczewski tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Penczewski struggling a bit here.
Penczewski is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthless decides to stand up, so the ref orders Penczewski to his feet.
Mikolaj Penczewski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penczewski tries to clinch but Ruthless moves out of range.
Ruthless has Penczewski up against the cage in a clinch.
Ruthless pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Penczewski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Penczewski closes the distance and clinches up with Ruthless, looking for a takedown. Penczewski pushes Ruthless against the cage but Ruthless circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ruthless has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless manages to break the clinch.
Ruthless keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruthless is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Penczewski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ruthless has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruthless moves into the clinch successfully.
Ruthless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penczewski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruthless tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Penczewski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ruthless manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ruthless drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Penczewski defends it well.
Penczewski fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikolaj Penczewski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ruthless.
Ruthless avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ruthless has taken the fight to the clinch.
Penczewski tries to pull guard but Ruthless holds him up against the cage and eventually Penczewski drops back down to his feet.
Ruthless pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Penczewski misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless throws a combination. Penczewski tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ruthless instigates a clinch.
Ruthless gets underhooks to prevent Penczewski's takedown attempt.
Ruthless gets underhooks to prevent Penczewski's takedown attempt.
Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruthless has closed the distance and engaged Penczewski in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruthless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Penczewski fails to land the takedown.
Mikolaj Penczewski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rondo Ruthless is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Penczewski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rondo Ruthless comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ruthless has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rondo Ruthless!
A victorious Rondo Ruthless thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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