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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Free Agent Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Datsik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Datsik has chosen Classic as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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145 lbs
14 - 10 - 1 |
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148 lbs
13 - 10 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Free Agent Steel Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, David Datsik!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Datsik takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Datsik misses with a body punch
and Steel Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
Datsik looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steel Penn connects with a crisp jab.
Datsik lands with a good body shot.
Datsik misses with a left hand
and Steel Penn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steel Penn walks into a stiff left hand from Datsik.
Sloppy strikes from Steel Penn. Those never looked like landing.
Steel Penn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Datsik is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Datsik counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Datsik is still on wobbly legs! Can Steel Penn finish him?
Datsik looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Datsik throws a leg kick but Steel Penn moved away.
A punch combination from Steel Penn misses.
Steel Penn wants to clinch but Datsik slips to the side
and Datsik counters with a stiff right hand.
Steel Penn gets a clinch.
Steel Penn throws a head punch that misses.
Datsik seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Datsik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steel Penn backwards.
Datsik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel Penn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Datsik fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steel Penn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Datsik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel Penn.
Steel Penn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Datsik 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.
Datsik throws a wild body kick that Steel Penn sees coming a mile off.
Datsik misses with a double jab
and Steel Penn counters with a two punch combo.
Steel Penn tries to bum rush Datsik with a series of wild strikes but Datsik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Datsik let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Steel Penn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Datsik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steel Penn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Datsik.
Datsik looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Datsik scores with the left hand. Steel Penn knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Datsik explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Datsik lands an overhand right.
Steel Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Datsik counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Datsik loads up on a big right hand but Steel Penn slips the punch.
Steel Penn misses with a right hand
and Datsik counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steel Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Datsik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steel Penn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Datsik lands with a cross.
Datsik is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Steel Penn misses with a lunging right hand
and Datsik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Datsik keeps Steel Penn at a distance using the push kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn avoids the head kick by Datsik.
Datsik has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Steel Penn checks a leg kick.
Steel Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steel Penn misses with a wild combination.
Steel Penn throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Datsik counter with a right hand.
A combination from Steel Penn does no damage.
Datsik takes a swing at Steel Penn's ribcage but misses.
Datsik throws a big shot that misses.
Datsik misses with a hook. Steel Penn ducked under it nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Datsik. Steel Penn shrugs it off though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Datsik misses with a wild body shot.
Datsik is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Steel Penn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Steel Penn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A big left from Datsik misses.
Steel Penn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Steel Penn misses with an uppercut. Datsik saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Datsik on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Steel Penn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Steel Penn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Datsik. Datsik circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Steel Penn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steel Penn misses with a double jab.
A little jabbing left from Datsik on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Steel Penn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Datsik 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.
An inside leg kick from Datsik misses.
Steel Penn throws a lazy head kick
and Datsik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Datsik looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A big left from Datsik misses.
Datsik misses the shot to the body.
Datsik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steel Penn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Datsik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Datsik! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel Penn misses with a few strikes there.
Steel Penn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Datsik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Datsik throws a chopping leg kick but Steel Penn manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Datsik smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Datsik misses with a right hand
and Steel Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steel Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Steel Penn does no damage.
Datsik cracks the inside of Steel Penn's front leg.
Steel Penn throws an off balance right hand
and Datsik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Datsik lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Datsik misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Datsik.
Left hook, right uppercut from Steel Penn.
David Datsik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Datsik moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steel Penn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Steel Penn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Datsik counters with a thumping low kick.
Datsik fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Steel Penn!
Steel Penn throws a right hand that Datsik ducks under and follows up with a left that Datsik also avoids with ease.
Free Agent Steel Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Datsik fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Steel Penn is out of range.
Steel Penn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A head kick by Steel Penn misses
and Datsik counters with a nice low kick that buckles Steel Penn's knee momentarily.
Steel Penn throws an off balance right hand
and Datsik counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steel Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Datsik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Datsik lunges at Steel Penn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Steel Penn's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Datsik rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Datsik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Datsik. Steel Penn shrugs it off though.
Datsik takes a swing at Steel Penn's ribcage but misses.
Steel Penn throws a big counter combination but Datsik scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nice jab there from Datsik.
Steel Penn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steel Penn moves out of range as Datsik strikes.
Steel Penn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Steel Penn is looking to clinch.
Datsik looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Datsik scores with a decent looking hook.
That kick from Datsik tenderised Steel Penn's leg. Steel Penn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Datsik misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Datsik lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Datsik cracks Steel Penn with a right hand to the side of the head.
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!
A combination from Steel Penn does no damage.
Datsik takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Steel Penn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Datsik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Datsik feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Steel Penns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Steel Penn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Steel Penn cracks Datsik with an open hand slap.
Steel Penn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Datsik throws a head kick that Steel Penn semi-blocks.
Steel Penn slips under a jab from Datsik.
Steel Penn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Datsik was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Datsik lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steel Penn's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Datsik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Steel Penn avoids a kick to the body.
Steel Penn throws a right and a left that Datsik avoids nicely.
Steel Penn takes one to the side of the head.
Datsik throws a leg kick that misses.
Steel Penn seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Datsik dodges the punch combination from Steel Penn.
Datsik now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Steel Penn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel Penn throws a lazy uppercut
and Datsik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Steel Penn tries to clinch up but Datsik circles away and keeps his distance.
Datsik scores with a head kick. Steel Penn tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Steel Penn misses.
Steel Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Datsik counters with a series of strikes. Steel Penn will be more careful next time no doubt.
Steel Penn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Datsik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Datsik connects with a leg kick. Steel Penn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Steel Penn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Steel Penn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steel Penn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Datsik. Steel Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Datsik misses with a two punch combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Datsik.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Datsik throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Datsik, as that shot connected.
Steel Penn walks into a straight right hand from Datsik.
Steel Penn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steel Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Datsik lands a head shot.
Steel Penn throws a right hand that misses
and Datsik counters with a low kick, right behind Steel Penn 's knee.
Datsik with a jab.
Steel Penn throws a series of punches but Datsik avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Datsik circles away quickly and effectively.
Steel Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Datsik scores with a jab to the jaw.
Steel Penn looks to throw the jab but Datsik is out of range.
Datsik slips a jab and a cross from Steel Penn.
Steel Penn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Free Agent Steel Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Datsik scores with a jab to the body.
Datsik scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Steel Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Datsik feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Steel Penns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Steel Penn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Datsik counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Datsik counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steel Penn misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Datsik! But no joy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Datsik lands a jab to the nose.
Steel Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steel Penn throws a sloppy head kick and Datsik moves out of range easily.
Steel Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Datsik counters with a straight right hand.
Steel Penn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Datsik at a distance.
Steel Penn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
No joy there for Steel Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steel Penn wants to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Datsik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Datsik winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Datsik!
A relieved looking David Datsik thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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