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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Gatsby (ranked 141 p4p, 17 weight class) and Stan Judea (ranked 88 p4p, 10 weight class). Judea has chosen I want to be a woman - Monty Python as his entrance music. Stan Judea told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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205 lbs
26 - 15 - 0 |
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212 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Gatsby!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stan Judea!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judea lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gatsby will feel that in the morning.
Crunch! Gatsby slams his shin into Judea's torso.
Judea blocks a low kick nicely.
Gatsby looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gatsby instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Gatsby.
Judea lands a body shot in the clinch.
Judea tries to throw a body punch but Gatsby avoids it by throwing Judea back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judea.
Judea can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
Gatsby can't find room to land a body shot as Judea controls the action.
Judea can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
Gatsby lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Judea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judea misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Judea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Judea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a punch on the inside.
Judea's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gatsby tries to throw a body punch but Judea avoids it by throwing Gatsby back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gatsby.
Judea has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gatsby seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Judea can turn it around.
Judea presses Gatsby against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Judea lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A body shot lands from Gatsby.
Judea misses with some punches.
Gatsby is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Judea can't fight it off and eventually Gatsby manages to take the fight to the floor. Judea looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Judea is controlling Gatsby's posture.
Gatsby throws an elbow that misses. Judea uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gatsby's guard. Nice move by Judea!
Gatsby has his hands on Judea's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby working a defensive guard here.
Gatsby tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gatsby is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gatsby looking for subs off his back but Judea has passed one foot through into half guard.
Judea is trying to control. Gatsby wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judea is thwarting Gatsby's attempts to control the position.
Gatsby tries to get to full guard but Judea has control of the leg.
Judea missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Judea lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gatsby moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gatsby working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Judea doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Judea manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gatsby escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Judea gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Judea with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gatsby might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gatsby is trying to keep Judea in close.
Judea throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gatsby works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Judea must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gatsby tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gatsby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gatsby scores with a shoulder strike.
Judea prevents a body shot from Gatsby.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jay Gatsby will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Judea lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Judea thows a left - swing and a miss!
Judea throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Judea.
Gatsby avoids a kick to the body.
Judea feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gatsby's calf.
Sloppy strikes from Judea. Those never looked like landing.
Judea just misses with a punch to the body.
Judea throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Judea slips a jab from Gatsby.
Gatsby just misses with a punch to the body.
Judea feints a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Judea misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea lands a leg kick that knocks Gatsby off balance momentarily.
Gatsby tries to clinch there but Judea circles away.
Judea misses with a shot to the body
and Gatsby counters with a thumping low kick.
Judea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gatsby misses with an uppercut. Judea saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Judea.
Gatsby is looking to slow Judea down with leg kicks.
Judea lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Judea throws out a loose jab but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Gatsby.
Stan Judea seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Judea connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gatsby's hands.
Gatsby misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Judea throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Judea scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gatsby. That's going to slow Judea down.
Judea scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Judea.
Judea smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gatsby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gatsby takes one to the chin there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Judea checks a leg kick.
Judea doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gatsby is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Judea scores with a kick to the body.
Gatsby misses with a body shot
and Judea counters with a low kick, right behind Gatsby 's knee.
Gatsby tries to clinch but Judea is having none of it.
Gatsby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gatsby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judea.
Gatsby throws a wild body kick that Judea sees coming a mile off.
Judea lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Judea.
Judea is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Judea cracks Gatsby with an open hand slap.
Judea with a hook.
Gatsby closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gatsby swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Judea. Gatsby does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gatsby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gatsby walks forward, straight into a front kick from Judea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judea throws out a powerful jab.
Nice body kick there by Judea.
Judea fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gatsby.
Gatsby will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gatsby tries to clinch up.
Gatsby has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Judea finds it's way round the side to connect with Gatsby's head.
Gatsby connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Judea momentarily.
Judea digs a good hook to Gatsby's body.
Gatsby avoids the body shot from Judea.
A lazy left from Gatsby finds it's target.
Gatsby scores with a jab. Judea acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Judea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gatsby.
A head kick misses from Gatsby.
Judea swats away the attempt to clinch by Gatsby.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judea connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Judea throws a half hearted mid kick.
Judea swats away the attempt to clinch by Gatsby.
Judea flicks out a counter leg kick but Gatsby steps away.
Gatsby has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Judea finds it's way round the side to connect with Gatsby's head.
Judea throws a lazy right hand but Gatsby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Judea throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Judea, right into the meat.
Judea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gatsby moves away.
Gatsby swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Judea blocks a leg kick.
Judea keeps the fight on the outside.
Judea takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gatsby missing with a left hand there. Judea was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gatsby uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Judea has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Judea showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gatsby avoids a kick to the body.
Gatsby attempts a counter takedown but Judea avoids it well and moves away.
Judea motions for Gatsby to come forward. Judea throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gatsby swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gatsby swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Judea counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gatsby slips under a jab.
Gatsby tries to clinch up.
Judea throws a head kick but Gatsby moves out of range.
Gatsby clinches.
Judea blocks an uppercut.
Judea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Gatsby.
Gatsby misses with a punch on the inside.
Jay Gatsby has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gatsby.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gatsby struggles to land a body shot inside as Judea controls his hands.
Judea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatsby tries to throw a body punch but Judea avoids it by throwing Gatsby back against the cage.
Judea lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judea blocking some punches.
Judea misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gatsby blocks a body shot from Judea.
Judea blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Judea.
Judea misses with some punches.
Judea blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Judea breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gatsby takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gatsby lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gatsby bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gatsby tries to counter by clinching up but Judea breaks away and moves out of range.
Gatsby drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gatsby trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Judea avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gatsby throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judea keeping moving, preventing Gatsby from controlling successfully.
Gatsby chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gatsby trying to control but Judea is working from the bottom.
Judea is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Judea avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gatsby wants to control from the top but Judea keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Judea is looking to chop away at Gatsby's legs.
Gatsby scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Judea doesn't seem bothered though.
Gatsby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body kick from Judea.
Gatsby wants to clinch.
Judea has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Judea buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gatsby avoids the body shot from Judea.
Gatsby appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gatsby.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judea misses the shot to the body.
Gatsby is looking to clinch but Judea is avoiding it.
Gatsby misses the shot to the body.
Gatsby throws the kick towards the body but Judea avoids it.
Gatsby throws an off balance right hand
and Judea counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Judea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gatsby moves away.
Gatsby is looking to land body kicks.
Judea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gatsby manages to avoid it.
Judea throws a body punch but Gatsby moves out of range.
Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Judea.
Judea lands an overhand right.
Gatsby throws a leg kick but Judea sees it coming and moves out of range.
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!
Judea throws a low kick but Gatsby moves out of range easily.
Gatsby throws a big shot that misses.
Judea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Stan Judea just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Judea. Gatsby does a little dance to reset his feet.
Judea cracks the inside of Gatsby's front leg.
A jab from Gatsby misses.
Gatsby lands with a hook. Judea tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gatsby misses with a low kick.
Judea feints a counter leg kick.
Gatsby misses with a takedown attempt - Judea sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Judea throws a jab when Gatsby was well out of range.
Gatsby throws a chopping leg kick but Judea manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Judea throws out a counter right but Gatsby avoids it with no problem.
Gatsby throws a lazy right hand but Judea sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Judea is looking to slow Gatsby down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea throws a front kick that sends Gatsby stumbling back into the cage.
Judea looks to score with a jab to the body but Gatsby is just out of range.
Judea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judea has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Judea throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gatsby with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Judea to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gatsby drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Judea keeping moving, preventing Gatsby from controlling successfully.
Gatsby postures up in Judea's guard and throws a big left but Judea blocks it.
Judea avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Judea keeping moving, preventing Gatsby from controlling successfully.
Gatsby has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gatsby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Judea pulls Gatsby in to control the position.
Jay Gatsby overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gatsby throws a body punch but Judea moves out of range.
Stan Judea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gatsby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gatsby takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gatsby tries to clinch there but Judea circles away.
Gatsby lands with a good body shot.
Gatsby tries to clinch up.
Gatsby shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gatsby was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Judea is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gatsby is chipping away with strikes.
Judea tries to bench press Gatsby off him but Gatsby keeps the position.
Judea struggling a bit here.
Gatsby misses with the ground and pound.
Gatsby creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Judea sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Gatsby throwing strikes but Judea manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The strikes coming from Judea are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judea is looking to take a break and control but Gatsby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Judea might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gatsby haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gatsby manages to work his way to half guard, despite Judea's best efforts.
Judea prevents Gatsby from improving his position.
Gatsby slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gatsby avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Jay Gatsby will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Judea tries to land a leg kick but Gatsby saw it coming and moves away.
Gatsby looks to land a combination but Judea avoids it well.
Gatsby tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judea was well out of range. Poor timing from Gatsby.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Judea! But no joy.
Judea throws a jab when Gatsby was well out of range.
Gatsby tries to clinch up but Judea circles away and keeps his distance.
A slow jab from Gatsby misses its intended target.
Judea lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Judea slips a straight right by Gatsby.
Judea let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Judea.
Gatsby tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judea manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gatsby closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Judea misses with a body punch.
Judea blocking some punches.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judea blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Judea creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
Judea working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
Judea tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gatsby's elbow.
Gatsby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gatsby struggles to land a body shot inside as Judea controls his hands.
Gatsby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Judea backwards.
Judea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
Gatsby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Judea wants to break free but Gatsby has control.
Judea lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by Judea.
Gatsby misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Judea.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Judea.
Judea lands with a short shot to the head.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
Judea struggles to land a body shot inside as Gatsby controls his hands.
Judea blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judea scores with a hook to the body.
Judea goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gatsby misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judea.
A short body shot lands from Judea as the two fighters clinch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Gatsby working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judea lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Judea scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Judea pushes Gatsby back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judea lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Judea.
Judea misses with the head strike.
Gatsby misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Judea.
Judea misses with some punches.
Judea scores with a shot to the side of Gatsby's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Judea.
Judea breaks the clinch.
Judea bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gatsby's head.
Judea lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gatsby misses with a straight left.
Judea wants to land a leg kick but Gatsby is out of range.
Gatsby thinks about countering with a body kick.
Judea has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Judea there as he acknowledges the shot.
Judea digs a good body shot into Gatsby's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Judea misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Judea.
Judea throws a nice inside leg kick.
Judea takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Judea throws a shot to the body.
Gatsby misses the jab.
Judea doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Judea steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gatsby.
Judea looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gatsby darts in and clinches Judea up against the cage.
Gatsby misses with a body punch.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judea throws a head punch that misses.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Judea uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judea.
Gatsby lands a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Judea comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Judea has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 47:49
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 47:49
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Judea! Stan Judea retains his light heavyweight title!
Post fight, an emotional Stan Judea said 'Jay, your not belong to this weight class, please go to MW'.
The defeated Jay Gatsby had this to say: 'Damn, I had him. I don't think I'd have lost if... In fact, I'm sure I won this fight, hope you give me a rematch, old sport. Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can... of course you can. '.
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