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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Lim (ranked 380 p4p, 52 weight class) and Da Skrumbo (ranked 171 p4p, 23 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lim might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kamelot - Abandoned. The crowd seem to be enjoying Skrumbo 's choice of entrance music: It's a fight!!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
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146 lbs
36 - 14 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
26 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Lim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Da Skrumbo !
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skrumbo cracks Lim with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Skrumbo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lim is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lim tries to score with a low kick but Skrumbo moves his leg out of the way.
Skrumbo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lim connects with a single shot there.
Lim throws a front kick aimed at Skrumbo 's knee but Skrumbo avoids it well.
Charlie Lim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lim scores with a decent looking hook.
Skrumbo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lim. That one must have hurt.
Skrumbo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lim lands with an uppercut that bounces Skrumbo off the cage and back into range.
Lim thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lim jabs Skrumbo right on the nose. Skrumbo blinks but takes it well.
Skrumbo is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skrumbo lands with an uppercut that bounces Lim off the cage and back into range.
Skrumbo is still on wobbly legs! Can Lim finish him?
Lim misses with a hook. Skrumbo ducked under it nicely.
Skrumbo seems to have recovered his senses.
Lim throws a big shot that misses.
Lim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Skrumbo throws out the jab.
Lim seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Skrumbo throws a leg kick but Lim sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lim looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice shot lands for Lim.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim misses with a kick to the body.
Skrumbo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lim misses with a body shot
and Skrumbo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lim throws a leg kick
and Skrumbo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Lim has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Lim misses with a lunging right hand
and Skrumbo counters with a left to the body.
Lim is looking to slow Skrumbo down with leg kicks.
Skrumbo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lim throws out the jab.
Skrumbo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lim misses with a body punch
and Skrumbo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lim connects with a jab.
Lim misses with a body kick.
Lim ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skrumbo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lim throws a hook but Skrumbo avoids it easily.
Skrumbo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lim fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Skrumbo is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skrumbo avoids the body shot from Lim.
Lim throws a hook but Skrumbo blocks it.
Lim throws out a loose jab but Skrumbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lim blocks a head kick by Skrumbo .
Nice defenses there by Lim.
Lim looks to land a left hand but Skrumbo moved out of range nicely.
Lim swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Skrumbo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Skrumbo . That did some damage!
Lim jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lim tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Skrumbo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lim takes a jab right on the kisser.
A good leg kick by Lim.
Lim takes one on the button.
Skrumbo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice defenses there by Lim.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skrumbo ducks right into an uppercut from Lim.
Skrumbo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Skrumbo throws a lazy right hand but Lim sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lim jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Skrumbo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skrumbo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lim looks to clinch
and Skrumbo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lim.
A swing and a miss from Lim.
Skrumbo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Skrumbo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Skrumbo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skrumbo throws a looping overhand right but Lim ducks down to avoid it.
Lim thows a leg kick but Skrumbo checks it
and Skrumbo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Skrumbo moves out of range of the leg kick from Lim.
Lim throws a hook but Skrumbo avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Lim misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skrumbo checks a low kick from Lim.
Lim fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lim connects with a nice looking jab.
Lim scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Skrumbo doesn't seem bothered though.
Lim lands an overhand right.
Skrumbo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lim tries to clinch but Skrumbo is having none of it.
Skrumbo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lim.
Lim moves out of range of the strikes.
Skrumbo throws an overhand right that lands on Lim's shoulder, as Lim tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Lim. Those never looked like landing.
Skrumbo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A jab lands there for Skrumbo .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lim scores with a nice head shot.
Skrumbo throws a hook but Lim avoids it easily.
Lim is looking to clinch but Skrumbo is avoiding it.
Lim throws a predictable looking body shot
and Skrumbo counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Lim dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Skrumbo blocks a jab.
Lim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skrumbo can do to turn this around?
Lim tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Skrumbo to counter with a crisp jab.
Lim is rocked!
Lim closes the distance and clinches.
Skrumbo misses with some punches.
Skrumbo working aggressively here.
Skrumbo cracks Lim with a nice body shot.
Lim misses with some punches.
Skrumbo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Skrumbo misses with a punch on the inside.
Lim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lim fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lim.
Skrumbo tries to throw a body punch but Lim avoids it by throwing Skrumbo back against the cage.
Skrumbo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skrumbo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lim can't find room to land a body shot as Skrumbo controls the action.
Lim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skrumbo 's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skrumbo misses with a punch on the inside.
Lim prevents a body shot from Skrumbo .
Lim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skrumbo throws a punch but it's blocked by Lim.
A short left from Lim.
Lim successfully pulls guard.
Skrumbo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lim has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Skrumbo has managed to get both his arms back between Lim's legs - danger averted.
Lim looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Skrumbo stands and steps away. Lim gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
A telegraphed right hand from Skrumbo misses the target.
Skrumbo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lim steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Skrumbo .
Skrumbo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lim 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.
Skrumbo avoids the head kick by Lim.
A bone on bone clash there as Lim blocks the leg kick.
Skrumbo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skrumbo lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skrumbo scores with a punch to the head.
Lim defending well as Skrumbo loads up on a big left hand.
Skrumbo scores with a leg kick.
Lim throws a hook but Skrumbo avoids it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Skrumbo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lim steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Skrumbo .
Skrumbo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Skrumbo 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lim connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Skrumbo scrambles back to his feet.
Lim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skrumbo was well out of range. Poor timing from Lim.
Lim slips a straight right by Skrumbo .
Skrumbo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Skrumbo scores with a sloppy right hand. Lim should have avoided that one.
A leg kick checked by Skrumbo .
Skrumbo connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skrumbo looks to score with a jab to the body but Lim is just out of range.
Lim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Skrumbo . That did some damage!
Jab, jab by Skrumbo - just one landing.
Lim throws a right hand that misses
and Skrumbo counters with a nice uppercut.
Skrumbo avoids a kick to the body.
Lim throws a leg kick but Skrumbo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Skrumbo connects with an inside leg kick.
Skrumbo connects with a jab.
Lim clinches up with Skrumbo and pushes him back against the cage.
Skrumbo has a couple of punches blocked by Lim.
Lim misses with a punch to the body.
Lim misses with some punches.
Skrumbo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Skrumbo lands an uppercut.
Lim blocks an uppercut.
Skrumbo is working Lim over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Skrumbo .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skrumbo lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Lim is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Skrumbo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lim.
Lim seems to have got his legs back now.
Skrumbo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lim blocks a body shot from Skrumbo .
Skrumbo blocks a body shot from Lim.
Lim misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lim.
Lim is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Skrumbo to keep the fight standing.
Skrumbo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lim scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skrumbo .
Lim scores with a hook to the body.
Lim blocks a body shot from Skrumbo .
Skrumbo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skrumbo blocking some punches.
Lim misses with some punches.
Skrumbo lands a left hand.
Skrumbo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Skrumbo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Da Skrumbo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Skrumbo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lim. Lim obviously looking to wear him down.
Charlie Lim is winning the standup battle so far.
Lim pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Skrumbo moves out of range of the body kick from Lim.
Lim fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Skrumbo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lim rushes Skrumbo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lim scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lim.
Lim gets control of Skrumbo 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Lim will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Lim has a closed guard, preventing Skrumbo from standing up.
Lim controls Skrumbo momentarily but Skrumbo frees himself.
Lim looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lim controls Skrumbo momentarily but Skrumbo frees himself.
Skrumbo is looking to stand up but Lim won't let him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skrumbo stands up and waves to Lim to follow him.
Lim wants to slow Skrumbo down by chopping away at his legs.
Skrumbo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Skrumbo connects with the punch.
Skrumbo scores with a nice right hand.
Lim slips under a jab from Skrumbo .
Skrumbo scores with a body shot.
Lim slips under a jab from Skrumbo .
Skrumbo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lim clinches with his opponent.
Skrumbo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skrumbo 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Skrumbo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lim was well out of range. Poor timing from Skrumbo .
Lim seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Lim cracks Skrumbo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Skrumbo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lim scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skrumbo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lim.
Lim looks to land a left hand but Skrumbo moved out of range nicely.
Lim misses with a hook
and Skrumbo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lim's knee momentarily.
Lim throws a body kick that misses.
Skrumbo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lim avoids the body shot from Skrumbo .
Lim throws a body kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Skrumbo ! But no joy.
Lim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skrumbo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lim moves away.
Lim works Skrumbo 's body with a nice hook.
Lim looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lim misses the jab.
Skrumbo looks to land a right hand but Lim moved out of range.
Lim pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice side step and Skrumbo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A big right from Skrumbo misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Skrumbo misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Skrumbo , as that shot connected.
A head kick by Lim misses
and Skrumbo counters with a nice uppercut.
Skrumbo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Skrumbo throws the left hand but Lim avoids the punch easily.
Skrumbo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lim lands with a cross.
Skrumbo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Skrumbo throws a head kick but Lim moves out of range.
Lim went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lim throws a jab when Skrumbo was well out of range.
Lim throws the left hand but Skrumbo avoids the punch easily.
Skrumbo throws out a counter right but Lim avoids it with no problem.
Lim takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lim tries to clinch but Skrumbo moves out of range.
Lim closes the distance and pushes Skrumbo back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skrumbo 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lim looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Skrumbo loads up on a big right hand but Lim slips the punch.
Lim connects with a good right hand that stumbles Skrumbo . Skrumbo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lim rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Skrumbo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Skrumbo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lim drops his hands momentarily and Skrumbo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lim tries to clinch
and Skrumbo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Skrumbo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Skrumbo throws the left hand but Lim avoids the punch easily.
Lim wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lim tries to land a body kick
and Skrumbo counters with a straight right hand.
Lim slips under a jab from Skrumbo .
Lim pushes Skrumbo up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lim.
Skrumbo blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Skrumbo .
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Da Skrumbo .
I think Skrumbo 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Da Skrumbo !
After winning the bout, Da Skrumbo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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