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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steven Rutherford (ranked 110 p4p, 19 weight class) and Dum Debble (ranked 124 p4p, 21 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Rutherford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dum Debble!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Debble avoids the head kick by Rutherford.
Rutherford throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Debble connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rutherford takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rutherford throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Debble's head.
Debble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rutherford was well out of range. Poor timing from Debble.
Rutherford misses with a hook. Debble ducked under it nicely.
Debble scores with a hook to the body. Rutherford takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rutherford is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Debble.
Debble throws a big shot that misses.
Rutherford moves in looking to clinch but Debble pushes him off.
Debble scores with a body shot.
Jab, jab by Rutherford - just one landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Debble throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Debble misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutherford lands a jab to Debble's midsection.
Rutherford scores with a leg kick.
Rutherford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Debble. That did some damage!
Debble fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutherford manages to avoid it.
Debble misses the jab.
Steven Rutherford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutherford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Rutherford.
Rutherford fakes the leg kick and cracks Debble in the body.
Debble throws out a loose jab but Rutherford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutherford throws the kick towards the body but Debble avoids it.
Rutherford lands with a shot to the body.
Debble misses with an uppercut. Rutherford saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford feints and then cracks Debble's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Debble down.
Rutherford throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Debble on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rutherford lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Debble throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rutherford counters with a nice body kick.
We've been told by Rutherford's head coaches at The Charles Martel School of Greatness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rutherford moves away from the strike by Debble.
Rutherford throws a right hand that misses
and Debble counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rutherford.
Rutherford ducks under a wild hook from Debble.
Rutherford wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rutherford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Debble.
Rutherford cracks Debble with a good jab.
Rutherford misses with an attempted mid kick.
Debble misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Rutherford on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Debble rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rutherford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rutherford changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Debble fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rutherford misses with a looping right.
Rutherford lands the left hand.
A head kick misses from Rutherford.
Debble misses with a hook
letting Rutherford counter with a right hand.
Rutherford throws a lazy right hand but Debble sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rutherford fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rutherford throws a head kick but Debble moves out of range.
Debble slips under a jab from Rutherford.
A telegraphed right hand from Rutherford misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Debble. Rutherford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rutherford pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A big right from Rutherford misses.
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!
Debble lands with a good body shot.
Rutherford slips a straight right by Debble.
Debble blocks a head kick by Rutherford.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Debble! But no joy.
Debble misses with a wild body shot.
Debble lands a jab to Rutherford's midsection.
Debble ducks under a wild hook from Rutherford.
Rutherford darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Debble throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rutherford ducks right into an uppercut from Debble.
Rutherford throws a head kick but Debble moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Rutherford dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rutherford avoids the body shot from Debble.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Debble might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rutherford has got the better of the exchanges.
Debble lands with a shot to the body.
Steven Rutherford is winning the standup battle so far.
Debble throws a body punch but Rutherford moves out of range.
Debble digs a good hook to Rutherford's body.
Debble throws a hook but Rutherford blocks it.
Debble lands a nice hook to Rutherford's body. Rutherford takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Debble misses with a body shot.
Debble avoids the body shot from Rutherford.
Debble misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Debble takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rutherford throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rutherford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Debble.
Debble cracks Rutherford with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Debble thuds a left hand into Rutherford's body.
Debble blocks the body kick.
Debble looks to score with a jab to the body but Rutherford is just out of range.
A jab from Rutherford does it's job there.
Debble 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.
Debble lands with a shot to the body.
Rutherford misses with a body kick.
Debble moves out of range as Rutherford strikes.
Debble fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rutherford on the side of the head.
Rutherford lands a jab to Debble's midsection.
Debble gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Debble lands a body shot.
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!
Debble keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rutherford.
Rutherford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Debble looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rutherford throws a good cross that connects.
Rutherford throws a hook but Debble blocks it.
Debble looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rutherford cracks Debble with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rutherford throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rutherford scores with a punch to the head.
Rutherford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rutherford slips under a jab from Debble.
A looping hook to the body misses from Debble. Rutherford does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford digs a good hook to Debble's body.
Rutherford lands with a nice body kick.
Rutherford misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rutherford throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Debble's head.
Debble misses the shot to the body.
Rutherford throws a wild body kick that Debble sees coming a mile off.
Debble misses with a wild body shot.
Rutherford keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rutherford works the jab nicely.
Rutherford scores with a kick to the midsection.
Debble uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rutherford.
Debble takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rutherford catches Debble with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rutherford tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rutherford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Debble.
Rutherford defending well as Debble loads up on a big left hand.
Rutherford fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Debble has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rutherford looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Debble now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Debble blocks the body kick.
Rutherford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rutherford misses with a leg kick
and Debble connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rutherford takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Debble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rutherford was well out of range. Poor timing from Debble.
A looping hook to the body misses from Debble. Rutherford does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Rutherford dominated that second round.
That's time! Rutherford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rutherford buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rutherford misses with an uppercut
and Debble counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rutherford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Debble sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Debble! But no joy.
Rutherford looks to score with a jab to the body but Debble is just out of range.
Debble fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rutherford lands a nice shot that snaps Debble's head back.
Rutherford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rutherford lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for Rutherford.
Nice defenses there by Rutherford.
Rutherford misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rutherford scores with a head kick. Debble tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Debble looks to land a left hand but Rutherford moved out of range nicely.
Rutherford with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Debble to score with a decent uppercut.
Rutherford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donk. Debble catches Rutherford right on the button with a cross.
Rutherford throws a leg kick but Debble moved away.
Debble is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rutherford with a body shot.
Debble scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rutherford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Debble can do to turn this around?
Debble misses the jab.
Rutherford chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rutherford looks to land a left hand but Debble moved out of range nicely.
Rutherford fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Debble on the side of the head.
Rutherford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Debble.
Rutherford misses with a looping left.
Debble throws out a counter right but Rutherford avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rutherford throws a wild body kick that Debble sees coming a mile off.
Rutherford scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Debble defending well as Rutherford loads up on a big left hand.
Rutherford lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Debble scores with a hook to the body. Rutherford takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Debble throws an overhand right that lands on Rutherford's shoulder, as Rutherford tries to avoid the shot.
Debble misses with a body shot.
Rutherford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Debble throws out the jab.
Rutherford misses with an uppercut. Debble saw that one coming.
Rutherford throws a body kick that misses.
Rutherford tries to land a front kick but Debble steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Debble avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Debble throws out a counter right but Rutherford avoids it with no problem.
Debble throws a body punch but Rutherford moves out of range.
Debble takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Debble tests Rutherford's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rutherford throws a lazy right hand but Debble sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Debble throws a lazy right hand but Rutherford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dum Debble has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Debble dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rutherford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Debble sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rutherford misses with a head kick.
Rutherford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Debble.
Debble misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rutherford.
Debble has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford throws a push kick but Debble slaps the foot to one side.
Rutherford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steven Rutherford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big left from Rutherford misses.
Rutherford connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Debble momentarily.
Debble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rutherford was well out of range. Poor timing from Debble.
Rutherford swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Debble gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Debble throws a shot from downtown. Rutherford moves away and avoids it.
Rutherford takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Debble steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rutherford.
Debble swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rutherford tries a head kick but it misses.
Debble throws a shot from downtown. Rutherford moves away and avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Steven Rutherford.
Well Rutherford has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Rutherford!
Steven Rutherford managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Reaper Combatwear, into his post fight interview.
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