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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Buzzsaw Hogcock (ranked 8207 p4p, 582 weight class) and August Casque (ranked 7797 p4p, 564 weight class). Hogcock comes to the cage accompanied by X gonna give it to ya. August Casque has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buzzsaw Hogcock! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, August Casque! The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Casque throws a combination that misses
and Hogcock counters by clinching up. Casque is trying to break the clinch but Hogcock is controlling him. Casque taking a breather. Casque managing to block the knees to the body from Hogcock.
Hogcock turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control! Hogcock working the ground and pound.
Hogcock looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Hogcock working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Hogcock tries for a kimura but Casque is defending well. Hogcock trying to control the action but Casque is working from the bottom.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Casque avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hogcock. Hogcock postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hogcock has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand. Hogcock shoots in looking for a takedown but Casque manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hogcock's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hogcock has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Casque regains guard immediately.
Hogcock is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
 That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogcock stands up and waves to Casque to follow him. Casque scores with a three punch combo!
Casque throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hogcock sees it coming and avoids it easily. Hogcock fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Hogcock shoots for a double leg takedown but Casque sprawls well. He's pushed Hogcock's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buzzsaw Hogcock. That's going to take a lot out of him. Casque throws a head kick but Hogcock moves out of range.
Casque looks winded! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Casque throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hogcock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Casque tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hogcock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Casque misses with a jab, cross combination.
Casque stuffs the takedown. Casque is looking for the big counter here. Casque throws a head kick but Hogcock moves out of range.
Casque throws a right and a left that Hogcock avoids nicely. As Casque tries to get set, Hogcock tries to push him back and clinch up but Casque manages to avoid the attempt. Casque throws a nice looking combination but Hogcock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hogcock gets a takedown into half guard. Hogcock with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. Hogcock drops an elbow to the side of Casque's head.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Hogcock not doing much here.
Casque has hold of Hogcock's hands but Hogcock slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Hogcock slows the pace down in half guard. Hogcock lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Buzzsaw Hogcock dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hogcock gets a double leg takedown into Casque's guard.
Hogcock stands up from Casque's guard - Hogcock perhaps looking for a knockout. Casque misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hogcock is looking for a counter combo. Casque moves to clinch but Hogcock breaks away and Hogcock counters with a series of strikes. Casque will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hogcock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Casque, pushing him back against the cage. Hogcock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hogcock jumps into guard, dragging Casque to the mat.
Casque must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Hogcock bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Casque's guard.
 The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hogcock landing with the ground and pound. Hogcock controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Casque is breathing heavily. Hogcock stands and throws Casque's legs to the side, diving into side control. Buzzsaw Hogcock overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Hogcock scores with punches from side control.
Hogcock is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Casque knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Hogcock is looking to take a break and control but Casque is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Hogcock lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Casque down.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Hogcock in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Hogcock creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hogcock working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Hogcock is putting a hurting on Casque here, landing some big shots from side control. Casque really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hogcock. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hogcock looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Casque takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Hogcock is looking to take a break and control but Casque is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Casque takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hogcock works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hogcock in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Casque is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Buzzsaw Hogcock! Buzzsaw Hogcock made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Anyone in this division can come get some. Try me motherfuckers!! I'm comin' for that belt.'.
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