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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brodie Darrow (ranked 2571 p4p, 258 weight class) and Jason Bozzi (ranked 8088 p4p, 538 weight class). Jason Bozzi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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7 - 1 - 0 |
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154 lbs
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Good wrestling
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brodie Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Bozzi!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow drives through and clinches with Bozzi against the cage.
Darrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bozzi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bozzi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Darrow has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Darrow continues to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow keeping full guard, as Bozzi tries to pass.
Bozzi trying to control but Darrow is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bozzi is fighting to break Darrow's control of his arms but Darrow is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bozzi throwing strikes from guard but Darrow blocks nicely.
Bozzi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bozzi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Darrow keeps the fight on the outside.
Darrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bozzi feints the counter takedown.
Darrow pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bozzi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bozzi is taking a breather. Darrow says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bozzi trying to control from half guard but Darrow is working away.
Darrow is looking to improve his position.
Bozzi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Darrow trying to hold on to Bozzi's head to control him but Bozzi postures up.
Bozzi is working for a kimura but Darrow is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bozzi passes to side control.
Bozzi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Darrow is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Darrow tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bozzi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bozzi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Darrow is not content to let Bozzi control the position.
We've been informed that Bozzi has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Darrow on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Darrow's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bozzi trying to control the action but Darrow is working from the bottom.
Bozzi is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Darrow's shoulder. That is not cool.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Darrow tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bozzi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bozzi wants to control but Darrow is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Bozzi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bozzi digs a good hook to Darrow's body.
Darrow attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Darrow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darrow is looking to clinch but Bozzi is avoiding it.
Darrow does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bozzi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Brodie Darrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bozzi moves forwards but Darrow connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jason Bozzi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darrow just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bozzi was well out of range. Poor timing from Darrow.
Darrow lands a nice hook to Bozzi's body. Bozzi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slow jab from Darrow misses its intended target.
A leg kick checked by Bozzi.
Bozzi wants to counter the offense by Darrow and move into the clinch position.
Bozzi swats away the attempt to clinch by Darrow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bozzi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darrow.
Darrow tries to close the distance and clinch but Bozzi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bozzi wants to counter with a clinch but Darrow pushes him away.
Bozzi avoids the body shot from Darrow.
Darrow throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bozzi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Darrow clinches up against the cage.
Bozzi pulls Darrow into guard.
Darrow trying to control but Bozzi is working from the bottom.
Darrow seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Darrow has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow pushes down on Bozzi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bozzi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Brodie Darrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Darrow throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bozzi tries to clinch there but Darrow circles away.
Darrow feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Darrow tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bozzi is able to avoid easily.
Bozzi feints the counter takedown.
Darrow lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bozzi at a distance.
Darrow pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bozzi is out of range and Darrow settles back down.
Darrow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Darrow throws a hook but Bozzi blocks it.
Bozzi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bozzi. That did some damage!
Darrow swings for the body but Bozzi moves out of range.
Bozzi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bozzi looks for a takedown but Darrow sprawls well.
A slapping leg kick lands for Darrow.
Bozzi shoots in for a takedown but Darrow shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Brodie Darrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Bozzi.
Bozzi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brodie Darrow is winning the standup battle so far.
Darrow misses the body punch
and Bozzi counters with a nice uppercut.
Bozzi fails with a takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Darrow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Darrow misses.
Bozzi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brodie Darrow dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bozzi has managed to clinch.
Bozzi stalling in the clinch but Darrow improves position.
Darrow lands a shoulder strike.
Darrow stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow avoiding damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darrow.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bozzi tries a body shot but Darrow blocks it.
Darrow wants to get back to striking at distance but Bozzi won't allow it.
Bozzi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bozzi breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Darrow is predictable there
and Bozzi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Darrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bozzi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bozzi being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bozzi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Darrow keeping moving, preventing Bozzi from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Darrow controlling the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bozzi is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Darrow throws a body punch but Bozzi moves out of range.
Bozzi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bozzi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Darrow wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bozzi trying to control the position from guard on top but Darrow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bozzi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bozzi throws a big elbow that misses.
Bozzi wants to control from the top but Darrow keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bozzi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bozzi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Darrow keeping moving, preventing Bozzi from controlling successfully.
Bozzi content to stall in guard here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bozzi drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bozzi throws a strike but Darrow rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Darrow has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bozzi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bozzi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bozzi looking for a sweep. Not yet Bozzi, not yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bozzi is still trying to improve position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Bozzi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bozzi 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Bozzi!
Jason Bozzi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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