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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rosco Ladd (ranked 1735 p4p, 229 weight class) and Tyler Cage (ranked 2464 p4p, 296 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rosco Ladd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Cage!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ladd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ladd throws a body shot but no joy.
Cage lands a jab to Ladd's midsection.
Good shot there by Cage.
Cage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ladd.
Ladd throws a hook but Cage avoids it easily.
Cage cracks Ladd with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cage on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ladd takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cage throws a looping overhand right but Ladd ducks down to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cage, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ladd looks to throw the jab but Cage is out of range.
Cage slips under a jab.
Cage misses with an uppercut.
Ladd slips a straight right by Cage.
Cage throws the left hand but Ladd avoids the punch easily.
Ladd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage misses with a wild body shot.
Ladd throws a right and a left that Cage avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Cage throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ladd misses with a two punch combination.
Ladd works the jab nicely.
Rosco Ladd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ladd looks to throw the jab but Cage is out of range.
Ladd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ladd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cage.
Cage has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ladd looks to land a right hand but Cage moved out of range.
Ladd looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cage throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cage misses with a straight right.
Ladd jabs Cage right on the nose. Cage blinks but takes it well.
Cage avoids the body shot from Ladd.
A little jabbing left from Cage on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ladd swinging wildly here.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladd ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cage throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cage throws a right and a left that Ladd avoids nicely.
Ladd scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice jab there from Cage.
Ladd lands a two punch combo.
Jab from Cage.
Ladd changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ladd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cage sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cage thuds a left hand into Ladd's body.
Ladd swings for the body but Cage moves out of range.
Cage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Ladd wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ladd is looking to wear down Cage with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ladd ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cage lands with a good body shot.
Cage slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ladd. Cage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ladd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cage was well out of range. Poor timing from Ladd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage connects with the punch.
Cage scores with a hook.
Cage works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cage misses with a looping right.
Nice body kick there by Cage.
Ladd slips a jab from Cage.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ladd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cage.
Cage defending well as Ladd loads up on a big left hand.
Ladd tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ladd fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ladd defending well as Cage loads up on a big left hand.
Cage darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ladd scores with a hook to the body. Cage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cage looks to score with a jab to the body but Ladd is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cage connects with the punch.
Ladd takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cage takes one on the button.
Ladd throws a hook to the side of Cage's head but Cage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cage throws the kick towards the body but Ladd avoids it.
Cage is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ladd had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jab, jab by Cage - just one landing.
Cage looks to land a right hand but Ladd moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Ladd on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ladd throws a body punch but Cage moves out of range.
Ladd takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ladd is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ladd to score with a decent uppercut.
Ladd swings for the body but Cage moves out of range.
Ladd fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ladd throws a hook to the side of Cage's head but Cage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
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 Rosco Ladd will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cage tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ladd is able to avoid easily.
Cage shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cage moves out of range as Ladd strikes.
Ladd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ladd moves away.
Ladd misses with a wild body shot.
Ladd takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ladd takes a swing at Cage's ribcage but misses.
Ladd slips under a jab from Cage.
Ladd comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cage closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cage staying out of range there.
Ladd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ladd misses with a body shot.
Cage throws a front kick aimed at Ladd's knee but Ladd avoids it well.
Ladd lands the left hand.
Cage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladd throws a hook but Cage blocks it.
Ladd misses with a double jab.
Ladd takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ladd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ladd misses with a looping left.
Ladd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cage.
Ladd appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ladd moves forwards but Cage connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cage misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Ladd misses.
Cage stuns Ladd with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rosco Ladd is winning the standup battle so far.
Ladd misses with a straight left.
Cage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ladd manages to avoid it.
Jab from Ladd.
Cage moves out of range as Ladd strikes.
Cage throws a shot from downtown. Ladd moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ladd. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ladd tries to move into range but Cage moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cage connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ladd misses with a hook.
Cage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ladd tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ladd swings for the body but Cage moves out of range.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ladd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cage.
Cage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ladd.
Cage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cage closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cage throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ladd misses with a wild body shot.
Cage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ladd takes a swing at Cage's ribcage but misses.
Cage misses with a hook
and Ladd counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladd throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cage misses the jab.
Ladd is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cage bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ladd's head.
Cage tries to land a body kick
and Ladd connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ladd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cage.
Cage ducks under a wild hook from Ladd.
Cage listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ladd walks into a straight right hand from Cage.
Cage cracks Ladd with an open hand slap.
Ladd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ladd sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ladd misses with a shot to the body
and Cage counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ladd swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cage cracks Ladd with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ladd throws out the jab.
Cage tries to bum rush Ladd with a series of wild strikes but Ladd uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Ladd was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cage.
Ladd throws a right hand that Cage ducks under and follows up with a left that Cage also avoids with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cage! But no joy.
Ladd throws a body punch but Cage moves out of range.
Cage's corner calls for a 1-2. Cage obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ladd swings for the body but Cage moves out of range.
Ladd scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ladd takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ladd uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cage.
Cage avoids the body shot from Ladd.
Ladd throws a hook to the side of Cage's head but Cage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheers as Ladd lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cage doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ladd misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cage cracks Ladd with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tyler Cage will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cage throws a big shot that misses.
Ladd swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ladd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cage moves away.
As Ladd backs off Cage throws a huge counter combo but Ladd manages to avoid it all.
Ladd looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ladd sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cage throws a jab when Ladd was well out of range.
Ladd scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ladd on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ladd takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cage was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Cage ducks right into an uppercut from Ladd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ladd crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cage - the referee stops the clock and Ladd gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cage. Ladd manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ladd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cage looks to score with a jab to the body but Ladd is just out of range.
Ladd scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cage doesn't seem bothered though.
Cage misses with a hook. Ladd ducked under it nicely.
Cage throws the left hand but Ladd avoids the punch easily.
Ladd scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladd with a jab.
Ladd misses with a straight right.
Ladd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cage.
Cage scores with a hook to the body. Ladd takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cage avoids the body shot from Ladd.
Cage throws a body shot but no joy.
Ladd throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Cage counter with a right hand.
Cage takes one to the chin there.
Cage slips under a jab from Ladd.
Ladd lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ladd throws a jab when Cage was well out of range.
Ladd looks to throw the jab but Cage is out of range.
Cage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cage misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Ladd misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladd scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cage in his tracks.
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!
Cage takes one to the chin there.
Cage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ladd walks into a straight right hand from Cage.
Ladd smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ladd missing with a left hand there. Cage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cage misses with a lunging right hand
and Ladd counters with a one-two to the body.
Cage avoids the body shot from Ladd.
Cage tries to move into range but Ladd moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A lazy left from Ladd finds it's target.
Ladd throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cage.
Cage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ladd moves away.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cage's corner calls for a 1-2. Cage obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ladd cracks Cage with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladd staying out of range there.
Cage slips a straight right by Ladd.
Ladd throws a lazy right hand but Cage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ladd jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Cage was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ladd throws a hook but Cage blocks it.
Ladd throws a hook to the side of Cage's head but Cage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Ladd misses.
Ladd showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cage.
Ladd throws a hook but Cage blocks it.
Cage scores with a leg kick.
Ladd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ladd throws a body punch but Cage moves out of range.
Ladd scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cage doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cage was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Ladd doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cage slips under a jab.
Cage with a jab.
Ladd misses the jab.
Ladd missing with a left hand there. Cage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cage looks like he wants to counter punch here.
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!
Cage cracks Ladd with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cage blocks a jab.
Ladd swings for the body but Cage moves out of range.
Cage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cage takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ladd takes one to the chin there.
Cage throws a good cross that connects.
Cage misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cage blocks a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rosco Ladd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ladd 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tyler Cage!
A victorious Tyler Cage thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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