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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Taswegian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Roo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce Taswegian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Roo!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roo scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Bruce Taswegian has been cut.
Taswegian instigates a clinch.
Taswegian lands a body shot.
Taswegian looking to slow down the pace here.
Roo has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Taswegian is trying to keep an underhook but Roo manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Roo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Taswegian manages to get to full guard.
Taswegian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Roo looking to pass the guard.
Taswegian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roo is one step ahead there.
Taswegian could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Taswegian is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Taswegian is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taswegian slows the pace down in half guard.
Roo manages to get to full guard.
Taswegian postures up.
Taswegian trying to control but Roo is working from the bottom.
Roo working a defensive guard but Taswegian manages to pass into side control anyway.
Taswegian decides to stand back up. Taswegian steps back and let's Roo get back to his feet.
Taswegian fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Roo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Roo prevents Taswegian from improving his position.
Taswegian is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Roo prevents Taswegian from improving his position.
Taswegian trying to control from the bottom.
Taswegian has hold of Roo's hands but Roo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Roo is thwarting Taswegian's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Roo trying to mount his opponent but Taswegian defends it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roo connects with a nice short shot to Taswegian's temple.
Roo lands strikes from half guard.
Taswegian works his way to full guard. Good work.
Taswegian might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Roo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Taswegian is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roo thows a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taswegian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roo is one step ahead there.
Roo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taswegian manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Roo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Roo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Roo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Taswegian lands a heavy elbow.
Taswegian looking to control but Roo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Roo working to try and regain half guard.
Taswegian in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Taswegian scoring with strikes but Roo is staying in there.
Taswegian lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Roo hang on?
Taswegian cracks Roo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Taswegian controlling from mount.
Roo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Roo is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Taswegian wants to control but Roo is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Roo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Taswegian's cut.
That's time! Taswegian's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Taswegian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Roo swats away the attempt to clinch by Taswegian.
Taswegian has his takedown stuffed
and Roo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A hook to the body from Roo.
Roo wants a takedown but no success here.
Taswegian throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taswegian has a couple of punches blocked by Roo.
Roo can't get the takedown.
Roo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taswegian lands a shoulder strike.
Roo pulls guard successfully.
Roo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Taswegian is in close to Roo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roo keeping moving, preventing Taswegian from controlling successfully.
Taswegian not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Taswegian trying to control the position from guard on top but Roo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roo wants to sweep but no luck.
Roo working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roo keeping moving, preventing Taswegian from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taswegian throws a leg kick but Roo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Roo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Roo shoots in but Taswegian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bruce Taswegian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Roo.
Taswegian misses with a body shot.
Taswegian tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Roo counters with a solid body kick.
Taswegian tries to clinch but Roo moves out of range.
Taswegian darts in trying to clinch
and Roo counters by clinching up.
Taswegian lands a damaging elbow.
Roo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roo stalling in the clinch.
Roo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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.
Nice body punch from Roo - that landed with a thud.
Roo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taswegian has him pressed against the cage.
Taswegian just leaning against Roo, taking a breather.
Taswegian lands a body shot.
Taswegian lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taswegian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roo blocks it with crossed arms.
Roo has had enough of the clinch but Taswegian keeps him there for the moment.
A body shot lands from Taswegian.
Taswegian lands a body shot.
Taswegian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Taswegian breaks from the clinch.
Roo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taswegian misses with a hook to the body
and Roo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Roo tries to stall but Taswegian uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taswegian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roo drops Taswegian with a nice combination! Roo dives into Taswegian's guard, looking to finish!
Taswegian is rocked!
Roo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Oh Taswegian is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taswegian manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Roo throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Taswegian seems to have got his legs back now.
Roo is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taswegian looking to control but Roo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Taswegian dominating with strikes here.
Taswegian lands a heavy elbow.
Roo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bruce Taswegian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taswegian landing strikes from the mount and Roo is in trouble!
Taswegian tries to control but Roo wriggling away.
Roo tries to reverse the position but Taswegian maintains control.
Taswegian controlling from the full mount.
Roo is looking to improve his position but Taswegian isn't that keen on the idea.
Roo tries to hold on but Taswegian postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taswegian content just to control the position here.
Roo tries to lock up and control but Taswegian gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Taswegian can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Roo is looking to escape.
Taswegian dominating with strikes here.
Roo is squirming around, avoiding Taswegian's attempts to control the action.
BOOM! Taswegian connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Roo working to try and regain half guard.
Taswegian controlling his opponent.
Taswegian landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James Roo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bruce Taswegian's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Taswegian throws a half hearted mid kick.
Taswegian takes one on the button.
Roo fails in his attempt to clinch.
A left and a right from Roo both land. Nice combination.
Taswegian wants to clinch up but Roo keeps it at a distance.
Roo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Roo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taswegian swats away the attempt to clinch by Roo.
Taswegian tries to clinch
and Roo counters by clinching up.
Roo pulls guard successfully.
Taswegian postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Taswegian trying to control but Roo is working from the bottom.
Roo had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Taswegian is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Roo Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Taswegian's back instead.
Taswegian has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Taswegian rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Taswegian is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Roo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Roo's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taswegian is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Roo tries to escape but Taswegian has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
A lull in the action here.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Roo rolls, trying to escape but Taswegian keeps control of the position.
Taswegian lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Roo.
Taswegian tries to get the hooks in deep but Roo pushed the leg off.
Roo trying to control the hands but Taswegian breaks the grip.
Roo is in bad spot here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Roo looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Roo wants to escape the position.
Roo turns into Taswegian and is now in his guard.
Roo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Taswegian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taswegian doesn't manage to clinch there - Roo circles away.
Taswegian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roo scores with a three punch combo!
Roo looks to land a combination. Taswegian sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Roo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bruce Taswegian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roo checks a leg kick nicely.
Taswegian throws a leg kick
and Roo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Taswegian darts in and clinches Roo up against the cage.
Roo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taswegian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Taswegian scores with a knee to the head.
Taswegian breaks from the clinch.
Taswegian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roo's sensitive parts.
Taswegian looks to clinch
and Roo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roo misses with a two punch combination.
Taswegian wants to clinch up but Roo keeps it at a distance.
Roo tries to clinch but Taswegian moves out of range.
Roo misses with the combination.
Roo checks a low kick from Taswegian.
Roo clinches up with Taswegian and pushes him back against the cage.
Taswegian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Taswegian stalling.
Taswegian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Taswegian is fending him off so far but Roo persists. Nope, Taswegian circles away and we're back to standing.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Roo - that will leave a mark!
Taswegian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Roo stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Taswegian tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Roo counters with a low kick, right behind Taswegian 's knee.
Taswegian doesn't manage to clinch there - Roo circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Taswegian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Taswegian lands.
Taswegian shoots in but no luck this time.
Taswegian closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Taswegian lands in his opponent's guard.
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!
Taswegian postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Taswegian trying to control the position from guard on top but Roo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roo wants to sweep here but Taswegian controlling him for the moment.
Roo throws a couple of heel strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roo looking to control.
Roo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Taswegian is in close to Roo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Roo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Roo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Roo!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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