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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cade Zi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunningham has chosen Head Strong as his entrance music. Cade Zi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cade Zi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham cracks the inside of Zi's front leg.
Zi moves into the clinch successfully.
Cunningham fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Zi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cunningham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Still in the clinch, Zi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cunningham has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Zi uses from the top position.
Cunningham had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Zi is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Cunningham Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Zi's back instead.
Zi trying to control the hands but Cunningham breaks the grip.
Zi tries to break free.
Cunningham has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Zi has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Cunningham trying to control momentarily.
Zi wants to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zi trying to get back to his feet but Cunningham is in full control for now.
Zi wants to control his opponent's hands but Cunningham gets his hands free.
Zi is trying to break free.
Cunningham is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Zi defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Zi is trying to stand back up.
Zi is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Zi wants to clinch up but Cunningham keeps it at a distance.
Zi pushes Cunningham up against the cage in a clinch.
Zi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cunningham wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zi tries to land a knee to the head but Cunningham blocks with his arms.
Zi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cunningham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Zi. No joy for Cunningham on that attempt.
Cade Zi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Cunningham.
Cunningham throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zi is looking to clinch but Cunningham is avoiding it.
Cunningham slips a jab and a cross from Zi.
Cunningham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cunningham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Zi does it's job there.
A solid body kick from Cunningham.
Zi is breathing heavily.
Zi dodges the punch combination from Cunningham.
Zi moves into the clinch.
Zi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cunningham tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Zi just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zi lands a shoulder strike.
Cunningham tries to pull guard but Zi won't allow it.
Zi looking to throw knees to the head but Cunningham is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zi.
Cunningham drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cunningham blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cunningham tries to score a body lock takedown but Zi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Zi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zi digs a right hand underneath Cunningham's ribcage. Cunningham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zi misses with a knee strike.
Zi tries to land a knee to the head but Cunningham blocks with his arms.
Cunningham goes for a takedown attempt but Zi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cunningham dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zi. That did some damage!
Cunningham scores with a nice right hand.
Cunningham throws a nice head kick!
Cunningham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zi breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham tries for a takedown but Zi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cunningham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zi lands with a hook. Cunningham tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cunningham pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zi tries to clinch there but Cunningham circles away.
Cunningham changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zi tries to avoid it but Cunningham manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zi to the ground. Zi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Zi forces Cunningham back against the cage and clinches.
Zi lands a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Zi.
Cunningham is trying to maintain a safe position but Zi gets an underhook and turns Cunningham into the cage.
Zi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Zi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zi is pushing Cunningham up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zi gets underhooks to prevent Cunningham's takedown attempt.
Zi lands an elbow inside that Cunningham shrugs off.
Zi misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bill Cunningham will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cunningham closes the distance and clinches up with Zi, looking for a takedown. Cunningham pushes Zi against the cage but Zi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zi doesn't manage to clinch there - Cunningham circles away.
Zi wants to clinch.
Cunningham dodges the punch combination from Zi.
Cade Zi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zi scores with a jab to the body.
Cade Zi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cunningham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cunningham misses with a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zi.
Zi 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.
Cunningham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cunningham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zi fails to land with a series of punches.
Cunningham blocks the body kick.
Zi throws a right hand that Cunningham ducks under and follows up with a left that Cunningham also avoids with ease.
Zi blocks a head kick by Cunningham.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zi is looking to clinch.
Zi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cunningham tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cunningham fails to pull guard.
Cade Zi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Cunningham.
Cunningham tries to pull guard but Zi holds him up against the cage and eventually Cunningham drops back down to his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cunningham tries for a takedown but Zi manages to get underhooks.
Zi breaks from the clinch.
Zi tries to clinch up.
Zi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Zi tries to stand and escape but Cunningham actually recovers to full guard.
Zi tries to free his leg and advance position but Cunningham is retaining full guard.
Cunningham is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Zi is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham trying to control from half guard but Zi is working away.
Cunningham is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zi sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cunningham is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zi sees it coming and defends easily.
Zi is trying to stand.
Zi trying to control from the bottom.
Zi is trying to stand.
Zi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cunningham stopping the sweep attempt from Zi.
Cunningham landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham advances to half guard.
Zi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cunningham on the ground.
Zi tries to kick Cunningham off in order to stand up. Cunningham Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Zi throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Cunningham is looking to take a break and control but Zi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cunningham avoids the strikes from the bottom by Zi.
Cunningham looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Cunningham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zi keeps working.
That's four 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.
Zi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cunningham wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Zi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Zi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Zi slows the pace down in half guard.
Cunningham has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zi is working away from the top position though.
Zi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cunningham trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cade Zi dominated that second round.
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!
Cunningham throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Zi's head.
Zi takes the fight into the clinch.
Zi misses with a punch on the inside.
Zi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Zi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunningham blocks it with crossed arms.
Zi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cunningham.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cunningham takes a knee right on the jaw!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zi manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zi is looking to clinch but Cunningham is avoiding it.
Zi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zi closes the distance and pushes Cunningham back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zi moves in looking to clinch but Cunningham pushes him off.
Zi with a jab.
A left lands for Cunningham.
Zi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cunningham jabs Zi right on the nose. Zi blinks but takes it well.
Zi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cunningham.
Zi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Cunningham or perhaps it was just good defense by Zi which made him look bad.
Cade Zi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Cunningham.
Cunningham misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Zi closes the distance and pushes Cunningham back into the cage.
Zi tries a knee to the head but Cunningham blocks it.
Zi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zi falls off balance throwing a combination
so Cunningham counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Zi is trying to keep Cunningham in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Zi looking to control.
Zi will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Zi is looking for a triangle here but Cunningham uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Zi is not content to let Cunningham control the position.
Cunningham tries for a kimura but Zi is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zi is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham trying to control the action but Zi is working from the bottom.
Zi wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Zi can't do much from the bottom here.
Cunningham grinds an elbow into Zi's temple.
Zi is looking for a sweep.
Cunningham trying to control the position but Zi is working away.
Cunningham looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
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.
Cunningham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zi keeps working.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cunningham swats away the attempt to clinch by Zi.
Cunningham misses with a body kick.
Cunningham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zi clinches with his opponent.
Cunningham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zi is keeping busy.
Stalling in the clinch from Zi.
Cunningham tries to score a body lock takedown but Zi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Zi manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Cunningham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cunningham 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bill Cunningham!
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