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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Orson Sicard (ranked 5335 p4p, 0 weight class) and Black Mamba (ranked 6263 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Orson Sicard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Black Mamba!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamba takes a swing at Sicard's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick from Mamba misses.
Sicard lands a slapping body shot.
Sicard misses with a body shot.
Mamba flicks out a counter leg kick but Sicard steps away.
Sicard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sicard closes the distance and clinches.
Sicard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mamba's efforts to push away.
Sicard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sicard misses with a body punch.
Sicard has Mamba pressed against the cage, preventing Mamba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sicard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mamba's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mamba is trying to break the clinch but Sicard has him pressed against the cage.
Mamba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sicard misses with a leg kick
letting Mamba counter with a right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mamba. That's going to slow Sicard down.
Sicard works over Mamba's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sicard shoots in but Mamba avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sicard!
Sicard closes the distance and clinches.
Sicard goes for a takedown attempt but Mamba pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sicard takes the fight into the clinch.
Sicard is trying to break the clinch but Mamba is controlling him.
Sicard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mamba gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orson Sicard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mamba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sicard taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sicard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mamba keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sicard's efforts to push away.
Mamba tries to break the clinch but Sicard is controlling the position.
Mamba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sicard lands with a left to the head.
Mamba prevents the takedown attempt.
Sicard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mamba gets underhooks to prevent Sicard's takedown attempt.
Sicard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mamba is defending well.
Mamba is trying to break the clinch but Sicard is controlling him.
Mamba gets underhooks to prevent Sicard's takedown attempt.
Sicard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mambas head.
Sicard prevents Mamba from breaking the clinch.
Mamba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mamba is trying to break free.
Mamba lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mamba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mamba tries to circle away but Sicard has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sicard keeps control of Mamba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mamba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mamba chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mamba looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mamba throws a right hand that misses
and Mamba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sicard clinches up with Mamba and pushes him back against the cage.
Mamba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mamba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sicard lands a nice shot to the body.
Black Mamba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sicard cracks a nice hook into Mamba's ribs.
Sicard lands a jab to Mamba's midsection.
Mamba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sicard.
Sicard misses with a hook.
Sicard is looking to wear down Mamba with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sicard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sicard moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sicard has Mamba pressed against the cage, preventing Mamba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sicard has Mamba pressed against the cage, preventing Mamba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sicard lands a left hand.
Mamba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mamba can't break the clinch.
Sicard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mamba manages to break the clinch.
Mamba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Orson Sicard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sicard scores with a nice strike.
Mamba scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orson Sicard dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sicard slips a jab and a cross from Mamba.
Sicard moves out of range of the strikes.
Mamba throws a low kick but Sicard moves out of range easily.
Mamba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sicard scores with a three punch combo!
Mamba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sicard was well out of range. Poor timing from Mamba.
Mamba looks to throw the jab but Sicard is out of range.
Sicard throws a chopping leg kick but Mamba manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sicard is defended easily by Mamba.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sicard has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamba throws a punch but it's blocked by Sicard.
Mamba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sicard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sicard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sicard scores with a hook to the body.
Sicard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mamba breaks from the clinch.
Mamba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sicard shoots in looking for a takedown but Mamba manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sicard's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sicard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mamba can do to turn this around?
Sicard misses with a body shot
and Mamba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sicard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mamba is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sicard shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mamba eats them both and turns towards Sicard to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sicard connects with a crisp jab.
Sicard on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mamba lands with an uppercut that bounces Sicard off the cage and back into range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sicard misses the shot to the body.
Mamba appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sicard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mamba was well out of range. Poor timing from Sicard.
Mamba thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sicard went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sicard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mamba.
Sicard clinches.
Mamba being controlled against the cage.
Sicard lands a nice uppercut.
Sicard lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sicard keeps control of Mamba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sicard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mamba working hard to break the clinch.
Mamba working aggressively here.
Mamba wants to break free but Sicard has control.
Mamba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mamba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sicard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mamba was well out of range. Poor timing from Sicard.
Decent striking displayed by Sicard there.
Sicard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mamba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sicard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sicard clinches.
Sicard wants to take the fight to the mat but Mamba manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orson Sicard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sicard tries to break free but Mamba pushes him back against the cage.
Sicard just leaning against Mamba, taking a breather.
Sicard keeps control of Mamba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mamba can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sicard blocking some punches.
Mamba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sicard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mamba looks to land a left hand but Sicard moved out of range nicely.
Sicard cracks Mamba with an open hand slap.
Mamba walks into a stiff left hand from Sicard.
Sloppy strikes from Sicard. Those never looked like landing.
Mamba throws out a counter right but Sicard avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sicard misses the body punch
and Mamba counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sicard is looking to clinch but Mamba is avoiding it.
Sicard connects with a body shot that sends Mamba's belly button to the back.
Sicard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Despite the aggression on Mamba's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sicard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mamba unleashes a big counter combination but Sicard bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sicard fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orson Sicard 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Mamba lands a jab to the nose.
Sicard lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mamba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mamba walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sicard closes the distance but Mamba moves to the side
and Mamba counters with a two punch combo.
Sicard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mamba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mamba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sicard.
Sicard throws a combination. Mamba tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mamba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mamba dodges the punch combination from Sicard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sicard throws a series of punches but Mamba moves out of range.
Mamba fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mamba throws a hook but Sicard blocks it.
Sicard misses with a body shot.
Mamba tries to keep at a distance but Sicard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sicard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mamba's efforts to push away.
Mamba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sicard lands a nice hook to Mamba's body. Mamba takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sicard.
Nice body punch from Mamba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sicard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mamba counters with a thumping low kick.
Sicard tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sicard moves into the clinch successfully.
Mamba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sicard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mamba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mamba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sicard.
Orson Sicard is winning the standup battle so far.
Mamba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mamba! But no joy.
Sicard throws a hook but Mamba blocks it.
Sicard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sicard takes a swing at Mamba's ribcage but misses.
Mamba feints a counter leg kick.
Sicard misses with a combination
and Mamba counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamba cracks Sicard with an open hand slap.
Decent striking displayed by Sicard there.
A jab lands there for Mamba.
Sicard with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mamba counters with a leg kick.
Mamba lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sicard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sicard misses with a body shot.
Mamba throws an overhand right that lands on Sicard's shoulder, as Sicard tries to avoid the shot.
Sicard defending well as Mamba loads up on a big left hand.
Mamba connects with an inside leg kick.
Black Mamba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mamba goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sicard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mamba connects with an inside leg kick.
Mamba connects with a single shot there.
Sicard scores with a hook to the body. Mamba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mamba lands an overhand right.
Orson Sicard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sicard tries to clinch but Mamba moves out of range.
Mamba unleashes a big counter combination but Sicard bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mamba throws a looping overhand right but Sicard ducks down to avoid it.
Sicard misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sicard. Mamba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mamba thuds his right hand into Sicard's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that's the end of the fight!
Black Mamba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sicard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orson Sicard!
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energy
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pop
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