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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mozes Amaury (ranked 2852 p4p, 381 weight class) and Devon Bailey (ranked 1589 p4p, 243 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Amaury might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Vultures Fly. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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205 lbs
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224 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mozes Amaury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Devon Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey moves into the clinch.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Amaury controls his hands.
Amaury decides to pull guard.
Amaury looking to control.
Bailey wants to pass the guard but Amaury is keeping the position.
Amaury is looking for a triangle but Bailey pushes his legs off easily.
Amaury keeping full guard, as Bailey tries to pass.
Amaury working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bailey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bailey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amaury throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bailey stays in close to Amaury's body and controls the position.
Bailey passes Amaury's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bailey not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two 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.
Bailey is continuing to stall.
Amaury is trying to get back to full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Amaury wants to control but Bailey is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Amaury takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amaury.
It looked like Amaury was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bailey.
Bailey throws an overhand right that lands on Amaury's shoulder, as Amaury tries to avoid the shot.
Amaury scores with a nice body kick.
Amaury lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Devon Bailey has been cut.
Bailey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Devon Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amaury 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.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Amaury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bailey drives through and clinches with Amaury against the cage.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amaury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Amaury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bailey misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey is leaning against Amaury and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A body shot lands from Amaury.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Amaury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Amaury throws a punch but it's blocked by Bailey.
Bailey pushes Amaury back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Amaury tries to throw a body punch but Bailey avoids it by throwing Amaury back against the cage.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Bailey working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Amaury lands a hook to the side of the head.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bailey digs a right hand into Amaury's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Amaury's gas tank.
Amaury looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Amaury gets control of Bailey's arms and successfully pulls guard. Amaury will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Amaury isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bailey stacks Amaury on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bailey!
Bailey content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Devon Bailey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devon Bailey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bailey scores with a body shot.
Bailey misses the jab.
Amaury misses the shot to the body.
Amaury throws a big shot that misses.
Bailey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bailey avoids the body shot from Amaury.
Bailey wants to counter with a clinch but Amaury pushes him away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Amaury.
Bailey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Amaury manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bailey moves into range and clinches up with Amaury.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Bailey - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body.
Devon Bailey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Bailey gets through Amaury's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Amaury.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Amaury struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
Amaury lands a shot to the body.
Bailey lands a body shot.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey tries a body shot but Amaury blocks it.
Amaury lands a nice shot to the body.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amaury lands an uppercut.
Amaury works on Bailey's body with a couple of short punches.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Bailey lands a right hand.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Bailey.
Bailey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Amaury's elbow.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amaury is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bailey to keep the fight standing.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Amaury lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Amaury lands with a light punch inside.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amaury tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bailey tries to work over Amaury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bailey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Amaury lands a nice uppercut.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Amaury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Amaury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amaury lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey tries to work over Amaury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Amaury prevents a body shot from Bailey.
Amaury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Amaury throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baileys head.
Amaury misses with the head strike.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bailey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Bailey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Amaury.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Amaury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Amaury softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bailey is working Amaury over against the cage.
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amaury is trying to pull guard but Bailey turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mozes Amaury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bailey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Amaury controls his hands.
Bailey scores with a shoulder strike.
It looks like Mozes Amaury has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Amaury doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Amaury throws a punch but it's blocked by Bailey.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Amaury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey lands a body shot.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Amaury.
Bailey lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey tries to work over Amaury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Devon Bailey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bailey connects with a crisp jab.
Bailey throws a big shot that misses.
Amaury looks to score with a jab to the body but Bailey is just out of range.
A cross from Amaury lands.
Bailey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bailey looks to score with a jab to the body but Amaury is just out of range.
Amaury throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bailey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bailey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Amaury misses with a straight left.
Amaury misses with an attempted mid kick.
Amaury throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amaury lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amaury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by Amaury.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Amaury lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Amaury has a couple of punches blocked by Bailey.
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Amaury controls the action.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Amaury.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bailey.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Amaury controls the action.
Amaury working aggressively here.
Mozes Amaury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey tries to throw a body punch but Amaury avoids it by throwing Bailey back against the cage.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bailey lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Bailey swings wildly with an uppercut but Amaury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey misses with some punches.
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
Amaury takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Bailey as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Amaury tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.
Bailey lands a body punch.
Bailey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Amaury throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by Amaury.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Amaury jumps guard but Bailey stands there with Amaury around his waist. Amaury gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Amaury blocking some punches.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amaury backwards.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amaury working aggressively here.
Bailey tries to throw a body punch but Amaury avoids it by throwing Bailey back against the cage.
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Amaury controls the action.
Amaury tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Amaury blocks an uppercut.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amaury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Bailey.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Bailey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bailey lands a body punch.
Amaury lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Amaury controls his hands.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amaury lands a nice uppercut.
Amaury throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Bailey.
Amaury tries to throw a body punch but Bailey avoids it by throwing Amaury back against the cage.
Amaury misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Amaury misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Devon Bailey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bailey 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Devon Bailey!
Devon Bailey decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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