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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arzlan Bathory (ranked 500 p4p, 57 weight class) and Francis Fitzpatrick (ranked 214 p4p, 25 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
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165 lbs
25 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arzlan Bathory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Fitzpatrick!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bathory misses with a wild body shot.
Fitzpatrick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bathory.
Fitzpatrick chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bathory can pounce on him.
Bathory looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bathory pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fitzpatrick is out of range and Bathory settles back down.
Fitzpatrick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bathory throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Arzlan Bathory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bathory throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bathory misses with an uppercut. Fitzpatrick saw that one coming.
Bathory moves out of range as Fitzpatrick strikes.
Fitzpatrick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bathory was well out of range. Poor timing from Fitzpatrick.
Bathory fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fitzpatrick manages to avoid it.
Bathory catches Fitzpatrick with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fitzpatrick takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bathory scores with a sloppy right hand. Fitzpatrick should have avoided that one.
Nice body punch from Bathory.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bathory.
A leg kick checked by Fitzpatrick.
Nice shot lands for Bathory.
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!
Bathory moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory misses with a body kick.
Bathory throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fitzpatrick.
Bathory drops his hands momentarily and Fitzpatrick takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fitzpatrick is looking to clinch.
Bathory lands an overhand right.
Fitzpatrick throws a hook but Bathory blocks it.
Bathory feints and then cracks Fitzpatrick's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fitzpatrick down.
Fitzpatrick lands a really nice looking cross but Bathory seems unphased.
Fitzpatrick misses with the combination.
Bathory slips a jab from Fitzpatrick.
Nice jab there from Fitzpatrick.
Bathory swings for the body but Fitzpatrick moves out of range.
Bathory misses with a series of wild punches.
Fitzpatrick is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bathory with a body shot.
Bathory misses with a leg kick.
Bathory scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bathory is looking to chop away at Fitzpatrick's legs.
A lazy left from Bathory finds it's target.
Bathory throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fitzpatrick throws a body shot but no joy.
Bathory tests Fitzpatrick's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bathory misses with a right hand
and Fitzpatrick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bathory is looking to land body kicks.
Fitzpatrick rushes Bathory and presses him up against the cage.
Bathory tries to work over Fitzpatrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bathory is trying to stall.
Bathory wants to break free but Fitzpatrick has control.
Bathory can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzpatrick controls the action.
Fitzpatrick blocks an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick blocks an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick misses with some punches.
Bathory working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fitzpatrick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzpatrick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bathory fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Fitzpatrick.
Bathory working aggressively here.
Fitzpatrick is pushing Bathory up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bathory blocks an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick blocks a body shot from Bathory.
Bathory blocks an elbow strike.
Bathory blocks an uppercut.
Bathory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzpatrick misses with some punches.
Bathory has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Bathory blocks a body shot from Fitzpatrick.
Bathory digs a right hand into Fitzpatrick's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fitzpatrick's gas tank.
Bathory tries to work over Fitzpatrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bathory blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bathory lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory effectively controlling the action here.
Bathory has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Bathory throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bathory creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bathory avoids a wild elbow strike from Fitzpatrick.
A nice left hand lands by Bathory.
Bathory controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bathory stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Bathory for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Fitzpatrick tries to work over Bathory's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fitzpatrick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bathory's elbow.
Fitzpatrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bathory swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bathory breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Fitzpatrick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bathory throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arzlan Bathory dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bathory works the jab nicely.
Bathory avoids the body shot from Fitzpatrick.
Bathory keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fitzpatrick misses with the combination.
Bathory lands a slapping body shot.
Bathory looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fitzpatrick takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fitzpatrick with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bathory to score with a decent uppercut.
Fitzpatrick closes the distance and pushes Bathory back into the cage.
Bathory misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzpatrick lands with a left to the head.
Bathory tries to work over Fitzpatrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fitzpatrick throws an elbow but it misses.
Bathory is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fitzpatrick can do to turn this around?
Bathory is trying to force a seperation but Fitzpatrick has the dominant position.
Bathory cracks Fitzpatrick with a nice body shot.
Fitzpatrick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory tries to throw a body punch but Fitzpatrick avoids it by throwing Bathory back against the cage.
Fitzpatrick throws a head punch that misses.
Bathory scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bathory.
Bathory misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzpatrick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick tries to work over Bathory's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fitzpatrick pushes Bathory back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bathory makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick lands with a right to the head.
Bathory misses with some punches.
Fitzpatrick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bathory lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fitzpatrick or not.
Fitzpatrick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bathory's elbow.
Bathory taking a breather.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fitzpatrick in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fitzpatrick misses with an elbow strike.
Bathory can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzpatrick controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bathory looking to stall.
Fitzpatrick lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fitzpatrick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fitzpatrick blocks a body shot from Bathory.
Bathory is pushing Fitzpatrick up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Bathory fails to land.
Fitzpatrick stalling the fight.
Bathory misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Francis Fitzpatrick seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bathory lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fitzpatrick backwards.
Fitzpatrick lands with a short shot to the head.
Bathory blocks a body shot from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bathory backwards.
Bathory misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzpatrick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory scores with a shoulder strike.
Bathory misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick lands a damaging elbow.
Bathory manages to break the clinch.
Bathory defending well as Fitzpatrick loads up on a big left hand.
Bathory throws a push kick but Fitzpatrick slaps the foot to one side.
Fitzpatrick misses with a hook. Bathory ducked under it nicely.
Fitzpatrick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bathory was well out of range. Poor timing from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bathory walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bathory swings for the body but Fitzpatrick moves out of range.
Fitzpatrick on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bathory drops his hands momentarily and Fitzpatrick takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
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!
Fitzpatrick clinches up against the cage.
Bathory misses with a punch to the body.
Bathory working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bathory trying to control the position but instead, Fitzpatrick has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bathory into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bathory throws a punch but it's blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick lands a right hand.
Bathory blocks a body shot from Fitzpatrick.
Bathory goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fitzpatrick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bathorys head.
Bathory trying to control the position but instead, Fitzpatrick has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bathory into the cage.
Bathory gets through Fitzpatrick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fitzpatrick throws a punch but it's blocked by Bathory.
Fitzpatrick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bathory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bathory creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fitzpatrick misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Fitzpatrick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francis Fitzpatrick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bathory throws a good cross that connects.
Bathory connects with an inside leg kick.
Fitzpatrick throws an overhand right that lands on Bathory's shoulder, as Bathory tries to avoid the shot.
Fitzpatrick takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fitzpatrick throws the left hand but Bathory avoids the punch easily.
Bathory throwing a counter right hand but Fitzpatrick manages to avoid it.
Bathory connects with a nice looking jab.
Good shot there by Bathory.
Bathory throws out a powerful jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bathory.
Bathory misses with a low kick.
Bathory lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bathory throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fitzpatrick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fitzpatrick moves out of range as Bathory throws a body kick.
Fitzpatrick throws out a counter right but Bathory avoids it with no problem.
Bathory moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzpatrick misses with a straight right.
Bathory throws a leg kick which misses Fitzpatrick's front leg but catches the back leg as Fitzpatrick tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory throws an overhand right that lands on Fitzpatrick's shoulder, as Fitzpatrick tries to avoid the shot.
Fitzpatrick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bathory throws a leg kick but Fitzpatrick sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bathory moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bathory lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fitzpatrick ducks under a wild hook from Bathory.
Fitzpatrick cracks Bathory with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bathory lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fitzpatrick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fitzpatrick throws a shot from downtown. Bathory moves away and avoids it.
Fitzpatrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Bathory swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Bathory misses the target.
Bathory scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Fitzpatrick checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bathory connects with the punch.
Bathory throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bathory throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzpatrick staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bathory. Fitzpatrick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fitzpatrick staying out of range there.
Bathory is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Arzlan Bathory is winning the standup battle so far.
Bathory fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fitzpatrick.
Danga de danga de dang - Fitzpatrick scores with a four punch combination!
Bathory throws a jab but it's blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Bathory lands with a nice body kick.
Bathory motions for Fitzpatrick to come forward. Bathory throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bathory throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bathory bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bathory throws a leg kick that misses.
Fitzpatrick is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bathory with a body shot.
Fitzpatrick lands with a right hand.
Fitzpatrick throws a lazy right hand but Bathory sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bathory takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bathory stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bathory misses the shot to the body.
Fitzpatrick darts in and clinches Bathory up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bathory.
Fitzpatrick pushes off an throws an elbow but Bathory leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fitzpatrick blocks an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick works on Bathory's body with a couple of short punches.
Bathory manages to break the clinch.
Bathory's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fitzpatrick under the eye.
Fitzpatrick throws the left hand but Bathory avoids the punch easily.
Fitzpatrick checks a leg kick.
Fitzpatrick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bathory.
A punch combination from Bathory misses.
Fitzpatrick is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bathory with a body shot.
That kick from Bathory tenderised Fitzpatrick's leg. Fitzpatrick is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bathory keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bathory lands a front kick.
Jab from Bathory.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donk. Bathory catches Fitzpatrick right on the button with a cross.
Bathory misses with a low kick.
Fitzpatrick's corner calls for a 1-2. Fitzpatrick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick throws a shot from downtown. Bathory moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Bathory. That snapped Fitzpatrick's head back.
Fitzpatrick has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bathory scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fitzpatrick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fitzpatrick throws a hook to the side of Bathory's head but Bathory sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bathory fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fitzpatrick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bathory connects with a leg kick. Fitzpatrick looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fitzpatrick takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bathory lands a nice shot to the body.
Fitzpatrick moves out of range of the body kick.
Bathory throws a leg kick but Fitzpatrick checks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arzlan Bathory showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bathory 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arzlan Bathory!
Arzlan Bathory decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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