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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Roscoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and iwanna box (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Roscoe might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Forgot About Dre. iwanna box has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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199 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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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
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Roscoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, iwanna box!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roscoe scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like iwanna box has been cut.
box misses with a hook.
box throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roscoe counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Roscoe.
Roscoe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
box is working an open guard so Roscoe takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
box throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roscoe counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for box!
A nice elbow there by Roscoe.
box is trying to stand up.
Roscoe raining down shots from the mount!
Roscoe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Roscoe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. box looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
box wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Roscoe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can box hang on?
The referee warns box that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Roscoe tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
box trying desperately to get to his feet.
box looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roscoe raining down shots from the mount!
Roscoe won't let box get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Roscoe pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
box taking shots to the head.
Roscoe controlling his opponent.
Roscoe will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Roscoe with shots to the head and body - box looks very uncomfortable down there.
Roscoe landing strikes from the mount.
Roscoe with good strikes from the mount here!
Roscoe raining down shots from the mount!
Roscoe with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Roscoe.
Roscoe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Roscoe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Roscoe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
You get the feeling that box really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Roscoe breaks from box's wrist control and lands an elbow.
BOOM! Roscoe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Roscoe punishing his opponent with strikes.
The referee warns box that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Roscoe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Roscoe wants to control the pace but box is squirming around nicely.
Roscoe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Roscoe lands with some strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roscoe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roscoe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Roscoe breaks from box's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roscoe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Roscoe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Roscoe lands a heavy elbow.
Roscoe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
box wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Roscoe with a couple of short strikes.
Roscoe controlling from mount.
BOOM! Roscoe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
box is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roscoe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roscoe tries to control but box wriggling away.
box is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Roscoe is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. box can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Roscoe working box over with strikes here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Roscoe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Roscoe pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Roscoe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Roscoe dominating with strikes here.
You get the feeling that box really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Roscoe lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
box wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Roscoe tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Roscoe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Roscoe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on iwanna box's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Roscoe wants to break free but box has control.
box has had enough of the clinch but Roscoe keeps him there for the moment.
Roscoe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roscoe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on box. That did some damage!
Roscoe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roscoe decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Roscoe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that box can do to turn this around?
Roscoe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Roscoe controlling the action here.
Roscoe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
box is breathing heavily.
box is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roscoe is looking for a kimura here.
Roscoe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks box with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Roscoe stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
An inside leg kick lands from Roscoe.
Roscoe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Roscoe shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
box is bucking up trying to escape but Roscoe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Roscoe controlling the position easily from mount.
Roscoe landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roscoe lands a heavy elbow.
Roscoe wants to control the pace but box is squirming around nicely.
box's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Roscoe tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Roscoe scoring with strikes but box is staying in there.
Roscoe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Roscoe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
box is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Roscoe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Roscoe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Roscoe lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roscoe landing strikes, looking to finish!
The referee warns box that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Roscoe scoring with strikes but box is staying in there.
Roscoe breaks from box's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Damien Roscoe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
You get the feeling that box really doesn't like being in this position too much.
box is bucking up trying to escape but Roscoe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Roscoe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. box looks a forlorn figure.
box is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Roscoe controlling from mount.
box taking shots to the head.
box's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's four 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.
Roscoe trying to control but box is having none of it.
box trying desperately to get to his feet.
Roscoe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
box wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
box taking shots to the head.
Roscoe working for a guillotine from mount but box is in no mood to give up.
Roscoe content just to control the position here.
box is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Roscoe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on iwanna box's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Roscoe throws a quick inside leg kick.
box misses with a combination
letting Roscoe counter with a right hand.
Roscoe throws a front kick that sends box stumbling back into the cage.
box misses with a double jab
and Roscoe counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Roscoe is standing up over box. box looks to escape but Roscoe dives into side control.
Roscoe working the ground and pound.
Roscoe lands a decent elbow from side control.
box takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Roscoe working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
box takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Roscoe scores with a couple of short elbows.
Roscoe works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roscoe has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Damien Roscoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roscoe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Roscoe closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Roscoe lands in his opponent's guard.
Roscoe slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Roscoe stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Roscoe moves in looking to clinch but box pushes him off.
Roscoe looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
box is trying to stand up here but Roscoe is controlling him well.
iwanna box has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roscoe content to control rather than advance.
Roscoe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
box is trying to stand.
Roscoe content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Roscoe looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Roscoe prevents box from standing back up.
Roscoe uses his free foot to push down on box's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for box.
box is trying to stand up.
Roscoe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of box's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roscoe sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
You get the feeling that box really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Roscoe is landing with some decent strikes but box is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
box is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
box is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
box swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's four 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.
The referee warns box that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Roscoe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Roscoe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
box throwing hammer fists to the chest of Roscoe. What's that going to do exactly?
box throwing hammer fists to the chest of Roscoe. What's that going to do exactly?
box wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
box in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Roscoe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Roscoe is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. box can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Roscoe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
box flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Damien Roscoe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Roscoe working for a guillotine from mount but box is in no mood to give up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Roscoe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roscoe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:24
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Roscoe!
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