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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steave Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John The Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John The Butcher has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Steave Jordan's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Steave Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John The Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Butcher is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jordan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The Butcher shoots in looking for a takedown. Jordan tries to sprawl out of it but The Butcher keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jordan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jordan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jordan connects with a right hand. The Butcher shakes it off.
The Butcher throws a nice looking combination but Jordan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jordan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Butcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
John The Butcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Butcher misses with the combination.
The Butcher moves away from the strike by Jordan.
The Butcher tries for a takedown but Jordan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Steave Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John The Butcher.
The Butcher tries to bum rush Jordan with a series of wild strikes but Jordan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan misses with a kick to the body.
The Butcher shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jordan defends it nicely.
A head kick misses from Jordan.
The Butcher is looking to clinch.
The Butcher shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jordan but Jordan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jordan slaps away a takedown attempt from The Butcher, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The Butcher shoots for a double leg takedown but Jordan sprawls well. He's pushed The Butcher's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jordan connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jordan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jordan stuns The Butcher with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The Butcher closes the distance and clinches up with Jordan, looking for a takedown. The Butcher pushes Jordan against the cage but Jordan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jordan tries for a takedown but The Butcher sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The Butcher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jordan throws out the jab.
The Butcher swinging wilding here.
A jab lands there for Jordan.
The Butcher throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Butcher lands a really nice looking cross but Jordan seems unphased.
The Butcher looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher shoots for a double leg takedown but Jordan sprawls well. He's pushed The Butcher's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Butcher looks gassed!
Jordan works The Butcher's body with a nice hook.
Jordan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Butcher as he jumps to the side.
The Butcher lands with a straight right. Jordan didn't see that one coming.
The Butcher fails with a takedown attempt.
Jordan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Butcher blocks a head kick by Jordan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Butcher moves away.
The Butcher shoots for a double leg takedown but Jordan sprawls well. He's pushed The Butcher's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jordan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The Butcher looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jordan is fending him off so far but The Butcher persists. Nope, Jordan circles away and we're back to standing.
Jordan swings for the body but The Butcher moves out of range.
The Butcher lands a nice shot that snaps Jordan's head back.
Good shot there by Jordan.
The Butcher throws a series of punches but Jordan avoids them all with ease.
The Butcher has his takedown stuffed
and Jordan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No luck for Jordan with that takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steave Jordan dominated that round.
That's time! Jordan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The Butcher fails with a takedown attempt.
Jordan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and The Butcher moves into the clinch.
Jordan can't break the clinch.
Jordan tries to score a body lock takedown but The Butcher shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The Butcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Butcher clinches up against the cage.
The Butcher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jordan's efforts to push away.
Jordan tries to break free but The Butcher pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Butcher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Butcher throws a combination. Jordan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The Butcher lands a nice shot to the body.
The Butcher looks to land a combination. Jordan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Butcher shoots in for a double leg but Jordan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Some wild striking there from The Butcher.
Jordan avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Butcher scores with a takedown into Jordan's guard.
The Butcher thows a big elbow that misses.
The Butcher scoring with some ground and pound.
Jordan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher postures up in Jordan's guard and throws a big left but Jordan blocks it.
The Butcher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Butcher throwing strikes but missing.
The Butcher throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jordan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jordan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The Butcher throws a right and a left that Jordan avoids nicely.
The Butcher cracks Jordan with a good jab.
The Butcher moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from The Butcher.
John The Butcher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Butcher throws a right hand that Jordan ducks under and follows up with a left that Jordan also avoids with ease.
The Butcher lands with a cross.
The Butcher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jordan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Butcher fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Steave Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John The Butcher.
No joy there for The Butcher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Butcher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Butcher scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The Butcher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan stuffs the takedown attempt from The Butcher. The Butcher gets slowly back to his feet.
The Butcher closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The Butcher not doing much here.
The Butcher not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Butcher controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John The Butcher showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
The Butcher moves in looking to clinch but Jordan pushes him off.
Jordan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Horrible takedown by The Butcher or perhaps it was just good defense by Jordan which made him look bad.
Jordan misses with a body shot
and The Butcher counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jordan!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Butcher thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The Butcher punching from mount but Jordan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jordan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by The Butcher.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Jordan really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The Butcher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The Butcher looking to finish with strikes here!
The Butcher takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jordan avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Butcher.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher looking to control and managing it successfully.
The Butcher punching from mount but Jordan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The Butcher throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The Butcher cracks Jordan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The Butcher working the ground and pound effectively.
Jordan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The Butcher raining down shots from the mount!
The Butcher looking to finish with strikes here!
The Butcher thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The Butcher putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The Butcher throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The Butcher punching from mount but Jordan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The Butcher takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The Butcher lands a nice shot to the head.
The Butcher throwing strikes here but Jordan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The Butcher unloads with some shots from mount but Jordan bucks and avoids them well.
The Butcher punching from mount but Jordan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
John The Butcher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Butcher has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John The Butcher!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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