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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Warren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Indiana Terrier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warren comes to the cage accompanied by Underdog by Kasabian. Indiana Terrier will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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139 lbs
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137 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Warren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Indiana Terrier!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warren closes this distance looking for a takedown but Terrier circles away.
Warren closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Terrier actively working from the bottom here.
Terrier keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Warren missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Warren is working for a kimura but Terrier is defending it quite comfortably.
Warren is keen to just control but Terrier is a slippery customer.
Warren stops Terrier from getting back to his feet.
Terrier misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Warren wants to take a breather but Terrier is having none of it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Terrier swinging wilding here.
Terrier throws a series of punches but Warren avoids them all with ease.
Terrier jabs at Warren's body.
Warren looks for a takedown but Terrier sprawls well.
Warren looks for a takedown but Terrier sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Warren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters circle momentarily. Terrier darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terrier scores with a jab to the body.
Warren fails with a takedown attempt.
Terrier scores with a hook.
Terrier lands a two punch combo.
A punch lands to the side of Warren 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Terrier throws a head kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Warren stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Terrier.
Terrier scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Terrier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Terrier connects with the punch.
Terrier is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Warren fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Terrier avoids it really well and circles away.
Warren is breathing heavily.
Terrier misses with a takedown attempt
and Warren decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Terrier's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Terrier wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warren throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Terrier works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Warren controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Terrier thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren won't allow Terrier to get back to his feet.
Terrier looking for a sweep. Not yet Terrier, not yet.
Terrier trying to strike off his back.
Warren's corner is telling him to maintain position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Terrier tries for a takedown but Warren circles away easily
and Warren counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Terrier!
Terrier sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Warren is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Terrier tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Terrier wants to control but Warren is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Terrier gets full guard.
Warren is looking to work some ground and pound but Terrier has wrist control.
Warren missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren looking to pass the guard.
Warren slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Terrier.
Terrier has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Terrier wants to get back to his feet.
Terrier tries to get to full guard but Warren has control of the leg.
Terrier tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Terrier looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Warren drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Warren postures up and lands a big shot to Terrier's brow.
Terrier throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Warren trying to control the position from guard on top but Terrier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Terrier is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warren wants to control from the top but Terrier keeps moving.
Warren pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Terrier is keeping the position for now.
Warren with a flurry of punches that miss.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Terrier tests Warren's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Warren scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Warren stops Terrier from getting back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Warren lands a nice short elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Terrier looking for submissions off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Warren lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Joe Warren will probably get the nod.
That's time! Warren's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Warren shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Terrier napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Terrier is looking to reverse the position.
Warren cracks Terrier with a big elbow.
Terrier is trying to buck Warren off.
Warren is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Terrier is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Warren scores with punches from side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
You can see the frustration on Terrier's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Terrier is looking to reverse the position.
Terrier misses with a strike from the bottom.
Warren trying to control the position but Terrier is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Terrier swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Terrier lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Terrier scores with a nice head shot.
Warren shoots in for a double leg but Terrier sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Warren doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Terrier counters with a nice uppercut.
Warren shoots in but Terrier avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Warren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terrier lands with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Terrier looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Terrier connects with a solid leg kick.
Terrier lands a jab.
Terrier scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A left and a right from Terrier both land. Nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terrier cracks Warren with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Terrier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Warren.
Warren changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Terrier looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Terrier is trying to buck Warren off.
Terrier takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Warren looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ground and pound from Warren seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Terrier throws a couple of strikes there.
Warren wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Terrier, who protects the arm well.
Terrier manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terrier slips a nice elbow through Warren's hands, connecting with Warren's forehead.
Warren actively working from the bottom here.
Warren looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Terrier lands a nice short elbow.
Warren looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Warren taking some punishment here, with Terrier in his half guard.
Warren is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Warren actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Terrier fails with the takedown
and Warren decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Terrier's guard.
Terrier throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Terrier has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Warren can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Terrier is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Warren with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Warren trying to control the position from guard on top but Terrier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Warren postures up.
Warren passes Terrier's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Terrier looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Joe Warren will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Warren closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Warren lands in his opponent's guard.
Terrier has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Warren can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Warren makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Terrier looking to control.
Terrier trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Warren's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Terrier keeping moving, preventing Warren from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Terrier keeping full guard, as Warren tries to pass.
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.
Warren pushing down on Terrier's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Warren seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Terrier does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Warren is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Terrier throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Terrier is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Warren pulls his head out easily.
Terrier lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Terrier actively working from the bottom here.
Terrier is looking to get back to full guard here but Warren has managed to pass to side control instead.
Terrier trying desperately to get to his feet.
Indiana Terrier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Warren has control of Terrier's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Terrier regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Terrier can't escape the position.
Terrier wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Warren looking to finish Terrier with some ground and pound. This is bad for Terrier!
Warren looking to control but Terrier is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Warren lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Terrier flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Warren wants to finish this one by submission but Terrier is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Warren.
Terrier tries to lock up and control but Warren gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren with shots to the head and body - Terrier looks very uncomfortable down there.
Terrier takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Warren is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Terrier can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Warren working for a guillotine from mount but Terrier is in no mood to give up.
Terrier slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Terrier gets back to full guard.
Warren throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Warren avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Terrier is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warren throwing strikes from guard but Terrier blocks nicely.
Warren avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Warren connects with a couple of short punches.
Terrier throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Warren avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Terrier throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Warren escapes and throws Terrier's legs to the side, diving into side control!
And that's the end of the fight!
Indiana Terrier comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Warren 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Warren!
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energy
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