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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robert Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Choo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts comes to the cage accompanied by Vet. Daniel Choo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
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164 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robert Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Daniel Choo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Choo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Roberts circles away.
Roberts scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Choo struggling a bit here.
The strikes coming from Roberts are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Choo wants to control but Roberts postures up.
Roberts throws an elbow but Choo slips to the side and avoids it well.
Choo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Roberts wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The strikes coming from Roberts are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Roberts is looking to take a break and control but Choo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Choo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Choo shoots in and bounces Roberts off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Choo tries to free his leg and advance position but Roberts is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts wants to sweep but no luck.
Roberts has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Choo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Roberts shoots and misses
and Choo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Roberts's knee momentarily.
Roberts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Choo.
Choo with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.
Roberts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Roberts fails with the takedown
and Choo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Roberts's guard.
Roberts can't keep his opponent in guard - Choo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Roberts tries to kick Choo off but Choo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is not content to let Choo control the position.
Roberts knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Choo on the ground.
Choo controlling the action here.
Choo is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Roberts reverses the position - he's now on top in Choo's guard.
Choo looking for subs off his back but Roberts has passed one foot through into half guard.
Roberts missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts trying to control the action but Choo is working from the bottom.
Choo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Roberts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Choo wants to control but Roberts is keeping busy.
Roberts is nestled in close to Choo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Roberts throwing shots but Choo is blocking nicely.
Roberts is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Choo reverses the position - he's now on top in Roberts's guard.
Roberts controls Choo momentarily but Choo frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Roberts wants to sweep but no luck.
Choo trying to control but Roberts is working from the bottom.
Choo prevents Roberts from getting back to his feet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roberts misses with a series of wild punches.
Choo scores a takedown into full mount!
Choo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Roberts manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Choo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Roberts throws a right and a left that both miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Roberts misses the target.
Roberts takes a swing at Choo's ribcage but misses.
Roberts takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Choo tries for a takedown but Roberts circles away easily
and Roberts counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Roberts tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Roberts with a lazy takedown attempt
and Choo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberts is refusing to be controlled, as Choo sits in half guard.
Roberts gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Choo throws a big right hand that misses.
Roberts controls Choo momentarily but Choo frees himself.
Choo is looking to advance position but Roberts has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Choo wants to control but Roberts is having none of it.
Daniel Choo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Choo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Roberts putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Choo is looking to improve his position but Roberts isn't that keen on the idea.
Choo sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choo misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Choo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Roberts.
Choo trying to control from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roberts connects with a nice short shot to Choo's temple.
It looks like Roberts is going to stand back up.
Choo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roberts.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Roberts lands a nice short elbow.
Roberts working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Choo's thigh. Choo counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Choo has an active guard here but Roberts has managed to pass into half guard.
Choo is breathing heavily.
Roberts decides to stand and escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tries to bum rush Choo with a series of wild strikes but Choo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roberts darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Roberts winds up and cracks Choo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Roberts not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Roberts trying to control the action but Choo is working from the bottom.
Roberts is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roberts sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Choo defending well though.
Choo is looking to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Roberts there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Roberts misses with a takedown attempt
and Choo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Roberts won't be happy with that.
Choo trying to control the position but Roberts is working away.
Choo working away.
Roberts sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Roberts is trying is best to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberts tries to get to full guard but Choo has control of the leg.
Roberts trying to hold on to Choo's head to control him but Choo postures up.
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 Robert Roberts will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Roberts throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Robert Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Choo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Roberts struggling a bit here.
Roberts is trying to get back to half guard.
Choo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Choo slows the pace down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Choo trying to control the action but Roberts is working from the bottom.
Roberts is trying to control Choo's posture but Choo avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Roberts drives through with a takedown into guard.
Choo keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
Roberts is fighting to break Choo's control of his arms but Choo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Choo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Roberts controls the pace.
Choo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Choo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Choo 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roberts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roberts stopping the sweep attempt from Choo.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Roberts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roberts looks to score with a jab to the body but Choo is just out of range.
Roberts closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Choo taking punishment in the form of punches.
Choo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Choo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Choo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Roberts's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roberts connects with a nice short shot to Choo's temple.
Roberts slows the pace down in half guard.
Choo is looking to improve his position.
Choo trying to control from the bottom.
Roberts throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roberts is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Roberts throwing shots but Choo is blocking nicely.
Roberts with the ground and pound but Choo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Roberts showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Roberts 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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