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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sim Polls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Strikes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sim Polls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Strikes!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strikes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Strikes throws a head kick but Polls moves out of range.
Strikes tries to clinch up.
Polls drives through and clinches with Strikes against the cage.
Strikes digs a right hand into Polls's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Polls's gas tank.
Strikes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Polls avoids it.
Strikes looking to stall.
Strikes is trying to break free.
Strikes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Polls is keeping busy.
Strikes misses with a punch to the body.
Polls blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Polls on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Strikes slowing the pace effectively.
A short right from Polls on the inside.
Strikes missing with knees to the body.
Strikes trying to control the position but instead, Polls has worked for underhooks and has pushed Strikes into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polls dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Strikes lands a good knee to the midsection. Polls won't want to take too many of those.
Strikes lands with a light punch inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Polls drops down looking for an ankle pick but Strikes pulls his leg out and moves away.
Strikes wants to clinch but Polls slips to the side
and Polls connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Polls ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Polls tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strikes was well out of range. Poor timing from Polls.
Polls uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Strikes throws a right hand that Polls ducks under and follows up with a left that Polls also avoids with ease.
Carlos Strikes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strikes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Strikes tries to clinch up
and Polls counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Carlos Strikes has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polls cracks Strikes with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Polls. Strikes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Strikes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Polls counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A lazy left from Polls finds it's target.
Strikes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Polls thows a body shot but no joy.
Strikes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Polls scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Strikes doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strikes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Strikes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A punch lands to the side of Strikes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Polls gets a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polls thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Strikes's head.
Polls is controlling the pace.
Polls lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Polls passes into side control, despite Strikes's attempt to control the position.
Strikes tries to buck Polls off but Polls is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Strikes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Polls.
Strikes is looking to reverse the position.
Strikes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Polls off and has taken his back!
Polls rolls, trying to escape but Strikes keeps control of the position.
Polls trying to control but not successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strikes trying to control momentarily.
Strikes has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Polls has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sim Polls dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Strikes's cut.
That's time! Polls's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Polls lands a nice hook to Strikes's body. Strikes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Strikes throws a right hand that Polls ducks under and follows up with a left that Polls also avoids with ease.
Polls misses the shot to the body.
Strikes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Polls stuns Strikes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Polls misses with a wild body shot.
Polls scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Polls is looking to wear down Strikes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Strikes clinches but Polls breaks the clinch
and Polls counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Strikes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Polls counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Polls digs a good hook to Strikes's body.
Strikes clinches but Polls breaks the clinch
and Polls counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Polls ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strikes moves away.
Polls throws a good cross that connects.
Sim Polls is winning the standup battle so far.
Strikes is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Polls finds it's target.
Polls works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Polls scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Strikes doesn't seem bothered though.
Strikes avoids the body shot from Polls.
Polls with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Polls misses with a double jab.
Polls closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Polls in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Polls lands a few punches from side control.
Polls is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Polls wants to control but Strikes is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Polls's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Polls has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Polls can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Strikes is looking to escape.
Polls lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Polls punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Polls content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polls postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Strikes looks a forlorn figure.
Strikes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Polls controlling the position easily from mount.
Polls putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Polls working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Strikes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Polls looking to finish Strikes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Strikes!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polls trying to control but Strikes is having none of it.
Polls dominating with strikes here.
Polls can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Strikes is looking to escape.
Polls is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Strikes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Polls connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sim Polls dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Strikes's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Polls lands with a straight right. Strikes didn't see that one coming.
Polls just misses with a punch to the body.
Polls thows a body shot but no joy.
Polls moves out of range of the body kick.
Strikes tries to clinch up
and Polls counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Polls cracks a nice hook into Strikes's ribs.
Polls clinches with his opponent.
Polls stalls.
Polls scores with a hook to the body.
Polls has Strikes pressed against the cage, preventing Strikes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Polls working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polls's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Strikes cracks Polls with a nice body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Polls drops down looking for an ankle pick but Strikes pulls his leg out and moves away.
Strikes avoids the body shot from Polls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Strikes misses with a looping left.
Strikes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Carlos Strikes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Polls takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Strikes wants to clinch
and Polls counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Polls lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Polls lands a body shot.
Strikes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Polls.
Strikes with a jab.
Strikes tries to clinch up
and Polls counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Strikes thinking.
Polls takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Strikes closes the distance but Polls moves to the side
and Polls connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Strikes throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strikes tries to clinch up
and Polls counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Strikes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Polls counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Polls scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Strikes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Polls lands a jab.
Polls ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Strikes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Polls.
A head kick by Strikes misses
letting Polls counter with a right hand.
Polls thuds his right hand into Strikes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Strikes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Polls has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Polls and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Strikes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Polls counters with a nice uppercut.
Strikes tries to clinch up
and Strikes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strikes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Donk. Polls catches Strikes right on the button with a cross.
Polls lands a right hook to the body.
Strikes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Strikes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Polls counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
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!
Polls is looking to advance position but Strikes won't allow it.
Polls looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Polls has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Polls with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Polls is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Strikes!
And that's the end of the fight!
Sim Polls showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Polls, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:26
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sim Polls!
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