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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Cicero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wacko Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cicero might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Woke Up This Morning . Wacko Warner is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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145 lbs
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144 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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ADCC Champion
Good elbows
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Cicero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wacko Warner!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cicero thuds a left hand into Warner's body.
Warner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wacko Warner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cicero lands a slapping body shot.
Warner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Warner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cicero slips under a jab from Warner.
Warner looks to score with a jab to the body but Cicero is just out of range.
Cicero misses with a looping left.
Cicero throws a body punch but Warner moves out of range.
Cicero slips under a jab.
Warner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cicero connects with a nice looking jab.
Warner tries to close the distance and clinch but Cicero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Warner moves out of range of the strikes.
Cicero throws a right and a left that Warner avoids nicely.
Warner misses with a jab to the body
and Cicero counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Warner thinking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good work by Cicero as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cicero throws a right hand that Warner ducks under and follows up with a left that Warner also avoids with ease.
Cicero moves out of range of the strikes.
Warner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch combination from Warner misses.
Cicero misses with a hook. Warner ducked under it nicely.
Cicero closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Warner is rocked!
Cicero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warner is still on wobbly legs! Can Cicero finish him?
Warner avoids the body shot from Cicero.
Cicero takes a swing at Warner's ribcage but misses.
Cicero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No joy there for Warner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Warner seems to have recovered his senses.
Warner ducks under a wild hook from Cicero.
Cicero uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warner.
Warner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cicero counters with a nice body shot.
Cicero swinging wildly here.
Warner thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cicero makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Warner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Warner with a jab.
Cicero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Warner throws out a powerful jab.
Warner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cicero throws out the jab.
Cicero misses with a looping right.
A big left from Cicero misses.
Warner throws a big shot that misses.
Cicero is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Warner's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Warner motions for Cicero to come forward. Warner throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cicero throws a series of punches but Warner moves out of range.
Cicero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warner moves away.
Cicero swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Warner holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cicero cracks Warner with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cicero leaning his opponent against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cicero as Warner tries to tie him up.
Stalling in the clinch from Warner.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warner.
Warner blocks a body shot from Cicero.
Warner lands with a light punch inside.
Warner is trying to maintain a safe position but Cicero gets an underhook and turns Warner into the cage.
Cicero is working Warner over against the cage.
Warner looking to stall.
Cicero leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cicero working aggressively 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.
A body shot lands from Cicero.
Warner lands an elbow inside that Cicero shrugs off.
Warner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Come on Cicero - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Cicero for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Cicero looking to stall.
Cicero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Warner is stalling here.
Cicero holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Warner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Cicero dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cicero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cicero misses with a hook to the body
and Warner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Warner misses with a body shot.
Warner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cicero takes a swing at Warner's ribcage but misses.
Cicero uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warner.
A big left from Cicero misses.
Cicero is looking to wear down Warner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cicero jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cicero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warner moves away.
Cicero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warner moves away.
Warner tries to clinch but Cicero is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cicero circles away from the clinch attempt.
Warner throws a hook to the side of Cicero's head but Cicero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Warner moves into range and clinches up with Cicero.
Cicero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cicero lands a right hand that snaps the head of Warner backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner is trying to maintain a safe position but Cicero gets an underhook and turns Warner into the cage.
Cicero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Warner tries to close the distance and clinch but Cicero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cicero with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Warner to score with a decent uppercut.
Cicero misses with a looping right.
Warner slips a straight right by Cicero.
Warner moves away from the strike by Cicero.
Warner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cicero fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Warner defending well as Cicero loads up on a big left hand.
Cicero throws a looping overhand right but Warner ducks down to avoid it.
Warner lands with an uppercut that bounces Cicero off the cage and back into rage.
Cicero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Warner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cicero doesn't seem phased though.
Cicero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Warner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cicero throws a lazy right hand but Warner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Warner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cicero misses with a hook.
Warner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cicero.
Warner moves away from the strike by Cicero.
Warner throws the left hand but Cicero avoids the punch easily.
Warner misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Warner misses its intended target.
Cicero misses with an uppercut.
Cicero swings for the body but Warner moves out of range.
Cicero misses with a series of wild punches.
Cicero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warner moves away.
No joy there for Warner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cicero throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Cicero finds it's way through Warner's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner cracks Cicero with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Warner ducks under a wild hook from Cicero.
Warner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cicero.
Warner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cicero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Warner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cicero throws a shot from downtown. Warner moves away and avoids it.
Warner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cicero.
Cicero thows a body shot but no joy.
Warner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cicero.
Cicero misses with a straight left.
Warner lands a jab to Cicero's midsection.
Cicero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warner.
Warner moves out of range of the strikes.
Warner defending well as Cicero loads up on a big left hand.
That's four 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.
Cicero throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cicero throws a shot from downtown. Warner moves away and avoids it.
Warner moves away from the strike by Cicero.
Warner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cicero.
Warner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Cicero counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cicero looks to throw the jab but Warner is out of range.
Warner tries to clinch but Cicero is having none of it.
A big left from Warner misses.
Cicero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warner moves away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice takedown defense from Warner. No joy for Cicero on that attempt.
Cicero slips a jab and a cross from Warner.
Cicero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warner.
Warner lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Wacko Warner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Warner wants to clinch up but Cicero keeps it at a distance.
Warner misses with a wild body shot.
Cicero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paul Cicero is winning the standup battle so far.
Warner throws a jab when Cicero was well out of range.
Cicero tries to keep at a distance but Warner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cicero stalling.
Cicero has picked Warner up - he's going for a ride! Cicero dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Warner won't allow Cicero to pass to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warner is looking to get back to full guard here but Cicero has managed to pass to side control instead.
Cicero lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cicero controlling from the full mount.
Cicero fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cicero tries to control but Warner wriggling away.
Cicero unloads with some shots from mount but Warner bucks and avoids them well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cicero takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Warner tries to hold on but Cicero pushes him away.
Warner might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cicero kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Cicero goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Warner turns into him and now he's in Cicero's guard.
Warner wants to control from the top but Cicero keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cicero keeping full guard, as Warner tries to pass.
Warner not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Warner trying to control the position from guard on top but Cicero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Warner's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cicero had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Warner defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Warner sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cicero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cicero looking for a guillotine here but Warner defends easily.
Cicero throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cicero might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Warner tries to free his leg and advance position but Cicero is retaining full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Cicero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cicero 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Cicero!
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hype
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