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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kah Fing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Better (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Better is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hero of War. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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176 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kah Fing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Better!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Better is looking to clinch.
Fing avoids a kick to the body.
Better tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Better wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Better tries to stall but Fing uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fing using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fing tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fing is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Better gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Better managing to block the knees to the body from Fing.
Better tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fing lands an elbow inside.
Fing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Better jumps guard but Fing stands there with Better around his waist. Better gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fing jumps guard and drags Better to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Fing throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Fing trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Better trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Better tries to stand but Fing is controlling from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fing wants to get back to his feet but Better is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fing holds on and takes a little breather.
Better wants to pass the guard but Fing is keeping the position.
Fing wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fing pushes Better up against the cage in a clinch.
Fing scores a nice knee to the body.
Better looks gassed!
Fing breaks from the clinch.
Fing throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Better stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Fing follows into mount!
Better tries to hold on but Fing postures up.
Fing controlling from mount.
Better working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Better wants to control but Fing is having none of it.
Fing controlling the position easily from mount.
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.
Better tries to lock up and control but Fing gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Better takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fing tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kah Fing dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Better avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fing throws a wild body kick that Better sees coming a mile off.
Fing misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Better tries a head kick but it misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Fing - that will leave a mark!
Fing tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Better swivels and escapes.
Fing throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Fing.
Fing throws a lazy head kick
and Better counters with a takedown into side control.
Fing can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fing is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Better has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fing misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fing tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Better is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Better shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Better showed some decent athleticism there.
Better tries to stand and escape but Fing is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fing tries to get to full guard but Better has control of the leg.
Fing missing with punches from the bottom.
Fing is looking to escape.
The fighters are battling for position here. Fing manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fing has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Better off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fing tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Better paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fing tries to land a front kick but Better steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kah Fing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Better avoids a kick to the body.
Fing throws a body punch but Better moves out of range.
Fing swings for the body but Better moves out of range.
Fing will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fing throws a leg kick
and Better counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Better shoots in but Fing avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Better doesn't manage to clinch there - Fing circles away.
Fing throws a head kick that misses.
Better tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fing swivels and escapes.
Better tries to clinch
and Fing moves into the clinch.
Fing lands a knee to the head.
Fing connects with a knee to the head.
Better tries to pull guard but Fing won't allow it.
Kah Fing has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Better.
Better takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fing throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fing breaks the clinch.
A head kick by Fing misses
and Better counters with a nice body kick.
Better closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Better lands in his opponent's guard.
Fing manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fing controlling the position easily from mount.
Better throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Fing takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Better showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Fing throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Better's waist but Better gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fing off to one side.
Fing throws a sloppy head kick
and Better counters with a left to the body.
Fing throws a low kick, looking for Better's leg but Better calmly moves out of range.
Better thows a body shot but no joy.
Fing tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fing throws a head kick that misses
and Better counters with a left to the body.
Fing has a takedown stuffed.
Fing misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fing misses with a series of wild punches.
Better throws a sloppy head kick
and Fing counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Better has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fing avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fing throws an elbow that misses.
Fing gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Better pulls Fing in to control the position.
Fing stands and steps away. Better gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Fing throws a sloppy head kick
and Better counters with a body kick that stops Fing in his tracks momentarily.
Fing throws a sloppy head kick
and Better counters with a nice kick to the body.
Fing misses with a head kick.
Fing pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Fing.
Better connects with a high kick.
Fing tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Better takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fing pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fing avoids the body shot from Better.
Fing keeps the fight on the outside.
Fing throws a hook but Better blocks it.
Fing pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Better wants to clinch up but Fing keeps it at a distance.
Better shoots in but no luck this time.
Better fails with a takedown attempt.
Kah Fing has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Better.
Fing stuffs the takedown.
Fing clinches up with Better and pushes him back against the cage.
Fing on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fing with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Better - that landed with a thud.
Fing throws a knee to the head but misses.
Better wants to get back to striking at distance but Fing won't allow it.
Fing keeps control of Better as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fing looking to throw knees to the head but Better is blocking nicely.
Better tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fing connects with a knee to the head.
Better on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fing.
Better avoiding damage as Fing throws knees to the body.
Fing tries a knee to the head but Better blocks it.
Fing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Better.
Better avoiding damage as Fing throws knees to the body.
Fing breaks from the clinch.
Fing tries to clinch up
and Better counters with a head kick.
Fing misses with a body shot.
Fing clinches up against the cage.
Fing breaks from the clinch.
Better blocks a head kick by Fing.
Better tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fing counters by clinching up.
Better stops a takedown attempt from Fing.
Fing unloads a knee to the mid-section. Better lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fing tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Better is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fing using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Better has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fing wants a takedown but no success here.
Better takes a knee right on the jaw!
Better fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fing scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fing tries a knee to the head but Better blocks it.
Fing stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fing with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fing goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fing scores with a head kick.
Fing fails with a takedown attempt.
Fing misses with a series of wild punches.
Fing throws a sloppy head kick
and Better counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Better is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fing is trying is best to control the position here.
Better prevents Fing from improving his position.
Fing keeping hold of Better's head, controlling as best he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fing tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fing is trying to get back to full guard.
Fing is positioning himself well to prevent Better advancing to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fing wants to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kah Fing showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fing 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kah Fing!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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