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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dick Gozinia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Maples (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gozinia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Put it in Your Mouth - Akinyele. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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156 lbs
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156 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dick Gozinia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Maples!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gozinia is looking to land body kicks.
Maples throws a right and a left that Gozinia avoids nicely.
Gozinia lands a right hook to the body.
Gozinia is looking to score with low kicks.
Maples misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gozinia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gozinia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gozinia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Maples gets the takedown into side control.
Gozinia manages to get back to half guard.
Gozinia tries to get to full guard but Maples has control of the leg.
Gozinia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Maples is working away from the top position though.
Gozinia keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Maples sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gozinia defending well though.
Maples seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gozinia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Maples wants to stand up but Gozinia is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gozinia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gozinia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Maples checks a low kick from Gozinia.
Maples throws a nice looking combination but Gozinia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gozinia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Maples moves out of range of the leg kick from Gozinia.
Gozinia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Maples tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gozinia misses with a body kick.
Gozinia lands a body shot.
Gozinia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maples avoids the body shot from Gozinia.
Maples chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gozinia can pounce on him.
Gozinia looks to score with a jab to the body but Maples is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Maples.
Gozinia avoids the head kick by Maples.
Maples misses with a two punch combination.
Maples blocks a leg kick.
Gozinia tries to land a leg kick but Maples saw it coming and moves away.
Maples gets caught flat footed, as Gozinia shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gozinia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gozinia is working hard here to advance position.
Gozinia wants to control from the top but Maples keeps moving.
Maples trying to keep a closed guard but Gozinia is proving a slippery customer.
Gozinia postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gozinia trying to control but Maples is working from the bottom.
Maples utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gozinia fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Maples is out of range.
Maples does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gozinia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Maples will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maples throws a right and a left that Gozinia avoids nicely.
Gozinia throws a front kick aimed at Maples's knee but Maples avoids it well.
Maples tries a head kick but it misses.
Maples goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gozinia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gozinia moves out of range of the leg kick from Maples.
Gozinia looks for the body kick but Maples saw that one coming.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gozinia.
Gozinia is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Maples will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Gozinia in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gozinia throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gozinia just content to control the position.
Gozinia working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Gozinia dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gozinia tries to clinch there but Maples circles away.
Gozinia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gozinia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gozinia stalling.
Maples is trying to get back to full guard.
Gozinia thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gozinia wants to take a breather but Maples is having none of it.
Maples is pressing down on Gozinia's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Maples wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Gozinia manages to pass to side control.
Nice strikes from Gozinia there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gozinia is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gozinia working the head and body with strikes.
Gozinia is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Maples to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Gozinia trying to control the position from guard on top but Maples is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maples has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gozinia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gozinia trying to move into half guard but instead Maples has managed to sweep!
Gozinia looking for a sweep. Not yet Gozinia, not yet.
Maples distracts Gozinia with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maples accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gozinia is looking for a triangle but Maples pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gozinia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Maples is one step ahead there.
Gozinia working for a triangle but Maples defends it easily.
Gozinia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maples manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maples wants to sweep but no luck.
Gozinia trying to control but Maples is working from the bottom.
Gozinia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gozinia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maples is keeping the position for now.
Gozinia controlling from the top position.
Maples wants to get back to his feet but Gozinia is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's four 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.
Gozinia is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Maples is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gozinia is aware though and is defending well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Maples throws a wild body kick that Gozinia sees coming a mile off.
Maples lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maples takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Maples throws a leg kick
and Gozinia counters with an inside leg kick.
Maples throws a hook but Gozinia avoids it easily.
Gozinia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Gozinia dominated that second round.
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. And we move into the final round!
Gozinia decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gozinia lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gozinia is trying to control the action in half guard but Maples is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Maples blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gozinia.
Gozinia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maples defending well though.
Gozinia 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.
Gozinia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maples defending well though.
Gozinia is keen to just control but Maples is a slippery customer.
Gozinia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gozinia is pressing down on Maples's thigh, looking to free his foot. Maples is holding on for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gozinia with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gozinia throws a leg kick but Maples sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Maples will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maples's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Gozinia.
Maples thows a leg kick but Gozinia checks it
and Gozinia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maples's knee momentarily.
Gozinia gets a takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Gozinia.
Maples tries to roll over but Gozinia keeps him under control.
Gozinia scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Maples tries to get to full guard but Gozinia has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gozinia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Maples with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dick Gozinia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gozinia not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gozinia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gozinia lands a nice short elbow.
Maples is in trouble now - Gozinia has advanced to mount!
Maples is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gozinia unloading with bombs!
Maples really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gozinia lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maples tries to lock up and control but Gozinia gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gozinia with a couple of short strikes.
Maples is rocked!
Gozinia lands with some strikes.
Maples is still in real trouble! Can Gozinia finish him?
Gozinia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gozinia lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gozinia controlling his opponent.
Dick Gozinia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maples seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gozinia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Maples can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gozinia looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gozinia with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maples wants to control but Gozinia is having none of it.
Maples is bucking up trying to escape but Gozinia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gozinia jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Maples manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ben Maples has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gozinia lands a few punches from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Gozinia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gozinia 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:26
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Gozinia!
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energy
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hype
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