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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Grease (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavares is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kanye West - Amazing. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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193 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Grease!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grease is looking to chop away at Tavares's legs.
Tavares fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tavares fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grease swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tavares tries to clinch up.
Tavares wants to clinch.
Tavares forces Grease back against the cage and clinches.
Grease wants to break free but Tavares has control.
Tavares breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Grease misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grease takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grease swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grease throws the kick towards the body but Tavares avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Grease.
Horrible takedown by Tavares or perhaps it was just good defense by Grease which made him look bad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grease throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tavares.
Grease on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tavares tries to clinch up but Grease circles away and keeps his distance.
Tavares blocks a head kick by Grease.
Grease throws a series of punches but Tavares moves out of range.
Tavares is looking to clinch.
Grease stuffs the takedown.
Tavares fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
John Grease has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Tavares.
A right-left combo lands from Grease.
Grease is breathing heavily.
Grease misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tavares avoids a kick to the body.
John Grease is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grease throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tavares.
Grease throws a leg kick but Tavares sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tavares tries to clinch but Grease moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grease throws a right hand that Tavares ducks under and follows up with a left that Tavares also avoids with ease.
Tavares gets the takedown into side control.
Tavares prevents Grease from escaping the position.
Tavares trying to control the position but Grease is working away.
Tavares moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grease is not content to let Tavares control the position.
Grease wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Grease misses with the combination.
Tavares has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tavares there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tavares keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tavares misses with a double jab.
Grease pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tavares avoids the head kick by Grease.
Tavares misses with a head kick.
Grease fails to land with a series of punches.
Grease falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tavares counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grease is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tavares gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Grease is looking to break free of the clinch but Tavares has double underhooks.
Grease has had enough of the clinch but Tavares keeps him there for the moment.
Grease prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Tavares dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Grease throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tavares counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tavares tries to free his leg and advance position but Grease is retaining full guard.
Grease is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Tavares dives into side control.
Tavares tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tavares stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grease keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Grease does no damage.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Tavares.
Tavares decides to stand back up.
Grease misses with a jab to the body
and Tavares counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Grease is trying to stand back up but Tavares is controlling him
Tavares is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavares stands up and beckons Grease to join him on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavares fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Grease tries a head kick but it misses.
Grease tries to keep at a distance but Tavares has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tavares tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grease wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grease wants to get back to striking at distance but Tavares won't allow it.
Grease tries to break the clinch but Tavares is controlling the position.
Grease has had enough of the clinch but Tavares keeps him there for the moment.
Tavares crunches a lovely knee into Grease's ribcage.
Grease is working Tavares over against the cage.
Grease tries to break the clinch but Tavares is controlling the position.
Tavares prevents Grease from breaking the clinch.
Grease wants to get back to striking at distance but Tavares won't allow it.
Grease is trying to break the clinch but Tavares has him pressed against the cage.
Grease can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Grease tries to break the clinch but Tavares is controlling the position.
Tavares breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tavares shoots in for a double leg but Grease sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tavares moves into the clinch.
Grease wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tavares fails to pull guard.
John Grease has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Tavares.
Tavares looking to slow down the pace here.
Grease can't break the clinch.
Grease wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tavares has him pressed against the cage.
Grease is trying to break free.
Grease is looking to break free of the clinch but Tavares has double underhooks.
Grease wants to get back to striking at distance but Tavares won't allow it.
Tavares prevents Grease from breaking the clinch.
Grease has had enough of the clinch but Tavares keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grease is trying to break free.
Tavares drags the fight down to the ground.
Grease wanted to stand there but Tavares had control of the position.
Tavares is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Tavares showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Tavares tries to close the distance and clinch but Grease swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grease swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grease takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Grease misses with a lunging right hand
and Tavares counters with a right hand to the body.
Grease misses with a series of wild punches.
Horrible takedown by Tavares or perhaps it was just good defense by Grease which made him look bad.
Tavares moves into the clinch.
Tavares drags the fight down to the ground.
Tavares uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tavares tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grease swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares looks to land a combination but Grease avoids it well.
Grease throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tavares counters by moving into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Grease.
Grease lands with a short shot to the head.
Grease wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grease wants to get back to striking at distance but Tavares won't allow it.
Tavares stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Grease wants to break free but Tavares has control.
Grease wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tavares prevents Grease from breaking the clinch.
Tavares prevents Grease from breaking the clinch.
Grease breaks from the clinch.
Grease fails to land with a series of punches.
Tavares fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grease lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
John Grease is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tavares closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Grease to the mat! Grease manages to get full guard.
Tavares sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Grease's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavares content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tavares prevents Grease from standing back up.
Tavares lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavares working the head and body with strikes.
Tavares uses his free foot to push down on Grease's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Grease.
Grease is bucking up trying to escape but Tavares cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Grease is bucking up trying to escape but Tavares cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tavares looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Grease knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tavares on the ground.
Tavares controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavares won't let Grease get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Grease on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Grease tries to get out of the position.
Tavares controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tavares cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
John Grease has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grease is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Tavares comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tavares has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Tavares!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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