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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bader Greco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jizz In My Pants. Bader Greco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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156 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bader Greco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gary Wade!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greco throws a right hand that misses
and Wade counters with a nice leg kick.
Greco gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wade scoring well with a low kick there.
Greco misses with an uppercut
and Wade counters with a right hand to the body.
Wade lands a jab.
Wade throws a head kick but Greco moves out of range.
Greco moves in looking to clinch but Wade pushes him off.
Wade throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Bader Greco has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wade misses with a series of wild punches.
Greco gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Greco drives through with a takedown into guard.
Greco has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Greco stops Wade from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greco postures up in Wade's guard and throws a big left but Wade blocks it.
Greco might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wade is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Greco is controlling him.
Wade controls Greco momentarily but Greco frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade keeping moving, preventing Greco from controlling successfully.
Greco throws a strike but Wade rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wade would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Greco throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Wade is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Greco will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Greco is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Greco is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Greco moves out of range of the strikes.
Wade 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.
Greco fails with the takedown
and Wade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wade takes a swing at Greco's ribcage but misses.
Wade connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Greco shoots in looking for a takedown. Wade tries to sprawl out of it but Greco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wade manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wade jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wade lands a leg kick that knocks Greco off balance momentarily.
Greco drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wade tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wade wants to stand and escape but Greco is having none of it.
Greco looking to sit in guard and control but Wade gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Wade dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bader Greco's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Wade bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wade with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wade is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wade lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Greco throws a right hand that misses
and Wade counters with a right hand to the body.
Wade throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Greco stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wade scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Greco misses with a combination
and Wade counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Greco.
Wade stuns Greco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That kick from Wade tenderised Greco's leg. Greco is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bader Greco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wade connects with a right hand. Greco shakes it off.
Greco throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wade was covering up waiting for the punch and Greco finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Wade wants to stand up but Greco is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Wade avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Greco chips away with some ground and pound.
Greco is in close to Wade's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Greco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wade tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wade controls Greco momentarily but Greco frees himself.
Wade avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wade manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Greco fails with the takedown
and Wade counters with a two punch combo.
Jab, jab by Wade - just one landing.
Both fighters circling a little - Wade finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Greco blocks a head kick by Wade.
Wade looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wade buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Greco.
Wade lands with a nice body kick.
Gary Wade seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Greco throws a poor cross that misses
and Greco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Greco has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wade.
Greco sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wade scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Greco shoots for a takedown but Wade saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bader Greco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wade is looking to slow Greco down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Wade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bader Greco'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!
Wade scores with a jab to the body.
Greco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wade.
Wade wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Wade does it's job there.
Greco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wade counters with a right hand to the body.
Greco scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wade wants to get back to full guard.
Wade works his way to full guard. Good work.
Greco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wade seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Greco makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Greco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wade seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Greco chips away with some ground and pound.
Greco throws a strike but Wade rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Greco looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two 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.
Wade has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Greco is proving hard to escape from.
Wade preventing the sweep.
Greco is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Greco doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Wade won't allow Greco to sweep him here.
Greco is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bader Greco wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Wade plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wade connects with a good right hand that stumbles Greco. Greco circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wade misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Greco avoids the body shot from Wade.
Gary Wade is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gary Wade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Greco misses with an uppercut
and Wade counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Greco misses
and Wade counters with a stiff right hand.
Greco throws an off balance right hand
and Wade makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wade connects with a leg kick. Greco looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Greco is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Wade's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Greco shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wade counters with a leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Greco is defended easily by Wade.
Wade connects with a solid leg kick.
Wade clobbers Greco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Wade comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wade winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Wade!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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