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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Oak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Rosholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Oak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Rosholt!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oak throws a right hand that Rosholt ducks under and follows up with a left that Rosholt also avoids with ease.
Oak looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rosholt working a defensive guard here.
Oak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rosholt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rosholt can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rosholt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Oak drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Oak jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Oak 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.
Oak drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rosholt manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Oak has Rosholt in his guard.
Oak keeping moving, preventing Rosholt from controlling successfully.
Oak working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rosholt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rosholt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oak wants to stand but Rosholt is controlling the position.
Rosholt's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rosholt trying to control the position from guard on top but Oak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oak pushes Rosholt off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Robert Oak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosholt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Oak closes the distance but Rosholt moves to the side
and Rosholt counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rosholt.
Oak is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rosholt is controlling him.
Oak pushes Rosholt off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rosholt misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oak connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oak tries to clinch up but Rosholt circles away and keeps his distance.
Rosholt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rosholt throws a head kick that misses
and Oak counters by moving into the clinch.
Oak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rosholt avoiding damage as Oak throws knees to the body.
Come on Rosholt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rosholt blocks it with crossed arms.
Oak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rosholt blocks it with crossed arms.
Oak tries a knee to the head but Rosholt blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oak jumps into guard, dragging Rosholt to the mat.
Oak is breathing heavily.
Rosholt trying to control the position from guard on top but Oak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rosholt postures up.
Oak keeping moving, preventing Rosholt from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Rosholt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oak. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jake Rosholt was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rosholt fails to land the takedown.
Robert Oak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Rosholt.
Rosholt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rosholt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Oak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oak tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosholt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt keeps the fight on the outside.
Oak tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosholt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rosholt shoots in looking for a takedown but Oak manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rosholt's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Oak has closed the distance and engaged Rosholt in a clinch.
Oak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rosholt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oak tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oak keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rosholt's efforts to push away.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rosholt takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right hand to the body from Oak.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rosholt drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oak connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Oak dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Oak closes the distance and clinches.
Oak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oak landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Oak tries a knee to the head but Rosholt blocks it.
Oak crunches a lovely knee into Rosholt's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oak.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oak tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rosholt smiles and moves away.
Oak clinches with his opponent.
Rosholt is trying to maintain a safe position but Oak gets an underhook and turns Rosholt into the cage.
Oak misses with a knee strike.
Oak connects with a knee to the head.
Oak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rosholt blocks it with crossed arms.
Oak lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rosholt backwards.
Oak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oak jumps guard.
Rosholt looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oak is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Oak manages to break the clinch.
Oak throws a right hand that Rosholt ducks under and follows up with a left that Rosholt also avoids with ease.
A left and a right from Oak both land. Nice combination.
Oak closes the distance but Rosholt moves to the side
and Rosholt counters with a nice uppercut.
Oak fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rosholt.
Oak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oak fails with a takedown attempt.
Oak misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Oak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Oak checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rosholt fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Oak to the ground. Rosholt is now in Oak's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rosholt engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Rosholt won't allow Oak to get back to his feet.
Rosholt scoring with punches to the head and body.
Oak is looking to stand up but Rosholt isn't so interested in that idea.
Robert Oak overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rosholt advances to half guard.
Rosholt wants to take a breather but Oak is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Oak looks like he's trying to stand up.
Rosholt wants to control but Oak is keeping him busy.
Rosholt works his way into side control.
Oak wants to get back to his feet.
Oak prevents Rosholt from improving position.
Oak is not content to let Rosholt control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt cracks Oak with a big right hand but Oak just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Oak is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rosholt is controlling him well.
Rosholt is looking to take a break and control but Oak is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rosholt working away.
Oak tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oak wants to get back to his feet but Rosholt drags him back down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oak tries to bench press Rosholt off him but Rosholt keeps the position.
Oak is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rosholt is controlling him well.
Rosholt lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rosholt tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Oak dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rosholt drives through with a takedown into Oak's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Oak is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Oak has his feet on Rosholt's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Oak shoots for a takedown but Rosholt saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Oak wants to clinch.
Oak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rosholt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oak moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oak scores with a nice head shot.
Rosholt circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rosholt throws a jab but it's blocked by Oak.
Oak moves to clinch but Rosholt breaks away
and Oak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oak tries to clinch there but Rosholt circles away.
Robert Oak is winning the standup battle so far.
Oak doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosholt circles away.
Oak dives in and grabs Rosholt's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rosholt pushes down on Oak's head and hops out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rosholt shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Oak napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Oak is trying to improve his position.
Oak is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Rosholt has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Rosholt trying to control the position but Oak is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oak throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Oak enables Rosholt to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Oak manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rosholt is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Oak wants to sweep but no luck.
Oak keeping moving, preventing Rosholt from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jake Rosholt.
Rosholt scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oak shoots for a double leg takedown but Rosholt sprawls well. He's pushed Oak's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Oak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oak throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Oak stuffs the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oak.
Oak wants to clinch
and Rosholt counters with a straight right hand.
Oak moves in looking to clinch but Rosholt pushes him off.
Rosholt misses with a double jab.
Rosholt slaps away a takedown attempt from Oak, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rosholt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Horrible takedown by Rosholt or perhaps it was just good defense by Oak which made him look bad.
Robert Oak is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oak tries to clinch up but Rosholt circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Oak to the ground. Rosholt is now in Oak's guard.
Rosholt trying to control but Oak is working from the bottom.
Oak wants to get back to his feet but Rosholt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rosholt looking to pass the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oak is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rosholt is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oak wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Rosholt manages to pass to side control.
Jake Rosholt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oak pushes Rosholt off looking to stand but Rosholt dives back in and keeps control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Rosholt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Oak 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Oak!
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