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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Awts Wew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Franusik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tomasz Franusik was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Awts Wew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tomasz Franusik!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wew tries to score a power double leg takedown but Franusik sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wew somewhat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Franusik. Wew does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wew throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Franusik's waist but Franusik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wew off to one side.
Wew with a lazy takedown attempt
and Franusik counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Awts Wew. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Franusik manages to break the clinch.
Wew gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Franusik counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wew's knee momentarily.
Franusik has taken the fight to the clinch.
Franusik breaks the clinch.
Franusik clinches up against the ropes.
Franusik gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wew.
Franusik prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wew wants a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wew can't get the takedown.
Franusik has Wew pressed against the ropes.
Franusik breaks the clinch.
Wew has his takedown stuffed
and Franusik counters by clinching up.
Wew changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Franusik fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Franusik fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wew, pushing him back against the ropes.
Franusik lands a knee to the body.
Franusik working Wew over with knees to the body.
Franusik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wew fails with a takedown attempt.
Wew is breathing heavily.
Wew changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Franusik tries to avoid it but Wew manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Franusik to the ground. Franusik escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Franusik has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wew tries for a takedown but Franusik manages to get underhooks.
Franusik breaks the clinch.
Wew gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Franusik counters with a solid body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franusik moves into the clinch.
Wew tries to pull guard but Franusik won't allow it.
Franusik manages to break the clinch.
Franusik closes the distance and clinches.
Franusik manages to break the clinch.
Franusik throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wew stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wew steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Franusik. That one must have hurt.
Franusik connects with a high kick.
Franusik misses with a two punch combination.
Franusik lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Franusik throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Franusik misses with a few strikes there.
Horrible takedown by Wew or perhaps it was just good defense by Franusik which made him look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Franusik lands but Wew takes it in his stride.
Wew tries to keep at a distance but Franusik has taken the fight into the clinch.
Franusik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice sprawl there from Franusik as Wew shoots in.
Franusik slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Franusik throws a shot to the body.
Franusik jabs Wew to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wew on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Franusik has closed the distance and engaged Wew in a clinch.
Franusik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wew sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franusik closes the distance and clinches.
Franusik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Franusik has closed the distance and engaged Wew in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wew wants a takedown but no success here.
Wew takes an elbow to the temple.
Wew looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franusik manages to break the clinch.
Franusik lands a jab-cross combination.
Franusik takes one to the chin there.
Franusik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wew moves away.
Franusik rushes Wew and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Franusik breaks from the clinch.
Tomasz Franusik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franusik throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franusik lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wew will feel that in the morning.
Wew shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Franusik sprawls well. Franusik wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wew gets slowly back to his feet.
Franusik has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomasz Franusik dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Franusik throws a head kick that misses.
Franusik gets caught napping as Wew dives in and scores a takedown. Franusik manages to retain guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wew drops back looking for a leg! Franusik is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Franusik manages to kick Wew off! Wew jumps back into Franusik's guard.
Wew missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wew is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Franusik is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Franusik has escaped and now he's on top!
Wew is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wew is looking for a kimura but Franusik is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wew to get the leverage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wew is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Franusik controlling the position well.
Franusik is not content to let Wew control the position.
Franusik trying to hold on to Wew's head to control him but Wew postures up.
Wew thows a huge punch but Franusik dodges it nicely.
Wew prevents Franusik from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franusik makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Franusik.
Wew trying to control the position from guard on top but Franusik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Franusik avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wew drops back looking for a leg! Franusik is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Franusik manages to kick Wew off! Wew jumps back into Franusik's guard.
Wew drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Franusik manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Wew has Franusik in his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wew is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Franusik defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franusik gets to his feet - Wew follows without any prompting.
Wew fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Franusik closes the distance and clinches.
Wew drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Franusik breaks from the clinch.
Wew fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Awts Wew. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franusik gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franusik manages to break the clinch.
Franusik clinches with his opponent.
Wew jumps guard but Franusik stands there with Wew around his waist. Wew gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wew goes for a takedown attempt but Franusik pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wew fails with a takedown attempt.
Franusik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Franusik lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franusik prevents the takedown attempt.
Wew has Franusik pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Franusik manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Franusik breaks the clinch.
Franusik has Wew up against the ropes in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tomasz Franusik will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!
Franusik throws a front kick that sends Wew stumbling back into the ropes.
Franusik goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Franusik has Wew up against the ropes in a clinch.
Franusik manages to break the clinch.
Franusik rushes Wew and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Franusik lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Franusik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franusik fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wew, pushing him back against the ropes.
Franusik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Wew crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Franusik - the referee stops the clock and Wew gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Franusik. Wew manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Franusik moves into the clinch.
Tomasz Franusik seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Franusik avoiding damage.
Franusik breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wew sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wew will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Franusik misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Awts Wew is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franusik moves into the clinch successfully.
Franusik gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wew.
Wew is working for takedown but Franusik is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Awts Wew. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franusik manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wew is working for takedown but Franusik is calmly controlling the position for now.
Franusik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franusik throws a head kick but Wew moves out of range.
Franusik misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Wew with that takedown attempt.
Wew takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wew will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wew fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Franusik stuffs the takedown attempt from Wew. Wew gets slowly back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franusik closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Franusik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wew shoots in for a double leg but Franusik sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Franusik looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Franusik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wew tries to keep at a distance but Franusik has taken the fight into the clinch.
Franusik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franusik fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wew, pushing him back against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franusik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Franusik lands a body shot.
Franusik has closed the distance and engaged Wew in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Franusik.
Franusik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franusik slaps away a takedown attempt from Wew, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Franusik fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wew, pushing him back against the ropes.
Franusik leaning against his opponent.
Wew is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Franusik is pressed up against the ropes. Wew has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Franusik down to the mat. Franusik avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Franusik rushes Wew and presses him up against the ropes.
Franusik blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Franusik.
Wew changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Franusik fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wew takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Franusik pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Franusik has closed the distance and engaged Wew in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franusik stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wew is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Franusik gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Franusik breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wew shoots in looking for a takedown but Franusik manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wew's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Wew blocks a head kick by Franusik.
Wew blocks a head kick by Franusik.
Awts Wew has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tomasz Franusik is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wew throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Franusik counters with a nice body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tomasz Franusik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Franusik 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 James Ackerman scores the fight for Tomasz Franusik!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Tomasz Franusik!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Tomasz Franusik!
Tomasz Franusik wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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