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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francis Begbie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack London (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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22
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Begbie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Jack London!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Begbie tries to close the distance and clinch up but London swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That kick from Begbie tenderised London's leg. London is trying to keep his angry face on.
London with a jab.
Francis Begbie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Begbie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Begbie instigates a clinch.
Begbie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
London tries to circle away but Begbie has him pinned against the cage.
Begbie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Begbie trying to land knees to the body.
London can't break the clinch.
Begbie misses with a knee strike.
Begbie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Begbie crunches a lovely knee into London's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Begbie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Begbie has London pressed against the cage, preventing London from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
London is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but London blocks it.
Begbie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Begbie trying to land knees to the body.
Begbie has London pressed against the cage, preventing London from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
London on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
London tries to circle away but Begbie has him pinned against the cage.
London working hard to break the clinch.
Begbie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Begbie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Begbie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Begbie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
London has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Begbie unloads a knee to the mid-section. London lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
London is trying to break free.
London on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Begbie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but London has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Begbie working London over with knees to the body.
Begbie misses with a knee to the head.
Begbie is breathing heavily.
Begbie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Begbie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Begbie with a knee to the head.
London working hard to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but London blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
London tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Begbie misses with some punches.
Begbie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Begbie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
London is trying to force a seperation but Begbie has the dominant position.
London manages to break the clinch.
London fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Begbie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A punch combination from London misses.
London swats away the attempt to clinch by Begbie.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as London checks a leg kick.
London dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
London throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
London throws a right and a left that Begbie avoids nicely.
Begbie moves into range and clinches up with London.
Knees to the body from Begbie.
Begbie prevents London from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Begbie obliges.
London escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
London throws a body punch but Begbie moves out of range.
London pivots, looking for a leg kick but Begbie is out of range and London settles back down.
London scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Begbie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Begbie misses with a straight right.
London looks to score with a jab to the body but Begbie is just out of range.
London dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Begbie wants to clinch up but London keeps it at a distance.
London closes the distance and pushes Begbie back into the cage.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but London blocks with his arms.
Begbie throws a knee to the head but misses.
London tries to break free but Begbie pushes him back against the cage.
Begbie looking to throw knees to the head but London is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begbie has London pressed against the cage, preventing London from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Begbie trying to land knees to the body.
London struggles to land a body shot inside as Begbie controls his hands.
Begbie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Begbie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but London blocks it with crossed arms.
Begbie lands a good knee to the midsection. London won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
London managing to block the knees to the body from Begbie.
London is trying to break the clinch but Begbie is controlling him.
London is trying to force a seperation but Begbie has the dominant position.
Begbie trying to land knees to the body.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but London blocks it.
London is trying to force a seperation but Begbie has the dominant position.
London managing to block the knees to the body from Begbie.
London is trying to break the clinch but Begbie is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Begbie.
London can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Begbie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francis Begbie dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
London getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jack London is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Begbie is looking to clinch.
London looks to land a combination but Begbie avoids it well.
Begbie has London up against the cage in a clinch.
Begbie misses with a knee to the head.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
London tries to break the clinch but Begbie is controlling the position.
Begbie misses with a knee to the head.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
London has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Begbie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but London blocks it with crossed arms.
London is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Begbie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but London has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
London wants to break free but Begbie has control.
Begbie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has London in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
London managing to block the knees to the body from Begbie.
London is trying to break the clinch but Begbie has him pressed against the cage.
Begbie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite London's efforts to push away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Begbie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but London blocks it with crossed arms.
Begbie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Begbie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
London is trying to push Begbie away but Begbie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
London working aggressively here.
Begbie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. London is defending well for now.
Begbie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but London blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on London's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Begbie has London pressed against the cage, preventing London from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Begbie misses with a body punch.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but London blocks it.
Begbie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but London blocks it with crossed arms.
London tries to circle away but Begbie has him pinned against the cage.
London is trying to break free.
Begbie looking to throw knees to the head but London is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
London wants to break free but Begbie has control.
London misses with a punch to the body.
London breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Begbie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
London throws a series of punches but Begbie avoids them all with ease.
London keeps the fight on the outside.
Begbie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from London.
Begbie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by London.
London darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
London ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Begbie tries to clinch there but London circles away.
London ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
London moves into the clinch.
London has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
London tries to break free but Begbie pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begbie keeps control of London as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
London wants to get back to striking at distance but Begbie won't allow it.
London is trying to break free.
London avoiding damage as Begbie throws knees to the body.
London stalling in the clinch but Begbie improves position.
London tries to break the clinch but Begbie is controlling the position.
London is looking to break free of the clinch but Begbie has double underhooks.
Begbie struggles to land a body shot inside as London controls his hands.
Begbie tries to work over London's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
London has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Begbie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
London is trying to break free.
London is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Begbie landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Begbie.
Begbie throws a knee to the head but misses.
London has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees to the body from Begbie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
London is trying to break the clinch but Begbie has him pressed against the cage.
London is trying to break the clinch but Begbie has him pressed against the cage.
London tries to circle away but Begbie has him pinned against the cage.
Begbie tries to land knees in the clinch but London avoids the damage to the body.
Begbie looking to throw knees to the head but London is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Begbie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Begbie prevents London from breaking the clinch.
London has had enough of the clinch but Begbie keeps him there for the moment.
Begbie lands a good knee to the midsection. London won't want to take too many of those.
Begbie with a knee to the head.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
London has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
London tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Begbie blocks a body shot from London.
London tries to circle away but Begbie has him pinned against the cage.
Begbie missing with knees to the body.
Begbie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Francis Begbie will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
London scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Begbie tries to clinch but London is having none of it.
London throws a body punch but Begbie moves out of range.
London is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Begbie rather than just go for the knockout.
London with a nice cross.
Begbie doesn't manage to clinch there - London circles away.
London cracks the inside of Begbie's front leg.
Begbie is looking to clinch but London is avoiding it.
Begbie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
London swats away the attempt to clinch by Begbie.
Begbie wants to clinch.
Begbie fails with an attempt to clinch.
London throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
London scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Begbie throws a hook but London blocks it.
Begbie tries to close the distance and clinch but London swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Begbie.
Begbie 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.
Begbie tries to close the distance and clinch but London swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Begbie tries to clinch up.
London rushes Begbie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Begbie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. London is defending well for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Begbie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
London looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Begbie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Begbie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but London blocks it.
Begbie has London pressed against the cage, preventing London from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
London can't break the clinch.
Begbie misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
London tries to circle away but Begbie has him pinned against the cage.
Begbie misses with a knee to the head.
London wants to get back to striking at distance but Begbie won't allow it.
Begbie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite London's efforts to push away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Begbie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. London is defending well for now.
London can't break the clinch.
London wants to break the clinch but can't.
London avoiding damage as Begbie throws knees to the body.
London tries to circle away but Begbie has him pinned against the cage.
London has had enough of the clinch but Begbie keeps him there for the moment.
London has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Begbie.
Begbie looking to throw knees to the head but London is blocking nicely.
Begbie missing with knees to the body.
London wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Begbie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from London.
Begbie tries to land knees in the clinch but London avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
London is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on London's face as he tries to break the clinch.
London is trying to push Begbie away but Begbie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Begbie misses with a knee to the head.
Begbie looking to throw knees to the head but London is blocking nicely.
London is trying to break the clinch but Begbie is controlling him.
Begbie misses with a knee to the head.
London is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
London is trying to break the clinch but Begbie has him pressed against the cage.
London is trying to break the clinch but Begbie has him pressed against the cage.
London is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and London avoids it.
London wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Begbie has him pressed against the cage.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
London escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
London scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Begbie doesn't manage to clinch there - London circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
London lands a right hook to the body.
London cracks a nice hook into Begbie's ribs.
Begbie avoids a punch combination nicely.
London takes a swing at Begbie's ribcage but misses.
Jack London has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Francis Begbie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
London gets tackled into the cage by Begbie. Begbie maintains the clinch.
London has had enough of the clinch but Begbie keeps him there for the moment.
Begbie lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Begbie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but London has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
London avoiding damage as Begbie throws knees to the body.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Begbie crunches a lovely knee into London's ribcage.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
London tries to work over Begbie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
London takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Francis Begbie.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Begbie, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francis Begbie!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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