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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Botwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Strikes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andy Botwin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Carlos Strikes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botwin connects with a body shot that sends Strikes's belly button to the back.
Botwin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Strikes checks a low kick from Botwin.
Strikes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Strikes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Carlos Strikes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strikes throws a front kick aimed at Botwin's knee but Botwin avoids it well.
Strikes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Botwin.
Strikes tries a low kick but Botwin avoids it.
Botwin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Botwin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A bone on bone clash there as Strikes blocks the leg kick.
Botwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strikes.
Botwin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Botwin lands with a kick to the temple. Strikes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Botwin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Botwin lunges at Strikes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Strikes's hand.
Botwin lands a leg kick that knocks Strikes off balance momentarily.
Strikes tries to clinch up but Botwin circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botwin keeps the fight on the outside.
Strikes is looking to clinch but Botwin is avoiding it.
Botwin rushes Strikes and presses him up against the cage.
Botwin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Botwin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Botwin has Strikes pushed against the cage.
Botwin misses with a knee strike.
Botwin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Botwin lands a knee to the body.
Strikes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Botwin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Botwin gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Strikes regains guard.
Botwin controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strikes trying to keep a closed guard but Botwin is proving a slippery customer.
Strikes keeping moving, preventing Botwin from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Andy Botwin just wasn't active enough.
Strikes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Botwin.
Strikes is looking to clinch.
Botwin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice shot by Strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Botwin lands a front kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Botwin, right into the meat.
Botwin cracks a nice hook into Strikes's ribs.
Botwin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Strikes connects with a solid leg kick.
Strikes lands a jab to the nose.
Strikes tries to clinch but Botwin moves away
and Botwin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Botwin with a knee to the head.
Botwin has picked Strikes up - he's going for a ride! Botwin dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Botwin is trying to control. Strikes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Strikes is trying to stand back up but Botwin is controlling him
Botwin slips a nice elbow through Strikes's hands, connecting with Strikes's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strikes won't allow Botwin to pass to mount.
Botwin is controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Strikes is looking to get back to full guard here but Botwin has managed to pass to side control instead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strikes is being controlled here.
Strikes is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Botwin 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.
Botwin connects with an inside leg kick.
Carlos Strikes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Strikes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Strikes loads up on a big right hand but Botwin slips the punch.
Strikes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Strikes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Botwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Andy Botwin is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Botwin.
Strikes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Botwin was well out of range. Poor timing from Strikes.
A head kick misses from Botwin.
Botwin misses with a body kick.
Donk. Botwin catches Strikes right on the button with a cross.
Botwin scores with a sloppy right hand. Strikes should have avoided that one.
Botwin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Strikes will feel that in the morning.
Strikes tries to clinch there but Botwin circles away.
Strikes doesn't manage to clinch there - Botwin circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Botwin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botwin lands with a cross.
It looks like Carlos Strikes has been cut.
Botwin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Strikes will feel that in the morning.
Good standup being displayed there by Botwin as he connects with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Botwin.
Strikes moves to clinch but Botwin breaks away
and Botwin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Strikes is breathing heavily.
Botwin throws a head kick that half lands.
A head kick misses from Botwin.
Botwin feints and then cracks Strikes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Strikes down.
Strikes has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Botwin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Botwin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Strikes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good standup being displayed there by Botwin as he connects with a hook.
Strikes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Botwin.
Strikes tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strikes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strikes takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botwin stalks Strikes and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Strikes's face. Strikes staggers backwards, shaken.
Carlos Strikes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Botwin feints a jab promting Strikes to slip. Botwin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Strikes slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Strikes is looking to clinch but Botwin is avoiding it.
Strikes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Botwin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Botwin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Strikes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Botwin lands a glancing blow to the side of Strikes's head.
Botwin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Botwin.
Strikes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Botwin ducks under a wild hook from Strikes.
Strikes avoids the body shot from Botwin.
Botwin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Strikes if he has to take too many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strikes blocks a head kick by Botwin.
A head kick misses from Botwin.
Botwin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Botwin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Strikes looks to throw a body kick
letting Botwin counter with a right hand.
Strikes misses with a straight left.
Strikes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Botwin counters with a thumping low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Botwin.
Botwin thows a body kick. Strikes tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Strikes wants to clinch up but Botwin keeps it at a distance.
Botwin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Botwin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Strikes's calf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botwin digs a good hook to Strikes's body.
Botwin clinches up against the cage.
Strikes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Botwin avoids it.
Botwin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Botwin crunches a lovely knee into Strikes's ribcage.
Botwin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Botwin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Botwin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strikes's sensitive parts.
Botwin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strikes.
Strikes drops his hands momentarily and Botwin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Strikes takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Botwin blocks a head kick by Strikes.
Strikes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Botwin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Botwin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Strikes's cut.
That's time! Botwin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Botwin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Botwin.
Botwin throws a leg kick which misses Strikes's front leg but catches the back leg as Strikes tries to avoid it.
Strikes moves in looking to clinch but Botwin pushes him off.
Strikes tries to clinch but Botwin moves out of range.
Botwin pushes Strikes up against the cage in a clinch.
Strikes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Botwin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Botwin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Botwin.
Botwin works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strikes wants to sweep but no luck.
Botwin landing some decent shots from guard.
Strikes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botwin trying to control the position from guard on top but Strikes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Strikes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Botwin forces his way into half guard.
Strikes is refusing to be controlled, as Botwin sits in half guard.
Botwin trying to pass the guard but Strikes defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strikes trying to control here.
Botwin is working for a submission of some sort.
Botwin slows the pace down in half guard.
Botwin is looking for a kimura but Strikes is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Botwin to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botwin passes to side control.
Botwin creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Botwin working away.
Strikes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Botwin connects with a decent elbow.
Botwin tries to advance to mount but Strikes denies him.
Botwin is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Botwin landing a few strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botwin cracks Strikes with a big elbow.
Strikes regains half guard there - taking advantage of Botwin's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Strikes wants to get back to full guard.
Strikes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Botwin thows a huge punch but Strikes dodges it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Strikes wants to control but Botwin is keeping busy.
Botwin is trying for a kimura here. Strikes looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Botwin wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andy Botwin!
Andy Botwin retains his welterweight title!
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energy
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