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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shadow Sinister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shadow Sinister will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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247 lbs
16 - 16 - 1 |
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280 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Felix Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shadow Sinister!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez shoots in and bounces Sinister off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gonzalez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gonzalez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gonzalez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gonzalez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sinister keeping moving, preventing Gonzalez from controlling successfully.
Gonzalez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sinister works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinister preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gonzalez throws a big elbow that misses.
Gonzalez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gonzalez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gonzalez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sinister is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gonzalez tries to advance to mount but Sinister denies him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinister dodges the ground and pound from Gonzalez.
Sinister is looking for a sweep.
Gonzalez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Sinister's legs.
Gonzalez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Gonzalez in side control, throwing shots but Sinister defends.
Gonzalez tries for a kimura but Sinister is defending well.
Gonzalez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sinister sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throwing strikes but Sinister manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gonzalez sneaks back into half guard.
Gonzalez 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.
Gonzalez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sinister's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sinister's back!
Gonzalez missing with strikes.
Sinister finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Gonzalez looking to control but Sinister is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gonzalez punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sinister tries to lock up and control but Gonzalez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gonzalez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez unloads with some shots from mount but Sinister bucks and avoids them well.
Gonzalez landing strikes from the mount and Sinister is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gonzalez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sinister wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gonzalez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez landing strikes from the mount and Sinister is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Gonzalez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sinister manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sinister pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sinister looks to land a right hand but Gonzalez moved out of range.
Sinister gets tackled into the cage by Gonzalez. Gonzalez maintains the clinch.
Gonzalez jumps guard but Sinister turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sinister manages to break the clinch.
Gonzalez gets a clinch.
Sinister tries a body shot but Gonzalez blocks it.
Gonzalez is trying to pull guard but Sinister turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sinister manages to break the clinch.
Gonzalez tries to bum rush Sinister with a series of wild strikes but Sinister uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sinister lands the left hand.
Gonzalez closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinister wants to get back to striking at distance but Gonzalez won't allow it.
Gonzalez jumps guard but Sinister turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Gonzalez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sinister is looking to break free of the clinch but Gonzalez has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinister is trying to break the clinch but Gonzalez is controlling him.
Sinister breaks from the clinch.
Gonzalez throws a hook but Sinister avoids it easily.
Gonzalez slips a straight right by Sinister.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut. Sinister saw that one coming.
Sinister connects with a crisp jab.
Sinister walks into a straight right hand from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez takes one on the button.
Gonzalez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gonzalez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sinister.
Sinister connects with a crisp jab.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sinister sprawls well. Sinister wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gonzalez gets slowly back to his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sinister darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sinister lands a head kick!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gonzalez here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Gonzalez ducks right into an uppercut from Sinister.
Felix Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sinister lands an overhand right.
Sinister blocks a jab.
Shadow Sinister seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sinister misses with a wild body shot.
Gonzalez lands with a shot to the body.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sinister swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sinister avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sinister throws a lazy right hand but Gonzalez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shadow Sinister seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinister tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gonzalez was well out of range. Poor timing from Sinister.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sinister as he jumps to the side.
Sinister tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinister throws a series of punches but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Sinister scores with a sloppy right hand. Gonzalez should have avoided that one.
Sinister digs a good hook to Gonzalez's body.
Gonzalez moves out of range as Sinister strikes.
Gonzalez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sinister moves away from the strike by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sinister defends it nicely.
Gonzalez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sinister.
Sinister listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
No joy there for Sinister, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gonzalez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez defending well as Sinister loads up on a big left hand.
Sinister might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gonzalez staying out of range there.
Sinister connects with a body shot.
Gonzalez throws a right hand that Sinister ducks under and follows up with a left that Sinister also avoids with ease.
Sinister circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sinister throws a leg kick but Gonzalez moved away.
Gonzalez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gonzalez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sinister sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gonzalez somewhat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A leg kick checked by Gonzalez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzalez misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shadow Sinister showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sinister lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gonzalez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sinister to score with a decent uppercut.
Gonzalez forces Sinister back against the cage and clinches.
Sinister is pressed up against the cage. Gonzalez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sinister down to the mat. Sinister avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Sinister. Those never looked like landing.
Sinister cracks Gonzalez with an open hand slap.
Sinister misses with an uppercut
and Gonzalez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sinister!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonzalez raining down shots from the mount!
Gonzalez punching from mount but Sinister doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sinister taking shots to the head.
Gonzalez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez looking to ground and pound but Sinister is blocking nicely.
Gonzalez looking to finish with strikes here!
Gonzalez controlling from mount.
Gonzalez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sinister?
Gonzalez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sinister manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sinister dodges the ground and pound from Gonzalez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sinister, who protects the arm well.
Gonzalez wants to control but Sinister is keeping him busy.
Gonzalez tries for a kimura but Sinister is defending well.
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!
Gonzalez tries to score with some ground and pound. Sinister controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinister is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gonzalez is controlling him well.
Gonzalez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sinister is trying to improve his position.
Gonzalez throwing strikes but Sinister manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Gonzalez slips a nice elbow through Sinister's hands, connecting with Sinister's forehead.
Gonzalez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gonzalez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gonzalez is taking a breather. Sinister says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzalez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sinister's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sinister trying to control but Gonzalez postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Felix Gonzalez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gonzalez 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felix Gonzalez!
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hype
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