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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kiwi Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Manywheather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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130 lbs
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134 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 50 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kiwi Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brandon Manywheather!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manywheather moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Manywheather.
Manywheather scores with a three punch combo!
Manywheather has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bird wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manywheather breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manywheather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Manywheather misses.
Manywheather lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bird circles away quickly and effectively.
Manywheather lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bird pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bird misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manywheather shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bird eats them both and turns towards Manywheather to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Manywheather darts in and clinches Bird up against the cage.
Manywheather breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Manywheather.
Bird could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Manywheather throws a series of punches but Bird avoids them all with ease.
Bird is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Manywheather.
Bird slips a jab and a cross from Manywheather.
Manywheather is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Left hook, right uppercut from Manywheather.
Manywheather looks gassed!
Bird is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Manywheather.
Bird avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manywheather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bird moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Manywheather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bird moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bird tries to work over Manywheather's front leg with a kick but Manywheather checks it.
Manywheather feints a jab promting Bird to slip. Manywheather then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bird slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Manywheather throws a series of punches but Bird avoids them all with ease.
Manywheather avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bird misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manywheather tries to bum rush Bird with a series of wild strikes but Bird uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bird tries a head kick but it misses.
Manywheather misses with the combination.
Bird throws a wild body kick that Manywheather sees coming a mile off.
Some wild striking there from Manywheather.
Manywheather misses with a wild combination.
Manywheather uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bird.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manywheather misses with a two punch combination.
Bird fails to land with a series of punches.
Bird throws a body punch but Manywheather moves out of range.
Bird misses with a wild body shot.
Manywheather lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bird throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Manywheather blocks the leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manywheather misses with a double jab.
Bird misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Manywheather dominated that round.
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.
Manywheather has managed to clinch.
Manywheather breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manywheather clinches up against the cage.
Bird has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bird is trying to break the clinch but Manywheather is controlling him.
Manywheather breaks the clinch.
Manywheather lands with a nice combination. Bird backs away looking to recover.
Manywheather lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Manywheather lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bird throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manywheather lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Manywheather is breathing heavily.
Manywheather looks to land a combination but Bird avoids it well.
Manywheather displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Manywheather looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Bird.
Manywheather throws a series of punches but Bird avoids them all with ease.
Manywheather takes the fight into the clinch.
Bird is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Bird's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bird wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Manywheather breaks the clinch.
Bird misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Manywheather misses.
Manywheather lands with a good body shot.
Bird throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Manywheather has Bird up against the cage in a clinch.
Bird tries to break the clinch but Manywheather is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird is trying to push Manywheather away but Manywheather has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Manywheather pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manywheather moves into the clinch successfully.
Bird wants to get back to striking at distance but Manywheather won't allow it.
Manywheather's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manywheather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Manywheather does no damage.
Manywheather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Bird does no damage.
Bird throws a body punch but Manywheather moves out of range.
Manywheather moves into the clinch successfully.
Bird is trying to break the clinch but Manywheather has him pressed against the cage.
Bird wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Manywheather keeps control of Bird as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bird wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Manywheather has Bird pressed against the cage, preventing Bird from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Manywheather showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Manywheather lands with a shot to the body.
Manywheather fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bird has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A combination from Manywheather does no damage.
Manywheather clinches with his opponent.
Manywheather has Bird pressed against the cage, preventing Bird from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Manywheather escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiwi Bird is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Manywheather looks to land a combination but Bird avoids it well.
Manywheather dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Manywheather takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Manywheather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manywheather moves into range and clinches up with Bird.
Manywheather breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manywheather closes the distance and pushes Bird back into the cage.
Bird wants to get back to striking at distance but Manywheather won't allow it.
Bird wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Manywheather has him pressed against the cage.
Bird has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Manywheather manages to break the clinch.
Manywheather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bird moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manywheather has managed to clinch.
Bird is trying to break the clinch but Manywheather is controlling him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bird can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bird's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Manywheather pushes Bird back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bird wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manywheather keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bird's efforts to push away.
Manywheather breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manywheather throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Manywheather instigates a clinch.
Manywheather keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bird's efforts to push away.
Manywheather keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bird's efforts to push away.
Manywheather has Bird pressed against the cage, preventing Bird from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Manywheather breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manywheather moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Brandon Manywheather seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manywheather throws a right hand that Bird ducks under and follows up with a left that Bird also avoids with ease.
Bird throws a right hand that misses
and Manywheather counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bird wants to get back to striking at distance but Manywheather won't allow it.
Brandon Manywheather seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bird has had enough of the clinch but Manywheather keeps him there for the moment.
Manywheather breaks from the clinch.
Manywheather scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manywheather scores with a one two! Bird had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kiwi Bird has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brandon Manywheather is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Manywheather moves away from the strike by Bird.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Manywheather comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Manywheather has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Manywheather!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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