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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernie Els (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bang Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Els comes to the cage accompanied by Chamillionaire - Don't Shoot. This should be fireworks!
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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
24 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernie Els!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bang Bang!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Els misses with a few strikes there.
Bang throws out a powerful jab.
Bang scores with a leg kick.
Bang has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Els is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Els ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bang moves away.
Els throws a jab but it's blocked by Bang.
Els throws a low kick but Bang avoids it.
Bang is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Els with a body shot.
Bang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Els throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Bang to counter with a crisp jab.
Bang lands the left hand.
Bang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Els moves away.
Els drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bang sprawls and moves away.
Bang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Bang Bang has been cut.
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!
Els fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bang manages to avoid it.
Bang fails to land with a series of punches.
Els connects with a solid leg kick.
Els throws a lazy uppercut
and Bang counters with a good low kick that Els was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Els misses with an uppercut. Bang saw that one coming.
It seemed like Bang was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Els throws a leg kick
and Bang counters with a leg kick.
Els throws a leg kick
and Bang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Els's hands.
Bang slips under a jab from Els.
Bang drops his hands momentarily and Els takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bang takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Els takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A leg kick checked by Els.
Bang fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Els on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Els avoids the body shot from Bang.
Els misses the body punch
enabling Bang to counter with a crisp jab.
Els feints and then cracks Bang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bang down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Els wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bang lands a jab to the nose.
Bang checks a leg kick.
Els throws a chopping leg kick but Bang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Els finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bang looks to land a left hand but Els moved out of range nicely.
Els lands with an uppercut that bounces Bang off the cage and back into range.
Bang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Els misses.
Bang misses the jab.
Els wants to land a leg kick but Bang is out of range.
Ernie Els seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Els connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Els.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Els on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bang digs a good hook to Els's body.
Els fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bang checks it well.
Els throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bang counters with a stiff right hand.
Els throws out a loose jab but Bang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bang is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Els had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bang chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Els can pounce on him.
Bang takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Els throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bang Bang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Els throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Els has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Els tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bang is able to avoid easily.
Els avoids the body shot from Bang.
Els lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Els lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Els throws a body shot but no joy.
Bang appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bang connects with a body shot that sends Els's belly button to the back.
Els slips under a jab from Bang.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bang. Els does a little dance to reset his feet.
Els lands a nice shot to the body.
Els misses with a leg kick
and Bang counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Els misses the shot to the body.
Bang unleashes a big counter combination but Els bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Els on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bang. Bang obviously looking to wear him down.
Els scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Els shoots in and gets a takedown into Bang's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Els trying to control but Bang is working from the bottom.
Els is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bang Bang will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bang Bang's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A bone on bone clash there as Bang blocks the leg kick.
Bang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Els swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Els swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Els misses with an attempted mid kick.
Els looks to land a combination. Bang sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Els throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bang misses with an uppercut.
Els changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Els avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bang takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Els connects with an inside leg kick.
Els lands with a shot to the body.
Bang's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Els connects with a body shot that sends Bang's belly button to the back.
Bang Bang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bang.
Els misses with a low kick.
Els throws a looping overhand right but Bang ducks down to avoid it.
Els avoids the body shot from Bang.
Els swings for the body but Bang moves out of range.
Bang lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bang misses with a body shot.
Els keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bang.
Bang connects with a leg kick. Els looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Els uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bang.
Els slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang is looking to score with low kicks.
Bang with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Els.
Bang throws out a counter right but Els avoids it with no problem.
Bang lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bang throws a low kick, looking for Els's leg but Els calmly moves out of range.
Els misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bang.
A little jabbing left from Bang on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Els throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bang appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Els throws a leg kick
and Bang counters with an outside leg kick.
Bang misses the shot to the body.
Bang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bang wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Els fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bang is out of range.
Els fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Els misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Els uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bang.
Els drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bang sprawls and moves away.
Bang defending well as Els loads up on a big left hand.
Bang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Els.
Bang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Els is looking to wear down Bang with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bang scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Els throws a jab when Bang was well out of range.
Bang replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Els blocks it well.
Els misses with a kick to the body
and Bang counters with a slapping leg kick.
Els throws a leg kick
and Bang counters with a stiff right hand.
Els darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Els thumps Bang with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bang.
A good leg kick by Els.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Els lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bang has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bang and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang cracks Els with a good jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bone on bone clash there as Bang blocks the leg kick.
Els looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Els misses the body punch
and Bang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Els punishes Bang's body with a nice straight punch.
Bang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bang lands a jab.
Els pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bang checks a leg kick.
Els throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Els moves away.
Bang fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Els on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Els misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bang Bang will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bang Bang's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bang scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Els has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Els there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bang pivots, looking for a leg kick but Els is out of range and Bang settles back down.
Bang lands with a kick to the temple. Els shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Els ducks under a wild hook from Bang.
Bang throws an overhand right that lands on Els's shoulder, as Els tries to avoid the shot.
Els misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bang misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Els misses with a right hand
and Bang counters with a body kick.
Els throws a leg kick that misses.
Bang counters with a body kick.
Bang closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Els feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bang's calf.
Els misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bang.
Els misses with a wild body shot.
Els takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Els lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Els takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Els throws a leg kick but Bang checks it.
Els scores with a nice body kick.
Bang jabs at Els's body.
Bang just misses with a punch to the body.
Els attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bang doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Els uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bang.
You can see that Bang has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
A jab lands there for Els.
Ernie Els has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Els scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A low kick from Els is predictable there
and Bang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Els darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Els trying to control the pace.
Els trying to control from half guard but Bang is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Els slips a nice elbow through Bang's hands, connecting with Bang's forehead.
Els wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bang keeps working.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Els is looking for a kimura here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Els throws a poor cross that misses
and Bang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bang blocks a low kick nicely.
Bang was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Els scores with a leg kick.
Els throws a low kick, looking for Bang's leg but Bang calmly moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Bang misses.
Els throws a leg kick but Bang moved away.
Els looks for the body kick but Bang saw that one coming.
Bang jabs at Els's body.
That kick from Els tenderised Bang's leg. Bang is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jab by Bang.
Els takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Els misses with a hook
and Bang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Els fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bang manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Bang misses the target.
Bang Bang is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A jab from Els misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bang Bang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bang 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bang Bang!
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energy
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RATING
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