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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bo Xiang Pao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Scissorhands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xiang Pao comes to the cage accompanied by Enter The Palm. Bo Xiang Pao has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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148 lbs
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145 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bo Xiang Pao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Scissorhands!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scissorhands misses with a body shot.
Scissorhands looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Scissorhands misses with a body shot.
Scissorhands lands with a good body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Scissorhands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Scissorhands throws out a powerful jab.
Xiang Pao tries to land a leg kick but Scissorhands saw it coming and moves away.
Scissorhands lands with a kick to the ribs.
Xiang Pao changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Xiang Pao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Bjorn's Elite Team in the buildup to the fight.
Scissorhands throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Xiang Pao stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Scissorhands looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
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!
Xiang Pao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Scissorhands throws out the jab.
Xiang Pao blocks a leg kick.
Scissorhands looks to land a right hand but Xiang Pao moved out of range.
Scissorhands throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Xiang Pao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Scissorhands misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao throws a low kick but Scissorhands moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Scissorhands on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Scissorhands checks a low kick from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiang Pao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Xiang Pao takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab from Scissorhands misses.
Xiang Pao is looking to counter punch.
Xiang Pao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Scissorhands lands a nice shot to the body.
Xiang Pao throws a hook but Scissorhands avoids it easily.
Scissorhands missing with a left hand there. Xiang Pao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Scissorhands just misses with a punch to the body.
Xiang Pao ducks under a wild hook from Scissorhands.
Scissorhands throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Xiang Pao stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Xiang Pao misses with an uppercut.
Scissorhands's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Xiang Pao connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Scissorhands scrambles back to his feet.
Scissorhands looks for the body kick but Xiang Pao saw that one coming.
Xiang Pao wants to slow Scissorhands down by chopping away at his legs.
Scissorhands buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scissorhands is looking to land body kicks.
It looked like Xiang Pao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Scissorhands slips a straight right by Xiang Pao.
Scissorhands wants to clinch.
Xiang Pao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scissorhands defending well as Xiang Pao loads up on a big left hand.
Scissorhands lands a body shot.
Xiang Pao lands a leg kick that knocks Scissorhands off balance momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Scissorhands connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Xiang Pao throws a jab when Scissorhands was well out of range.
Xiang Pao lands a jab to the head.
Xiang Pao jabs Scissorhands to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Scissorhands slips a jab from Xiang Pao.
Scissorhands checks a low kick from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao scores with a body shot.
Xiang Pao just misses with a punch to the body.
Xiang Pao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Xiang Pao just misses with a punch to the body.
Scissorhands is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Xiang Pao rather than just go for the knockout.
Xiang Pao jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Xiang Pao cracks the inside of Scissorhands's front leg.
Scissorhands tries a low kick but Xiang Pao avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scissorhands staying out of range there.
Scissorhands misses with a kick to the body.
Xiang Pao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Xiang Pao lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Scissorhands at a distance.
Xiang Pao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao throws a hook but Scissorhands avoids it easily.
Scissorhands is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Xiang Pao with a body shot.
Xiang Pao throws a looping overhand right but Scissorhands ducks down to avoid it.
A nice side step and Scissorhands releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Scissorhands tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Xiang Pao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scissorhands scores with a nice head shot.
Scissorhands lands a body shot.
Scissorhands misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Scissorhands jabs Xiang Pao to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Scissorhands lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Scissorhands delivers a nice body kick.
Scissorhands misses with a body kick.
Scissorhands misses with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scissorhands just misses with a punch to the body.
Scissorhands doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Xiang Pao lands a really nice looking cross but Scissorhands seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao throws a hook to the side of Scissorhands's head but Scissorhands sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Scissorhands lands a right hook to the body.
Xiang Pao throws a hook to the side of Scissorhands's head but Scissorhands sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Xiang Pao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Xiang Pao stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao tries a head kick but it misses.
Xiang Pao scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Xiang Pao tries to move into range but Scissorhands moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Scissorhands throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xiang Pao takes a swing at Scissorhands's ribcage but misses.
Scissorhands slips under a jab.
Xiang Pao misses with a straight left.
Scissorhands missing with a left hand there. Xiang Pao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Scissorhands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scissorhands lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Scissorhands misses the shot to the body.
Xiang Pao checks a low kick from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao misses with a hook. Scissorhands ducked under it nicely.
Scissorhands throws the kick towards the body but Xiang Pao avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Edward Scissorhands will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Scissorhands tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Xiang Pao was well out of range. Poor timing from Scissorhands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scissorhands. Xiang Pao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Xiang Pao getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Xiang Pao misses with a hook. Scissorhands ducked under it nicely.
Xiang Pao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scissorhands lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Xiang Pao circles away quickly and effectively.
Scissorhands throws a half hearted mid kick.
Xiang Pao moves out of range as Scissorhands strikes.
Xiang Pao scores with a leg kick.
Xiang Pao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scissorhands dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Xiang Pao drops his hands momentarily and Scissorhands takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xiang Pao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Scissorhands rushes Xiang Pao and presses him up against the cage.
Scissorhands is working Xiang Pao over against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xiang Pao lands a left hand.
Xiang Pao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scissorhandss head.
Xiang Pao misses with a body punch.
Xiang Pao blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scissorhands lands a body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Scissorhands fails to land.
Xiang Pao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scissorhands tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Xiang Pao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Xiang Pao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Xiang Pao tries to throw a body punch but Scissorhands avoids it by throwing Xiang Pao back against the cage.
Xiang Pao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scissorhands looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Scissorhands fails to land.
Xiang Pao stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Scissorhands.
Scissorhands taking a breather.
Scissorhands tries to work over Xiang Pao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao lands with a left to the head.
Xiang Pao misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Scissorhands.
Scissorhands breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xiang Pao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scissorhands.
It looked like Xiang Pao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Scissorhands lands with a slapping head kick.
Scissorhands takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Xiang Pao lands with an uppercut that bounces Scissorhands off the cage and back into range.
Nice defenses there by Scissorhands.
Scissorhands throws a sloppy head kick and Xiang Pao moves out of range easily.
Scissorhands tries to clinch up but Xiang Pao circles away and keeps his distance.
A big left from Xiang Pao misses.
Xiang Pao lands with a straight right. Scissorhands didn't see that one coming.
Xiang Pao punishes Scissorhands's body with a nice straight punch.
Xiang Pao misses the jab.
Xiang Pao ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Xiang Pao scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Scissorhands is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Xiang Pao throws an overhand right that lands on Scissorhands's shoulder, as Scissorhands tries to avoid the shot.
Xiang Pao throws the left hand but Scissorhands avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scissorhands throws a hook but Xiang Pao avoids it easily.
Scissorhands throws the kick towards the body but Xiang Pao avoids it.
Xiang Pao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao moves away from the strike by Scissorhands.
Scissorhands throws a chopping leg kick but Xiang Pao manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Scissorhands misses with a looping right.
Scissorhands throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Xiang Pao is looking to counter punch.
Scissorhands jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Xiang Pao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Scissorhands momentarily.
Scissorhands throws a body kick that misses.
Xiang Pao throws a sloppy head kick and Scissorhands moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Scissorhands.
Scissorhands buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Scissorhands blocks the low kick.
Scissorhands replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Xiang Pao blocks it well.
Xiang Pao dodges the punch combination from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao looks to land a left hand but Scissorhands moved out of range nicely.
Xiang Pao scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scissorhands fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Xiang Pao throws a body shot but no joy.
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!
Xiang Pao throws a nice outside leg kick.
Xiang Pao misses with a body shot.
Scissorhands throws a jab when Xiang Pao was well out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Scissorhands 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 Xiang Pao has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Xiang Pao and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Xiang Pao scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Scissorhands doesn't seem bothered though.
Scissorhands looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Xiang Pao defending well as Scissorhands loads up on a big left hand.
Xiang Pao takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Xiang Pao misses with a straight left.
Scissorhands misses with a hook.
A head kick misses from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao clinches up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Xiang Pao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Xiang Pao swings wildly with an uppercut but Scissorhands uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xiang Pao throws a head punch that misses.
Xiang Pao can't find room to land a body shot as Scissorhands controls the action.
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 Bo Xiang Pao will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Scissorhands keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scissorhands tries a quick counter leg kick but Xiang Pao is wise to it.
Xiang Pao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Xiang Pao checks a leg kick.
Scissorhands drops his hands momentarily and Xiang Pao takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Xiang Pao checks a low kick from Scissorhands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Scissorhands.
Scissorhands lands a slapping body shot.
Xiang Pao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Xiang Pao throws a shot to the body.
Edward Scissorhands seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scissorhands tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Xiang Pao is able to avoid easily.
Xiang Pao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Scissorhands has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Scissorhands clobbers Xiang Pao with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Xiang Pao throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Scissorhands's head.
Xiang Pao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Scissorhands's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scissorhands throws the kick towards the body but Xiang Pao avoids it.
Xiang Pao throws a quick inside leg kick.
Scissorhands lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Scissorhands misses with a looping left.
Xiang Pao is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Scissorhands swings for the body but Xiang Pao moves out of range.
Xiang Pao is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiang Pao moves out of range as Scissorhands throws a body kick.
Scissorhands throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao tries to score with a low kick but Scissorhands moves his leg out of the way.
Xiang Pao misses with a body shot
and Scissorhands counters with a straight right hand.
Xiang Pao misses the jab.
Scissorhands scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A slow jab from Scissorhands misses its intended target.
Xiang Pao connects with a single shot there.
Scissorhands looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Scissorhands pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scissorhands throws a shot from downtown. Xiang Pao moves away and avoids it.
Scissorhands works Xiang Pao's body with a nice hook.
Scissorhands misses the shot to the body.
Xiang Pao staying out of range there.
Xiang Pao swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Scissorhands checks a leg kick.
Xiang Pao scores with a sloppy right hand. Scissorhands should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scissorhands throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Xiang Pao tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Scissorhands manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scissorhands throws a low kick but Xiang Pao moves out of range easily.
Scissorhands takes a swing at Xiang Pao's ribcage but misses.
Scissorhands throws a wild body kick that Xiang Pao sees coming a mile off.
Scissorhands throws a series of punches but Xiang Pao avoids them all with ease.
Scissorhands throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xiang Pao throws a low kick but it's checked well by Scissorhands.
Scissorhands tries a head kick but it misses.
Xiang Pao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Scissorhands throws a low kick, looking for Xiang Pao's leg but Xiang Pao calmly moves out of range.
Scissorhands throws a shot from downtown. Xiang Pao moves away and avoids it.
Xiang Pao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Xiang Pao uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Scissorhands has time to react.
Xiang Pao blocks a head kick by Scissorhands.
Xiang Pao was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Xiang Pao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Scissorhands on the side of the head.
Xiang Pao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scissorhands throws a leg kick but Xiang Pao sees it coming and moves out of range.
Xiang Pao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Scissorhands.
Scissorhands uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Xiang Pao.
Some bone on bone action there as Scissorhands checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Scissorhands looks for the body kick but Xiang Pao saw that one coming.
Scissorhands scores with a push kick.
Xiang Pao looks to throw the jab but Scissorhands is out of range.
Xiang Pao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Scissorhands misses the shot to the body.
Scissorhands keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Xiang Pao scores with a crisp jab that stopped Scissorhands in his tracks.
Xiang Pao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Xiang Pao blocks the leg kick.
Scissorhands 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.
Xiang Pao misses with a straight left.
Scissorhands takes a swing at Xiang Pao's ribcage but misses.
Xiang Pao was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Xiang Pao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Scissorhands has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scissorhands is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Xiang Pao lands a jab.
Xiang Pao 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!
Scissorhands scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Scissorhands blocks a jab.
Scissorhands throws a jab when Xiang Pao was well out of range.
Xiang Pao was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Scissorhands looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Xiang Pao misses with a looping right.
Scissorhands swings for the body but Xiang Pao moves out of range.
Xiang Pao blocks a low kick nicely.
Xiang Pao scores with a punch to the head.
Scissorhands looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Xiang Pao misses with a head kick.
Xiang Pao misses with a looping left.
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 Bo Xiang Pao.
I think Xiang Pao 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bo Xiang Pao!
In his post fight interview, Bo Xiang Pao started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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