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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Childish Gambino (ranked 1011 p4p, 118 weight class) and Head Coach (ranked 876 p4p, 104 weight class). Gambino comes to the cage accompanied by RAW (backwards). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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166 lbs
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165 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Childish Gambino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 3, fighting out of London, Head Coach!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gambino throws a right hand that Coach ducks under and follows up with a left that Coach also avoids with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Coach! But no joy.
Gambino looks to land a combination but Coach avoids it well.
Coach scores with a body shot.
Gambino bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Coach's head.
Coach throws a poor cross that misses
and Gambino counters with a stiff right hand.
Coach throws out a powerful jab.
Gambino looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Coach attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Coach bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Coach is looking to clinch.
Gambino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Coach looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nice defenses there by Coach.
Coach slips a straight right by Gambino.
It seemed like Coach was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Coach fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coach closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gambino circles away.
Coach takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gambino takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coach scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gambino in his tracks.
Gambino misses with a series of wild punches.
Gambino is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Coach.
Gambino blocks the body kick.
Gambino misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Gambino.
Coach scores with the left hand. Gambino knows he should have avoided that one.
Gambino misses with a hook.
Gambino is looking to score with low kicks.
Coach takes a swing at Gambino's ribcage but misses.
Gambino slips under a jab from Coach.
Gambino misses with a shot to the body
and Gambino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gambino misses with a body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Coach. Gambino shrugs it off though.
Childish Gambino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gambino misses the shot to the body.
Coach lunges at Gambino with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gambino's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gambino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gambino swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Coach counters with an outside leg kick.
Gambino throws a jab when Coach was well out of range.
Childish Gambino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gambino fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gambino throws an off balance right hand
and Coach connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gambino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gambino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gambino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Coach bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Coach with the counter takedown but Gambino avoids it easily.
Coach pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Coach walks into a straight right hand from Gambino.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambino misses with an uppercut.
Coach is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Gambino avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Gambino misses its intended target.
Coach wants to counter with a clinch but Gambino pushes him away.
Coach swinging wildly here.
Gambino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Coach counter with a right hand.
Gambino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gambino fails to land with a series of punches.
Coach lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Coach misses with a left hand
and Gambino counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Coach throws a shot from downtown. Gambino moves away and avoids it.
Gambino throws a series of punches but Coach moves out of range.
Coach looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gambino throws a hook to the side of Coach's head but Coach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gambino ducks under a wild hook from Coach.
Coach tries to clinch up but Gambino circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coach scores with a leg kick.
Gambino misses with a series of wild punches.
Coach looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coach avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gambino ducks right into an uppercut from Coach.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Coach crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gambino - the referee stops the clock and Coach gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gambino. Coach manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Coach is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gambino had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Coach displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gambino throws out the jab.
Coach throws a counter combo.
Coach takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A left and a right from Gambino both land. Nice combination.
Coach blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gambino rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Coach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gambino missing with a left hand there. Coach was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice takedown defense from Gambino. No joy for Coach on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Childish Gambino dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Coach scores with a punch to the head.
Coach comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gambino falls off balance throwing a combination
and Coach counters by moving into the clinch.
Gambino tries to break free but Coach pushes him back against the cage.
Coach lands an elbow inside that Gambino shrugs off.
It looks like Childish Gambino has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Coach just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gambino's brow.
Coach scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gambino is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gambino is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Coach.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gambino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gambino rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Coach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gambino moves out of range of the body kick from Coach.
Coach scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gambino looks to land a combination. Coach sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coach walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Coach shoots in for a takedown but Gambino shows good takedown defense.
Gambino falls off balance throwing a combination
and Coach counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gambino's knee momentarily.
Coach thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gambino if he has to take too many more of those.
Coach looks to land a body kick but Gambino moved away.
Gambino throws a jab when Coach was well out of range.
Gambino throws a body shot but no joy.
Childish Gambino is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Coach.
Gambino is looking to counter punch.
Gambino misses with a body punch
and Coach counters with a head kick. That will keep Gambino thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gambino steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Coach.
Coach throws a looping overhand right but Gambino ducks down to avoid it.
Gambino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gambino misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coach throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gambino throws a body shot but no joy.
Gambino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gambino fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gambino takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gambino swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Coach counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A decent looking cross lands there for Coach.
Gambino lunges at Coach with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Coach's hand.
Childish Gambino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gambino misses with a double jab.
Coach slips a jab from Gambino.
Gambino misses with a body punch
and Coach counters with a straight right hand.
Gambino throws a nice looking combination but Coach bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Gambino.
Gambino throws a looping overhand right but Coach ducks down to avoid it.
Gambino throws an off balance right hand
and Gambino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gambino misses with a looping right.
Gambino misses with a double jab
and Coach counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Coach misses with a lunging right hand
and Gambino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Coach bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gambino's head backwards.
Coach misses with an uppercut. Gambino saw that one coming.
Coach keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gambino bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Coach closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gambino to the mat! Gambino manages to get full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coach is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Coach is fighting to break Gambino's control of his arms but Gambino is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coach throwing strikes but missing.
Coach trying to control the position from guard on top but Gambino is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gambino has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Coach slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gambino wants to stand and escape but Coach is having none of it.
Coach postures up in Gambino's guard and throws a big left but Gambino blocks it.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Head Coach showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Childish Gambino's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Gambino throws a combination that misses
and Coach counters with a straight right hand.
Gambino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Coach counters with a nice leg kick.
Coach throws a good cross that connects.
Coach feints and then cracks Gambino's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gambino down.
Gambino throws a wild body kick that Coach sees coming a mile off.
Gambino throws the left hand but Coach avoids the punch easily.
Gambino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good exchange - Coach coming out on top.
Gambino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Coach circles away quickly and effectively.
Gambino just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Coach.
Coach throws a hook to the side of Gambino's head but Gambino sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coach takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gambino misses with a hook. Coach ducked under it nicely.
Coach lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coach throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Gambino to counter with a crisp jab.
Coach scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Coach lands a lovely overhand right.
Sloppy strikes from Gambino. Those never looked like landing.
Gambino takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Coach scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Coach throws out a powerful jab.
Gambino throws a series of punches but Coach moves out of range.
Coach throws out a counter right but Gambino avoids it with no problem.
Coach scores with a sloppy right hand. Gambino should have avoided that one.
Coach avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gambino misses with a few strikes there.
Coach thinks about the counter body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gambino misses with a right hand
and Coach counters by moving into the clinch.
Gambino wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambino wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Coach takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Coach jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gambino walks away with a smile on his face. Coach gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Coach keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gambino looks to score with a jab to the body but Coach is just out of range.
Gambino looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gambino fails to land with a series of punches.
Gambino misses with a few strikes there.
Coach misses with a double jab.
Gambino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coach scores with a punch to the head.
Coach slips a jab from Gambino.
Coach has Gambino up against the cage in a clinch.
Gambino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coach throws a head kick that Gambino semi-blocks.
Jab, jab by Coach - just one landing.
Gambino tries to keep at a distance but Coach has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gambino prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gambino is pressed up against the cage. Coach has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gambino down to the mat. Gambino avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Childish Gambino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Head Coach.
Gambino throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gambino misses with a double jab.
Gambino uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coach.
Coach with a nice cross.
Gambino rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Coach counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gambino misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gambino misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Coach.
Gambino misses the body punch
and Coach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Coach misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coach lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Coach blocks a head kick by Gambino.
A telegraphed right hand from Gambino misses the target.
Coach waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gambino.
Gambino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coach shapes to counter with a head kick.
Coach catches Gambino with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gambino closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jab, jab by Coach - just one landing.
Coach avoids the body shot from Gambino.
A nice inside leg kick there by Coach. That's going to slow Gambino down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Head Coach comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Coach 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Head Coach!
Post fight, an emotional Head Coach said 'I needed this win, I want to claw my way back. Simon, give me a rematch mate!!'.
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energy
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hype
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