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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anti Happy (ranked 3339 p4p, 2274 weight class) and Tom Bickle (ranked 323 p4p, 239 weight class). Happy comes to the cage accompanied by Bvana iz lagune & Mikri Maus - AntiHepi. This should be a great matchup!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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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 11 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anti Happy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Bickle!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Bickle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bickle scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bickle tries to clinch but Happy moves out of range.
Bickle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Happy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bickle sprawls well. Bickle wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Happy gets slowly back to his feet.
Bickle with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bickle throws a leg kick that misses.
Happy is looking for a counter combo.
Bickle keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle lands with a hook. Happy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Happy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bickle avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anti Happy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bickle stuffs the takedown.
Happy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Happy misses with a takedown
and Bickle counters with a straight right hand.
Bickle fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bickle tries to clinch but Happy is having none of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Happy misses the target.
Bickle connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Happy defending well as Bickle loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle closes the distance and clinches.
Bickle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Happy pulls guard successfully.
Happy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bickle can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Happy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bickle can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Happy keeping moving, preventing Bickle from controlling successfully.
Happy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bickle preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Happy looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bickle told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Bickle keeping moving, preventing Happy from controlling successfully.
Happy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Happy throws a big right hand that misses.
Happy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Happy chips away with some ground and pound.
Happy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bickle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Happy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Happy advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bickle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Happy.
Happy 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.
Bickle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Happy is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Happy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Happy escapes and gets back to his feet.
Happy misses with a takedown attempt - Bickle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Happy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Happy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bickle connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Happy momentarily.
No luck for Happy with that takedown attempt.
Happy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Bickle dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bickle slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tom Bickle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bickle scores with a jab to the head.
Bickle 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.
Happy staying out of range there.
Bickle with a nice cross.
Bickle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bickle wants it to stay on the feet.
Happy closes the distance and clinches up with Bickle, looking for a takedown. Happy pushes Bickle against the cage but Bickle circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Happy closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bickle's guard.
Bickle pushes Happy off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Happy fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anti Happy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bickle scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Happy shoots in looking for a takedown but Bickle manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Happy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Happy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tom Bickle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Happy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bickle connects with a crisp jab.
Happy checks the leg kick.
Happy ducks right into an uppercut from Bickle.
Bickle takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bickle lands a body punch.
Happy blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Happy.
Happy jumps guard but Bickle turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bickle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bickle misses with an elbow over the top.
Bickle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Happy backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Bickle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Happy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bickle lands a right hand.
Happy pulls guard effortlessly.
Bickle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bickle stands up from Happy's guard - Bickle perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bickle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Happy on the side of the head.
Happy dives in and scores a takedown into Bickle's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Happy throwing strikes but missing.
Bickle looking for a sweep. Not yet Bickle, not yet.
Happy wants to control from the top but Bickle keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Happy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Happy stopping the sweep attempt from Bickle.
Happy wants to control from the top but Bickle keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Happy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Happy trying to control the position from guard on top but Bickle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bickle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bickle leaves Happy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Anti Happy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bickle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bickle lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Happy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bickle.
Bickle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bickle can't find room to land a body shot as Happy controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Bickle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Happy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bickle to score with a decent uppercut.
Happy dives in and grabs Bickle's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bickle pushes down on Happy's head and hops out.
Bickle looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bickle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Happy fails with a takedown attempt.
Happy gets the takedown into side control.
Happy trying to control the action but Bickle is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bickle struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Happy landing strikes.
Happy scoring with punches and elbows.
Bickle is not content to let Happy control the position.
Happy lands an elbow.
Happy working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Happy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Happy laying and praying for a moment but Bickle takes advantage and regains half guard.
Happy drops an elbow to the side of Bickle's head.
Happy wants to take a breather but Bickle is having none of it.
Happy throwing shots but Bickle is blocking nicely.
Bickle wants to get back to his feet.
Still in half guard, Happy seems content to control.
Happy drops an elbow to the side of Bickle's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle is trying to stand up here but Happy is controlling him well.
Happy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bickle does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Happy winds up and cracks Bickle with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bickle controlling the position for now.
Bickle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Happy.
Happy is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bickle doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Happy.
Happy wants to control but Bickle is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Happy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bickle is looking to control Happy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bickle avoid being mounted?
Happy is trying to control the action in half guard but Bickle is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Happy is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Happy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bickle wants to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Happy is looking to take a break and control but Bickle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anti Happy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bickle has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Bickle!
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