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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Cage (ranked 4378 p4p, 4360 weight class) and Debo Obed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Debo Obed!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage fails to land the takedown.
Cage tries to clinch up.
Obed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Obed should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Obed misses with a kick to the body.
No joy there for Obed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cage throws a head kick that misses.
Cage throws a series of punches but Obed moves out of range.
Obed connects with an inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Obed throws a nice looking combination but Cage bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Obed scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Obed scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Obed connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cage throws a sloppy head kick and Obed moves out of range easily.
Despite the aggression on Obed's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obed throws a shot to the body.
Cage ducks right into an uppercut from Obed.
Cage has taken the fight to the clinch.
Obed wants to break the clinch but can't.
Obed is trying to break the clinch but Cage has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obed tries to break the clinch but Cage is controlling the position.
Cage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Obed with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cage to score with a decent uppercut.
Debo Obed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Obed wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cage has him pressed against the cage.
Obed is trying to break the clinch but Cage has him pressed against the cage.
Cage has Obed pressed against the cage, preventing Obed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Obed's efforts to push away.
Obed wants to break free but Cage has control.
Cage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Obed's defenses.
Obed tries to break the clinch but Cage is controlling the position.
Obed wants to get back to striking at distance but Cage won't allow it.
Obed is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cage breaks the clinch.
Cage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cage tries to clinch up but Obed circles away and keeps his distance.
Obed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cage has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cage closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cage has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Obed finds it's way round the side to connect with Cage's head.
Both fighters circling a little - Cage finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obed throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Obed misses with a hook to the body
and Cage counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Obed!
Obed bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Cage moves into range and clinches up with Obed.
Obed wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cage gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Obed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Obed wants to break the clinch but can't.
Obed is trying to force a seperation but Cage has the dominant position.
Cage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Obed throws a head kick that half lands.
Cage tries to clinch but Obed is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obed slips a jab and a cross from Cage.
A slow jab from Obed misses its intended target.
Obed scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Obed misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cage's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cage duly obliges.
It looks like Debo Obed has been cut.
Cage takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cage avoids a kick to the body.
Obed lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Obed scores with a nice head shot.
Cage has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Obed gets tackled into the cage by Cage. Cage maintains the clinch.
Cage lands an elbow that stopped Obed in his tracks for a moment.
Cage lands with a right to the head.
Obed is trying to break the clinch but Cage is controlling him.
Cage prevents Obed from breaking the clinch.
Cage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Obed's efforts to push away.
Cage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Obed's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obed takes an elbow to the temple.
Obed wants to break free but Cage has control.
Obed gets underhooks to prevent Cage's takedown attempt.
Obed is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Obed has had enough of the clinch but Cage keeps him there for the moment.
Obed has had enough of the clinch but Cage keeps him there for the moment.
Cage manages to break the clinch.
Obed swinging wildly here.
Cage clinches up against the cage.
Obed tries to break free but Cage pushes him back against the cage.
Cage lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cage jumps into guard, dragging Obed to the mat.
Cage controlling Obed's posture.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Obed is looking to stand up but Cage won't let him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Debo Obed will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Debo Obed's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cage avoids the head kick by Obed.
Obed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Obed misses with a few strikes there.
Cage tries to clinch but Obed moves out of range.
Cage swinging wildly here.
Obed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cage misses with a body shot.
Cage dodges the punch combination from Obed.
Cage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Obed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Obed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cage's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Obed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cage scrambles back to his feet.
Cage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obed.
Cage is looking to clinch.
Cage 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!
Obed dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage throws a right and a left that Obed avoids nicely.
Cage blocks a head kick by Obed.
Cage shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Obed as he jumps to the side.
Cage tries to clinch up but Obed circles away and keeps his distance.
Good shot there by Obed.
Obed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Obed swinging wildly here.
Obed lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Cage.
Obed explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Obed is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cage blocks a head kick by Obed.
Left hook, right uppercut from Obed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Obed's waist but Obed gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cage off to one side.
Cage blocks a head kick by Obed.
Cage moves into the clinch.
Cage breaks from the clinch.
Debo Obed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cage moves into the clinch.
Johnny Cage has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cage has Obed pressed against the cage, preventing Obed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cage throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Obed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Obed. Cage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cage throws a series of punches but Obed avoids them all with ease.
Obed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cage fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Cage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obed misses with a body kick.
Obed looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Obed coming out on top.
Obed lands a nice hook to Cage's body. Cage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cage drives through and clinches with Obed against the cage.
Cage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Obed.
Cage moves out of range of the body kick.
Cage lands with a slapping head kick.
Cage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Obed scores with a head kick.
Obed misses with a wild body shot.
Cage lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cage is looking to clinch but Obed is avoiding it.
Cage tries to clinch there but Obed circles away.
Obed lands a nice looking body kick.
Obed misses with a wild body shot.
Obed ducks under a wild hook from Cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cage has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cage prevents Obed from breaking the clinch.
Obed has had enough of the clinch but Cage keeps him there for the moment.
Obed tries to break free but Cage pushes him back against the cage.
Cage misses with some punches.
Cage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Obed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cage throws a head kick but Obed moves out of range.
Obed throws a head kick that misses
and Cage counters with a series of strikes. Obed will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cage tries to clinch but Obed is having none of it.
Johnny Cage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cage throws a left and a right that both miss
and Obed counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cage thinking.
Obed lands a front kick.
Obed scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Obed bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cage throws a nice looking combination but Obed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cage takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Obed's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Obed duly obliges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Debo Obed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Debo Obed's cut.
That's time! Cage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Obed jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Obed feints and then cracks Cage's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cage down.
Cage slips a jab and a cross from Obed.
Cage throws a head kick that misses.
Cage moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromObed.
Obed lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Obed is trying to break the clinch but Cage has him pressed against the cage.
Cage breaks the clinch.
Obed lands a leg kick that knocks Cage off balance momentarily.
Obed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cage throws a big counter combination but Obed scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Obed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Obed is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obed with a nice cross.
Obed misses with a body kick.
Obed avoids a punch combination nicely.
Obed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Obed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cage.
Debo Obed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Obed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Obed lands a nice looking body shot.
Obed throws the kick towards the body but Cage avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Cage misses the target.
Obed defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cage.
Obed fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cage on the side of the head.
Good shot there by Obed.
Cage is rocked!
Cage moves out of range of the body kick from Obed.
A shot to the liver by Obed. Beautiful body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Obed!
Oh Cage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Obed has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice takedown defense from Obed. No joy for Cage on that attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Obed chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cage moves in looking to clinch but Obed pushes him off.
Obed scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage gets a clinch.
Cage seems to have got his legs back now.
Cage has Obed pressed against the cage, preventing Obed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cage looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Obed tries to break the clinch but Cage is controlling the position.
Obed working hard to break the clinch.
Cage looking to throw knees to the head but Obed is blocking nicely.
Cage pulls guard effortlessly.
Obed stands and steps away. Cage gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Cage fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Cage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obed cracks Cage with a good jab.
Cage takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Obed takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Obed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Obed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cage has managed to clinch.
Obed is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage manages to break the clinch.
Obed throws a sloppy head kick and Cage moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Obed.
Obed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Obed scores with a body shot.
Cage tries to bum rush Obed with a series of wild strikes but Obed uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Obed scores with a shot to the body.
A combination from Obed does no damage.
Cage lands a jab to the nose.
Cage on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cage fails to land with a series of punches.
Obed throws a body punch but Cage moves out of range.
Cage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Obed swats away the attempt to clinch by Cage.
Johnny Cage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Obed connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Obed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cage will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Obed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cage sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cage doesn't manage to clinch there - Obed circles away.
Cage walks into a stiff left hand from Obed.
Jab, jab by Obed - just one landing.
Obed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cage throws a series of punches but Obed avoids them all with ease.
Obed with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Obed tries a head kick but it misses.
Debo Obed is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cage moves out of range as Obed throws a body kick.
Cage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Obed let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Debo Obed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Obed 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Debo Obed!
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