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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andy Ettish (ranked 1961 p4p, 3164 weight class) and Jake Everett (ranked 202 p4p, 300 weight class). Jake Everett is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy Ettish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Everett!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Everett swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Ettish counter with a right hand.
Everett keeps the fight on the outside.
Ettish looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Everett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ettish fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Everett, pushing him back against the cage.
Everett manages to break the clinch.
Everett circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Everett. Ettish does a little dance to reset his feet.
Everett swings widly with a right hand
and Ettish counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Everett tries to keep at a distance but Ettish has taken the fight into the clinch.
Everett stalling against the cage.
Ettish is trying to pull guard but Everett has him pressed against the cage.
Ettish misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ettish tries to work over Everett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ettish lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ettish blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ettish is leaning against Everett and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Everett lands a body punch in the clinch.
Everett prevents a body shot from Ettish.
Ettish tries to pull guard but Everett holds him up against the cage and eventually Ettish drops back down to his feet.
Ettish can't find room to land a body shot as Everett controls the action.
Ettish misses with a hook to the ribs.
Everett takes a shot to the head.
Ettish is trying to pull guard but Everett turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
I was talking to Ettish's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Ettish. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Everett taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Everett is trying to break the clinch but Ettish is controlling him.
Ettish tries to throw a body punch but Everett avoids it by throwing Ettish back against the cage.
Everett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Everett can't find room to land a body shot as Ettish controls the action.
Everett lands with a light punch inside.
Ettish tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Everett smiles and moves away.
Everett catches Ettish with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ettish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Everett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ettish fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left lands for Everett.
Nice defenses there by Ettish.
It looked like Ettish wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice uppercut lands for Everett. That snapped Ettish's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Everett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ettish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Everett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Everett thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Ettish was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jake Everett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Everett connects with a single shot there.
Everett keeps the fight on the outside.
Everett has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Ettish takes one to the side of the head.
Ettish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ettish has managed to clinch.
Everett throws a punch but it's blocked by Ettish.
Everett breaks from the clinch.
Everett 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.
Everett throws a jab when Ettish was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Everett throws out a loose jab but Ettish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Everett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ettish counters with a stiff right hand.
Ettish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Everett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ettish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Everett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Everett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Everett doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ettish counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Everett scores with a jab to the head.
Ettish gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Everett throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ettish tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Everett smiles and moves away.
Ettish doesn't manage to clinch there - Everett circles away.
Everett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Andy Ettish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Everett scores with a jab to the body.
Everett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ettish closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Everett blocking some punches.
Ettish fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ettish can't find room to land a body shot as Everett controls the action.
Everett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ettish.
Everett lands a nice uppercut.
Ettish tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Everett smiles and moves away.
Everett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Everett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ettish throwing a counter right hand but Everett manages to avoid it.
Everett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ettish swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Everett scores with a nice right hand.
Ettish wants to clinch.
Everett throws a shot from downtown. Ettish moves away and avoids it.
Everett looks to score with a jab to the body but Ettish is just out of range.
Ettish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Everett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Everett dominated that round.
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.
Everett misses with a body shot.
Everett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Everett shoots in for a takedown but Ettish shows good takedown defense.
Ettish was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ettish has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ettish is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ettish avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ettish avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Ettish was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Everett.
Everett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Everett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Everett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ettish blocks a jab.
Ettish wants to clinch up but Everett keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ettish wants to clinch.
Everett shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ettish as he avoids it easily.
Ettish tries to clinch up but Everett circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Everett throws a shot from downtown. Ettish moves away and avoids it.
Ettish clinches.
Ettish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ettish working aggressively here.
Ettish jumps guard and drags Everett to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ettish looking for subs off his back but Everett has passed one foot through into half guard.
Everett with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ettish actively working from the bottom here.
Everett trying to pass the guard but Ettish defending well.
Ettish looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Everett is pressing down on Ettish's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ettish is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Everett is trying to control. Ettish wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Everett tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ettish knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ettish looking for submissions off his back.
Ettish looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Everett content to control rather than advance.
Everett is trying to control. Ettish wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ettish looking for submissions off his back.
Ettish looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Everett wants to take a breather but Ettish is having none of it.
Ettish actively working from the bottom here.
Everett is keen to just control but Ettish is a slippery customer.
Everett takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ettish actively working from the bottom here.
Everett content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ettish looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Everett keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A big right from Everett misses.
Everett throws a shot to the body.
Ettish staying out of range there.
A shot to the body from Everett misses
and Ettish counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ettish tries to clinch but Everett is having none of it.
Everett throws a jab but it's blocked by Ettish.
Ettish wants to clinch up but Everett keeps it at a distance.
Ettish tries to clinch there but Everett circles away.
Ettish moves away from the strike by Everett.
Ettish is looking for a counter combo.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ettish is looking to clinch.
Everett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ettish was well out of range. Poor timing from Everett.
Ettish was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ettish is looking to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Everett 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!
Ettish wants to clinch up but Everett keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from Everett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Andy Ettish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Everett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ettish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Everett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Everett misses with an uppercut. Ettish saw that one coming.
Everett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ettish sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Everett misses with a body shot
and Ettish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Everett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ettish.
Everett looks to land a right hand but Ettish moved out of range.
Everett misses with a wild body shot.
Ettish slips a jab from Everett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ettish tries to clinch but Everett is having none of it.
Ettish tries to clinch up but Everett circles away and keeps his distance.
Ettish tries to clinch up.
Ettish moves in looking to clinch but Everett pushes him off.
Ettish takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Everett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Ettish wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ettish with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Everett to score with a decent uppercut.
Ettish throws a hook but Everett blocks it.
Ettish tries to clinch but Everett is having none of it.
Ettish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Everett misses with a straight left.
Everett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ettish is looking to counter punch.
Ettish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Everett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Everett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Everett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ettish tries to clinch there but Everett circles away.
Everett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ettish tries to clinch up
and Everett counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ettish looking for submissions off his back.
Ettish actively working from the bottom here.
Everett works his way into side control.
Ettish stops Everett from passing to mount.
Ettish looks to move to half guard but instead Everett has passed into mount! Damn!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Everett prevents Ettish from getting the reversal.
Everett can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ettish is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ettish tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Everett with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Jake Everett has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ettish gets back to half guard.
Everett slows the pace down in half guard.
Ettish actively working from the bottom here.
Well, if Everett is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Everett moves nicely into side control.
Ettish is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ettish is working hard here to advance position.
Everett trying to control the action but Ettish is working from the bottom.
Ettish strikes from the bottom but Everett takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Ettish is trying desperately to improve position.
Everett blocks Ettish's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ettish regains half guard.
Ettish tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jake Everett is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ettish actively working from the bottom here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Everett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Everett 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Everett!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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