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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Laddy Sutherland (ranked 1833 p4p, 1115 weight class) and Flo Holl (ranked 148 p4p, 103 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Laddy Sutherland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 2, fighting out of London, Flo Holl!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holl steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sutherland.
Holl only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Holl thumps Sutherland with a low kick.
Flo Holl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holl sizes up Sutherland with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sutherland tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sutherland swats away the attempt to clinch by Holl.
Holl connects with a jab.
Holl misses with a straight left.
Holl dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holl cracks Sutherland with a good jab.
Sutherland has managed to clinch.
Holl tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sutherland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holl scores with a nice strike.
Sutherland definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holl misses with a low kick as Sutherland jumps back.
Sutherland looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Holl is fending him off so far but Sutherland persists. Nope, Holl circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holl lands a body shot.
Holl has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Holl moves into range and connects with a jab.
Holl walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sutherland checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sutherland seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sutherland looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sutherland has taken the fight to the clinch.
Holl has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Holl creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Holl throws an elbow but misses.
Sutherland throws a punch but it's blocked by Holl.
Sutherland lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holl backwards.
Holl tries to land knees in the clinch but Sutherland avoids the damage to the body.
Sutherland avoids a wild elbow strike from Holl.
Sutherland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holl tries a body shot but Sutherland blocks it.
Sutherland stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland misses with a body punch.
Holl tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holl.
It looks like Laddy Sutherland has been cut.
Sutherland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holl's elbow.
Holl lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holl scores a nice knee to the body.
Holl looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Holl throws an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Sutherland as the two fighters clinch.
Sutherland changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Holl fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laddy Sutherland. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Holl. Sutherland shrugs it off though.
Sutherland connects with a leg kick.
Holl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sutherland manages to avoid it.
Sutherland is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Holl.
Holl swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sutherland.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holl misses with a straight left.
Holl throws a right hand that misses
and Sutherland counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sutherland.
Holl creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Holl throws a punch but it's blocked by Sutherland.
Sutherland blocks the elbow strike.
Sutherland gets through Holl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sutherland misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holl throws a head punch that misses.
Sutherland drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Holl gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Holl pushes off an throws an elbow but Sutherland leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Holl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Holl has Sutherland pressed against the cage, preventing Sutherland from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Holl misses with the head strike.
Holl's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland just leaning against Holl, taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sutherland.
Sutherland working aggressively here.
Holl lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sutherland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Holl looking to throw knees to the head but Sutherland is blocking nicely.
Holl blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holl takes a shot to the head.
Sutherland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Holl with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holl being controlled against the cage.
Sutherland displaying some good clinch control by pressing Holl up against the cage.
Holl landing knees to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Flo Holl dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Laddy Sutherland's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sutherland fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sutherland tries for a takedown but Holl circles away easily
and Holl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Holl slips a straight right by Sutherland.
Sutherland throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sutherland checks a low kick from Holl.
Holl takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Holl throws out a leg kick but Sutherland moves out of range and Holl only half commits.
Holl misses with an uppercut. Sutherland saw that one coming.
Holl tries to land a front kick but Sutherland steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Holl misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sutherland lands a head kick!
Holl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sutherland was well out of range. Poor timing from Holl.
Sutherland gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Holl.
Sutherland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holl.
Sutherland pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holl.
Sutherland moves out of range of the body kick.
Flo Holl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sutherland lands a nice looking kick to the body. Holl takes a step back to recover.
Holl scores with a spinning back kick!
Sutherland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holl.
Holl pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sutherland is out of range and Holl settles back down.
Sutherland stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Holl.
Holl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sutherland moves away.
Sutherland quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Sutherland pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sutherland tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Holl defends well and Sutherland ends up having to push Holl into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sutherland pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sutherland connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sutherland darts in and clinches Holl up against the cage.
Sutherland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland blocks an elbow strike from Holl.
Holl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Holl misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sutherland.
Holl connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sutherland's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holl misses with an elbow strike.
Sutherland has had enough of the clinch but Holl keeps him there for the moment.
Sutherland can't find room to land a body shot as Holl controls the action.
Sutherland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holl's elbow.
Sutherland throws a head punch that misses.
Holl tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holl tries to throw a body punch but Sutherland avoids it by throwing Holl back against the cage.
Holl has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Holl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Holl looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Holl tries to land a knee to the head but Sutherland blocks with his arms.
Holl looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland blocks the elbow strike.
Sutherland misses with some punches.
Holl prevents a body shot from Sutherland.
Holl tries to land knees in the clinch but Sutherland avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holl just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sutherland's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sutherland.
Sutherland slows down the pace here.
Holl pushes off an throws an elbow but Sutherland leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short uppercut from Holl.
Sutherland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holl looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Flo Holl seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Holl throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Holl blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland leaning against his opponent.
Sutherland changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Holl fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laddy Sutherland. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holl with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Sutherland.
Sutherland attempts a counter takedown but Holl avoids it well and moves away.
Holl moves out of range as Sutherland strikes.
Holl chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sutherland can pounce on him.
Sutherland sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Holl looks to throw the jab but Sutherland is out of range.
Sutherland wants to clinch up but Holl keeps it at a distance.
Sutherland tries to clinch up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by Holl.
Holl misses with a hook. Sutherland ducked under it nicely.
Holl swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sutherland.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Flo Holl showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Laddy Sutherland's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Sutherland moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Holl uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sutherland takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Holl 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 Sutherland has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sutherland and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Holl throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sutherland sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holl on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holl missing with knees to the body.
Holl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holl just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sutherland's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sutherland lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sutherland misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holl.
Holl misses with a punch on the inside.
Sutherland managing to block the knees to the body from Holl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland tries to work over Holl's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Holl lands a knee to the body.
Holl creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sutherland on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sutherland taking a breather.
Sutherland dodges an elbow strike from Holl.
Sutherland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holl blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sutherland lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Holl backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Holl tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sutherland avoids the elbow strike from Holl, against the cage.
Holl misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sutherland.
Laddy Sutherland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holl throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sutherland avoiding damage as Holl throws knees to the body.
Sutherland managing to block the knees to the body from Holl.
Sutherland can't find room to land a body shot as Holl controls the action.
Holl blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Holl blocks a body shot from Sutherland.
Holl creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Holl crunches a lovely knee into Sutherland's ribcage.
Holl pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sutherland taking a breather.
Holl looking to throw knees to the head but Sutherland is blocking nicely.
Sutherland blocks an uppercut.
Sutherland avoids the elbow strike from Holl, against the cage.
Sutherland has picked Holl up - he's going for a ride! Sutherland dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sutherland is working for a kimura but Holl is defending it quite comfortably.
Holl wants to control but Sutherland is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Flo Holl is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holl keeping control of the position.
Sutherland looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sutherland is keen to just control but Holl is a slippery customer.
Holl won't allow Sutherland to pass to mount.
Sutherland thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Holl wants to control but Sutherland is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sutherland lands a nice short elbow.
Sutherland winds up and cracks Holl with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sutherland is working for a submission of some sort.
Sutherland thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Holl's head.
Sutherland wants to pass to mount but Holl is defending the position.
Holl is trying to control but can't.
Holl is looking for a sweep. Sutherland is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Flo Holl.
I've got Holl 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flo Holl!
An out of breath Flo Holl thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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