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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kwame Redcliffe (ranked 2018 p4p, 2824 weight class) and Bam Bam Joshy (ranked 195 p4p, 259 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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25 - 30 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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 34 - 22 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kwame Redcliffe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bam Bam Joshy!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Joshy!
Joshy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Redcliffe throws a looping overhand right but Joshy ducks down to avoid it.
Joshy throws the left hand but Redcliffe avoids the punch easily.
Joshy swings widly with a right hand
and Redcliffe counters with a stiff right hand.
Redcliffe thumps Joshy with a low kick.
Joshy gets tackled into the cage by Redcliffe. Redcliffe maintains the clinch.
Redcliffe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Bam Bam Joshy has been cut.
Joshy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Redcliffe walks away with a smile on his face. Joshy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Redcliffe looks to land a left hand but Joshy moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Joshy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Redcliffe moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe misses with a body punch.
Joshy is trying to pull guard but Redcliffe turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Redcliffe misses with a body punch.
Joshy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joshy takes a shot to the head.
Joshy trying to land knees to the body.
Redcliffe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joshy tries to pull guard but Redcliffe forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kwame Redcliffe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bam Bam Joshy.
Redcliffe misses with the head strike.
Joshy manages to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy has his foot on Redcliffe's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Redcliffe works his way back into a safe position though.
Redcliffe's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Redcliffe looking to pass the guard.
Joshy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Joshy has his foot on Redcliffe's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Redcliffe works his way back into a safe position though.
Joshy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Redcliffe defends well.
Redcliffe not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Redcliffe's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Redcliffe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Joshy. That did some damage!
Joshy takes one on the button.
Nice body punch from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe throws a jab but it's blocked by Joshy.
Joshy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Joshy throws a lazy uppercut
and Redcliffe counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Redcliffe lands a nice looking body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redcliffe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Decent striking displayed by Redcliffe there.
Redcliffe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Redcliffe works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That has opened up Bam Bam Joshy's cut even more.
Joshy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Redcliffe appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Joshy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Redcliffe.
Redcliffe throws an off balance right hand
letting Joshy counter with a right hand.
Redcliffe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joshy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Redcliffe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joshy.
Joshy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Redcliffe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Redcliffe scoring well with a low kick there.
Redcliffe misses with an uppercut. Joshy saw that one coming.
Redcliffe throws out a leg kick but Joshy moves out of range and Redcliffe only half commits.
Redcliffe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joshy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Joshy missing with a left hand there. Redcliffe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Redcliffe misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joshy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Redcliffe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joshy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Redcliffe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Redcliffe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Redcliffe throws a leg kick
and Redcliffe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joshy throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Redcliffe lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joshy doesn't seem phased though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Redcliffe. Joshy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy takes a swing at Redcliffe's ribcage but misses.
Redcliffe throws a predictable looking body shot
and Joshy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Redcliffe wants to clinch.
Joshy throws out a loose jab but Redcliffe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joshy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Redcliffe.
Joshy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redcliffe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kwame Redcliffe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bam Bam Joshy's cut.
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.
Joshy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Joshy with a nice cross.
Joshy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Redcliffe.
Joshy swings for the body but Redcliffe moves out of range.
Joshy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joshy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Redcliffe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kwame Redcliffe is winning the standup battle so far.
Redcliffe swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joshy! But no joy.
Redcliffe throws out a leg kick but Joshy moves out of range and Redcliffe only half commits.
A little jabbing left from Joshy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Joshy 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.
Redcliffe misses with a low kick as Joshy jumps back.
Joshy misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Joshy misses.
Redcliffe fires out a quick counter leg kick but Joshy just manages to avoid it.
Redcliffe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joshy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Joshy misses with a hook. Redcliffe ducked under it nicely.
Joshy throws a right hand that misses
and Redcliffe counters with an outside leg kick.
Joshy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy digs a good hook to Redcliffe's body.
Redcliffe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joshy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Redcliffe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joshy can do to turn this around?
Redcliffe shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Joshy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Joshy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Redcliffe.
Redcliffe tests Joshy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Redcliffe connects with an inside leg kick.
Joshy ducks under a wild hook from Redcliffe.
Joshy moves out of range as Redcliffe strikes.
Redcliffe connects with a leg kick.
Joshy tries to land a leg kick but Redcliffe saw it coming and moves away.
Redcliffe wants to slow Joshy down by chopping away at his legs.
Jab from Joshy.
Joshy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Joshy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slow jab from Joshy misses its intended target.
Joshy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab by Redcliffe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joshy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Joshy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Redcliffe misses with a low kick.
Redcliffe defending well as Joshy loads up on a big left hand.
Kwame Redcliffe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joshy misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Joshy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joshy misses with a body shot.
Joshy gets tackled into the cage by Redcliffe. Redcliffe maintains the clinch.
Redcliffe lands with a light punch inside.
Redcliffe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Joshy tries to pull guard but Redcliffe won't allow it.
Joshy is trying to pull guard but Redcliffe turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
I was talking to Redcliffe's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Redcliffe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redcliffe.
Redcliffe lands a shot to the body.
Joshy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Redcliffe to keep the fight standing.
Kwame Redcliffe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bam Bam Joshy.
Joshy is breathing heavily.
Joshy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joshy tries a body shot but Redcliffe blocks it.
Joshy jumps guard but Redcliffe turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Redcliffe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joshy backwards.
The cut above Bam Bam Joshy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kwame Redcliffe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Redcliffe lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Redcliffe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joshy backwards.
Bam Bam Joshy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Joshy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Redcliffe just stands there and leans against the cage.
Joshy tries to pull guard but Redcliffe forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Joshy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Redcliffe just stands there and leans against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Redcliffe.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Redcliffe.
A short right from Redcliffe on the inside.
Redcliffe pushes Joshy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Redcliffe - that landed with a thud.
Redcliffe lands a nice shot to the body.
Redcliffe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bam Bam Joshy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kwame Redcliffe!
A victorious Kwame Redcliffe thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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