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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Wooten (ranked 2676 p4p, 3816 weight class) and Zeke Hester (ranked 211 p4p, 258 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darrell Wooten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zeke Hester!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wooten misses with a hook. Hester ducked under it nicely.
Hester tries to clinch there but Wooten circles away.
We've been told by Wooten's head coaches at Ragnarok\'s Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hester moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hand to the body from Wooten.
Wooten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Wooten scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wooten's brow.
Hester is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wooten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooten pushes Hester back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooten misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wooten dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Wooten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooten is trying to force a seperation but Hester has the dominant position.
Wooten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester lands an elbow that stopped Wooten in his tracks for a moment.
Wooten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Wooten.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Wooten is blocking nicely.
Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooten throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Hester clinches with his opponent.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Zeke Hester has been cut.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Hester wants to clinch up but Wooten keeps it at a distance.
Wooten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooten throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
Wooten throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
Wooten swings for the body but Hester moves out of range.
Wooten sets himself, and Hester steps forward looking for the clinch! Wooten avoids it this time.
Wooten lands a nice shot that snaps Hester's head back.
Hester is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester moves into the clinch.
Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wooten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but Wooten blocks with his arms.
Wooten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hester lands an elbow that stopped Wooten in his tracks for a moment.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wooten.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike.
Wooten wants to break free but Hester has control.
Wooten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wooten avoids it.
Wooten misses with a body punch.
Wooten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Wooten as the two fighters clinch.
Wooten lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Wooten lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to land knees in the clinch but Wooten avoids the damage to the body.
Hester scores with a knee to the head.
Wooten wants to break free but Hester has control.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wooten avoids it.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooten cracks Hester with a nice body shot.
Wooten breaks the clinch.
Wooten jabs Hester right on the nose. Hester blinks but takes it well.
Hester blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Hester blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Wooten jabs Hester right on the nose. Hester blinks but takes it well.
Hester is still on wobbly legs! Can Wooten finish him?
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Wooten just misses with a punch to the body.
Hester seems to have recovered his senses.
Wooten will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hester tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wooten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hester wants to clinch up but Wooten keeps it at a distance.
Darrell Wooten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooten tries to land a front kick but Hester steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
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!
Wooten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wooten slips under a jab from Hester.
Wooten scores with a kick to the body.
Wooten misses with a head kick.
Wooten tries a head kick but it misses.
Hester tries to counter with a clinch but Wooten shakes him off and moves away.
Wooten throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wooten darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hester moves away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to clinch up.
It looked like Wooten wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hester blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Wooten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hester rushes Wooten and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Hester scores a nice knee to the body.
Hester throws an elbow but it misses.
Hester with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooten lands a body shot.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooten throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Wooten throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hester clinches up with Wooten and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hester.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooten is trying to break the clinch but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
Wooten tries to break the clinch but Hester is controlling the position.
Wooten takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooten digs a right hand underneath Hester's ribcage. Hester let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Wooten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hester lands with a hook. Wooten tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooten tries a head kick but it misses.
Hester wants to clinch but Wooten slips to the side
and Wooten counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That has opened up Zeke Hester's cut even more.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wooten, as that shot connected.
Wooten misses with a head kick.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wooten paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wooten paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hester swings for the body but Wooten moves out of range.
Hester defending well as Wooten loads up on a big left hand.
Hester tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wooten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hester gets a clinch.
Hester lands an elbow inside that Wooten shrugs off.
Hester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wooten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wooten's brow.
Wooten lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hester tries to clinch up but Wooten circles away and keeps his distance.
Wooten loads up on a big right hand but Hester slips the punch.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wooten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wooten throws a quick counter head kick but Hester was just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wooten.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester avoids the head kick by Wooten.
A head kick misses from Wooten.
Hester tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wooten counters with a low kick, right behind Hester 's knee.
Hester tries to clinch up.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Hester closes the distance and clinches.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
Hester lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wooten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wooten's brow.
Still in the clinch, Wooten scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooten lands with a left to the head.
Hester takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Wooten.
Wooten lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Wooten lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Wooten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zeke Hester'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.
Wooten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooten swats away the attempt to clinch by Hester.
Wooten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hester can do to turn this around?
Wooten throws a nice head kick!
Hester drives through and clinches with Wooten against the cage.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Hester wants to counter with a clinch but Wooten pushes him away.
Wooten lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hester defending well as Wooten loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Wooten misses.
Hester clinches.
Wooten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wooten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hester doesn't manage to clinch there - Wooten circles away.
Hester closes the distance and clinches.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wooten.
Still in the clinch, Wooten scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Wooten misses with a punch to the body.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hester lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooten misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wooten takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooten breaks the clinch.
Hester clinches.
Wooten takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wooten avoids it.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Hester scores a nice knee to the body.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Hester has Wooten pressed against the cage, preventing Wooten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hester misses with a looping left.
Wooten getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wooten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Wooten.
Wooten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hester.
Hester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wooten.
Wooten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hester. That did some damage!
Wooten looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wooten throws a hook but Hester blocks it.
Hester moves out of range as Wooten throws a body kick.
Wooten misses with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Hester.
Hester tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester rushes Wooten and presses him up against the cage.
Hester lands an elbow just above Wooten 's eye.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hester wants to counter the offense by Wooten and move into the clinch position.
Wooten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hester.
Wooten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wooten swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hester takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooten throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
Wooten misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wooten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hester misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wooten.
Wooten misses with a looping right.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wooten listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hester avoids the body shot from Wooten.
Hester looks to clinch
enabling Wooten to counter with a crisp jab.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Wooten.
Hester's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooten is trying to break the clinch but Hester is controlling him.
Hester lands a knee to the head.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Hester tries to land knees in the clinch but Wooten avoids the damage to the body.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Wooten lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooten misses with a punch on the inside.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wooten's brow.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooten avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Hester landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Hester.
Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hester.
Hester avoids the head kick by Wooten.
Wooten looks to land a combination but Hester avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hester wants to clinch.
Wooten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hester blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Wooten takes an elbow to the temple.
Wooten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooten trying to control the position but instead, Hester has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wooten into the cage.
Wooten is trying to break the clinch but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Hester blocks a body shot from Wooten.
Hester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hester closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wooten looks to throw the jab but Hester is out of range.
Wooten lands a jab.
Wooten throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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!
Hester clinches with his opponent.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wooten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooten struggles to land a body shot inside as Hester controls his hands.
Wooten lands a nice uppercut.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hester tries to clinch but Wooten moves out of range.
Hester tries to clinch but Wooten moves out of range.
Wooten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooten gets tackled into the cage by Hester. Hester maintains the clinch.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Hester misses with a knee strike.
Wooten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Wooten dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zeke Hester's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hester moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooten avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
Wooten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hester keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wooten's efforts to push away.
Wooten scores with a shot to the side of Hester's head.
Hester lands a nice elbow.
Hester tries to land knees in the clinch but Wooten avoids the damage to the body.
Hester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooten scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester lands a nice knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Wooten.
Hester blocks a body shot from Wooten.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wooten.
Hester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Wooten dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester connects with a knee to the head.
Hester takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Wooten is blocking nicely.
Wooten pushes Hester back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wooten.
Wooten breaks the clinch.
Wooten throws a right hand that Hester ducks under and follows up with a left that Hester also avoids with ease.
Wooten goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hester closes the distance and clinches.
Hester throws an elbow but it misses.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but Wooten blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooten lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wooten.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Wooten works on Hester's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Wooten as the two fighters clinch.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Wooten lands a shot to the body.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hester.
Wooten misses with a body shot.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch but Wooten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wooten pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooten throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Hester wants to counter the offense by Wooten and move into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wooten pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hester is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wooten jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hester tries to counter with a clinch but Wooten shakes him off and moves away.
Wooten tries to land a leg kick but Hester saw it coming and moves away.
Wooten lands a body shot.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wooten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Hester lands a good knee to the midsection. Wooten won't want to take too many of those.
Wooten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Wooten is blocking nicely.
Hester misses with a knee strike.
Zeke Hester seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester closes the distance but Wooten moves to the side
and Wooten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hester thinking.
Hester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wooten looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Hester uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wooten.
Wooten sets himself, and Hester steps forward looking for the clinch! Wooten avoids it this time.
Wooten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hester tries to clinch up but Wooten circles away and keeps his distance.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Wooten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hester's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right handed body shot lands from Wooten.
Zeke Hester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wooten avoids it.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hester tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Wooten misses its intended target.
Wooten circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Hester drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Wooten follows Hester to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darrell Wooten!
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