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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Pippen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stevenson has chosen "Sandstorm" - Darude as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!
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178 cm
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jordan Pippen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pippen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pippen tries to clinch but Stevenson is having none of it.
Stevenson shoots in for a double leg but Pippen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pippen lands a slapping body shot.
Stevenson throws a head kick but Pippen moves out of range.
Pippen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pippen misses the shot to the body.
Pippen looks to land a combination. Stevenson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Stevenson shoots for a takedown but Pippen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stevenson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stevenson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pippen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevenson manages to avoid it.
Stevenson has a takedown stuffed.
Jordan Pippen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Stevenson.
Pippen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevenson manages to avoid it.
Pippen cracks Stevenson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pippen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Pippen misses.
Stevenson avoids the body shot from Pippen.
Stevenson pushes Pippen up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stevenson.
Stevenson jumps guard but Pippen stands there with Stevenson around his waist. Stevenson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stevenson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stevenson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pippen smiles and moves away.
Pippen wants to clinch but Stevenson slips to the side
and Stevenson counters with a shoot takedown. Pippen fights it but they end up in guard.
Stevenson drops back looking for a leg! Pippen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pippen manages to kick Stevenson off! Stevenson jumps back into Pippen's guard.
Stevenson stopping the sweep attempt from Pippen.
Stevenson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Pippen looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Pippen looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Pippen!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pippen wants to control but Stevenson is keeping him busy.
Pippen laying and praying for a moment but Stevenson takes advantage and regains half guard.
Stevenson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pippen wants to stand up but Stevenson has a hold of him and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson wants to get back to full guard but Pippen has mounted him!
Stevenson tries to reverse the position but Pippen maintains control.
Pippen throws a sloppy strike and Stevenson uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Stevenson has ended up in Pippen's guard.
Pippen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pippen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stevenson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Pippen is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Stevenson, into his guard.
Pippen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stevenson looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Stevenson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pippen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pippen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stevenson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pippen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andrew Stevenson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Stevenson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Horrible takedown by Stevenson or perhaps it was just good defense by Pippen which made him look bad.
Stevenson shoots in looking for a takedown. Pippen tries to sprawl out of it but Stevenson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pippen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pippen works the jab nicely.
A left and a right from Pippen both land. Nice combination.
Pippen throws a shot to the body.
Stevenson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pippen avoids it really well and circles away.
Jordan Pippen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Stevenson.
Pippen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stevenson counters by clinching up.
Pippen misses with some punches.
Pippen can't break the clinch.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.
Stevenson jumps guard but Pippen stands there with Stevenson around his waist. Stevenson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pippen wants to break free but Stevenson has control.
Pippen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pippen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pippen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stevenson jumps guard and drags Pippen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Pippen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stevenson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pippen wants to control from the top but Stevenson keeps moving.
Pippen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Stevenson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pippen advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pippen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stevenson keeps working.
Pippen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stevenson on the ground.
Pippen wants to stand but Stevenson is controlling his arm.
Pippen wants to control for a moment but Stevenson uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Stevenson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pippen pulls his head out easily.
Pippen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is not content to let Pippen control the position.
Stevenson won't allow Pippen to pass to mount.
Stevenson looking for submissions off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stevenson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pippen pinned against the cage. Pippen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jordan Pippen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pippen with a hook.
A shot to de liver by Pippen. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stevenson fails with a takedown attempt.
Stevenson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jordan Pippen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pippen doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevenson circles away.
Stevenson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pippen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pippen is looking to clinch but Stevenson is avoiding it.
Pippen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stevenson walks into a straight right hand from Pippen.
Stevenson fails with the takedown.
Decent striking displayed by Pippen there.
Pippen with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Pippen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Pippen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stevenson in his tracks.
Stevenson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stevenson manages to pull guard.
Stevenson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pippen is aware though and is defending well.
Pippen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pippen passes Stevenson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Pippen is looking to take a break and control but Stevenson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stevenson gets full guard.
Stevenson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Stevenson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Stevenson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Stevenson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pippen trying to control the position from guard on top but Stevenson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pippen throwing strikes but missing.
Stevenson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pippen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pippen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pippen throwing strikes but missing.
Pippen wants to stand but Stevenson is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice sprawl there from Pippen as Stevenson shoots in.
Stevenson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pippen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pippen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stevenson clinches up with Pippen and pushes him back against the cage.
Pippen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stevenson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pippen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pippen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stevenson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pippen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jordan Pippen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Stevenson.
Pippen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pippen walks away with a smile on his face. Stevenson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pippen doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevenson circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Pippen as he connects with a hook.
Pippen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stevenson on the side of the head.
Pippen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stevenson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pippen struggling a bit here.
Pippen prevents Stevenson from moving into mount.
Stevenson blocks the strikes from Pippen.
Pippen is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Pippen is looking to control Stevenson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pippen avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pippen sees it coming and defends easily.
Pippen is looking to improve his position.
Pippen moves into full guard.
Pippen looking for a sweep. Not yet Pippen, not yet.
Pippen is trying to keep Stevenson in close.
Pippen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Andrew Stevenson.
I think Stevenson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Stevenson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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