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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Earl Oyster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Jaeger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Earl Oyster has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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195 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Earl Oyster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Jaeger!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Jaeger.
Jaeger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jaeger misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Oyster misses.
Oyster swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Oyster misses with a hook
and Jaeger counters with a head kick. That will keep Oyster thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Oyster throws a leg kick but Jaeger sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jaeger closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oyster wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jaeger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jaeger manages to pull guard.
Oyster won't allow Jaeger to sweep him here.
Oyster knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jaeger on the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jaeger holds on and takes a little breather.
Jaeger has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oyster can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jaeger is pulling down on Oyster's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jaeger is looking for a triangle here but Oyster uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
You can see the frustration on Jaeger's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Oyster wants to stand but Jaeger is controlling his arm.
Oyster working away.
Jaeger is looking for a sweep.
Jaeger gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger is looking to get back to full guard here but Oyster has managed to pass to side control instead.
Oyster working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaeger gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jaeger wants to improve his position but Oyster is controlling well.
Jaeger works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jaeger trying to control the position.
Jaeger has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oyster can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jaeger looking to control.
Jaeger throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Oyster escapes and throws Jaeger's legs to the side, diving into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Jaeger dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jaeger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oyster. Jaeger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oyster falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jaeger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jaeger tries a head kick but it misses.
Jaeger throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick from Jaeger lands but Oyster takes it in his stride.
Jaeger drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jaeger wants to control from the top but Oyster keeps moving.
Jaeger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oyster on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oyster tries to get out of the position.
Jaeger postures up in Oyster's guard and throws a big left but Oyster blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jaeger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jaeger loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oyster keeping moving, preventing Jaeger from controlling successfully.
Jaeger has gone for a leg lock! Oyster slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jaeger's guard.
Jaeger is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two 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.
Jaeger is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jaeger is adopting a defensive guard.
Jaeger throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jaeger is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Oyster is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger trying to control the position here.
Jaeger controls Oyster momentarily but Oyster frees himself.
Jaeger looking for a sweep. Not yet Jaeger, not yet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jaeger lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jaeger.
Jaeger sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Oyster is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger trying to control the position but Oyster is working away.
Jaeger throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jaeger working the ground and pound but Oyster is defending the strikes.
Jaeger in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sloppy strikes there by Jaeger.
Jaeger is looking to take a break and control but Oyster is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jaeger tries to score with some ground and pound. Oyster controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Jaeger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Jaeger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oyster takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jaeger fails to land the takedown.
Jaeger slips a jab from Oyster.
Oyster takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jaeger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jaeger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oyster moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jaeger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jaeger scores with a head kick.
Jaeger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Earl Oyster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaeger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jaeger tries to bum rush Oyster with a series of wild strikes but Oyster uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oyster tries to clinch up
and Jaeger counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Oyster's guard now.
Travis Jaeger has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jaeger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jaeger has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jaeger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaeger controlling from the top position.
Jaeger wants to pass the guard but Oyster is keeping the position.
Jaeger loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jaeger in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jaeger trying to control the position from guard on top but Oyster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jaeger thows a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jaeger postures up in Oyster's guard and throws a big left but Oyster blocks it.
Jaeger works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jaeger thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jaeger throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oyster blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jaeger.
Jaeger works his way into side control.
Jaeger looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Oyster wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger cracks Oyster with a big right hand but Oyster just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jaeger is working Oyster over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jaeger tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jaeger has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jaeger grinds an elbow into Oyster's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oyster avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jaeger.
Oyster takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Oyster parries the strikes from Jaeger easily there. Jaeger is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Oyster to escape.
Jaeger landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jaeger misses with the ground and pound.
Jaeger throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jaeger trying to control the position but Oyster is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaeger is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Jaeger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jaeger has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Jaeger!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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