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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eric Longstreet (ranked 8430 p4p, 590 weight class) and Lotti Price (ranked 7433 p4p, 559 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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149 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Longstreet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lotti Price!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Longstreet was covering up waiting for the punch and Price finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Longstreet has his feet on Price's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Price gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Longstreet counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Longstreet.
Longstreet got a little sloppy there for a moment and Price has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Longstreet has managed to get both his arms back between Price's legs - danger averted.
Longstreet trying to control the position from guard on top but Price is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Longstreet keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Price's head.
Price looking for a guillotine here but Longstreet defends easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Longstreet keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Price's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longstreet wants to control from the top but Price keeps moving.
Longstreet got a little sloppy there for a moment and Price has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Longstreet has managed to get both his arms back between Price's legs - danger averted.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Price can do anything to dispel that myth.
Longstreet scoring with punches to the head and body.
Longstreet working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Longstreet slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Longstreet scoring with punches to the head and body.
Longstreet is working Price over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Longstreet lands a couple of digs.
Longstreet makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Longstreet wants to control from the top but Price keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Longstreet cracks Price with a solid left hand.
Price looks winded!
Longstreet cracks Price with a solid left hand.
Longstreet forces his way into half guard.
Longstreet takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Longstreet is nestled in close to Price, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Longstreet looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Price with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Longstreet looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Longstreet is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Longstreet is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Longstreet is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Price has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longstreet takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Longstreet looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Price actively working from the bottom here.
Longstreet looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ground and pound from Longstreet.
Longstreet winds up and cracks Price with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longstreet slows the pace down in half guard.
Longstreet drops an elbow to the side of Price's head.
Longstreet lands strikes from half guard.
Longstreet has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Longstreet lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Longstreet lands a nice short elbow.
Price taking some punishment here, with Longstreet in his half guard.
Longstreet scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Price is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Longstreet lands a nice short elbow.
Price is still in real trouble! Can Longstreet finish him?
Longstreet scores with a big shot! Price's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Price! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Longstreet!
A very excited looking Eric Longstreet rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brook Harris (ranked 5456 p4p, 589 weight class) and Bob Ross (ranked 7532 p4p, 697 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brook Harris !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Ross!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ross throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris throws a right and a left that Ross avoids nicely.
Harris moves into range and clinches up with Ross.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
Harris has Ross pressed against the cage, preventing Ross from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harris has Ross pressed against the cage.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ross displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harris .
Ross has Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris lands a shot to the body.
Ross tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harris smiles and moves away.
Ross swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ross.
Harris has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Midnight MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Ross shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harris eats them both and turns towards Ross to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Brook Harris has been cut.
Harris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ross doesn't seem bothered though.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bob Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ross drops Harris with a beautiful combination! Harris stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ross is looking for the KO!
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!
Ross swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris counters with a three punch combo that has Ross backing up. Ross nods at Harris to acknowledge the strikes.
A jab-cross combination lands for Harris and sends Ross crashing to the mat! Harris follows him down to the mat - Ross regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Ross is rocked!
Harris thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ross is still in real trouble! Can Harris finish him?
Ross is trying to stand back up but Harris is controlling him
Harris prevents Ross from improving his position.
Harris throwing shots but Ross is blocking nicely.
Ross seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is keen to just control but Ross is a slippery customer.
Harris prevents Ross from standing back up.
Ross is trying to control but can't.
Harris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Harris is trying to work for a kimura but Ross is defending well.
Ross is staying active underneath Harris , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ross tries to kick Harris off but Harris keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ross blocking the ground and pound attempt from Harris .
Ross really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harris . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ross is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is nestled in close to Ross, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ross is defending against the submission attempts here by Harris .
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ross can do anything to dispel that myth.
Harris is trying to control the action in half guard but Ross is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Harris looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ross keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
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.
Harris works his foot free and advances to mount.
Harris raining down hammerfists from mount.
Harris lands a nice shot to the head.
Harris thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Harris working for a guillotine from mount but Ross is in no mood to give up.
Harris with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brook Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brook Harris 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ross lands with a shot to the body.
Harris scores with a spinning back kick!
Brook Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ross thuds his right hand into Harris 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Harris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harris moves out of range as Ross strikes.
Harris tries for a takedown but Ross circles away easily
and Ross counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brook Harris 's cut is getting worse.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Harris ducks right into an uppercut from Ross.
Ross misses with a wild combination.
Harris throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ross's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ross fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris connects with a high kick.
A lazy left from Harris finds it's target.
Harris fails with the takedown
letting Ross counter with a right hand.
Brook Harris 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ross misses with a takedown attempt - Harris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Harris lands a jab-cross combination.
Harris closes the distance and clinches up with Ross, looking for a takedown. Harris pushes Ross against the cage but Ross circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brook Harris . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ross misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross closes the distance and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
Ross misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ross lands a body shot.
Ross uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jeez, Brook Harris 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Brook Harris 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bob Ross!
Bob Ross is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Bob Ross, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Ines (ranked 23118 p4p, 714 weight class) and Edilson Muniz (ranked 5113 p4p, 463 weight class). Edilson Muniz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Ines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edilson Muniz!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ines lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Edilson Muniz has been cut.
Muniz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ines swivels and escapes.
Ines throwing a counter right hand but Muniz manages to avoid it.
Ines stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Muniz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ines counters with a big right hand! Oh Muniz is in trouble here! Ines follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Ines!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Beecher (ranked 3886 p4p, 132 weight class) and Gamma Knox (ranked 6033 p4p, 216 weight class). Knox has chosen Marilyn Manson | The Fight Song as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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282 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Beecher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gamma Knox!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beecher throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Knox cracks a nice hook into Beecher's ribs.
Knox slips a straight right by Beecher.
Knox looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Beecher is fending him off so far but Knox persists. Nope, Beecher circles away and we're back to standing.
Beecher really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Knox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Beecher lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the liver by Beecher. Beautiful body shot.
Knox looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Gamma Knox has been cut.
Beecher connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice cross by Beecher.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Beecher closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Knox out cold! Knox corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Paul Beecher!
Paul Beecher spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Myles Grady (ranked 2997 p4p, 427 weight class) and Mushu Song (ranked 6907 p4p, 747 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Myles Grady!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mushu Song!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Song misses with a combination
enabling Grady to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Mushu Song has been cut.
Grady lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Song falls backwards - clearly groggy! Grady dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Myles Grady!
Myles Grady retains his welterweight title!
After the fight, Myles Grady was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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