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Flair 8 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Righteous Crusader (ranked 4268 p4p, 23737 weight class) and Boxing Powerhous (ranked 92 p4p, 199 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Righteous Crusader !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boxing Powerhous!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powerhous closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Powerhous is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Crusader knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Crusader tries to bench press Powerhous off him but Powerhous keeps the position.
Crusader wants to control but Powerhous postures up.
Crusader is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Powerhous is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
A lull in the action here as Powerhous stalls from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crusader is trying to get back to his feet.
Crusader looks to move to half guard but instead Powerhous has passed into mount! Damn!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powerhous sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Powerhous's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Crusader manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Crusader slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Powerhous cracks Crusader with a solid left hand.
Crusader is looking for a triangle here but Powerhous uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Powerhous tries to move to mount but Crusader blocks the move with his legs.
A control attempt from Crusader but he's now mounted!
Powerhous avoids the attempt from Crusader to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powerhous tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Crusader sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Powerhous is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Crusader trying to hold on to Powerhous's head to control him but Powerhous postures up.
Powerhous winds up and cracks Crusader with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Powerhous tries to pass to full mount but Crusader defends it.
Crusader slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Powerhous lands a couple of digs.
Crusader is looking to stand up but Powerhous isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Powerhous wanted to stand there but Crusader had control of the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crusader tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Boxing Powerhous dominated that round.
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.
Some wild striking there from Crusader .
A punch combination from Crusader misses.
Crusader moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromPowerhous.
Powerhous fails with a takedown attempt.
We've been informed that Powerhous has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Powerhous gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Crusader counters with a three punch combo that has Powerhous backing up. Powerhous nods at Crusader to acknowledge the strikes.
Powerhous is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Crusader 's half guard.
Crusader controlling the position well.
Boxing Powerhous has got the better of the ground game so far.
Powerhous is breathing heavily.
Crusader avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Powerhous.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusader looks like he's trying to stand up.
Powerhous is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Crusader doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Powerhous.
The fighters are battling for position here. Crusader manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Powerhous drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Crusader dives on top into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crusader trying to control the position from guard on top but Powerhous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Crusader controlling from the top position.
Crusader wants to control from the top but Powerhous keeps moving.
Crusader slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sloppy strikes there by Crusader .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powerhous is looking for a sweep.
Crusader wants to lay and pray for a moment but Powerhous keeps working.
Crusader tries to get to his feet but Powerhous is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Crusader in his guard.
Powerhous wants to sweep but no luck.
Crusader wants to control from the top but Powerhous keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Powerhous is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crusader stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Crusader wants it to stay on the feet.
Crusader half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Righteous Crusader has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boxing Powerhous.
Powerhous throws a head kick that misses.
Crusader misses the shot to the body.
Powerhous dives in for a single leg takedown but Crusader sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Powerhous avoids a punch combination nicely.
Powerhous throws out a counter right but Crusader avoids it with no problem.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Powerhous gets tackled into the cage by Crusader . Crusader maintains the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Righteous Crusader dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crusader is trying to pull guard but Powerhous turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Powerhous trying to land knees to the body.
Crusader has Powerhous pressed against the cage.
Crusader has had enough of the clinch but Powerhous keeps him there for the moment.
Powerhous manages to break the clinch.
Powerhous takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Powerhous tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Crusader smiles and moves away.
Powerhous takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crusader throws a series of strikes that have Powerhous backpedaling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusader fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Powerhous on the side of the head.
Crusader has taken the fight to the clinch.
Crusader misses with a hook to the ribs.
Powerhous is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Crusader tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Righteous Crusader . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crusader tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Crusader tries for a takedown. No joy.
Crusader manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Crusader is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Powerhous is controlling him.
Powerhous stands and throws Crusader 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusader on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Crusader takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Powerhous tries to advance position but instead Crusader slips a leg back in to half guard.
Powerhous is looking to advance position but Crusader won't allow it.
Powerhous slips a nice elbow through Crusader 's hands, connecting with Crusader 's forehead.
Crusader makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Crusader .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusader wants to get back to his feet but Powerhous passes into half guard.
Still in half guard, Powerhous seems content to control.
Crusader wants to control but Powerhous is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Powerhous tries to pass to full mount but Crusader defends it.
Powerhous looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Powerhous is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Crusader sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four 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.
Crusader wants to sweep but Powerhous has passed to side control!
Powerhous controlling from side mount.
Crusader is looking to reverse the position.
Crusader gets back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crusader pushes Powerhous off looking to stand but Powerhous dives back in and keeps control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Boxing Powerhous.
I think Powerhous 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Gunn (ranked 4581 p4p, 4864 weight class) and William Tate (ranked 95 p4p, 98 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tate!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tate tries to clinch there but Gunn circles away.
Gunn changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tate tries to clinch but Gunn moves out of range.
Gunn swats away the attempt to clinch by Tate.
Gunn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tate lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tate.
 It looks like Tommy Gunn has been cut.
Gunn lands with a kick to the temple. Tate shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
 It looks like William Tate has been cut.
Tate connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate clinches up with Gunn and pushes him back against the cage.
Gunn definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gunn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tate has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gunn.
Gunn lands a nice hook to Tate's body. Tate takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn misses with a shot to the body
and Tate counters with a series of strikes. Gunn will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gunn misses with the combination.
Gunn throws a sloppy body shot
and Tate counters with a nice body shot.
A combination from Gunn does no damage.
Tate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunn is looking for a counter combo.
Gunn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tate moves away.
Gunn takes a swing at Tate's ribcage but misses.
Tate tries to clinch but Gunn is having none of it.
Gunn is looking to counter the offense by Tate and move into the clinch.
Tate sizes up Gunn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gunn gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tate tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gunn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate tries to clinch but Gunn moves out of range.
Tate looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gunn swinging wildly here.
Gunn lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gunn takes a swing at Tate's ribcage but misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gunn!
Tate tries to clinch but Gunn moves out of range.
Gunn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tate looks to clinch
and Gunn counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gunn stopping the sweep attempt from Tate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gunn gets to his feet. Tate looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gunn throws a combination that misses
and Tate counters with a two punch combo.
Tate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tate clinches up with Gunn and pushes him back against the cage.
Gunn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunn throws a right and a left that Tate avoids nicely.
Tate throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gunn counters by clinching up.
Gunn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunn thuds his shin into the meat of Tate's side.
Gunn connects with a right hand. Tate shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn throws a head kick but Tate moves out of range.
Gunn is looking to wear down Tate with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Tate. Beautiful body shot.
Tate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gunn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gunn throws a head kick but Tate moves out of range.
Tate tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gunn counters with a three punch combo that has Tate backing up. Tate nods at Gunn to acknowledge the strikes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gunn!
Tate slips a jab and a cross from Gunn.
Gunn misses with a left hand
and Tate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tate tries to clinch but Gunn moves out of range.
Tate wants to clinch
and Gunn counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tate!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Gunn dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gunn lunges at Tate with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tate's hand.
Gunn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tate fails to land with a series of punches.
Tate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gunn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunn drops Tate with a beautiful combination! Tate stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gunn is looking for the KO!
 Tate is rocked!
Tate circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Gunn. Tate falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Gunn!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tommy Gunn!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sota Sankari (ranked 10789 p4p, 23900 weight class) and Morrison Dickson (ranked 123 p4p, 206 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sota Sankari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Morrison Dickson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Dickson.
Dickson scores with a jab to the body.
Dickson lands with a right hand.
Sankari ducks right into an uppercut from Dickson.
Sankari takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sankari forces Dickson back against the cage and clinches.
Dickson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sankari looking for a takedown.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sankari as Dickson tries to tie him up.
Sankari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sankari is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Dickson moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Morrison Dickson!
An out of breath Morrison Dickson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fortune Thibodeaux (ranked 3097 p4p, 5261 weight class) and Craig Long Lang (ranked 382 p4p, 546 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ White Belt
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fortune Thibodeaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Long Lang!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang has his takedown stuffed
and Thibodeaux counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lang should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Thibodeaux lands a big head kick that sends Lang tumbling to the mat! Thibodeaux takes a step backwards and waves Lang back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Lang is rocked!
It looks like Craig Long Lang has been cut.
Thibodeaux sends Lang crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Thibodeaux is motioning to the referee to let Lang up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Lang is still on wobbly legs! Can Thibodeaux finish him?
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!
Lang is aggressively charging in as Thibodeaux backs up avoiding any damage. Thibodeaux tosses out a jab and Lang runs right into it face first! Lang is out cold! Thibodeaux dropped down on all fours and is barking in Lang's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fortune Thibodeaux!
A relieved looking Fortune Thibodeaux thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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