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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Steele has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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290 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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300 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Max Power!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele shoots in but no luck this time.
Power looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Power fails with an attempt to clinch.
Steele scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Steele lands a nice short elbow.
Steele is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Steele works his foot free and advances to mount.
Power defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Steele.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Steele landing shots from mount.
Steele has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Steele landing punches.
Steele with a couple of short strikes.
Power is rocked!
Steele lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Power is still in real trouble! Can Steele finish him?
Steele breaks from Power's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Steele punishing his opponent with strikes.
Steele landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steele lands a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power taking shots to the head.
Steele is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steele working the ground and pound effectively.
Power is looking to get to half guard.
Power is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Steele landing punches.
Power wants to try and get back to his feet.
Steele with a couple of short strikes.
Steele could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Steele connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Power is bucking up trying to escape but Steele cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Steele lands a heavy elbow.
Steele cracks Power with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Steele working Power over with strikes here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Steele lands a heavy elbow.
Power is wriggling around trying to escape.
Power taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Power is squirming around, avoiding Steele's attempts to control the action.
A nice elbow there by Steele.
Power swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
A nice elbow there by Steele.
Power seems to have recovered his senses.
Power is in all sorts of trouble here.
Power flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Steele postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Power looks a forlorn figure.
Steele is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Power can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Power is desperately trying to improve his position but Steele has a good base and remains in mount.
Power is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Steele locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Power is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ben Steele!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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