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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Eminem - Lose Yourself. David has chosen Bring The Pain as his entrance music. 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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180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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180 lbs
15 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blaze Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey clinches.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Bailey stops a takedown attempt from David.
David pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
David scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
David lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bailey's sensitive parts.
Bailey throws a lazy head kick
and David counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bailey won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sloppy strikes there by David.
The ground and pound from David seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
David cracks Bailey with a big right hand but Bailey just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bailey wants to control but David postures up.
David working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bailey is trying to get back to half guard.
David scoring with punches and elbows.
Bailey parries the strikes from David easily there. David is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bailey to escape.
David content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from David seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bailey tries to bench press David off him but David keeps the position.
Bailey wants to control but David postures up.
David tries to score with some ground and pound. Bailey controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bailey is trying to control David's posture but David avoids it.
David creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
David throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
David is trying to ground and pound but Bailey uses the momentary lack of control by David to regain half guard.
David throwing shots but Bailey is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bailey slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
David throwing strikes but missing.
David throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bailey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
David throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
David thows a big elbow that misses.
Bailey pulls David in close to prevent any damage.
David throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bailey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David throwing strikes from guard but Bailey blocks nicely.
Bailey not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
David in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
David missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
David throwing strikes from guard but Bailey blocks nicely.
David lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
David throwing strikes from guard but Bailey blocks nicely.
David has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
David with a nice head shot there.
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.
Bailey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from David.
David throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bailey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
David throws and elbow that misses. Bailey uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in David's guard. Nice move by Bailey!
David pulls Bailey in close to his closed guard and prevents Bailey from doing any damage or advancing position.
Bailey trying to control the position from guard on top but David is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
David wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier David dominated that 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.
Bailey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but David was well out of range. Poor timing from Bailey.
David gets a takedown into half guard.
David throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
David slips a nice elbow through Bailey's hands, connecting with Bailey's forehead.
Bailey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
David seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bailey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
David thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bailey's head.
Bailey wants to control but David is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bailey keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey is trying to defend against the ground and pound but David scores with a couple of nice shots.
David missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
David sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bailey defending well though.
David missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
David not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
David with the ground and pound but Bailey uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bailey looking for a sweep. Not yet Bailey, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
David throws and elbow that misses. Bailey uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in David's guard. Nice move by Bailey!
Bailey slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
David bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bailey's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David postures up in Bailey's guard and throws a big left but Bailey blocks it.
David lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
David trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bailey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
David throws and elbow that misses. Bailey uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in David's guard. Nice move by Bailey!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now David is on top in guard.
David is looking to work some ground and pound but Bailey has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David postures up in Bailey's guard and throws a big left but Bailey blocks it.
David chips away with some ground and pound.
David postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
David postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
David throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bailey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
David landing with the ground and pound.
David trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
David wants to pass the guard but Bailey is keeping the position.
Bailey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David looking to pass the guard.
Bailey trying to control the position.
Bailey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
David looking to pass the guard.
David working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
David works over Bailey with some ground and pound from guard.
Bailey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. David manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier David showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Bailey.
Bailey cracks a nice hook into David's ribs.
David swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bailey.
Bailey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bailey thows a leg kick but David checks it
and David counters with a nice leg kick.
Bailey throws a right hand that misses
and David counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bailey's head.
Bailey regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from David.
Bailey is trying to control the position but David postures up.
David connects with a couple of short punches.
Bailey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bailey has momentary wrist control but David slips an elbow through the middle.
David is in close to Bailey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David thows a big elbow that misses.
Bailey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from David.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
David passes Bailey's left leg - he's now in half guard.
David throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bailey's head.
David thows a huge punch but Bailey dodges it nicely.
David is looking to pass Bailey's guard but actually Bailey recovers to full guard.
David won't allow Bailey to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
David missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
David with a flurry of punches that miss.
David throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bailey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from David.
David landing with the ground and pound.
Bailey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
David throws a strike but Bailey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
David manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bailey manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bailey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
David working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bailey's head.
David throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bailey 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.
David postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
David throws a strike but Bailey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
David is trying to control the position but Bailey postures up.
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.
Bailey trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
David controls Bailey momentarily but Bailey frees himself.
Bailey controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bailey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
David keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.
Bailey postures up.
Blaze Bailey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
OK we're going to have a standup here. Xavier David hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bailey misses with a two punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier David comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got David winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier David!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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