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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Freddy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sting Steiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes to the cage accompanied by We Want The Funk by George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Freddy James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sting Steiner!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James tries to clinch but Steiner moves away
and Steiner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Steiner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
James clinches up against the cage.
James lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
James breaks from the clinch.
Steiner scores with a leg kick.
James tries to clinch but Steiner is having none of it.
Steiner circles away from the clinch attempt.
James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steiner just misses with a punch to the body.
James lands with a hook. Steiner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
James rushes Steiner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Steiner misses with the head strike.
James leaning against his opponent.
Steiner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steiner manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
James is pushing Steiner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, James scores with a nice short uppercut.
James scores with a shoulder strike.
Steiner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steiner stalling in the clinch but James improves position.
James lands a damaging elbow.
James gets through Steiner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
James's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Steiner misses with a punch on the inside.
Steiner misses with a body punch.
Steiner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James is looking to clinch.
Steiner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting James counter with a right hand.
James throws the kick towards the body but Steiner avoids it.
James darts in trying to clinch
and Steiner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from James.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James is looking to clinch but Steiner is avoiding it.
James checks the leg kick.
James swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Steiner misses with a leg kick.
James lands a really nice looking cross but Steiner seems unphased.
Freddy James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steiner misses with a body shot.
Steiner throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steiner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James cracks Steiner with a good jab.
James scores with a jab. Steiner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
James misses with a double jab.
Steiner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
James wants to clinch.
James lands a jab to the nose.
James avoids the head kick by Steiner.
James closes the distance and pushes Steiner back into the cage.
Steiner takes a shot to the head.
Steiner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
James lands a jab.
James throws a head kick that misses.
Steiner wants to slow James down by chopping away at his legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steiner. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from James. Steiner does a little dance to reset his feet.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Steiner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steiner. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steiner avoids the body shot from James.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steiner keeps the fight on the outside.
Steiner throws a hook but James blocks it.
Steiner throws a leg kick
and James counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
James swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddy James dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
James misses with a looping right.
James 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.
James wants to clinch.
James lands an overhand right.
James looks to land a combination but Steiner avoids it well.
Steiner swats away the attempt to clinch by James.
James pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
James gets a clinch.
James can't find room to land a body shot as Steiner controls the action.
James misses with some punches.
Steiner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from James.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Steiner avoids the damage to the body.
Steiner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jamess head.
Steiner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steiner loads up on a big right hand but James slips the punch.
Steiner is looking to chop away at James's legs.
James feints a jab promting Steiner to slip. James then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Steiner slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Steiner throws a low kick but it's checked well by James.
Nice defenses there by Steiner.
James throws a nice head kick!
Steiner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and James counters with a stiff right hand.
James scores with a head kick. Steiner tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steiner.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Steiner circles away.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steiner moves away.
James throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Steiner counters with a low kick, right behind James 's knee.
Steiner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
James 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.
Steiner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
Steiner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and James counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steiner misses with a straight left.
Steiner cracks James with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Steiner misses with a series of wild punches.
Steiner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steiner.
Freddy James is winning the standup battle so far.
James connects with a crisp jab.
Steiner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Steiner throws a hook but James avoids it easily.
James fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steiner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
James is looking to slow Steiner down with leg kicks.
Freddy James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
James tries to clinch but Steiner is having none of it.
James takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steiner.
James is looking to clinch.
Steiner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
James keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
James cracks a nice hook into Steiner's ribs.
Steiner is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steiner is looking to chop away at James's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James has managed to clinch.
Steiner breaks from the clinch.
James scores with a three punch combo!
Steiner connects with a good right hand that stumbles James. James circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steiner.
James throws a series of punches but Steiner avoids them all with ease.
James rushes Steiner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
James breaks from the clinch.
James tries to clinch there but Steiner circles away.
James connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steiner's hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James connects with the punch.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Steiner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steiner throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddy James dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
James moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steiner throws a solid leg kick but James takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Steiner.
Some bone on bone action there as James checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
James scores with a hook.
Steiner throws a sloppy body shot
and James counters with a thumping low kick.
Steiner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A combination from James does no damage.
James scores with a jab to the body.
James jabs at Steiner's body.
Steiner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by James.
James scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Steiner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Steiner misses.
Steiner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
James is looking to clinch but Steiner is avoiding it.
Steiner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Steiner circles away.
Steiner throws a looping overhand right but James ducks down to avoid it.
Steiner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James pushes Steiner up against the cage in a clinch.
Steiner pressing his opponent against the cage.
James manages to break the clinch.
Jab from Steiner.
James misses with a few strikes there.
Steiner digs a good body shot into James's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
James clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steiner.
James breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James misses with a double jab.
James connects with a single shot there.
James tries to clinch there but Steiner circles away.
James is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steiner can do to turn this around?
Steiner has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
James throws a right hand that Steiner ducks under and follows up with a left that Steiner also avoids with ease.
Steiner lands with an uppercut that bounces James off the cage and back into range.
James lands with a nice combination. Steiner backs away looking to recover.
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steiner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steiner drops his hands momentarily and James takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from James. Steiner does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by James. Beautiful body shot.
Steiner looks to land a right hand but James moved out of range.
James blocks a low kick nicely.
Steiner looks to land a left hand but James moved out of range nicely.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Steiner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steiner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steiner takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Steiner swings away with a body shot that misses
and James makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
James staying out of range there.
Sting Steiner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a series of punches but Steiner avoids them all with ease.
James lands with a nice body kick.
James looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Steiner.
James pulls out of a head kick attempt.
James has closed the distance and engaged Steiner in a clinch.
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!
James is pushing Steiner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
James lands a nice elbow.
Freddy James is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters circle momentarily. James darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Steiner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steiner throws a lazy right hand but James sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy James showed his dominance in that final round.
Well James has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy James!
A victorious Freddy James thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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