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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Rourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Rourke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Mason!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rourke is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mason's half guard.
Rourke lands strikes from half guard.
Mason looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rourke moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Mason.
Rourke lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mason is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mason tries to improve position but can't.
Rourke thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rourke cracks Mason with a big right hand but Mason just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mason takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Mason manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke gets full guard.
Mason postures up.
Rourke pulls Mason in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rourke pushes Mason off and scrambles back to his feet.
Mason tries to clinch up but Rourke circles away and keeps his distance.
Mason gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rourke controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mason had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rourke defends it easily.
Mason working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rourke doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rourke manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rourke landing with the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mason working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rourke.
Mason had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rourke defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rourke pushing down on Mason's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Mason taking some punishment here, with Rourke in his half guard.
Mason actively working from the bottom here.
Rourke content to control rather than advance.
Rourke looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke is looking for a kimura here.
Rourke trying to control the action but Mason is working from the bottom.
Rourke passes to side control.
Mason is looking to reverse the position.
Rourke creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Mason gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rourke has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourke sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
A nice elbow there by Rourke.
Rourke postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mason looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mason is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rourke postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mason looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mason is bucking up trying to escape but Rourke cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rourke controlling from mount.
Mason really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Rourke dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rourke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rourke throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Mason tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Rourke is in Mason's guard.
Rourke has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rourke trying to control the position from guard on top but Mason is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rourke works over Mason with some ground and pound from guard.
Mason looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rourke passes into side control.
Sam Rourke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mason manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Mason is in trouble now - Rourke has advanced to mount!
Rourke tries to control but Mason wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Rourke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke controlling the pace for now.
Rourke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mason can do to turn this around?
Rourke landing strikes from the mount.
Rourke controlling the position easily from mount.
Rourke with the ground and pound from mount.
Mason slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rourke is taking a breather. Mason says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Rourke is working for a submission of some sort.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rourke lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Rourke escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Rourke!
Mason is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rourke's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Rourke is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rourke has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mason is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rourke seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Mason for as long as he can get away with.
Mason is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rourke landing punches.
Rourke landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rourke working for a guillotine from mount but Mason is in no mood to give up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rourke is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Mason has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Rourke lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mason hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourke in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mason is rocked!
Rourke postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Mason bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Rourke and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Rourke!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
59% |
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