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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seth Alexis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepper James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexis comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Maiden - The Fallen Angel. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Pepper James was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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188 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Alexis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pepper James!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alexis shoots in for a double leg but James sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
James misses with a takedown attempt - Alexis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alexis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Alexis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Alexis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alexis drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Alexis stands and throws James's legs to the side, diving into side control.
James is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Alexis off and has taken his back!
James avoiding Alexis 's attempts to control his hands.
Alexis defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alexis fending off the submission attempt from James.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexis tries to break free.
James missing with strikes from the back.
Alexis is in bad spot here.
James not allowing Alexis to control his hands.
James looking to break Alexis's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Alexis remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise James will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Alexis tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
James breaks from Alexis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alexis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
James postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Alexis looks a forlorn figure.
Alexis tries to hold on but James postures up.
James with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
James jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Alexis is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Alexis and James has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Alexis tries to improve position but can't.
James is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alexis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexis sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
James thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alexis's head.
Alexis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
James seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
James trying to control from half guard but Alexis is working away.
James is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Alexis defends it well.
Alexis is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexis wants to control but James is keeping busy and won't allow it.
James scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Alexis is refusing to be controlled, as James sits in half guard.
Alexis is trying to control but can't.
Alexis is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because James is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
James seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alexis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pepper James dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Alexis takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
James stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and James wants it to stay on the feet.
James misses with an uppercut. Alexis saw that one coming.
James throws a low kick, looking for Alexis's leg but Alexis calmly moves out of range.
Alexis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but James swivels and escapes.
Alexis fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Alexis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Alexis just misses with a punch to the body.
Alexis shoots in for a takedown but James shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Alexis misses with a takedown
and James counters with a shoot takedown. Alexis fights it but they end up in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James works over Alexis with some ground and pound from guard.
James trying to control but Alexis is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
James looking to sit in guard and control but Alexis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
James wants to stand up but Alexis is controlling him.
James looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alexis is one step ahead there.
Alexis postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pepper James has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alexis is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Alexis looking to pass the guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Alexis passes James's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Alexis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but James sees it coming and defends easily.
James trying to control but Alexis postures up.
Alexis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to get back to full guard.
James is trying to stand back up but Alexis is controlling him
Alexis is trying to control the action in half guard but James is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
James tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Alexis wants to lay and pray for a moment but James keeps working.
Alexis prevents James from improving his position.
Alexis stops James from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James punching from the bottom.
Alexis passes the guard and advances to mount!
James is desperately trying to improve his position but Alexis has a good base and remains in mount.
Alexis has hold of James's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and James manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
James reaches up and pulls Alexis towards him, trying to control the position. Alexis manages to get a guillotine from the mount though! This could be big trouble for James! James tries to roll over - now Alexis is on the bottom but the guillotine is really deep and James has to tap out! Great work there by Alexis!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Seth Alexis!
An out of breath Seth Alexis 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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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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