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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Button (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dolph Lundgren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lundgren comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Till I Collapse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ben Button has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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279 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Button!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dolph Lundgren!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Button tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lundgren paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lundgren closes the distance and clinches up with Button, looking for a takedown. Lundgren pushes Button against the cage but Button circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lundgren shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Button defends it nicely.
Lundgren takes a swing at Button's ribcage but misses.
Lundgren works over Button's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Ben Button has been cut.
Button misses with a wild body shot.
Lundgren takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Dolph Lundgren has been cut.
Lundgren looks to score with a jab to the body but Button is just out of range.
Button scores with a nice strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Button wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Button looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lundgren jabs at Button's body.
Lundgren comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lundgren thuds a left hand into Button's body.
Lundgren is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Button rather than just go for the knockout.
Button missing with a left hand there. Lundgren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Button misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Button takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Button avoids the body shot from Lundgren.
Button jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Button wants to clinch up but Lundgren keeps it at a distance.
Lundgren closes the distance and clinches.
Lundgren is trying to break the clinch but Button has him pressed against the cage.
Lundgren has Button pressed against the cage, preventing Button from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lundgren manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Lundgren is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Lundgren not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lundgren controlling the action here.
Lundgren wants to control but Button is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundgren thows a huge punch but Button dodges it nicely.
Lundgren content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Lundgren trying to pass the guard but Button defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lundgren throwing shots but Button is blocking nicely.
Lundgren controlling the action here.
Button knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lundgren on the ground.
Lundgren passes to side control.
Lundgren wants to lay and pray for a moment but Button keeps working.
Lundgren has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lundgren lands a decent elbow from side control.
Lundgren throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lundgren fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lundgren working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Button avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lundgren.
Lundgren working the ground and pound from side control.
Lundgren moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Button dodges the ground and pound from Lundgren.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Lundgren seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Check out the look on Lundgren's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Button avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lundgren.
Lundgren throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Button is breathing heavily.
Lundgren creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Button sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Button parries the strikes from Lundgren easily there. Lundgren is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Button to escape.
Lundgren is chipping away with strikes.
Lundgren working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Button takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lundgren trying to control the position but Button is working away.
Lundgren takes a little break here. Button wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dolph Lundgren dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A jab from Lundgren does it's job there.
Dolph Lundgren seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Button takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Button stuffs the takedown.
Lundgren bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Button is rocked!
A big shot lands for Lundgren! That's hurt Button! Will he recover? Lundgren fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dolph Lundgren!
After the fight, Dolph Lundgren was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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