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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Tamad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Elerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamad's entrance music is The Joker. A fine choice. Juan Tamad had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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200 lbs
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202 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent 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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Tamad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darius Elerman!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Tamad.
Elerman misses the body punch
and Tamad counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Tamad trying to pass the guard but Elerman defending well.
Tamad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tamad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tamad prevents Elerman from improving his position.
Tamad wants to pass the guard but Elerman is defending well.
Elerman gets back to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tamad is working Elerman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Elerman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tamad sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elerman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Elerman wants to sweep here but Tamad controlling him for the moment.
Tamad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tamad makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tamad is looking to work some ground and pound but Elerman has wrist control.
Tamad sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Elerman's guard.
Tamad is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Elerman!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tamad thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tamad misses with a head shot.
Tamad scoring with strikes but Elerman is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad looking to ground and pound but Elerman is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tamad punishing his opponent with strikes.
Elerman bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Tamad looking to hit a scissor sweep but Elerman is one step ahead there.
Elerman looking to pass the guard.
Tamad bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Elerman's guard.
Tamad scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elerman looking for a guillotine here but Tamad defends easily.
Elerman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tamad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tamad stands and throws Elerman's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Elerman stops Tamad from passing to mount.
Elerman avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tamad.
Tamad tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamad lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tamad throws an elbow but Elerman slips to the side and avoids it well.
Elerman is looking for a sweep.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamad sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Elerman is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Tamad cracks Elerman with a big elbow.
Tamad throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Elerman is trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tamad is working Elerman over with some ground and pound from side control.
Elerman is rocked!
Tamad trying to control the position but Elerman is working away.
Elerman is still in real trouble! Can Tamad finish him?
Elerman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Tamad dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Elerman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tamad can pounce on him.
Elerman misses with a wild body shot.
Tamad connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tamad connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tamad.
Tamad lands a slapping body shot.
Elerman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Elerman seems to have recovered his senses.
Tamad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Elerman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tamad counters with a single leg into guard. Elerman didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamad content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tamad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Elerman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tamad is one step ahead there.
Tamad lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elerman throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Elerman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tamad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tamad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Elerman can do to turn this around?
Tamad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tamad is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tamad wants to pass the guard but Elerman is keeping the position.
Elerman trying to keep a closed guard but Tamad is proving a slippery customer.
Tamad stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Elerman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tamad content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tamad tries to free his leg and advance position but Elerman is retaining full guard.
Tamad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tamad looking to pass the guard.
Elerman is looking for a triangle but Tamad pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamad trying to control the position from guard on top but Elerman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Elerman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tamad tries to free his leg and advance position but Elerman is retaining full guard.
Elerman looking for a sweep. Not yet Elerman, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tamad working the body and head with strikes.
Elerman sneaks back into half guard.
Tamad landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tamad missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tamad working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Elerman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Elerman looking for submissions off his back.
Elerman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tamad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elerman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tamad throwing shots but Elerman is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Elerman tries to get to full guard but Tamad has control of the leg.
Elerman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tamad scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tamad is looking to advance position but Elerman won't allow it.
Tamad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tamad is trying to control. Elerman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Elerman gets full guard.
Tamad throws an elbow that misses. Elerman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tamad's guard. Nice move by Elerman!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Tamad dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Elerman throws a combination that misses
and Tamad counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Elerman's guard now.
Tamad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tamad throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Elerman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tamad passes Elerman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tamad seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Elerman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Elerman won't allow Tamad to pass to mount.
Tamad stalling away here and it's allowed Elerman to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Tamad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Elerman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tamad is one step ahead there.
Tamad trying to stand up but can't free himself from Elerman's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamad trying to control the position from guard on top but Elerman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tamad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Elerman is keeping the position for now.
Elerman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tamad.
Tamad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Elerman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tamad.
Tamad postures up in Elerman's guard and throws a big left but Elerman blocks it.
Tamad trying to control the position from guard on top but Elerman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tamad working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Elerman's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elerman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tamad.
Tamad throws a strike but Elerman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Elerman pushing down on Tamad's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nice strikes from Elerman there.
Elerman moves nicely into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elerman misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad tries to bench press Elerman off him but Elerman keeps the position.
Darius Elerman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tamad sneaks back into half guard.
Tamad is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Elerman jumps into side control!
Tamad is trying to improve his position.
Elerman postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Elerman tries to score with some ground and pound. Tamad controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Elerman in side control, throwing shots but Tamad defends.
Tamad struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elerman working the head and body with strikes.
Tamad wants to control but Elerman postures up.
Tamad manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Juan Tamad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamad trying to control the pace.
Tamad throwing shots but Elerman is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tamad perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Elerman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Tamad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tamad 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Tamad!
A victorious Juan Tamad thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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