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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rupert Highland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long comes to the cage accompanied by remember the name. Rupert Highland has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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198 lbs
7 - 10 - 0 |
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185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rupert Highland!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Long wants to lay and pray for a moment but Highland keeps working.
Highland really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Long. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Highland trying to control from the bottom.
Highland holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Long not doing much here.
Long seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Highland looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Long throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Long wants to control but Highland is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long is looking for a kimura here.
Highland keeping hold of Long's head, controlling as best he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Highland makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Highland.
Highland is trying to keep Long in close.
Long stops Highland from standing up.
Long stopping the sweep attempt from Highland.
Highland not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Highland wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Long is now in half guard.
Highland is looking for a sweep. Long is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Long is trying to control the action in half guard but Highland is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Highland is controlling Long's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Highland wants to get back to full guard.
Highland trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Long working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Long is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Highland can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Long looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Long lands with some strikes.
Highland is trying to escape the mount.
Highland is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Long has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long raining down hammerfists from mount.
Highland is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Highland tries to reverse the position but Long maintains control.
Long is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Long lands a big shot there that rocks Highland but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Highland wants to hold on but Long pushes him away.
Long is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Long tries to control but Highland wriggling away.
Long takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Highland keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Long lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long landing strikes from the mount and Highland is in trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Long lands a nice shot to the head.
Long lands a big shot there that rocks Highland but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Highland tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Long in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Highland is squirming around, avoiding Long's attempts to control the action.
Long content just to control the position here.
Highland is wriggling around trying to escape.
Long has hold of Highland's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Highland manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Long raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Long dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Long lands a brutal head kick. Highland looks out on his feet and Long throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Jack Long!
A relieved looking Jack Long thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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