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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zackary Pruitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wally The Flash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zackary Pruitt has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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194 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zackary Pruitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wally The Flash!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Flash with a poor takedown
and Pruitt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pruitt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Flash.
The Flash misses with a takedown
and Pruitt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zackary Pruitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wally The Flash.
Pruitt stuffs the takedown.
The Flash gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pruitt counters with a left and a right that stings The Flash.
Pruitt tries to close the distance and clinch but The Flash swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Flash shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pruitt as he avoids it easily.
The Flash with a poor takedown
and Pruitt counters with a nice uppercut.
The Flash misses with a takedown attempt - Pruitt sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The Flash throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Pruitt was covering up waiting for the punch and The Flash finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pruitt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Flash's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Flash trying to control the position.
Pruitt prevents The Flash from getting back to his feet.
Pruitt really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The Flash wants to improve his position but instead Pruitt has moved into half guard.
The Flash blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pruitt.
Pruitt 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.
Pruitt tries to stand but can't do so whilst The Flash controls his leg.
The Flash wants to get back to his feet.
Pruitt winds up and cracks The Flash with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The Flash is looking for a sweep. Pruitt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pruitt will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Flash wants to get back to full guard but Pruitt has mounted him!
The Flash tries to hold on but Pruitt pushes him away.
Pruitt thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The Flash takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pruitt looking to finish with strikes here!
Pruitt scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The Flash tries to hold on but Pruitt pushes him away.
The Flash blocking the ground and pound.
Pruitt seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but The Flash is holding on tight.
Pruitt lands a big shot there that rocks The Flash but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Flash really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pruitt lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The Flash is desperately trying to improve his position but Pruitt has a good base and remains in mount.
The Flash is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The Flash is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pruitt lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pruitt lands a big shot there that rocks The Flash but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The Flash trying desperately to get to his feet.
The Flash keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if The Flash can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pruitt landing strikes from the mount and The Flash is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Flash tries to buck Pruitt off but he can't manage it.
The Flash keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pruitt landing punches.
Pruitt postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. The Flash looks a forlorn figure.
Pruitt throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pruitt throws some wild stikes that The Flash manages to avoid easily.
Pruitt thowing shots but they're missing.
Pruitt misses with a head shot.
Pruitt postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. The Flash looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zackary Pruitt dominated that round.
That's time! Pruitt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The Flash fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Flash shoots in and gets a takedown into Pruitt's guard.
The Flash is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The Flash lands a couple of elbows.
The Flash is looking to work some ground and pound but Pruitt has wrist control.
Pruitt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Flash.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Flash is fighting to break Pruitt's control of his arms but Pruitt is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The Flash must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The Flash with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Flash is in close to Pruitt's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pruitt managing to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The Flash tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pruitt defends well and The Flash ends up having to push Pruitt into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Pruitt wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Flash has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pruitt avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Zackary Pruitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wally The Flash.
The Flash lands a takedown into guard.
The Flash trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pruitt is on top in guard.
The Flash avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pruitt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pruitt wants to control from the top but The Flash keeps moving.
The Flash really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pruitt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pruitt is looking to work some ground and pound but The Flash has wrist control.
The Flash wants to stand but Pruitt is controlling the position.
Pruitt lands a couple of elbows.
The Flash avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Flash utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Flash wants to get back to his feet but Pruitt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pruitt throwing strikes but missing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Flash shoots for a double leg takedown but Pruitt sprawls well. He's pushed The Flash's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Flash misses with a takedown attempt
and Pruitt counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The Flash fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pruitt to the ground. The Flash is now in Pruitt's guard.
The Flash is breathing heavily.
Pruitt working for a triangle but The Flash defends it easily.
The Flash loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pruitt is trying to keep The Flash in close.
The Flash throws a big right hand that misses.
Pruitt controls The Flash momentarily but The Flash frees himself.
The Flash working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zackary Pruitt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Flash throwing strikes but missing.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The Flash tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pruitt defends well and The Flash ends up having to push Pruitt into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Pruitt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Wally The Flash will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
The Flash fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Flash has his takedown stuffed
and Pruitt counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. The Flash is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pruitt tries to clinch up.
Pruitt tries to clinch up.
Pruitt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Flash.
Zackary Pruitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wally The Flash.
The Flash fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pruitt avoids it really well and circles away.
The Flash shoots and misses
and Pruitt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The Flash shoots and misses
and Pruitt counters by clinching up.
Pruitt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pruitt tries to clinch up.
The Flash takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pruitt darts in trying to clinch
and The Flash counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pruitt tries to clinch up but The Flash circles away and keeps his distance.
The Flash tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pruitt sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten The Flash somewhat.
The Flash shoots in for a takedown but Pruitt shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Flash misses with a takedown attempt
and Pruitt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The Flash with a poor takedown
and Pruitt counters with a head kick.
Pruitt darts in and clinches The Flash up against the cage.
The Flash is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pruitt gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pruitt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pruitt tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Flash swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Flash swats away the attempt to clinch by Pruitt.
Zackary Pruitt is winning the standup battle so far.
Pruitt moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pruitt prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pruitt prevents a takedown attempt there.
The Flash is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pruitt is looking to control The Flash's arms but The Flash gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pruitt has his back to the cage.
The Flash is trying to drag Pruitt to the mat but Pruitt just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Pruitt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pruitt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Flash with a poor takedown
and Pruitt counters with a series of strikes. The Flash will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pruitt tries to close the distance and clinch but The Flash swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Flash takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pruitt is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Flash fails with the takedown
and Pruitt counters with a left to the body.
Pruitt wants to clinch.
Pruitt is looking to clinch.
The Flash misses with a takedown
and Pruitt counters with a nice body shot.
Pruitt pushes The Flash up against the cage in a clinch.
Pruitt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Flash can do to turn this around?
Pruitt breaks the clinch.
The Flash misses with a takedown attempt - Pruitt sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The Flash avoids the head kick by Pruitt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Flash shoots for a double leg takedown but Pruitt sprawls well. He's pushed The Flash's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Flash fails with the takedown
and Pruitt counters with a nice body shot.
Pruitt tries to clinch there but The Flash circles away.
The Flash shoots in and drives through. Pruitt sprawls well.
Pruitt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zackary Pruitt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Pruitt.
Pruitt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Flash doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pruitt counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pruitt.
Pruitt manages to break the clinch.
The Flash with a poor takedown
and Pruitt counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zackary Pruitt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pruitt 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zackary Pruitt!
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hype
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