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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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270 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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194 cm
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235 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Condit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randall Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Condit has managed to clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wallace.
Condit swings wildly with an uppercut but Wallace uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wallace.
It looks like Carlos Condit has been cut.
Wallace lands a damaging elbow.
Wallace tries to land a knee to the head but Condit blocks with his arms.
Wallace landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wallace blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wallace tries a knee to the head but Condit blocks it.
Wallace throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Condit tries to work over Wallace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Condit trying to land knees to the body.
Condit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wallace has him pressed against the cage.
Wallace lands a hook that snaps the head of Condit backwards.
Wallace lands an uppercut.
Condit wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wallace missing with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Wallace.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Condit lands a shoulder strike.
Condit throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wallace blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Condit throws a punch but it's blocked by Wallace.
Wallace swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Wallace.
Wallace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Condit is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for Wallace.
Condit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wallace backwards.
Wallace throws a head punch that misses.
Condit dodges an elbow strike from Wallace.
Wallace lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wallace working aggressively here.
I was talking to Condit's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wallace working aggressively here.
Wallace lands a nice knee to the body.
Condit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wallace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Condit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wallace lands an uppercut.
Condit throws a punch but it's blocked by Wallace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Condit throws a big shot that misses.
Wallace throws a leg kick but Condit sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wallace has Condit up against the cage in a clinch.
Condit tries to break free but Wallace pushes him back against the cage.
Condit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Condit tests Wallace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Randall Wallace has been cut.
Wallace throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wallace tried to score with a low kick but Condit checks it.
Condit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Condit tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wallace lands a nice hook to Condit's body. Condit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Condit misses the shot to the body.
Wallace only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wallace drives through and clinches with Condit against the cage.
Wallace throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Condit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Condit throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wallace blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wallace unloads a knee to the mid-section. Condit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wallace with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wallace scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wallace lands an elbow inside that Condit shrugs off.
A shot in the inside from Wallace.
Condit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wallace misses with some punches.
Wallace crunches a lovely knee into Condit's ribcage.
Wallace escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wallace chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wallace avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wallace. That's going to slow Condit down.
Condit tries to work over Wallace's front leg with a kick but Wallace checks it.
Wallace is looking to clinch.
Condit misses with a right hand
and Wallace counters with a low kick, right behind Condit 's knee.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wallace moves in looking to clinch but Condit pushes him off.
Wallace lets loose with a powerful body kick. Condit will feel that in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Condit crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wallace - the referee stops the clock and Condit gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wallace. Condit manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Condit takes a swing at Wallace's ribcage but misses.
Condit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wallace wants to counter the offense by Condit and move into the clinch position.
Wallace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Condit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wallace tries to counter with a clinch but Condit shakes him off and moves away.
Wallace has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wallace lands a right hand that snaps the head of Condit backwards.
Wallace keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Condit's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Condit throws an elbow but misses.
Condit breaks the clinch.
Condit rushes Wallace and presses him up against the cage.
Condit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wallace avoids it.
Wallace missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Condit working aggressively here.
Wallace landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Condit is breathing heavily.
Wallace has a couple of punches blocked by Condit.
Wallace lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall Wallace dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Wallace dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wallace scores with a nice head shot.
Condit throws a lazy right hand but Wallace sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Condit tries to clinch but Wallace is having none of it.
Condit keeps the fight on the outside.
Wallace pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Condit wants to clinch up but Wallace keeps it at a distance.
Wallace has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wallace with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Condit pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Wallace back to the cage. Condit follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Condit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wallace scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wallace in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Wallace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Condit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wallace cracks the inside of Condit's front leg.
An inside leg kick lands from Wallace.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wallace is looking to clinch but Condit is avoiding it.
Condit is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wallace takes the fight into the clinch.
Wallace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Condit is defending well for now.
Condit misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace managing to block the knees to the body from Condit.
A short right from Condit.
Condit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wallace is defending well for now.
Wallace lands a knee to the body.
Condit wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wallace avoiding damage as Condit throws knees to the body.
Wallace takes a shot to the head.
Wallace breaks from the clinch.
Wallace throws the kick towards the body but Condit avoids it.
Wallace moves away from the strike by Condit.
Condit has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Wallace.
Condit throws a nice looking combination but Wallace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Condit tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wallace connects with a solid leg kick.
Condit's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wallace connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Condit scrambles back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wallace buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Wallace. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A jab from Condit misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Condit moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWallace.
Carlos Condit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Condit misses the jab.
Wallace cracks the inside of Condit's front leg.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab, jab by Wallace - just one landing.
Wallace tries to clinch but Condit is having none of it.
Wallace forces Condit back against the cage and clinches.
Wallace lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wallace creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Wallace can't find room to land a body shot as Condit controls the action.
Condit working aggressively here.
Wallace landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wallace.
Wallace misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wallace missing with knees to the body.
Wallace lands a good knee to the midsection. Condit won't want to take too many of those.
Condit misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit is trying to break the clinch but Wallace has him pressed against the cage.
Wallace tries to land a knee to the head but Condit blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wallace.
Wallace lands a nice knee to the body.
Wallace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carlos Condit's cut is getting worse.
Condit tries to break free but Wallace pushes him back against the cage.
Wallace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Condit misses with the head strike.
Wallace scores a nice knee to the body.
Wallace working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Randall Wallace seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wallace working Condit over with knees to the body.
Wallace breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wallace.
Jab, jab by Wallace - just one landing.
Nice jab there from Wallace.
Condit is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Condit tries to clinch but Wallace is having none of it.
Oh Condit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Condit's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Condit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Condit leaves his chin hanging out and Wallace seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Condit crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Randall Wallace!
A very excited looking Randall Wallace made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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