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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy The Ripper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meyer's entrance music is Genesis - Justice. A fine choice. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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255 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Randy The Ripper!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The Ripper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Ripper controls Meyer momentarily but Meyer frees himself.
The Ripper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Meyer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Meyer postures up in The Ripper's guard and throws a big left but The Ripper blocks it.
Meyer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Ripper escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Meyer gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The Ripper looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Meyer passes into side control.
You can see the frustration on The Ripper's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but The Ripper is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Meyer tries to move into full mount but can't pass The Ripper's legs.
The strikes coming from Meyer are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Meyer in side control, throwing shots but The Ripper defends.
The Ripper stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
The Ripper tries to bench press Meyer off him but Meyer keeps the position.
Check out the look on Meyer's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The Ripper tries to bench press Meyer off him but Meyer keeps the position.
Meyer scoring with punches and elbows.
Meyer working the body and head with strikes.
The Ripper gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Meyer defending well as The Ripper loads up on a big left hand.
Meyer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Ripper swats away the attempt to clinch by Meyer.
The Ripper fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Meyer is out of range.
Meyer tries to clinch up but The Ripper circles away and keeps his distance.
Meyer moves in looking to clinch but The Ripper pushes him off.
Meyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Ripper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Meyer tries for a takedown but The Ripper sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Meyer is breathing heavily.
The Ripper misses with a hook. Meyer ducked under it nicely.
The Ripper should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Meyer scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The Ripper keeping his opponent close.
The Ripper gets back to half guard.
The Ripper looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The Ripper misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer prevents The Ripper from improving his position.
The Ripper gets full guard.
Meyer trying to control the position from guard on top but The Ripper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Ripper escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Meyer gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Meyer wants to control from the top but The Ripper keeps moving.
Meyer is working The Ripper over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Meyer dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The Ripper throws a looping overhand right but Meyer ducks down to avoid it.
The Ripper throws a series of punches but Meyer moves out of range.
No luck for Meyer with that takedown attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Meyer scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Randy The Ripper has been cut.
Meyer misses with a looping left.
Meyer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Ripper's waist but The Ripper gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Meyer off to one side.
The Ripper swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The Ripper looks to land a right hand but Meyer moved out of range.
Horrible takedown by Meyer or perhaps it was just good defense by The Ripper which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Meyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meyer slips a straight right by The Ripper.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Ripper waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Meyer.
A big right from The Ripper misses.
Meyer throws a right and a left that The Ripper avoids nicely.
The Ripper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Meyer counters with a one-two to the body.
The Ripper swings for the body but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer slips a jab from The Ripper.
A combination from The Ripper does no damage.
The Ripper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meyer wants to clinch up but The Ripper keeps it at a distance.
Marcus Meyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Ripper looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Meyer shoots in for a takedown but The Ripper shows good takedown defense.
The Ripper connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab from The Ripper.
Meyer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Ripper has closed the distance and engaged Meyer in a clinch.
The Ripper misses with a knee to the head.
The Ripper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meyer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The Ripper misses with a head kick.
Meyer shoots for a double leg takedown but The Ripper sprawls well. He's pushed Meyer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice cross by The Ripper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Ripper throws out a loose jab but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Ripper throws a series of punches but Meyer avoids them all with ease.
Marcus Meyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from The Ripper.
Meyer catches The Ripper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The Ripper closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The Ripper gets control of Meyer's arms and successfully pulls guard. The Ripper will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The Ripper trying to control the position.
Meyer postures up in The Ripper's guard and throws a big left but The Ripper blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Meyer connects with a couple of short punches.
The Ripper is trying to keep Meyer in close.
The Ripper wants to sweep here but Meyer controlling him for the moment.
Meyer postures up in The Ripper's guard and throws a big left but The Ripper blocks it.
Meyer trying to control the position from guard on top but The Ripper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Ripper is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Marcus Meyer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Ripper trying to keep a closed guard but Meyer is proving a slippery customer.
Meyer wants to control from the top but The Ripper keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy The Ripper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Randy The Ripper's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The Ripper throws a jab but it's blocked by Meyer.
The Ripper throws out a loose jab but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Meyer misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheers as Meyer lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Ripper doesn't seem phased though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer shoots in for a double leg but The Ripper sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Meyer wants to clinch up but The Ripper keeps it at a distance.
Meyer doesn't manage to clinch there - The Ripper circles away.
The Ripper throws a jab but it's blocked by Meyer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Ripper fails to land the takedown.
Meyer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Meyer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Ripper misses with an uppercut. Meyer saw that one coming.
Meyer gets a takedown into half guard.
The Ripper keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The Ripper actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Ripper is trying to get back to full guard.
The Ripper is not content to let Meyer control the position.
The Ripper is looking to improve his position.
Meyer lands with a punch from half guard.
Meyer wants to take a breather but The Ripper is having none of it.
The Ripper tries to roll over but Meyer keeps him under control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Meyer checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer stalks The Ripper and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into The Ripper's face. The Ripper staggers backwards, shaken.
The Ripper listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Meyer has his takedown stuffed
and The Ripper counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Meyer!
Meyer is working to get back to half guard.
The Ripper has hold of Meyer's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Meyer manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The Ripper working for a submission but Meyer is keeping him at bay.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Ripper is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Meyer is surviving well by controlling The Ripper's body position as best he can.
The Ripper trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Meyer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The Ripper is working for a guillotine from mount but Meyer frees his head quite easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randy The Ripper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Ripper has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy The Ripper!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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