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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mega Minion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bear Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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142 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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178 cm
32
168 lbs
24 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mega Minion!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bear Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minion lands a nice looking body kick.
Minion shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stevenson as he avoids it easily.
Minion misses with a kick to the body
and Stevenson moves into the clinch.
Stevenson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stevenson missing with knees to the body.
Stevenson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bear Stevenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Minion as he checks the leg kick.
Minion connects with an inside leg kick.
Minion throws an off balance right hand
and Stevenson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stevenson looks to land a left hand but Minion moved out of range nicely.
Minion seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Stevenson misses the jab.
Stevenson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stevenson tests Minion's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stevenson rushes Minion and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Minion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevenson's elbow.
Stevenson prevents the takedown attempt.
Minion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stevenson tries to move into range but Minion moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Stevenson misses with a hook.
Minion has been working on his boxing with his coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS in the buildup to the fight.
A punch combination from Stevenson misses.
Minion wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Crunch! Minion slams his shin into Stevenson's torso.
Minion jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some bone on bone action there as Stevenson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Minion throws a sloppy head kick and Stevenson moves out of range easily.
Stevenson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevenson with a hook.
Stevenson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Minion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minion has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mega Minion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Stevenson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Minion.
Stevenson connects with a solid leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stevenson.
Stevenson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Minion.
A clash of legs there as Minion blocks the low kick.
Minion avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Minion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stevenson.
Nice uppercut there from Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with a kick to the body
and Minion counters by clinching up.
Stevenson blocks a body shot from Minion.
A right hand to the body from Stevenson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Minion is looking for a takedown.
Minion gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Minion is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Stevenson is concentrating on defense, preventing Minion from advancing position.
Stevenson tries to get to full guard but Minion has control of the leg.
Minion is stalling here. Stevenson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Minion seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Stevenson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Minion taking a bit of punishment here - Stevenson scoring with strikes.
A lull in the action here.
Stevenson lands some shots froms side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson working the ground and pound from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevenson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Minion some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Minion tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Stevenson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Stevenson is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Minion takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Minion is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Stevenson in side control lands a decent elbow.
You can see the frustration on Minion's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bear Stevenson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stevenson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stevenson throws a jab when Minion was well out of range.
Minion uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stevenson.
Minion throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Stevenson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevenson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Minion comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stevenson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stevenson swings for the body but Minion moves out of range.
Minion is looking to counter the offense by Stevenson and move into the clinch.
Stevenson scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Minion.
Minion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stevenson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Minion shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stevenson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Minion was well out of range. Poor timing from Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minion fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Stevenson sprawls well initially but Minion persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Stevenson is looking for a sweep. Minion is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Minion is pressing down on Stevenson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stevenson is holding on for now.
Stevenson trying to control here.
Minion looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Stevenson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Stevenson looking to control.
Stevenson wants to sweep here but Minion controlling him for the moment.
Minion looking to pass the guard.
Stevenson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Stevenson working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Minion gets full guard.
Stevenson wants to control from the top but Minion keeps moving.
Minion working a defensive guard here.
Stevenson with a nice head shot there.
Stevenson won't allow Minion to sweep him here.
Minion keeping full guard, as Stevenson tries to pass.
Bear Stevenson has got the better of the ground game so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Minion is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minion pulls Stevenson in close to his closed guard and prevents Stevenson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Minion is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stevenson stands up over Minion, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Minion is looking for a triangle but Stevenson pushes his legs off easily.
Stevenson is in close to Minion's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Minion keeping moving, preventing Stevenson from controlling successfully.
Stevenson controlling from the top position.
Stevenson trying to control the position from guard on top but Minion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Minion is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Minion is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Stevenson sees it coming and defends easily.
Stevenson scores with a few weak punches.
Minion seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Stevenson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Minion wants to pass the guard but Stevenson is defending well.
Stevenson gets back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Minion tries to free his leg and advance position but Stevenson is retaining full guard.
Stevenson is trying to keep Minion in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mega Minion will probably get the nod.
That's time! Minion's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Stevenson dives in for a single leg takedown but Minion sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Stevenson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Stevenson clinches up with Minion and pushes him back against the cage.
Minion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Minion misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Minion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Minion has hold of one of Stevenson's legs. Stevenson is fighting the takedown attempt but Minion gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Stevenson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Minion pushing down on Stevenson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Stevenson is trying to get back to full guard.
Minion wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stevenson keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minion is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Stevenson gets back to full guard.
Stevenson wants to sweep but no luck.
Minion content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Stevenson has locked up a guillotine! Stevenson's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Minion is holding on here and Stevenson must be using up a lot of energy. Minion has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Stevenson gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bear Stevenson!
Bear Stevenson is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Bear Stevenson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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