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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob pickerins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). pickerins has chosen way of the fist as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Ness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob pickerins!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
pickerins throws a hook but Ness avoids it easily.
Ness shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
pickerins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
pickerins wants to sweep here but Ness controlling him for the moment.
Ness postures up in pickerins's guard and throws a big left but pickerins blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ness accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ness working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
pickerins keeping moving, preventing Ness from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ness accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
pickerins wants to stand but Ness is controlling the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
pickerins throws an overhand right that lands on Ness's shoulder, as Ness tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness closes the distance and clinches.
pickerins wants to get back to striking at distance but Ness won't allow it.
Stalling in the clinch from Ness.
Ness goes for a takedown attempt but pickerins pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ness rushes pickerins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
pickerins tries to break the clinch but Ness is controlling the position.
pickerins wants to get back to striking at distance but Ness won't allow it.
Ness wants to break the clinch but can't.
pickerins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ness gets a takedown into half guard.
pickerins slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ness postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ness throwing strikes from guard but pickerins blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ness won't allow pickerins to sweep him here.
Ness keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of pickerins's head.
Ness postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ness prevents pickerins from getting back to his feet.
pickerins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
pickerins keeping moving, preventing Ness from controlling successfully.
Ness throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as pickerins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of pickerins's head.
pickerins looking for a sweep. Not yet pickerins, not yet.
Ness wants to pass the guard but pickerins is keeping the position.
pickerins controls Ness momentarily but Ness frees himself.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ness.
pickerins gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ness 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 four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Ness connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ness moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, pickerins has worked his arm free - good work by pickerins!
Ness is breathing heavily.
Ness tries to score with some ground and pound. pickerins controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
pickerins is looking to reverse the position.
Ness postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ness throws an elbow but pickerins slips to the side and avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Ness dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
pickerins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ness moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ness closes the distance and clinches.
Ness lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ness not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
pickerins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ness.
pickerins makes his way to full guard. A much better position for pickerins.
Ness throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
pickerins is trying to control the position but Ness postures up.
Ness stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. pickerins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
pickerins is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now pickerins is on top in guard.
Ness tries to strike from the bottom.
Ness doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ness trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Ness keeping moving, preventing pickerins from controlling successfully.
Ness lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for pickerins!
That's two 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.
Ness dominating with strikes here.
pickerins keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ness breaks from pickerins's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ness putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Ness.
Ness lands a big elbow.
pickerins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ness. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
pickerins is bucking up trying to escape but Ness cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ness lands with some vicious ground and pound - can pickerins hang on?
Ness can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as pickerins is looking to escape.
Ness postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. pickerins looks a forlorn figure.
Ness looking to finish pickerins with some ground and pound. This is bad for pickerins!
Ness working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness raining down shots from the mount!
pickerins is trying desperately to improve position.
Ness with good strikes from the mount here!
Ness landing strikes from the mount and pickerins is in trouble!
Ness lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ness working pickerins over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ness cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Ness dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Ness connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
pickerins throws a right and a left that Ness avoids nicely.
pickerins has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from pickerins there as he acknowledges the shot.
pickerins misses with an uppercut.
Ness gets a takedown into half guard.
Ness is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mike Ness overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ness working over pickerins with some ground and pound. pickerins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ness takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ness winds up and cracks pickerins with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ness missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
pickerins taking some punishment here, with Ness in his half guard.
Ness is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ness throwing shots but pickerins is blocking nicely.
pickerins is trying to stand back up but Ness is controlling him
Ness trying to control the action but pickerins is working from the bottom.
Ness throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ness working over pickerins with some ground and pound. pickerins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
pickerins tries to get to full guard but Ness has control of the leg.
Ness thows a huge punch but pickerins dodges it nicely.
Ness looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ness lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
pickerins pushes Ness off looking to stand but Ness dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness working pickerins over with strikes.
pickerins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ness scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ness missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ness working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ness moves into full mount! pickerins won't be happy about that!
pickerins in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ness has hold of pickerins's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and pickerins manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
pickerins is squirming around, avoiding Ness's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness is landing with some decent strikes but pickerins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bob pickerins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ness landing punches.
Ness working pickerins over with strikes here.
Ness with good strikes from the mount here!
Ness working for a guillotine from mount but pickerins is in no mood to give up.
Mike Ness is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ness in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Ness showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ness 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Ness!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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