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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Gumption (ranked 101 p4p, 6 weight class) and Arthur Curry (ranked 86 p4p, 4 weight class). Curry has chosen Molly Malone - The Dubliners as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
22 - 6 - 0 |
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263 lbs
38 - 22 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bubba Gumption!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Curry!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gumption scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Curry digs a good hook to Gumption's body.
Good shot there by Curry.
The fighters circling - Gumption throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gumption swats away the attempt to clinch by Curry.
Curry 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.
Curry with a hook.
Curry looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Curry slips a jab from Gumption.
Curry jabs Gumption right on the nose. Gumption blinks but takes it well.
Curry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gumption throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Arthur Curry has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A big right from Curry misses.
Curry clinches up with Gumption and pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Curry.
Gumption has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Curry throws a punch but it's blocked by Gumption.
Gumption misses with a knee to the head.
Gumption misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gumption misses with a punch on the inside.
Curry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry misses with the head strike.
Curry throws a punch but it's blocked by Gumption.
Gumption prevents a body shot from Curry.
Gumption lands a hook that snaps the head of Curry backwards.
Gumption misses with a punch to the body.
Curry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Curry lands with a light punch inside.
Gumption blocking some punches.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Curry scores with a hook to the body.
Curry lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Curry fails to land.
Gumption blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curry.
A body shot lands from Curry.
Gumption tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Gumption fails to land.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Curry lands with a right to the head.
Gumption throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gumption breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gumption misses with a body shot.
Curry steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gumption.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Curry.
Curry throws an overhand right that lands on Gumption's shoulder, as Gumption tries to avoid the shot.
Gumption moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Curry's corner calls for a 1-2. Curry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gumption moves out of range of the body kick.
Curry connects with a nice looking jab.
Gumption throws a leg kick but Curry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Curry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Curry scores with a nice strike.
Curry connects with an inside leg kick.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab by Curry.
Curry missing with a left hand there. Gumption was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch lands to the side of Gumption 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Curry throws a shot from downtown. Gumption moves away and avoids it.
Curry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Curry takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Arthur Curry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gumption throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gumption circles away from the clinch attempt.
Curry is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gumption had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gumption shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Curry moves out of range of the body kick from Gumption.
Curry is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Curry lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gumption takes a step back to recover.
Gumption clinches.
Curry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curry misses with a body punch.
Curry can't find room to land a body shot as Gumption controls the action.
Curry misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Curry.
Curry digs a right hand underneath Gumption's ribcage. Gumption let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Curry has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Curry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gumption cracks Curry with a nice body shot.
Curry blocks an uppercut.
Curry misses with some punches.
Gumption blocking some punches.
Curry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gumption blocks an uppercut.
Curry misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gumption lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gumption throws a punch but it's blocked by Curry.
Curry can't find room to land a body shot as Gumption controls the action.
Gumption breaks the clinch.
Curry moves into the clinch.
Gumption misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gumption.
Curry misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Curry.
Gumption lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gumption wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gumption lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gumption doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gumption presses Curry against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Curry lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gumption or not.
Curry misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curry lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gumption is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Curry.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Gumption blocking some punches.
Gumption misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Curry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Curry's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gumption scores with a hook to the body. Curry takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gumption. Curry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Curry plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gumption connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Curry momentarily.
A combination from Gumption does no damage.
Arthur Curry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Curry connects with a jab.
Curry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gumption uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curry.
Curry connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gumption. Gumption circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Curry fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gumption has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gumption.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curry avoids the body shot from Gumption.
Nice shot lands for Curry.
Gumption pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Curry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gumption.
Curry blocks a low kick nicely.
Gumption throws the kick towards the body but Curry avoids it.
Gumption keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Gumption.
Curry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Curry lands the left hand.
Curry works Gumption's body with a nice hook.
Gumption takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Curry missing with a left hand there. Gumption was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Curry just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGumption.
Gumption finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Curry pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gumption is out of range and Curry settles back down.
Curry checks a leg kick nicely.
Gumption uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curry.
Curry misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gumption uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curry.
Gumption is looking to counter with a body kick.
Gumption throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gumption gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A cross from Curry lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gumption scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Curry.
Curry misses with a low kick.
Curry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Curry throws a head kick but Gumption moves out of range.
Gumption throws a counter high kick but Curry was just alert enough to avoid it.
Gumption jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Curry throws the left hand but Gumption avoids the punch easily.
Curry lands a high kick!
Curry rushes Gumption and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gumption working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gumption lands a nice shot to the body.
Curry is breathing heavily.
Gumption lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Curry or not.
A hook to the body from Gumption.
Gumption struggles to land a body shot inside as Curry controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Curry.
Gumption throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gumption leaning his opponent against the cage.
Curry letting Gumption take a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gumption creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gumption blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curry working aggressively here.
Gumption lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gumption is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curry.
Gumption can't find room to land a body shot as Curry controls the action.
Gumption blocking some punches.
Gumption scores with a shot to the side of Curry's head.
Gumption pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Curry lands a shoulder strike.
Gumption blocks an uppercut.
Curry blocks a body shot from Gumption.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Gumption tries a body shot but Curry blocks it.
Curry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Gumption.
Curry gets through Gumption's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gumption tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Curry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arthur Curry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gumption tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gumption lands a shoulder strike.
Gumption landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gumption pushes Curry back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gumption lands with a short shot to the head.
Gumption drops Curry onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Curry is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Curry is rocked!
Gumption lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Curry to his knees! Gumption keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bubba Gumption!
Bubba Gumption took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Aspire Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Arthur Curry was interviewed post fight and said 'I am hanging my gloves up for good. Just naked sparring with ur mamma thats it...'.
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hype
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