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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Towson (ranked 7419 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor O Neal (ranked 7589 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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285 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greg Towson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Connor O Neal!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Neal keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
O Neal moves into the clinch.
Towson missing with knees to the body.
O Neal tries for a takedown. No joy.
O Neal gets underhooks to prevent Towson's takedown attempt.
Towson is trying to pull guard but O Neal has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Towson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Neal has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Towson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Towson just leaning against O Neal, taking a breather.
O Neal prevents a body shot from Towson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Neal prevents a takedown attempt there.
O Neal is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Towson has O Neal pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Towson pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending O Neal tumbling to the mat - Towson dives into O Neal's guard.
O Neal kicks Towson off and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from O Neal.
O Neal moves into the clinch successfully.
Towson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. O Neal smiles and moves away.
Towson misses with a takedown attempt
and O Neal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Greg Towson has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Neal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Towson gets a clinch.
O Neal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Neal fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Towson fails with a takedown attempt.
Towson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as O Neal sprawls well. O Neal wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Towson gets slowly back to his feet.
Towson dips to his left and cracks O Neal with an uppercut!
O Neal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O Neal misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Towson gets a clinch.
Towson avoiding damage as O Neal throws knees to the body.
O Neal pulls guard.
Towson is looking to stand up but O Neal won't let him.
We've been hearing that Towson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Towson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
O Neal trying to keep a closed guard but Towson is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
O Neal wants to get back to his feet but Towson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Towson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Towson trying to stand up but can't free himself from O Neal's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Towson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Towson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Towson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
O Neal wants to stand up but Towson is controlling him.
Towson is looking to work some ground and pound but O Neal has wrist control.
Towson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of O Neal's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Towson works over O Neal with some ground and pound from guard.
O Neal controls Towson momentarily but Towson frees himself.
O Neal bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Towson's guard.
O Neal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Towson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Towson keeping moving, preventing O Neal from controlling successfully.
O Neal slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Towson is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and O Neal dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Connor O Neal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Greg Towson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
O Neal tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Towson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Towson closes the distance and pushes O Neal back into the cage.
O Neal wants a takedown.
Towson wants to break free but O Neal has control.
Towson tries to circle away but O Neal has him pinned against the cage.
Towson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
O Neal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Neal doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Towson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
O Neal pushes Towson off and gets back to his feet.
No luck for Towson with that takedown attempt.
Connor O Neal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Towson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Towson tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Neal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Greg Towson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Towson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Towson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Neal drives through and clinches with Towson against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neal gets control of Towson's arms and successfully pulls guard. O Neal will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
O Neal looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Towson is defending well. O Neal quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Towson has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! O Neal celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Connor O Neal!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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