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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rand Madness (ranked 5999 p4p, 3885 weight class) and Ralph Long (ranked 580 p4p, 434 weight class). Rand Madness has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rand Madness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ralph Long!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Madness connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Long scrambles back to his feet.
Long pushes Madness up against the cage in a clinch.
Madness breaks from the clinch.
Madness lands with a cross.
Madness lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Madness swats away the attempt to clinch by Long.
Madness moves out of range as Long throws a body kick.
Madness lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Long circles away quickly and effectively.
Madness moves out of range of the body kick from Long.
Madness tries to bum rush Long with a series of wild strikes but Long uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Long attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Long throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Madness throws a big counter combination but Long scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Madness avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It looked like Madness was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick from Long, right into the meat of the thigh.
Madness connects with a crisp jab.
Long connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Madness misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madness moves out of range of the leg kick from Long.
Madness appears to be looking for a big counter.
Long tries for a takedown but Madness sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Long tries to clinch up but Madness circles away and keeps his distance.
Long throws a leg kick but Madness sees it coming and moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Madness on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Madness lands a nice hook to Long's body. Long takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Madness looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Long tries to clinch up.
Long tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Madness throws a right and a left that Long avoids nicely.
Madness stalks Long and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Long's face. Long staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice cross by Madness.
Madness keeps the fight on the outside.
Long uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Madness.
Madness blocks a head kick by Long.
Madness darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ralph Long seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Long ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long has closed the distance and engaged Madness in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Long fails to land.
Long lands a body punch.
Madness pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Long takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Long throws out a leg kick but Madness moves out of range and Long only half commits.
Long with the inside leg kick.
Madness scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That kick from Long tenderised Madness's leg. Madness is trying to keep his angry face on.
Madness checks a leg kick.
Madness lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Madness.
Long is looking to clinch.
Madness is looking for a counter combo.
Madness lands a nice shot to the body.
Long closes the distance but Madness moves to the side
and Madness counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Long!
Madness scores with a one two! Long had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Long looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Madness lands with a shot to the body.
Madness fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Madness has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Long.
Madness is breathing heavily.
Long misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Long tries to clinch there but Madness circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Madness checks a leg kick.
Long scores with a sloppy right hand. Madness should have avoided that one.
It looks like Rand Madness has been cut.
Long scores with a kick to the midsection.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Madness swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Madness lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Long misses with a low kick.
Madness moves out of range of the leg kick from Long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Long misses with a low kick.
Long attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Madness looks to score with a jab to the body but Long is just out of range.
Long lands a nice leg kick that just misses Madness's sensitive parts.
Long throws a sloppy head kick and Madness moves out of range easily.
Long with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Madness to score with a decent uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Madness.
Long looks to land a body kick but Madness moved away.
Long closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Madness is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Long misses with a hook from the clinch.
Long working aggressively here.
Madness blocks a body shot from Long.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rand Madness dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rand Madness's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Long takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Long has closed the distance and engaged Madness in a clinch.
Madness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long clinches.
Long breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some bone on bone action there as Madness checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Long throws a low kick but Madness moves out of range easily.
Madness went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Long gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Long is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Long gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madness breaks the clinch.
Madness keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Madness wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A big right from Long misses.
Madness bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madness thows a left - swing and a miss!
Long throws a leg kick but Madness sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Madness dodges the punch combination from Long.
Rand Madness is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Long takes the fight into the clinch.
Madness blocks a body shot from Long.
Madness manages to break the clinch.
Long misses with a head kick.
Long showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Madness.
Long looks to land a body kick but Madness moved away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Madness.
Madness fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madness blocks a leg kick.
Madness moves out of range of the body kick from Long.
A slapping leg kick lands for Long.
Madness takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Long misses the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Long.
Long scores with a decent looking hook.
Long showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Madness.
Madness moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big right from Madness misses.
Long lands a two punch combo.
Long closes the distance and clinches.
Long breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Madness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Long does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Madness catches Long with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Madness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Long connects with a high kick.
Long will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Madness stuns Long with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Long takes one to the side of the head.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madness paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Madness digs a good body shot into Long's ribs.
Madness keeps the fight on the outside.
Long throws a head kick that misses
and Madness counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Long is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Long closes the distance and clinches.
Madness breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long ducks under a wild hook from Madness.
Madness scores with a nice right hand.
Madness scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Long misses with a head kick.
Madness throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Long.
Madness fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Long drops his hands momentarily and Madness takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Long is rocked!
Madness cracks Long with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Long falls to his knees and Madness doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rand Madness!
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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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