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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tripp Faller (ranked 2387 p4p, 3739 weight class) and Brock Lesnar (ranked 295 p4p, 441 weight class). Lesnar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Next Big Thing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tripp Faller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brock Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Faller has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Aloha MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Lesnar shoots in for a takedown but Faller shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Faller appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Faller ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Faller darts in and clinches Lesnar up against the cage.
Lesnar managing to block the knees to the body from Faller.
Faller looking to throw knees to the head but Lesnar is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Faller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Faller tries to throw a body punch but Lesnar avoids it by throwing Faller back against the cage.
Lesnar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Faller is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Lesnar can't fight it off and eventually Faller manages to take the fight to the floor. Lesnar looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Faller sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lesnar's guard.
Lesnar looking for submissions off his back.
Faller passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar is looking to get to half guard.
Lesnar slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Lesnar has hold of Faller's hands but Faller slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Faller is trying to control the action in half guard but Lesnar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lesnar looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Faller is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faller lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lesnar wants to sweep but Faller has passed to side control!
Faller 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.
Lesnar struggling a bit here.
Lesnar takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Faller is looking to take a break and control but Lesnar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faller cracks Lesnar with an elbow. That is naaassty.
You can see the frustration on Lesnar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Faller is looking to take a break and control but Lesnar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lesnar is looking for a sweep.
Lesnar wants to control but Faller postures up.
Faller lands some shots froms side control.
Faller lands a decent elbow from side control.
Faller wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lesnar, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar tries to improve position but can't.
Lesnar struggling a bit here.
Lesnar sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Lesnar missing with punches from the bottom.
Lesnar looking for subs from the bottom but Faller mounts him!
Lesnar looks winded!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Faller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tripp Faller dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Faller thumps Lesnar with a low kick.
Lesnar shoots in looking for a takedown. Faller tries to sprawl out of it but Lesnar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Faller manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Faller appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lesnar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Faller to score with a decent uppercut.
Lesnar goes for a double leg but Faller avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Faller continues to drive forward.
Faller lands with a straight right. Lesnar didn't see that one coming.
Faller scores with a three punch combo!
Faller throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lesnar tries for a takedown but Faller sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tripp Faller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesnar.
Lesnar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lesnar gets the takedown into side control.
Lesnar is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faller managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lesnar.
Faller gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faller trying to control from the bottom.
Lesnar throws a strike but Faller avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Faller is trying to control the position from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Faller is on top in guard.
Faller is pushing down on Lesnar's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lesnar is fighting to maintain full guard but Faller has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lesnar is looking to control Faller's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lesnar avoid being mounted?
Lesnar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lesnar missing with punches from the bottom.
Faller landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faller passes to full mount!
Faller lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Faller looking to control but Lesnar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Faller lands a big elbow.
Faller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lesnar can do to turn this around?
Faller is working for a guillotine from mount but Lesnar frees his head quite easily.
Faller landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar tries to lock up and control but Faller gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Faller in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lesnar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Faller cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lesnar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Faller avoids the attempt from Lesnar to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar is trying desperately to improve position.
Lesnar is squirming around, avoiding Faller's attempts to control the action.
Faller lands with some strikes.
Faller dominating with strikes here.
Faller with the ground and pound from mount.
Lesnar wants to control but Faller is having none of it.
Faller lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tripp Faller dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Faller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Faller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lesnar drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Faller is trying to get back to half guard.
Lesnar wants to control but Faller is keeping him busy.
Faller manages to work his way to half guard, despite Lesnar's best efforts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faller is refusing to be controlled, as Lesnar sits in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lesnar connects with a nice short shot to Faller's temple.
Faller on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lesnar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Faller does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lesnar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lesnar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lesnar is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Faller as he works his way to full guard.
Faller keeping moving, preventing Lesnar from controlling successfully.
Faller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Faller had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lesnar defends it easily.
Lesnar is working Faller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faller looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lesnar scoring with some ground and pound.
Lesnar is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Faller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lesnar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lesnar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lesnar postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Faller is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Lesnar, into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faller working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Faller has passed into half guard!
Lesnar is not content to let Faller control the position.
Faller trying to mount his opponent but Lesnar defends it.
Lesnar looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Faller pushes past his half guard into mount!
Faller tries to control but Lesnar wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faller looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Faller lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Faller trying to control but Lesnar is having none of it.
Lesnar is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brock Lesnar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tripp Faller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lesnar is squirming around, avoiding Faller's attempts to control the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tripp Faller.
Well Faller 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tripp Faller!
Our winner, Tripp Faller, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Brock Lesnar was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll tell you one thing. I'm not retiring'.
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RATING
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