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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trip Scully (ranked 2987 p4p, 3039 weight class) and Rohan Vasquez (ranked 301 p4p, 305 weight class). Trip Scully has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Trip Scully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rohan Vasquez!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scully ducks under a wild hook from Vasquez.
Vasquez lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Trip Scully has been cut.
Scully just misses with a punch to the body.
Scully drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Scully takes one on the button.
A swing and a miss from Scully.
Vasquez throws a jab but it's blocked by Scully.
Vasquez lands with a nice body punch.
Vasquez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vasquez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Scully keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Scully wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vasquez moves into the clinch successfully.
Vasquez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vasquez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Vasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasquez prevents a body shot from Scully.
Scully definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez misses with a punch to the body.
Vasquez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vasquez blocking some punches.
Scully softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vasquez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scully can't find room to land a body shot as Vasquez controls the action.
Scully has a couple of punches blocked by Vasquez.
Scully goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scully throws a punch but it's blocked by Vasquez.
Scully makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vasquez tries a body shot but Scully blocks it.
Vasquez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vasquez blocking some punches.
Scully tries to throw a body punch but Vasquez avoids it by throwing Scully back against the cage.
Scully scores with a hook to the body.
Scully working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scully misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scully leaning against his opponent.
Scully blocks an uppercut.
Scully makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasquez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scully backwards.
Vasquez can't find room to land a body shot as Scully controls the action.
Scully throws a punch but it's blocked by Vasquez.
Vasquez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scully's elbow.
Vasquez avoiding damage.
Scully can't find room to land a body shot as Vasquez controls the action.
Vasquez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vasquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scully moves away.
Vasquez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Scully moves away from the strike by Vasquez.
Vasquez throws a hook but Scully blocks it.
Rohan Vasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scully throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vasquez moves into the clinch.
Scully tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vasquez trying to control the position but instead, Scully has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vasquez into the cage.
Vasquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vasquez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scully.
Vasquez is looking to clinch but Scully is avoiding it.
A quick step to the side and Scully tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vasquez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vasquez.
Vasquez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scully misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vasquez.
It seemed like Vasquez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez scores with the left hand. Scully knows he should have avoided that one.
Scully misses with a looping left.
Vasquez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scully with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Scully lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scully sizes up Vasquez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vasquez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Scully takes one to the side of the head.
Vasquez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scully was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A lazy left from Vasquez finds it's target.
Vasquez misses with an uppercut. Scully saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Scully misses the target.
Vasquez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rohan Vasquez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trip Scully's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vasquez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Scully takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Scully ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vasquez moves away.
Scully blocks a jab.
Vasquez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vasquez sizes up Scully with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vasquez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vasquez catches Scully napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Scully to the canvas!
Scully is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasquez tries to free his leg and advance position but Scully is retaining full guard.
Scully lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scully controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Vasquez is looking for a triangle here but Scully uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Vasquez tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Vasquez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Vasquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
You can see the frustration on Vasquez's face as Scully controls the position.
Vasquez looking for a sweep but Scully has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Scully manages to capitalize on a mistake by Vasquez to take his back!
Scully has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Vasquez's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scully's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
I really don't envy Vasquez right now.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vasquez is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Vasquez is still trying to improve position.
Scully has good solid back control here.
Scully continues to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rohan Vasquez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Trip Scully's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Vasquez swings widly with a right hand
and Scully makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vasquez throws the left hand but Scully avoids the punch easily.
Scully swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Scully connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vasquez momentarily.
Scully ducks under a wild hook from Vasquez.
Vasquez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scully.
Vasquez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Scully wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Scully uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rohan Vasquez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vasquez throws a hook to the side of Scully's head but Scully sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vasquez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scully throwing a counter right hand but Vasquez manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasquez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scully manages to avoid it.
Vasquez slips a jab from Scully.
Vasquez has closed the distance and engaged Scully in a clinch.
Scully goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rohan Vasquez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scully lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Scully tries to throw a body punch but Vasquez avoids it by throwing Scully back against the cage.
Scully can't find room to land a body shot as Vasquez controls the action.
Vasquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vasquez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Scully ducks under a wild hook from Vasquez.
Scully was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Vasquez slips under a jab.
Scully throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vasquez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vasquez connects with a single shot there.
Vasquez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Scully doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vasquez throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Scully tumbling to the canvas!
Oh Scully is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasquez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Vasquez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Scully seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez postures up.
Scully seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Scully keeping moving, preventing Vasquez from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez tries to free his leg and advance position but Scully is retaining full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Scully throws an overhand right that lands on Vasquez's shoulder, as Vasquez tries to avoid the shot.
Vasquez staying out of range there.
Vasquez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Scully takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Scully uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vasquez.
Vasquez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Scully.
Scully swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vasquez misses with an uppercut
and Scully counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big right from Scully misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Vasquez finds it's target.
Vasquez cracks Scully with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Scully tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Vasquez pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Scully is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rohan Vasquez!
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