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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marty Downer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slavic Rayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slavic Rayne is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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155 lbs
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164 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marty Downer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Slavic Rayne!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Downer shoots in and gets a takedown into Rayne's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rayne is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Downer slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rayne striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Rayne tries to buck Downer off but Downer is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Downer tries to move into full mount but can't pass Rayne's legs.
Rayne takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rayne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Downer scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rayne manages to work his way to half guard, despite Downer's best efforts.
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!
Downer slips a nice elbow through Rayne's hands, connecting with Rayne's forehead.
Downer content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rayne is looking for a sweep. Downer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rayne tries to kick Downer off but Downer keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Downer controlling the pace.
Rayne throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Downer wants to pass the guard but Rayne is defending well.
Rayne is pressing down on Downer's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Downer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Downer is standing up over Rayne. Rayne looks to escape but Downer dives into side control.
Downer 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.
Rayne being controlled for a moment.
Rayne looking for a sweep but Downer has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rayne swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rayne tries to reverse the position but Downer maintains control.
Downer controlling his opponent.
Downer breaks from Rayne's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Downer.
Downer lands a big elbow.
Rayne tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Downer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rayne slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downer controlling the action here.
Rayne is looking for a sweep. Downer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Downer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rayne knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rayne manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rayne doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Rayne thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rayne doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Rayne pushes Downer off and gets back to his feet.
Downer misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rayne misses with a takedown attempt - Downer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Downer misses with a looping right.
Downer throws a big shot that misses.
Downer throws an off balance right hand
and Rayne counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Downer holds on and takes a little breather.
Downer is breathing heavily.
Rayne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Downer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Marty Downer will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Downer misses with a straight right.
Downer swings widly with a right hand
and Rayne decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Downer's guard.
Rayne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Downer wants to sweep here but Rayne controlling him for the moment.
Rayne wants to stand but Downer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Downer pulls Rayne in close to prevent any damage.
Rayne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Downer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rayne sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Downer's guard.
Downer won't allow Rayne to pass to mount.
Downer is controlling Rayne's trapped leg to prevent Rayne from advancing to side control.
Slavic Rayne has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rayne is looking to advance position but Downer won't allow it.
Rayne is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Rayne looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rayne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Downer is looking for a triangle but Rayne pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rayne throwing strikes from guard but Downer blocks nicely.
Rayne tries to stand but Downer is controlling from the bottom.
Rayne throws an elbow that misses. Downer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rayne's guard. Nice move by Downer!
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!
Rayne can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Downer controls the pace.
Rayne looking for a sweep. Not yet Rayne, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rayne is on top in guard.
Downer can't keep his opponent in guard - Rayne advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Rayne wants to pass the guard but Downer is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Downer manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rayne is looking to work some ground and pound but Downer has wrist control.
Rayne postures up.
Rayne slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Check out the look on Rayne's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rayne in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rayne scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Downer to see if he's OK.
Downer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Downer tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rayne working the body and head with strikes.
Rayne decides to stand back up.
Marty Downer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Rayne.
Rayne stands up and beckons Downer to his feet.
Rayne shoots for a takedown but Downer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Downer looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rayne tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slavic Rayne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Rayne fails with a takedown attempt.
Downer throws a nice looking combination but Rayne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Downer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Downer fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Rayne to the ground. Downer is now in Rayne's guard.
Rayne trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Rayne doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer stopping the sweep attempt from Rayne.
Downer sitting in guard here, content to control.
Downer stopping the sweep attempt from Rayne.
Rayne throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Downer passes Rayne's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rayne is looking to improve his position.
Downer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rayne sees it coming and defends easily.
Rayne tries to get to full guard but Downer has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rayne manages to get to full guard.
Rayne tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Downer slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rayne sneaks back into half guard.
Rayne is trying to get back to full guard.
Rayne throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Rayne manages to get to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rayne looking for a sweep. Not yet Rayne, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downer with a nice head shot there.
Downer works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rayne wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Downer is looking to advance position but Rayne won't allow it.
Rayne is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rayne is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Rayne is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Downer jumps into side control!
Downer looks up at the clock and then as Rayne takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Downer smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rayne wants to get back to his feet but Downer drags him back down.
Rayne is trying to improve his position.
Downer works to advance to full mount. Rayne defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rayne is looking to improve his position but Downer isn't that keen on the idea.
Rayne is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
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 Marty Downer.
I think Downer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Marty Downer!
Marty Downer was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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