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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glover Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanner Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Funky Kingston / Toots And The Maytals. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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215 lbs
24 - 10 - 1 |
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Glover Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tanner Speed!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Almeida's calf.
Speed throws a head kick that misses.
Tanner Speed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Almeida throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Almeida misses with a head kick.
Almeida is looking to clinch but Speed is avoiding it.
Almeida fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Speed is out of range.
Speed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Speed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Almeida changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Speed tries to avoid it but Almeida manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Speed to the ground. Speed escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Almeida has Speed up against the cage in a clinch.
Almeida manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Speed scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almeida takes a knee right on the jaw!
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
Speed is pushing Almeida up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Speed misses with a knee strike.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Speed blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida working Speed over with knees to the body.
Speed slowing the pace effectively.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Speed misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Almeida.
Almeida lands a shoulder strike.
Speed is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Almeida is defending well for now.
Speed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Almeida's face.
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!
Speed lands a nice knee to the body.
Speed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Speed lands a nice shot to the body.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Speed avoids it.
Almeida blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Speed takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Almeida.
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
Speed missing with knees to the body.
Speed looking to throw knees to the head but Almeida is blocking nicely.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almeida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Almeida trying to land knees to the body.
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
Speed looking to throw knees to the head but Almeida is blocking nicely.
A short body shot lands from Speed as the two fighters clinch.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Speed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almeida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Speed blocks it with crossed arms.
Speed managing to block the knees to the body from Almeida.
Almeida takes a knee right on the jaw!
Speed tries to land knees in the clinch but Almeida avoids the damage to the body.
Speed working Almeida over with knees to the body.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Almeida landing knees to the body.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Almeida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Speed.
Almeida looking to throw knees to the head but Speed is blocking nicely.
Speed taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for Speed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed working Almeida over with knees to the body.
Speed looking to throw knees to the head but Almeida is blocking nicely.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Almeida looking to throw knees to the head but Speed is blocking nicely.
Almeida being controlled against the cage.
Speed connects with a knee to the head.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
A hook to the body from Speed.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Speed blocks with his arms.
Speed tries to stall but Almeida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Speed.
Almeida jumps guard but Speed stands there with Almeida around his waist. Almeida gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Almeida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Speed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Almeida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Speed is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Speed connects with a knee to the head.
Almeida is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Speed to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glover Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Speed scores with a knee to the head.
Speed with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Almeida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Speed pressing his opponent against the cage.
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Speed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Speed lands a knee to the head.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Speed blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed blocking some punches.
Speed lands a knee to the head.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Speed pressing his opponent against the cage.
Speed scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tanner Speed dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Almeida with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Speed to score with a decent uppercut.
Speed moves into the clinch.
Speed tries to land knees in the clinch but Almeida avoids the damage to the body.
Speed is trying to stall.
Almeida connects with a nasty looking knee right to Speed's face.
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
Almeida with a knee to the head.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Speed blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Almeida fails to land.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but Speed blocks it.
Speed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almeida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Speed tries to stall but Almeida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Almeida crunches a lovely knee into Speed's ribcage.
Speed is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speed is trying to maintain a safe position but Almeida gets an underhook and turns Speed into the cage.
Almeida with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida lands with a short shot to the head.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Almeida fails to land.
Almeida with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Speed scores with a knee to the head.
Speed lands a left hand.
Speed is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Almeida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Speed blocks with his arms.
Speed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Speed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Speed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almeida takes a knee to the side of the body.
Speed lands a nice knee to the body.
Speed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Almeida backwards.
Speed lands with a left to the head.
Knees to the body from Speed.
Almeida takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Speed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Speed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almeida tries to land knees in the clinch but Speed avoids the damage to the body.
Speed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Almeida's face.
It looks like Glover Almeida has been cut.
Speed is working Almeida over against the cage.
Speed tries a knee to the head but Almeida blocks it.
Speed stalls.
Speed connects with a knee to the head.
Speed gets through Almeida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Almeida looking to throw knees to the head but Speed is blocking nicely.
Almeida's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Speed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Almeida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Speed blocks it with crossed arms.
Speed wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Almeida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Speed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Speed.
Speed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanner Speed seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Speed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Speed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Almeida's face.
Speed trying to land knees to the body.
Almeida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almeida looking to throw knees to the head but Speed is blocking nicely.
Almeida throws a punch but it's blocked by Speed.
Almeida tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Speed just stands there and leans against the cage.
Speed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Speed scores with a knee to the head.
Speed with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Speed looking to throw knees to the head but Almeida is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida swings wildly with an uppercut but Speed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speed lands with a short shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Speed blocking some punches.
Almeida drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Speed stopping the sweep attempt from Almeida.
Speed trying to control but Almeida is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almeida is striking from the bottom but Speed uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Speed is thwarting Almeida's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tanner Speed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Glover Almeida's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Almeida shoots in and drives through. Speed sprawls well.
Speed lands a nice leg kick that just misses Almeida's sensitive parts.
Almeida changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Speed looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Almeida fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Speed tries to buck Almeida off but Almeida is having none of it.
Speed is not content to let Almeida control the position.
Almeida thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Speed's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Almeida goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Speed has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Almeida but great work by Speed.
Speed controls the position.
Almeida tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Speed wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Glover Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Speed presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Almeida really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida gets back to half guard.
Almeida makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Almeida.
Almeida has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Speed can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almeida keeping moving, preventing Speed from controlling successfully.
Speed is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Glover Almeida overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida keeping full guard, as Speed tries to pass.
Almeida is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Speed is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeida wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tanner Speed wasn't active enough on the ground.
Speed pushes Almeida up against the cage in a clinch.
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Glover Almeida showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Speed has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tanner Speed!
A relieved looking Tanner Speed thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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