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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxx Elorde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Daniels's choice of entrance music: Born in the Usa. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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218 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Granite chin |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maxx Elorde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels moves in looking to clinch but Elorde pushes him off.
Elorde scores with the left hand. Daniels knows he should have avoided that one.
Daniels closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Daniels throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Daniels.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daniels with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daniels missing with knees to the body.
Daniels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daniels misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daniels leaning his opponent against the cage.
Daniels working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elorde blocks an uppercut.
Elorde has had enough of the clinch but Daniels keeps him there for the moment.
Elorde working hard to break the clinch.
Daniels throws a punch but it's blocked by Elorde.
Daniels scores with a knee to the head.
Daniels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elorde blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee calls for Daniels to work.
Daniels has Elorde pressed against the cage, preventing Elorde from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daniels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elorde blocks it with crossed arms.
Daniels throws a punch but it's blocked by Elorde.
Elorde tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Daniels throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elorde wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Elorde avoiding damage as Daniels throws knees to the body.
Daniels misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daniels throws a head punch that misses.
Elorde wants to get back to striking at distance but Daniels won't allow it.
Daniels with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daniels keeps control of Elorde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daniels throws a knee to the head but misses.
Elorde takes a knee to the side of the body.
Daniels slowing the pace effectively.
Elorde looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Daniels tries a knee to the head but Elorde blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws a knee to the head but misses.
Daniels misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Elorde.
Daniels scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Daniels misses with a knee strike.
Elorde blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Daniels.
Daniels misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Daniels fails to land.
A short right from Daniels.
Elorde wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Elorde managing to block the knees to the body from Daniels.
Elorde can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels scores a nice knee to the body.
Daniels looking to throw knees to the head but Elorde is blocking nicely.
Daniels misses with some punches.
Elorde is trying to push Daniels away but Daniels has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Elorde tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the cage.
Daniels holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Elorde blocks an uppercut.
Elorde blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Elorde's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Elorde is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Elorde wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Daniels dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Daniels pushes Elorde up against the cage in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Daniels.
The referee is keeping an eye on Daniels - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Daniels is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are getting on Daniels's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Daniels working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Daniels has a couple of punches blocked by Elorde.
Daniels misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elorde tries a body shot but Daniels blocks it.
Daniels just leaning against Elorde, taking a breather.
Jack Daniels seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daniels has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Daniels with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but Elorde blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Daniels.
Elorde is looking to break free of the clinch but Daniels has double underhooks.
Daniels lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Daniels is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Daniels throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Elordes head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Elorde.
Elorde blocking some punches.
Daniels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elorde wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daniels has him pressed against the cage.
Daniels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elorde is trying to push Daniels away but Daniels has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daniels tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daniels using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Elorde has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Elorde lands a right hand.
Daniels using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Elorde has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Daniels keeps control of Elorde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daniels lands a right hand.
Elorde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daniels misses with some punches.
Daniels misses 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!
Elorde tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Daniels looking to throw knees to the head but Elorde is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels misses with a short punch on the inside.
Elorde letting Daniels take a breather here.
Daniels misses with a knee strike.
Elorde is trying to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling him.
Daniels tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Elorde manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daniels looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maxx Elorde is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daniels gets a clinch.
Daniels using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Elorde has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Daniels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elorde blocks it with crossed arms.
Elorde blocking some punches.
Daniels throws a head punch that misses.
Daniels swings wildly with an uppercut but Elorde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but Elorde blocks with his arms.
Elorde managing to block the knees to the body from Daniels.
Elorde is trying to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling him.
Daniels is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Elorde is defending well for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Daniels throws a head punch that misses.
Daniels tries a knee to the head but Elorde blocks it.
Daniels has Elorde pressed against the cage, preventing Elorde from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Daniels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Elorde throws a right and a left that Daniels avoids nicely.
Daniels ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Elorde misses with a two punch combination.
Daniels steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Elorde.
Elorde cracks Daniels with an open hand slap.
Elorde throws a series of punches but Daniels moves out of range.
Daniels is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Elorde with a body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Elorde.
Elorde throws a nice looking combination but Daniels bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Elorde gets tackled into the cage by Daniels. Daniels maintains the clinch.
Elorde blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daniels trying to land knees to the body.
Daniels scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels slows down the pace here.
Elorde on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels crunches a lovely knee into Elorde's ribcage.
Daniels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elorde blocks it with crossed arms.
Daniels lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Daniels misses with a punch on the inside.
Elorde looking to slow down the pace here.
Daniels lands a knee to the head.
Daniels with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daniels using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Elorde has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but Elorde blocks with his arms.
Elorde tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the cage.
Elorde has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Daniels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daniels misses with a knee strike.
Daniels looking to throw knees to the head but Elorde is blocking nicely.
Daniels lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Elorde backwards.
Daniels throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Daniels fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Elorde is trying to break the clinch but Daniels has him pressed against the cage.
Elorde wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elorde blocking some punches.
Daniels keeps control of Elorde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daniels swings wildly with an uppercut but Elorde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Elorde tries to break free but Daniels pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Elorde's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Elorde misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Daniels throws a knee to the head but misses.
Daniels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elorde blocks it with crossed arms.
Daniels missing with knees to the body.
Daniels keeps control of Elorde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elorde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Elorde has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Daniels tries a knee to the head but Elorde blocks it.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daniels keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Elorde's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daniels.
Elorde is trying to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling him.
Elorde wants to get back to striking at distance but Daniels won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Elorde blocking some punches.
Elorde lands a right hand.
Maxx Elorde has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack Daniels is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Elorde wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Daniels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Daniels winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Daniels!
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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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