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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iain Tower (ranked 385 p4p, 14 weight class) and Schmorgen Biscuit (ranked 1134 p4p, 33 weight class). Tower's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kanye - Power. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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10 - 1 - 0 |
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230 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Iain Tower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Schmorgen Biscuit!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biscuit throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Biscuit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Biscuit connects with a body shot.
Biscuit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Biscuit throws a leg kick but Tower moved away.
Tower half committed to a counter leg kick.
Biscuit throws the left hand but Tower avoids the punch easily.
Biscuit misses with an uppercut.
It appears Tower was looking to counter with a kick there.
Tower staying out of range there.
Tower misses with a straight left.
Tower takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tower lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Biscuit circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Biscuit tries to bum rush Tower with a series of wild strikes but Tower uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tower wants to clinch but Biscuit slips to the side
and Biscuit counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tower won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tower wants to control but Biscuit postures up.
Tower gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Tower is pressing down on Biscuit's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biscuit postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Biscuit working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Tower is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Biscuit defends well.
Biscuit won't allow Tower to sweep him here.
Tower manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Biscuit manages to get himself to full guard.
Tower trying to control but Biscuit is working from the bottom.
Tower pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Biscuit is keeping the position for now.
Biscuit wants to sweep but no luck.
Biscuit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tower forces his way into half guard.
Biscuit is refusing to be controlled, as Tower sits in half guard.
Tower is really struggling to control Biscuit but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Tower throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Biscuit is not content to let Tower control the position.
Biscuit trying to hold on to Tower's head to control him but Tower postures up.
Tower thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Biscuit's head.
Biscuit tries to roll over but Tower keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tower is trying to control the action in half guard but Biscuit is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biscuit won't allow Tower to pass to mount.
Tower seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Biscuit does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tower will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tower is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Biscuit wants to get back to full guard.
Biscuit regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tower looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Biscuit looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tower tries to free his leg and advance position but Biscuit is retaining full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tower throws out a leg kick but Biscuit moves out of range and Tower only half commits.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Biscuit doesn't manage to clinch there - Tower circles away.
Tower thows a body kick. Biscuit tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Biscuit takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like Schmorgen Biscuit has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tower.
Tower uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Biscuit has time to react.
Tower moves away from the strike by Biscuit.
Tower avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Biscuit shoots for a double leg takedown but Tower sprawls well. He's pushed Biscuit's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tower fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Biscuit on the side of the head.
Tower is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Biscuit misses the body punch
and Biscuit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tower checks a leg kick.
Biscuit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tower manages to avoid it.
BOOM! Tower lands a beautiful left hook that drops Biscuit. Biscuit tries to recover but Tower is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Biscuit lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iain Tower!
Iain Tower very nearly forgot to thank IniTech Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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