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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Witt (ranked 24907 p4p, 24676 weight class) and Eddie Yates (ranked 159 p4p, 152 weight class). Witt comes to the cage accompanied by Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin. Yates has chosen Superman - Jucifer as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160
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5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Witt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Yates!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Witt.
Witt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yates, pushing him back against the cage.
Witt lands a left hand.
Witt effectively controlling the action here.
Witt has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Yates wants to get back to striking at distance but Witt won't allow it.
Witt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Yates misses.
A jab from Witt does it's job there.
Witt connects with a jab.
Arthur Witt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yates misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Witt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Witt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yates.
Yates looks for the body kick but Witt saw that one coming.
Yates takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yates wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates wants to break the clinch but can't.
Witt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yates working hard to break the clinch.
Witt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Witt clinches.
Yates working hard to break the clinch.
Witt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Witt scores with a shot to the side of Yates's head.
Witt manages to break the clinch.
Yates digs a good body shot into Witt's ribs.
Witt throws a head kick that misses.
Witt scores with a nice strike.
A jab lands there for Witt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates takes a swing at Witt's ribcage but misses.
Yates misses with the combination.
Witt fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yates just manages to avoid it.
Witt throws a head kick that Yates semi-blocks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yates misses with a body shot.
Witt connects with a right hand. Yates shakes it off.
Yates gets tackled into the cage by Witt. Witt maintains the clinch.
Witt prevents Yates from breaking the clinch.
Witt just leaning against Yates, taking a breather.
Witt is struggling to control the position.
Witt lands with a light punch inside.
Witt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Witt keeps control of Yates as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Witt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Witt closes the distance and pushes Yates back into the cage.
Yates is trying to push Witt away but Witt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Witt putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yates in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Witt dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Witt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yates wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Witt has him pressed against the cage.
Yates wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Witt stalls.
Yates's coach down at The Academy Of Catch Wrestling was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Yates's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Yates wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Witt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yates throws a hook to the side of Witt's head but Witt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yates throws a shot from downtown. Witt moves away and avoids it.
A combination from Yates does no damage.
Witt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yates throws a lazy right hand but Witt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Witt lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Eddie Yates has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yates's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Witt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yates scrambles back to his feet.
Witt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Witt.
Yates is trying to push Witt away but Witt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Witt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Witt catches Yates with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Witt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Yates's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Witt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Witt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Witt lands with an uppercut that bounces Yates off the cage and back into range.
Witt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Witt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yates can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Yates, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yates throws a looping overhand right but Witt ducks down to avoid it.
Witt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Witt slips a straight right by Yates.
The fighters circling - Yates throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Witt.
Witt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Witt slips under a jab.
Witt scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yates throws a lazy right hand but Witt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Witt staying out of range there.
Yates misses with a left hand
and Witt counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates throws an overhand right that lands on Witt's shoulder, as Witt tries to avoid the shot.
Witt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yates looks to throw the jab but Witt is out of range.
Yates throws a right hand that misses
and Witt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Witt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yates moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Witt moves into range and clinches up with Yates.
Witt lands a right hand.
Witt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body punch from Witt.
Witt instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Witt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Witt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Witt lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Witt.
Witt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Yates misses.
Witt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yates.
Yates on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Witt lands a leg kick that knocks Yates off balance momentarily.
Yates throws a right hand that misses
and Witt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Witt slips a jab from Yates.
Witt lands a head shot.
Witt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Witt clobbers Yates with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Witt defending well as Yates loads up on a big left hand.
Witt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yates.
Yates tries to bum rush Witt with a series of wild strikes but Witt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Witt scoring well with a low kick there.
Witt digs a good body shot into Yates's ribs.
Witt's corner calls for a 1-2. Witt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yates looks to throw the jab but Witt is out of range.
Witt rushes Yates and presses him up against the cage.
Witt lands with a light punch inside.
Witt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Witt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yates's hands.
Yates looks to land a left hand but Witt moved out of range nicely.
Witt staying out of range there.
Witt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yates misses the jab.
Yates takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yates misses with a hook. Witt ducked under it nicely.
Yates connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Witt's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates looks to land a left hand but Witt moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Witt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Yates.
Witt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
It looks like Arthur Witt has been cut.
Witt has closed the distance and engaged Yates in a clinch.
Witt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Witt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yates takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yates walks into a jab.
Witt fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yates on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yates takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Witt ducks under a wild hook from Yates.
Yates throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Witt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Witt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yates pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Witt dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Yates on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Witt scores with a decent looking hook.
Witt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Witt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Witt lands a nice shot to the body.
Arthur Witt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Witt breaks from the clinch.
Witt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Witt lands a hook that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Yates is trying to push Witt away but Witt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Witt holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Witt manages to break the clinch.
Yates has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yates connects with a crisp jab.
Yates will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good shot there by Witt.
Witt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yates, pushing him back against the cage.
Witt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Witt dodges the punch combination from Yates.
Witt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Witt moves into the clinch.
Witt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Witt throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Yates counters with a three punch combo that has Witt backing up. Witt nods at Yates to acknowledge the strikes.
A big left from Yates misses.
Witt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Witt drives through and clinches with Yates against the cage.
Witt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Witt connects with a single shot there.
Arthur Witt is winning the standup battle so far.
Yates shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A low kick lands for Witt.
Witt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yates.
Yates takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yates gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Witt.
Witt slips a straight right by Yates.
Witt is looking to counter punch.
Yates's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Witt lands a jab to the head.
Yates fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Witt is looking to counter punch.
Yates misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Witt.
It looked like Witt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Eddie Yates has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yates might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A jab from Witt does it's job there.
Yates throws a hook to the side of Witt's head but Witt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yates on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yates looks to throw the jab but Witt is out of range.
Yates walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Witt finds it's way through Yates's defenses.
Yates misses with a looping left.
Yates takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yates walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Witt gets a clinch.
Witt breaks from the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Yates.
Yates connects with the punch.
Yates misses with a looping left.
Witt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Witt shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yates eats them both and turns towards Witt to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Arthur Witt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Witt closes the distance and clinches.
Witt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Witt throws out a powerful jab.
Nice shot lands for Witt.
Witt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yates, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Witt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Witt taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Witt scores with a hook to the body.
Yates lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Witt - that landed with a thud.
Witt breaks the clinch.
Witt stalks Yates and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yates's face. Yates staggers backwards, shaken.
A nice leg kick lands there from Witt.
The crowd cheers as Witt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yates doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Witt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yates misses with a hook. Witt ducked under it nicely.
Witt dodges the punch combination from Yates.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Witt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Witt has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Witt!
Arthur Witt managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Cayman Islands Clothiers, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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