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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Aspirin (ranked 4134 p4p, 5446 weight class) and Canc Dobrong (ranked 526 p4p, 594 weight class). Canc Dobrong struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Canc Dobrong is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Aspirin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Canc Dobrong!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Donatello Bradman and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dobrong staying out of range there.
Dobrong scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Aspirin doesn't seem bothered though.
Aspirin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Aspirin closes the distance and clinches up with Dobrong, looking for a takedown. Aspirin pushes Dobrong against the cage but Dobrong circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Aspirin walks into a stiff left hand from Dobrong.
Aspirin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dobrong has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Aspirin misses with a takedown
and Dobrong counters with a two punch combo.
Dobrong scores with a one two! Aspirin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dobrong lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Aspirin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dobrong.
A right-left combo lands from Dobrong.
Aspirin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Aspirin feints and as Dobrong raises his hands in defense, Aspirin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dobrong can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Aspirin controls the pace.
Aspirin passes Dobrong's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Aspirin stops Dobrong from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aspirin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Aspirin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Aspirin 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.
Aspirin working Dobrong over with strikes.
Aspirin is taking a breather. Dobrong says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Aspirin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Aspirin trying to control the pace.
Dobrong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Aspirin working Dobrong over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Aspirin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dobrong wants to get back to his feet.
Aspirin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Well, if Aspirin is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Aspirin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dobrong with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dobrong is trying to stand up here but Aspirin is controlling him well.
Aspirin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Aspirin.
Dobrong is rocked!
Dobrong really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aspirin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Aspirin slips a nice elbow through Dobrong's hands, connecting with Dobrong's forehead.
Dobrong is still in real trouble! Can Aspirin finish him?
Aspirin lands strikes from half guard.
Aspirin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice strikes from Aspirin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aspirin controlling the pace.
Aspirin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Aspirin with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Aspirin working over Dobrong with some ground and pound. Dobrong looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Aspirin slows the pace down in half guard.
Aspirin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aspirin lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Aspirin there.
Ground and pound from Aspirin.
Aspirin prevents Dobrong from standing back up.
Aspirin not doing much here.
Dobrong tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Aspirin manages to move to mount!
Aspirin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dobrong seems to have recovered his senses.
Aspirin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Aspirin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Aspirin fails with a takedown attempt.
Aspirin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Aspirin throws a lazy right hand but Dobrong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aspirin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dobrong can do to turn this around?
Aspirin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dobrong.
Dobrong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aspirin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Aspirin is putting a hurting on Dobrong here, landing some big shots from side control.
Aspirin prevents Dobrong from escaping the position.
Aspirin controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aspirin lands a nice forearm strike.
Aspirin in side control lands a decent elbow.
Aspirin wants to control but Dobrong is keeping him busy.
Aspirin moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Aspirin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dobrong is trying to buck Aspirin off.
Aspirin content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Aspirin cracks Dobrong with a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aspirin scores with punches from side control.
Aspirin cracks Dobrong with a big right hand but Dobrong just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Aspirin taking a breather here.
Aspirin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Aspirin slows the pace down.
Dobrong is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Dobrong takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Aspirin working the ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobrong takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ben Aspirin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Aspirin working the ground and pound.
Aspirin controls the position.
Aspirin is working to tighten his grip on Dobrong's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Dobrong has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Aspirin is really squeezing tight and eventually Dobrong passes out! Aspirin breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ben Aspirin!
After the fight, Ben Aspirin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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FIGHT
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