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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximillian Ewing (ranked 3997 p4p, 5268 weight class) and Lawrence Duke (ranked 404 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Maximillian Ewing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lawrence Duke!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ewing tries to clinch up.
Ewing wants to clinch up but Duke keeps it at a distance.
Ewing fails with the takedown.
Duke flicks out a counter leg kick but Ewing steps away.
Ewing tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Duke counters with a left and a right that stings Ewing.
Duke lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ewing changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Duke looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ewing content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Ewing's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duke taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ewing moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
You can see the frustration on Duke's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ewing controlling the position from side mount.
Ewing is working Duke over with some ground and pound from side control.
Duke is trying to control Ewing's posture but Ewing avoids it.
Ewing staying calm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ewing seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Duke for as long as he can get away with.
Duke tries to bench press Ewing off him but Ewing keeps the position.
Ewing working the ground and pound from side control.
Ewing takes a little break here. Duke wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Duke is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ewing connects with a decent elbow.
It looks like Lawrence Duke has been cut.
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.
Duke tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ewing wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ewing controlling the position.
Ewing is trying to get an arm triangle but Duke is defending well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ewing is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maximillian Ewing dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lawrence Duke's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ewing misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Duke to counter with a crisp jab.
Maximillian Ewing is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ewing is able to avoid easily.
Ewing with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Duke to counter with a crisp jab.
Ewing is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ewing fails with a takedown attempt.
Duke throws a big counter head kick but Ewing avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maximillian Ewing. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ewing decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ewing takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ewing lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Well, if Ewing 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.
Duke has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ewing is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ewing looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ewing seems to be looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Duke is in trouble now - Ewing has advanced to mount!
Ewing controlling from mount.
Duke is working to get back to half guard.
Ewing lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ewing looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ewing is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duke can do to turn this around?
Ewing landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ewing connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ewing scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Duke is rocked!
Ewing unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Duke wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Ewing celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maximillian Ewing!
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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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