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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Bender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Bender has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joe Swanson's chin.
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Bender!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson shoots in and bounces Bender off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bender looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Swanson connects with a couple of short punches.
Swanson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bender is keeping the position for now.
Swanson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Swanson landing with the ground and pound.
Swanson works over Bender with some ground and pound from guard.
Swanson with a nice head shot there.
Bender is rocked!
Swanson tries to free his leg and advance position but Bender is retaining full guard.
Swanson lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swanson works over Bender with some ground and pound from guard.
Bender is still in real trouble! Can Swanson finish him?
Swanson forces his way into half guard.
Ground and pound from Swanson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson working the head and body with strikes.
Swanson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Swanson there.
Swanson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Swanson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bender is trying to get back to full guard.
Swanson working Bender over with strikes.
Swanson drops an elbow to the side of Bender's head.
Bender on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Swanson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bender seems to have recovered his senses.
Swanson thows a huge punch but Bender dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson is looking to take a break and control but Bender is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Swanson.
Swanson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Swanson working Bender over with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swanson uses his free foot to push down on Bender's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Bender.
Swanson landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bender is squirming around, avoiding Swanson's attempts to control the action.
Bender takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson with the ground and pound from mount.
Swanson working Bender over with strikes here.
Swanson with shots to the head and body - Bender looks very uncomfortable down there.
Swanson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bender looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Swanson landing strikes from the mount.
Swanson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Swanson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bender is trying to escape the mount.
Swanson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bender can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Swanson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson with a couple of short strikes.
Swanson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bender wants to control but Swanson is having none of it.
Swanson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Swanson lands a big shot there that rocks Bender but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Swanson with good strikes from the mount here!
Swanson dominating with strikes here.
Swanson loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Bender scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Swanson land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Swanson stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Swanson!
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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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