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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rumple Stiltzkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stiltzkin comes to the cage accompanied by Solitaire Unraveling. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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194 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rumple Stiltzkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stiltzkin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harrison tries to close the distance and clinch but Stiltzkin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harrison tries to clinch there but Stiltzkin circles away.
Harrison doesn't manage to clinch there - Stiltzkin circles away.
Stiltzkin shoots in for a double leg but Harrison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stiltzkin wants to land a leg kick but Harrison is out of range.
Harrison avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harrison misses with a takedown attempt
so Stiltzkin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Stiltzkin trying to control but Harrison is working from the bottom.
Harrison wants to stand but Stiltzkin is controlling the position.
Stiltzkin decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harrison, up you get!
Harrison wants to clinch
and Stiltzkin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
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!
Harrison wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Stiltzkin manages to pass to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison is trying to stand back up but Stiltzkin is controlling him
Stiltzkin working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrison tries to roll over but Stiltzkin keeps him under control.
Harrison is looking to escape.
Harrison looks gassed!
Stiltzkin wants to control but Harrison is keeping him busy.
Stiltzkin keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Harrison wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Stiltzkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stiltzkin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Stiltzkin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Stiltzkin.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stiltzkin avoids it.
Stiltzkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stiltzkin blocks the elbow strike.
Harrison is trying to break the clinch but Stiltzkin has him pressed against the cage.
Stiltzkin decides to pull guard.
Stiltzkin wants to sweep but no luck.
Stiltzkin kicks Harrison off and gets to his feet.
George Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Stiltzkin. Stiltzkin gets slowly back to his feet.
Stiltzkin instigates a clinch.
Harrison lands a good knee to the midsection. Stiltzkin won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiltzkin has Harrison pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harrison manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rumple Stiltzkin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrison landing knees to the body.
Stiltzkin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harrison looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harrison is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stiltzkin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Stiltzkin pulls guard effortlessly.
Stiltzkin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stiltzkin is pulling down on Harrison's head to control his posture.
Stiltzkin trying to control the position.
Stiltzkin pulls Harrison in close to prevent any damage.
Harrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stiltzkin is keeping the position for now.
Stiltzkin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stiltzkin is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Harrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stiltzkin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stiltzkin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Stiltzkin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrison is pressing down on Stiltzkin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rumple Stiltzkin dominated that round.
That's time! Stiltzkin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harrison gets a clinch.
Stiltzkin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harrison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stiltzkin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stiltzkin keeps control of Harrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stiltzkin avoids it.
Harrison content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stiltzkin is leaning against Harrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harrison fails to pull guard.
Harrison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stiltzkin's defenses.
It looks like Rumple Stiltzkin has been cut.
Stiltzkin wants a takedown but no success here.
Stiltzkin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stiltzkin has him pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harrison fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harrison is breathing heavily.
Harrison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harrison crunches a lovely knee into Stiltzkin's ribcage.
Harrison manages to break the clinch.
Harrison stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Harrison wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rumple Stiltzkin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick
and Stiltzkin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Harrison's guard.
Stiltzkin has gone for a leg lock! Harrison slips out almost immediately though and dives into Stiltzkin's guard.
Harrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Stiltzkin is retaining full guard.
Stiltzkin wants to sweep but no luck.
Harrison forces his way into half guard.
It looks like Harrison is going to stand back up.
Stiltzkin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Harrison passes Stiltzkin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison throws a strike but Stiltzkin avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Harrison throwing strikes but missing.
Harrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Stiltzkin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harrison won't allow Stiltzkin to sweep him here.
Stiltzkin has his hands on Harrison's head, controlling the position.
Rumple Stiltzkin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stiltzkin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Harrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stiltzkin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harrison must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Stiltzkin wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiltzkin pulls Harrison in close to prevent any damage.
Harrison decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Stiltzkin, up you get!
Harrison lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Stiltzkin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Harrison lands with a kick to the temple. Stiltzkin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Stiltzkin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Harrison's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Harrison tries to hold on but Stiltzkin postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stiltzkin is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Harrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harrison gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Stiltzkin to score an easy takedown into full guard.
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!
Harrison utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stiltzkin throwing strikes from guard but Harrison blocks nicely.
Harrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stiltzkin stands up from Harrison's guard - Stiltzkin perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rumple Stiltzkin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rumple Stiltzkin'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Stiltzkin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stiltzkin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stiltzkin gets the takedown into side control.
Stiltzkin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Harrison, who protects the arm well.
Harrison looks to move to half guard but instead Stiltzkin has passed into mount! Damn!
Harrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Stiltzkin working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison is desperately trying to improve his position but Stiltzkin has a good base and remains in mount.
Stiltzkin looking to control but Harrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harrison wants to control but Stiltzkin is having none of it.
Stiltzkin looking to control but Harrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stiltzkin is really struggling to control Harrison but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Harrison is trying to escape the mount.
That's two 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.
Stiltzkin content just to control the position here.
Harrison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Harrison is in a horrible position here. Stiltzkin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison really wants to buck Stiltzkin off and get back to his feet.
Harrison working to try and regain half guard.
Stiltzkin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stiltzkin looking to secure an arm triangle but Harrison defends it well.
Harrison is trying to stand.
Harrison wants to hold on but Stiltzkin pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Stiltzkin trying to control but Harrison is having none of it.
Stiltzkin stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Stiltzkin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Harrison did well to prevent Stiltzkin getting side control.
Stiltzkin is working for a submission of some sort.
Harrison is looking to escape.
George Harrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rumple Stiltzkin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rumple Stiltzkin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stiltzkin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rumple Stiltzkin!
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energy
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hype
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