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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Banana Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Banana Joe!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ross instigates a clinch.
Ross prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ross drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Joe wants to pass the guard but Ross is keeping the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ross throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Joe is pushing down on Ross's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ross is fighting to maintain full guard but Joe has managed to sneak the leg through.
Joe scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ross 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.
Ross looking for submissions off his back.
Joe is tying to control. Ross wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ross slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ross is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Joe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe slips nicely into half guard.
Joe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Joe content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ross slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ross might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Joe looking to pass the guard.
Ross wants to sweep here but Joe controlling him for the moment.
Ross preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Joe wants to control from the top but Ross keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ross manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Joe manages to get himself to full guard.
Ross wants to control from the top but Joe keeps moving.
Ross looking to pass the guard.
Joe trying to strike off his back.
Ross content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ross throwing strikes but missing.
Ross trying to control the position from guard on top but Joe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joe throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ross uses it to pass to side control.
Joe looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross tries to move to mount but Joe blocks the move with his legs.
Joe is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ross connects with a decent elbow.
Joe takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The strikes coming from Ross are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Joe is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Joe wants to control but Ross postures up.
Ross sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Joe is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ross scoring with punches from side control.
Ross taking a breather here.
Ross misses with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Joe's shoulder. That is not cool.
Joe wants to control but Ross postures up.
Joe gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Joe can't escape the position.
Ross looking to control but Joe is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Joe is in a horrible position here. Ross smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ross with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ross cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ross scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ross trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ross avoids the attempt from Joe to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Ross dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ross closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Joe tries to roll over but Ross keeps him under control.
Joe is trying to stand.
Ross takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Ross there.
Joe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ross.
Ross not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Joe misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ross takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ross takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ross is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ross lands a nice short elbow.
Ross tries to pass to full mount but Joe defends it.
Ross lands strikes from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe is refusing to be controlled, as Ross sits in half guard.
Joe wants to get back to his feet.
Ross looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Joe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ross thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Joe's head.
Joe makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Joe.
Ross postures up.
Ross is in close to Joe's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Joe has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ross can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Joe manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ross manages to get himself to full guard.
Joe looking to pass the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ross is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe controls Ross momentarily but Ross frees himself.
Joe trying to control the position here.
Ross throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ross is looking to work some ground and pound but Joe has wrist control.
Joe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Joe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Joe is keen to just control but Ross is a slippery customer.
Joe slips a nice elbow through Ross's hands, connecting with Ross's forehead.
Ross keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Joe is looking to take a break and control but Ross is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ross manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Shane Ross overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Joe trying to control but Ross is working from the bottom.
Joe postures up.
Joe trying to control the position from guard on top but Ross is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ross looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joe is one step ahead there.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ross shoots in but Joe avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ross misses with an attempted mid kick.
Joe tries a head kick but it misses.
Ross stuffs the takedown attempt from Joe. Joe gets slowly back to his feet.
Ross looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Joe!
Joe bucks Ross off and manages to get back to his feet!
Whack! Joe lands a heavy head kick that drops Ross. The ref tackles Joe to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Ross was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Banana Joe!
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FIGHT
RATING
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