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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrelle Pryor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Maurice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maurice is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Doce Discipulos. Andy Maurice is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Dangerous GnP
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terrelle Pryor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy Maurice!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pryor has managed to clinch.
Maurice lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Pryor.
Pryor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maurice has him pressed against the cage.
Maurice cracks Pryor with a nice body shot.
Maurice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maurice looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pryor is fending him off so far but Maurice persists. Nope, Pryor circles away and we're back to standing.
Maurice misses with a leg kick.
Maurice displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pryor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Maurice shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pryor pinned against the cage. Pryor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A head kick misses from Maurice.
Pryor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurice avoids the head kick by Pryor.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pryor blocks an elbow strike from Maurice.
Pryor avoiding damage as Maurice throws knees to the body.
Pryor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maurice lands a knee to the body.
Maurice misses with an elbow strike.
Maurice has Pryor pushed against the cage.
Maurice misses with a knee to the head.
The is referee keeping an eye on Pryor - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pryor tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pryor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pryor wants to stall.
Maurice tries for a takedown but Pryor manages to get underhooks.
Terrelle Pryor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Maurice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Maurice swings wildly with an uppercut but Pryor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maurice jumps guard and drags Pryor to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pryor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pryor cracks Maurice with a solid left hand.
Maurice throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pryor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Pryor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maurice defending well though.
Maurice blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pryor.
Maurice desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Pryor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Maurice tries to roll over but Pryor keeps him under control.
Maurice looks gassed!
Maurice is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Pryor pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pryor tries to pass to full mount but Maurice defends it.
Pryor throwing shots but Maurice is blocking nicely.
Pryor is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Pryor.
Pryor working the head and body with strikes.
Pryor slips a nice elbow through Maurice's hands, connecting with Maurice's forehead.
Pryor wants to free his trapped foot but Maurice is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Maurice wants to improve his position but Pryor is controlling well.
Pryor is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pryor lands with a punch from half guard.
Maurice wants to control but Pryor is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Maurice punching from the bottom.
Maurice won't allow Pryor to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maurice moves into full guard.
Pryor postures up.
Pryor throws and elbow that misses. Maurice uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pryor's guard. Nice move by Maurice!
Pryor 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.
Maurice works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Maurice trying to mount his opponent but Pryor defends it.
Maurice is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Maurice passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Pryor!
Maurice can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pryor is looking to escape.
Pryor is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andy Maurice will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A bone on bone clash there as Maurice blocks the leg kick.
Pryor scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Maurice trying to control from the bottom.
Pryor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pryor slips a nice elbow through Maurice's hands, connecting with Maurice's forehead.
Pryor prevents Maurice from improving his position.
Pryor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Maurice regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pryor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Maurice not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pryor preventing the sweep.
Pryor chips away with some ground and pound.
Maurice keeping full guard, as Pryor tries to pass.
Maurice wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pryor is in close to Maurice's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maurice wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Maurice lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Maurice manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pryor manages to get himself to full guard.
Pryor trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Pryor will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Pryor wants to sweep here but Maurice controlling him for the moment.
Pryor throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pryor is on top in guard.
Pryor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pryor connects with a couple of short punches.
Pryor distracts Maurice with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pryor lands a couple of elbows.
Maurice tries to strike from the bottom.
Maurice bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pryor's guard.
Maurice advances to half guard.
Maurice wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pryor keeps working.
Pryor tries to roll over but Maurice keeps him under control.
Pryor makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Pryor.
Maurice stands and throws Pryor's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Maurice is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pryor has escaped the position, nice work there.
Terrelle Pryor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Maurice looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pryor tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Maurice wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pryor sneaks back into half guard.
Pryor works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pryor trying to strike off his back.
Pryor manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pryor cracks Maurice with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maurice takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pryor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Pryor.
Maurice tries to lock up and control but Pryor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pryor cracks Maurice with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maurice manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Pryor landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Maurice works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pryor is in close to Maurice's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Maurice looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pryor is one step ahead there.
Maurice is trying to control the position but Pryor postures up.
Maurice is pulling down on Pryor's head to control his posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pryor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Maurice trying to keep a closed guard but Pryor is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terrelle Pryor dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Maurice clinches but Pryor breaks the clinch
and Pryor counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Pryor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pryor with a nice head shot there.
Pryor is in close to Maurice's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pryor throwing strikes from guard but Maurice blocks nicely.
Pryor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pryor is looking to work some ground and pound but Maurice has wrist control.
Pryor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Maurice is pressing down on Pryor's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Maurice trying to control the position.
Pryor wants to pass the guard but Maurice is keeping the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pryor stands up over Maurice, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pryor working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurice 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.
Pryor throwing strikes from guard but Maurice blocks nicely.
Maurice manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pryor manages to get himself to full guard.
Maurice trying to control the position from guard on top but Pryor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maurice lands a couple of elbows.
Maurice wants to control from the top but Pryor keeps moving.
Maurice might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pryor kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Pryor tries to strike from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Maurice wants to get up but he can't break Pryor's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Maurice throwing strikes but missing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Maurice scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Maurice working Pryor over with strikes.
Maurice looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pryor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pryor keeping moving, preventing Maurice from controlling successfully.
Maurice passes Pryor's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Maurice thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pryor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maurice controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pryor manages to get to full guard.
Maurice wants to control from the top but Pryor keeps moving.
Pryor scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Pryor throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Pryor lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Maurice!
Pryor landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pryor pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maurice slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Maurice has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pryor is working away from the top position though.
Maurice is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pryor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Maurice tries to get to full guard but Pryor has control of the leg.
Pryor misses with a head shot. Maurice uses the momentum to regain guard.
Pryor lands a couple of elbows.
Maurice is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maurice tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pryor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maurice swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Maurice is looking for a triangle but Pryor pushes his legs off easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Terrelle Pryor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pryor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terrelle Pryor!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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