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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Myles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Myles comes to the cage accompanied by Flipsyde - Someday. Jake Myles had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 172.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple 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
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Myles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evander Holyfield!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holyfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Holyfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Holyfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holyfield scores with a sloppy right hand. Myles should have avoided that one.
Myles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Myles throws a series of punches but Holyfield avoids them all with ease.
Holyfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Myles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Holyfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holyfield throws a series of punches but Myles moves out of range.
Holyfield tries to bum rush Myles with a series of wild strikes but Myles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holyfield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Myles circles away quickly and effectively.
Evander Holyfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holyfield looks gassed!
Holyfield throws a right hand that Myles ducks under and follows up with a left that Myles also avoids with ease.
Myles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Holyfield sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Myles tries to clinch up but Holyfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Holyfield stalks Myles and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Myles's face. Myles staggers backwards, shaken.
Holyfield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Myles tries to clinch up but Holyfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Myles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Myles is controlling him.
Myles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holyfield doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Myles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyfield avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Myles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holyfield throws a combination that misses
and Myles counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Holyfield is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Myles misses with the combination.
Holyfield throws a right and a left that Myles avoids nicely.
Myles dives in and grabs Holyfield's left leg, looking for a takedown. Holyfield pushes down on Myles's head and hops out.
Myles doesn't manage to clinch there - Holyfield circles away.
Holyfield fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Myles throws a head kick that misses.
Holyfield paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Myles wants to clinch.
Holyfield lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Holyfield.
Holyfield avoids the head kick by Myles.
Holyfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Myles looks to land a combination but Holyfield avoids it well.
Holyfield stuffs the takedown attempt from Myles. Myles gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Myles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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.
Myles gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Myles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holyfield moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Holyfield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Myles slips a jab and a cross from Holyfield.
Myles tries to clinch up.
Holyfield ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Holyfield throws a series of punches but Myles avoids them all with ease.
Holyfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Holyfield as Myles shoots in.
Holyfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Myles misses with a jab, cross combination.
A cross from Holyfield lands.
Some wild striking there from Myles.
Holyfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Myles blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myles tries to clinch up but Holyfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Holyfield scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Myles looks for a takedown but Holyfield sprawls well.
Holyfield blocks a head kick by Myles.
Myles slips a jab and a cross from Holyfield.
Holyfield looks to land a combination but Myles avoids it well.
A jab from Holyfield does it's job there.
Myles fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Myles throws a series of punches but Holyfield avoids them all with ease.
Holyfield avoids the head kick by Myles.
Some wild striking there from Holyfield.
Holyfield lands a two punch combo.
Myles moves in looking to clinch but Holyfield pushes him off.
Holyfield scores with a nice strike.
Holyfield throws a right hand that Myles ducks under and follows up with a left that Myles also avoids with ease.
Myles throws a head kick but Holyfield moves out of range.
Holyfield misses with a few strikes there.
Myles swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Myles tries to clinch but Holyfield moves out of range.
Holyfield throws a nice looking combination but Myles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Holyfield does no damage.
Holyfield misses with a series of wild punches.
Holyfield misses with a double jab.
Evander Holyfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holyfield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Myles closes the distance and clinches up with Holyfield, looking for a takedown. Myles pushes Holyfield against the cage but Holyfield circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Holyfield scores with a three punch combo!
Holyfield bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Myles's head.
Holyfield jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Holyfield misses with a series of wild punches.
Myles throws a jab but it's blocked by Holyfield.
Holyfield throws a nice looking combination but Myles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holyfield connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Holyfield scores with a nice right hand.
Myles closes the distance and clinches.
Holyfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holyfield is trying to break the clinch but Myles is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evander Holyfield dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sloppy strikes from Myles. Those never looked like landing.
Holyfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Myles slips a jab and a cross from Holyfield.
Holyfield lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Myles tries to clinch up but Holyfield circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Holyfield misses.
Holyfield tries to keep at a distance but Myles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Holyfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Myles has double underhooks.
Myles breaks the clinch.
Holyfield slips under a jab from Myles.
Holyfield throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Myles wants to clinch.
Holyfield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Holyfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Holyfield misses with the combination.
Myles avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Myles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Holyfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Myles.
Some wild striking there from Holyfield.
Holyfield misses with a double jab.
Myles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holyfield connects with a jab.
Holyfield misses with a double jab.
A cross from Holyfield lands.
Myles swinging wildly here.
Myles moves in looking to clinch but Holyfield pushes him off.
Holyfield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Holyfield stalks Myles and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Myles's face. Myles staggers backwards, shaken.
Left hook, right uppercut from Holyfield.
Holyfield throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Holyfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Holyfield as he connects with a hook.
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.
Myles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Myles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jake Myles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Holyfield scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Holyfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Holyfield blocks a head kick by Myles.
Holyfield bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Myles's head.
Holyfield might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nice uppercut lands for Holyfield. That snapped Myles's head back.
Holyfield swinging wildly here.
Myles's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Myles duly obliges.
Myles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Holyfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holyfield bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Myles's head.
Holyfield lands a jab-cross combination.
Myles misses the jab.
Holyfield connects with a crisp jab.
Holyfield dodges the punch combination from Myles.
No joy there for Holyfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Holyfield jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Holyfield tries to bum rush Myles with a series of wild strikes but Myles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Myles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Myles swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Holyfield. Those never looked like landing.
Myles slips a jab and a cross from Holyfield.
Myles scores with a jab to the head.
Myles looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Myles tries to close the distance and clinch but Holyfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holyfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Myles.
Holyfield misses with the combination.
Myles is looking to clinch.
Myles misses with a straight right.
Holyfield misses with a wild combination.
Holyfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four 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.
Some wild striking there from Holyfield.
Some wild striking there from Holyfield.
Myles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Myles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Myles takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Myles throws a sloppy head kick and Holyfield moves out of range easily.
Myles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Holyfield tries to bum rush Myles with a series of wild strikes but Myles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holyfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Holyfield tries to bum rush Myles with a series of wild strikes but Myles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sloppy strikes from Holyfield. Those never looked like landing.
Myles lands with a nice combination. Holyfield backs away looking to recover.
A jab lands there for Holyfield.
Holyfield avoids a punch combination nicely.
Holyfield dips to his left and cracks Myles with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evander Holyfield showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Holyfield connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Myles momentarily.
Holyfield works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Holyfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Myles tries to clinch but Holyfield moves out of range.
Myles tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Holyfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Myles is looking to clinch but Holyfield is avoiding it.
Holyfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holyfield throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Myles counter with a right hand.
Holyfield throws a nice looking combination but Myles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Myles is looking to clinch.
Holyfield tries to bum rush Myles with a series of wild strikes but Myles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Holyfield does no damage.
Myles scores with a head kick. Holyfield tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Holyfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Holyfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Myles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holyfield throws a right hand that Myles ducks under and follows up with a left that Myles also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Myles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Myles slips a jab and a cross from Holyfield.
Holyfield looks to land a combination. Myles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Evander Holyfield seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Myles tries to clinch there but Holyfield circles away.
Myles throws a sloppy head kick and Holyfield moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyfield connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Myles shoots in looking for a takedown but Holyfield manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Myles's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A left and a right from Holyfield both land. Nice combination.
Myles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Holyfield pinned against the cage. Holyfield gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Myles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Myles slips a jab and a cross from Holyfield.
Holyfield throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Myles lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Holyfield misses with a double jab
and Myles holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Holyfield is trying to push Myles away but Myles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Holyfield tries to break the clinch but Myles is controlling the position.
Myles displaying some good clinch control by pressing Holyfield up against the cage.
Holyfield breaks from the clinch.
Holyfield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Holyfield fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holyfield fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield misses with an uppercut. Myles saw that one coming.
Myles misses with a series of wild punches.
Myles has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Holyfield goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Myles throws a right and a left that both miss.
Myles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Myles tries to close the distance and clinch but Holyfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Myles throws a head kick that half lands.
Holyfield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Myles.
Myles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Holyfield misses with a straight right.
Myles tries to land a front kick but Holyfield steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Holyfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Myles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holyfield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Myles circles away quickly and effectively.
Myles is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Holyfield.
Holyfield misses with a double jab
and Myles counters with a left and a right that stings Holyfield.
Myles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holyfield.
Holyfield is working the combinations to good effect here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myles tries to clinch up.
Myles slips a jab and a cross from Holyfield.
A looping hook to the body misses from Myles. Holyfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holyfield looks to land a combination but Myles avoids it well.
Myles slips a jab and a cross from Holyfield.
Holyfield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Holyfield tries to bum rush Myles with a series of wild strikes but Myles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holyfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Myles tries to clinch up but Holyfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Myles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Holyfield sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
No joy there for Holyfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holyfield lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Holyfield lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Myles clinches up with Holyfield and pushes him back against the cage.
Myles prevents Holyfield from breaking the clinch.
Myles trying to control the position but instead, Holyfield has worked for underhooks and has pushed Myles into the cage.
Holyfield is trying to push Myles away but Myles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Holyfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Myles has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Myles prevents Holyfield from breaking the clinch.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holyfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Myles has double underhooks.
Myles tries to land knees in the clinch but Holyfield avoids the damage to the body.
Myles will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Holyfield up against the cage.
Holyfield is trying to force a seperation but Myles has the dominant position.
Holyfield tries to break free but Myles pushes him back against the cage.
Myles is trying to stall.
Holyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Myles has Holyfield pressed against the cage, preventing Holyfield from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Myles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holyfield is defending well for now.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Myles keeps him there for the moment.
Holyfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Holyfield has had enough of the clinch but Myles keeps him there for the moment.
Myles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holyfield's efforts to push away.
Holyfield tries to circle away but Myles has him pinned against the cage.
Jake Myles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Evander Holyfield is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Holyfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Evander Holyfield.
I've got Holyfield winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evander Holyfield!
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RATING
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