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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between keith steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maddox Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). steele kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is "Can't Be Touched". Drake has chosen I Dare You as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Drake has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! keith steele has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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275 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, keith steele!
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, Maddox Drake!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake moves out of range of the body kick from steele.
Drake looks gassed!
Drake blocks the body kick.
steele closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Drake to the mat! Drake manages to get full guard.
steele wants to control from the top but Drake keeps moving.
steele avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Drake trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
steele wants to get up but he can't break Drake's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drake keeping moving, preventing steele from controlling successfully.
steele has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Drake should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
steele wanted to stand there but Drake had control of the position.
steele stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drake swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Drake fakes the leg kick and cracks steele in the body.
steele scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake is not content to let steele control the position.
steele tries to advance to mount but can't.
steele decides to stand back up.
steele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
steele looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Drake!
Drake really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
steele working away from the top, dropping strikes.
steele takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
steele fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Drake is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
steele can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Drake is looking to escape.
steele with good strikes from the mount here!
Drake is still in real trouble! Can steele finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
steele can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Drake is looking to escape.
Drake seems to have recovered his senses.
steele is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Drake can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Drake throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
steele wants to control the pace but Drake is squirming around nicely.
Drake is trying desperately to improve position.
steele manages to capitalize on a mistake by Drake to take his back!
steele has Drake flattened out and is raining down punches.
Drake is trapped and steele is scoring with shots to the head and body.
What can Drake do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake is trapped and steele is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Drake defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
steele controlling well, preventing Drake from escaping the position.
steele is working the ground and pound. Can Drake escape?
steele scores with strikes from the back.
steele is punishing Drake with strikes - can he finish him?!
Drake is really stuck here.
Drake staying busy and making it hard for steele to control.
steele loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Drake hold on?
Drake tries to roll but steele sticks to his back.
Will steele go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
steele is trying to stick to Drake's back but Drake is turning into steele. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in steele's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Drake.
steele will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
steele has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Drake can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
steele is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
steele fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Drake, pushing him back against the cage.
Drake wants to break free but steele has control.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from steele.
steele breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
steele gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
steele breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
steele lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Drake falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). keith steele!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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