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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Street (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Ronald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Street comes to the cage accompanied by The Truth. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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236 lbs
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230 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Street!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Ronald!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronald bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Street's head.
Street checks a low kick from Ronald.
Street feints and as Ronald raises his hands in defense, Street changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ronald is adopting a defensive guard.
Street looking to sit in guard and control but Ronald gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ronald's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ronald wanted to stand there but Street had control of the position.
Street is trying to keep Ronald in close.
Street is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ronald is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ronald moves into the clinch.
Ronald misses with an elbow strike.
Street tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Street trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Street with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Street tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ronald gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Street content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Ronald.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ronald just misses with a elbow thrown towards Street's brow.
Ronald blocking some punches.
Street misses with a punch on the inside.
Ronald blocks a body shot from Street.
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.
A head punch on the inside from Street fails to land.
Ronald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Street lands an elbow inside.
Street working aggressively here.
Ronald dodges an elbow strike from Street.
A nice right hand lands inside from Street.
Ronald missing with knees to the body.
Street pushes Ronald back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ronald avoiding damage.
Ronald lands a damaging elbow.
Street tries to land knees in the clinch but Ronald avoids the damage to the body.
Street struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronald controls his hands.
Stalling in the clinch from Street.
Street with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Street throws a knee to the head but misses.
Street misses with a punch on the inside.
Street swings wildly with an uppercut but Ronald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ronald avoids the elbow strike from Street, against the cage.
Street blocks an elbow strike.
Street missing with knees to the body.
Street leaning against his opponent.
Street misses with a short punch on the inside.
Street throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ronald blocks it with crossed arms.
Ronald misses with a hook from the clinch.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ronald is defending well for now.
Street throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ronald creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Street takes an elbow to the temple.
Street effectively controlling the action here.
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.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Street for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Street gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Ronald lands a damaging elbow.
Ronald managing to block the knees to the body from Street.
Street pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ronald lands a damaging elbow.
Street misses with a knee to the head.
Ronald lands a shoulder strike.
Ronald misses with an elbow strike.
Street misses with a punch on the inside.
Ronald prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Ronald dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Street wants to clinch
and Ronald counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ronald clinches.
Street tries for a takedown but Ronald manages to get underhooks.
Street is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ronald pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Street takes a shot to the head.
Ronald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronald has a couple of punches blocked by Street.
Street fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronald pushes Street back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ronald stops a takedown attempt from Street.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Street. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ronald lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ronald throws an elbow but it misses.
Street tries to stall but Ronald uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ronald dodges an elbow strike from Street.
Ronald lands an elbow just above Street 's eye.
Knees to the body from Street.
Street looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronald tries to break free but Street pushes him back against the cage.
Ronald lands a nice elbow.
Ronald lands a nice knee to the body.
Street pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ronald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Street tries a body shot but Ronald blocks it.
Street tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ronald prevents the takedown attempt.
Street looking for a takedown.
Ronald comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Street blocks the elbow strike.
Street is trying to drag Ronald to the mat but Ronald just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ronald is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Street drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Street lands a knee to the head.
Ronald stalling the fight.
Ronald lands an elbow inside.
Street takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ronald.
Street tries to score a body lock takedown but Ronald shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Street with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Street throws a knee to the head but misses.
Street looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ronald blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ronald.
Street is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Street fails with a takedown attempt.
Ronald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Street.
Street swings for the body but Ronald moves out of range.
Street fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ronald avoids it really well and circles away.
Brad Ronald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Street fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Street chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ronald can pounce on him.
The fighters circling - Ronald throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ronald misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick from Ronald misses.
Street looks to throw the jab but Ronald is out of range.
Street tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronald moves into the clinch.
Street trying to stall but Ronald improves his position.
Street seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Ronald is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Ronald is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Street is defending well for now.
Street throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ronald pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ronald unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ronald throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Street is trying to stall.
Ronald being controlled against the cage.
Ronald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Ronald showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ronald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Street moves away.
Street throws a right and a left that both miss.
Street fails to land with a series of punches.
Ronald throws a looping overhand right but Street ducks down to avoid it.
Danga de danga de dang - Street scores with a four punch combination!
Ronald throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ronald closes the distance and clinches.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ronald is defending well for now.
Ronald gets through Street's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Street unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ronald comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Street blocks an elbow strike from Ronald.
Ronald is looking to break free of the clinch but Street has double underhooks.
Street stalling in the clinch but Ronald improves position.
Ronald missing with knees to the body.
Ronald blocks an elbow strike.
Street lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Brad Ronald has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Street just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ronald's brow.
Street lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Street.
Ronald dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Street throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ronald avoiding damage as Street throws knees to the body.
Street throws a knee to the head but misses.
Street tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ronald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Street dodges an elbow strike from Ronald.
Ronald pushes off an throws an elbow but Street leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ronald throws an elbow that misses.
Street throws an elbow but it misses.
Ronald gets underhooks to prevent Street's takedown attempt.
Street goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ronald prevents it.
That's two 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.
Street lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ronald backwards.
Street goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ronald prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Street. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Street with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Street leaning his opponent against the cage.
Street misses with a short punch on the inside.
Street tries to stall but Ronald uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Street blocks the elbow strike.
Street gets through Ronald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ronald blocks an elbow strike.
Ronald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ronald is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Street is defending well for now.
Street takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Street effectively controlling the action here.
Street misses with some punches.
Street avoids a wild elbow strike from Ronald.
Ronald looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ronald tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Street avoids it.
Ronald swings wildly with an uppercut but Street uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ronald is pressed up against the cage. Street has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ronald down to the mat. Ronald avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ronald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronald. Street does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ronald bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Street's head backwards.
Street moves away from the strike by Ronald.
Ronald cracks Street with a right hand to the side of the head.
Street looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Ronald! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Brad Ronald!
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hype
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RATING
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