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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tugg Speedman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Saurus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Tugg Speedman has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tugg Speedman seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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171 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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176 cm
26
166 lbs
12 - 6 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tugg Speedman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Saurus!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speedman lands a nice hook to Saurus's body. Saurus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Speedman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Speedman lands with an overhand left.
Speedman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Saurus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speedman throws a body punch but Saurus moves out of range.
Frank Saurus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saurus scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Saurus throws a push kick but Speedman slaps the foot to one side.
Saurus misses the shot to the body.
Saurus misses with a left hand
and Speedman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Saurus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saurus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Speedman lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedman scores with a takedown into Saurus's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Saurus throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Speedman is fighting to break Saurus's control of his arms but Saurus is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Speedman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Speedman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Saurus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Saurus has control of Speedman's left arm, preventing Speedman from doing any damage.
Speedman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Saurus looking for a sweep. Not yet Saurus, not yet.
Saurus keeping moving, preventing Speedman from controlling successfully.
Saurus looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Saurus working for a triangle but Speedman defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Speedman trying to control but Saurus is working from the bottom.
Speedman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Saurus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Speedman wants to control from the top but Saurus keeps moving.
Saurus working a defensive guard here.
Saurus 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.
Saurus keeping moving, preventing Speedman from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speedman stops Saurus from standing up.
Speedman throws a big right hand that misses.
Speedman throwing strikes but missing.
Speedman won't allow Saurus to sweep him here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Speedman ducks under a wild hook from Saurus.
Speedman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Saurus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Saurus connects with a body shot that sends Speedman's belly button to the back.
Speedman lands with a right hand.
Speedman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saurus was well out of range. Poor timing from Speedman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saurus misses with a combination
and Speedman counters with a stiff right hand.
Saurus throws a jab when Speedman was well out of range.
Saurus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Some wild striking there from Saurus.
Speedman looks to score with a jab to the body but Saurus is just out of range.
Speedman moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saurus misses with a few strikes there.
Speedman moves out of range as Saurus strikes.
A lazy left from Speedman finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tugg Speedman dominated that round.
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.
Speedman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Speedman throws a sloppy body shot
and Saurus counters with a nice double leg into side control. Speedman won't be happy with that.
Speedman is looking for a sweep.
Saurus in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Frank Saurus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Saurus is trying to ground and pound but Speedman uses the momentary lack of control by Saurus to regain half guard.
Saurus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Speedman makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Saurus misses.
Saurus slips a jab from Speedman.
Speedman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saurus manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saurus scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Tugg Speedman has been cut.
A shot to the body from Speedman misses
and Saurus counters with a right hand to the body.
Saurus punishes Speedman's body with a nice straight punch.
Speedman cracks Saurus with a good jab.
Saurus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Speedman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Saurus avoids the body shot from Speedman.
Saurus scores with a crisp jab that stopped Speedman in his tracks.
Saurus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Speedman takes a swing at Saurus's ribcage but misses.
Saurus throws a looping overhand right but Speedman ducks down to avoid it.
Speedman just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speedman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saurus.
Saurus moves out of range of the strikes.
Good shot there by Saurus.
Saurus thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Speedman. Saurus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saurus takes one to the chin there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Speedman, as that shot connected.
Saurus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Saurus takes a swing at Speedman's ribcage but misses.
Speedman stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Speedman wants it to stay on the feet.
Saurus throws a leg kick
and Speedman counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saurus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saurus punishes Speedman's body with a nice straight punch.
Speedman ducks under a wild hook from Saurus.
Saurus throws an overhand right that lands on Speedman's shoulder, as Speedman tries to avoid the shot.
Saurus scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Speedman doesn't seem bothered though.
Saurus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Saurus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Speedman, pushing him back against the cage.
Saurus breaks the clinch.
Speedman throws a jab when Saurus was well out of range.
Speedman throws the left hand but Saurus avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Saurus.
Frank Saurus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A swing and a miss from Speedman.
Speedman ducks under a wild hook from Saurus.
Saurus lands a really nice looking cross but Speedman seems unphased.
Speedman misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saurus throws a nice looking combination but Speedman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saurus scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Speedman doesn't seem bothered though.
Saurus moves forwards but Speedman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saurus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Speedman shoots for a double leg takedown but Saurus sprawls well. He's pushed Speedman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Saurus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Saurus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tugg Speedman's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Saurus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Speedman circles away quickly and effectively.
Saurus throws a low kick but Speedman moves out of range easily.
Speedman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saurus.
Saurus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Saurus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Speedman circles away quickly and effectively.
Saurus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Speedman. Saurus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Speedman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saurus slaps away a takedown attempt from Speedman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Speedman shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedman takes a swing at Saurus's ribcage but misses.
Speedman walks into a jab.
Saurus scores with a nice head shot.
Saurus throws a leg kick but Speedman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Speedman misses with a wild body shot.
Speedman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tugg Speedman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saurus throws a hook but Speedman avoids it easily.
Speedman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saurus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Saurus moves away from the strike by Speedman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speedman shoots in but Saurus avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Saurus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Saurus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saurus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Speedman throws a jab but it's blocked by Saurus.
Speedman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saurus throws out the jab.
Speedman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saurus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Saurus lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saurus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Saurus misses with a looping left.
Speedman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Speedman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Speedman looks for a takedown but Saurus sprawls well.
Saurus lands a nice hook to Speedman's body. Speedman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Speedman lands a jab to Saurus's midsection.
Saurus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saurus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speedman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Saurus connects with a body shot that sends Speedman's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saurus gets a takedown into half guard.
Speedman 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.
Saurus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saurus is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Speedman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Saurus.
Speedman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Saurus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Saurus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Saurus!
Frank Saurus took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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energy
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hype
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