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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miko Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bulls on Parade kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brock Lesnar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miko Maia!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia throws a hook but Lesnar avoids it easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maia.
Lesnar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Maia sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lesnar somewhat.
Lesnar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Maia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lesnar manages to avoid it.
Lesnar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brock Lesnar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maia lunges at Lesnar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lesnar's hand.
Lesnar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lesnar throws a looping overhand right but Maia ducks down to avoid it.
Lesnar throws a body punch but Maia moves out of range.
Maia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Miko Maia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lesnar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maia.
Maia connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lesnar. Lesnar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lesnar slips a jab from Maia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar shoots in for a takedown but Maia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lesnar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Lesnar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maia is not content to let Lesnar control the position.
Lesnar throwing shots but Maia is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lesnar wants to free his trapped foot but Maia is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Maia tries to get to full guard but Lesnar has control of the leg.
Lesnar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Maia wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar is looking to advance position but Maia won't allow it.
Well, if Lesnar is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lesnar is looking to advance position but Maia won't allow it.
Maia is looking to control Lesnar's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maia avoid being mounted?
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Maia lands with a hook. Lesnar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maia throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lesnar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lesnar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maia manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar misses the body punch
and Maia counters with a three punch combo that has Lesnar backing up. Lesnar nods at Maia to acknowledge the strikes.
Maia fails to land with a series of punches.
Maia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Maia misses with a hook.
Miko Maia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maia throws a hook to the side of Lesnar's head but Lesnar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lesnar swings for the body but Maia moves out of range.
Lesnar is looking to wear down Maia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lesnar looks to throw the jab but Maia is out of range.
Lesnar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Maia swivels and escapes.
Maia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lesnar on the side of the head.
Lesnar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lesnar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maia misses with a head kick.
Lesnar throws a body punch but Maia moves out of range.
Maia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lesnar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lesnar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lesnar is looking to work some ground and pound but Maia has wrist control.
Lesnar won't allow Maia to sweep him here.
Lesnar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lesnar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lesnar slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Brock Lesnar will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Maia works over Lesnar's head and body with a nice combination.
Maia digs a good body shot into Lesnar's ribs.
Maia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lesnar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Miko Maia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lesnar tests Maia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lesnar shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lesnar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maia moves away.
Maia misses with a series of wild punches.
Lesnar misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lesnar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Maia thows a body shot but no joy.
Maia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lesnar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lesnar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Maia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lesnar manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar shoots in looking for a takedown. Maia tries to sprawl out of it but Lesnar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Maia manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lesnar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maia's head backwards.
Lesnar connects with a body shot.
Lesnar moves out of range of the body kick from Maia.
Maia throws a chopping leg kick but Lesnar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A cross from Lesnar lands.
Lesnar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maia was well out of range. Poor timing from Lesnar.
Maia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lesnar.
Maia cracks Lesnar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Maia misses with a body shot.
Maia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lesnar circles away quickly and effectively.
Lesnar takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lesnar cracks a nice hook into Maia's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar throws a hook but Maia blocks it.
Maia throws a body punch but Lesnar moves out of range.
Lesnar looks to score with a jab to the body but Maia is just out of range.
Lesnar misses the jab.
Lesnar throws a predictable looking body shot
and Maia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lesnar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maia misses the shot to the body.
Maia throws a head kick but Lesnar moves out of range.
Lesnar looks to throw the jab but Maia is out of range.
Lesnar changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Maia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lesnar wants to control but Maia is keeping him busy.
Maia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lesnar is chipping away with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Maia works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Maia moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Maia controlling Lesnar's posture.
Lesnar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lesnar is one step ahead there.
Maia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lesnar controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maia seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brock Lesnar dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Maia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lesnar.
Maia misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lesnar. Maia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lesnar moves out of range of the leg kick from Maia.
Lesnar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maia connects with a high kick.
Lesnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maia throws a body punch but Lesnar moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maia.
Lesnar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lesnar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lesnar slips under a jab from Maia.
Lesnar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lesnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maia stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lesnar. Lesnar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Maia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lesnar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Maia finds it's way round the side to connect with Lesnar's head.
Maia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maia misses with a two punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Maia.
Lesnar staying out of range there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lesnar is defended easily by Maia.
Lesnar tries for a takedown but Maia circles away easily
and Maia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brock Lesnar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Maia, as that shot connected.
Maia looks to throw the jab but Lesnar is out of range.
Lesnar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Maia staying out of range there.
Maia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Maia swivels and escapes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maia. Lesnar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lesnar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maia lands a really nice looking cross but Lesnar seems unphased.
Lesnar fails to land with a series of punches.
Maia connects with a nice looking jab.
Maia throws a body punch but Lesnar moves out of range.
Maia looks to land a right hand but Lesnar moved out of range.
Maia wants to slow Lesnar down by chopping away at his legs.
Maia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lesnar thows a body shot but no joy.
Lesnar tests Maia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab from Maia does it's job there.
Maia goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lesnar avoids the body shot from Maia.
Maia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A punch combination from Maia misses.
Maia stuffs the takedown attempt from Lesnar. Lesnar gets slowly back to his feet.
Maia stuffs the takedown attempt from Lesnar. Lesnar gets slowly back to his feet.
Lesnar lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maia connects with a crisp jab.
Lesnar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Maia to score with a decent uppercut.
Maia throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Maia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lesnar.
Maia looks to land a right hand but Lesnar moved out of range.
Lesnar slips a jab and a cross from Maia.
Lesnar staying out of range there.
Maia scores with a jab.
Lesnar misses the jab.
Maia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lesnar moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lesnar.
Lesnar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lesnar manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Maia on his heels. He'll look to pass Maia's guard now, I'm sure.
Maia looking for a sweep. Not yet Maia, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miko Maia really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lesnar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maia.
Lesnar misses with a looping right.
Maia lands a leg kick that knocks Lesnar off balance momentarily.
Lesnar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice takedown defense from Maia. No joy for Lesnar on that attempt.
Lesnar misses with a body shot.
Maia throws a shot to the body.
Maia throws an overhand right that lands on Lesnar's shoulder, as Lesnar tries to avoid the shot.
Maia throws a sloppy body shot
letting Lesnar counter with a right hand.
Maia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maia lands a jab to the head.
Good exchange - Maia coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia lands with an uppercut that bounces Lesnar off the cage and back into range.
Lesnar shoots in looking for a takedown but Maia manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lesnar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Lesnar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maia manages to avoid it.
Lesnar closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Maia's guard.
Lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lesnar throws a big elbow that misses.
Maia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Maia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lesnar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lesnar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maia keeping moving, preventing Lesnar from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia scores with a nice shot.
Maia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Maia is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Maia wants to improve his position but instead Lesnar has moved into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia trying to control but Lesnar postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lesnar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Maia with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maia is trying to get back to full guard.
Lesnar is looking to take a break and control but Maia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lesnar 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.
Maia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lesnar is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lesnar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lesnar 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.
Maia wants to improve his position but Lesnar is controlling well.
Lesnar controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Brock Lesnar will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Lesnar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Maia can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lesnar controls the pace.
Brock Lesnar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Maia has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lesnar cracks Maia with a solid left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar wants to control from the top but Maia keeps moving.
Lesnar is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Brock Lesnar wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lesnar lands a nice shot that snaps Maia's head back.
Lesnar looks to score with a jab to the body but Maia is just out of range.
Lesnar moves forwards but Maia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Maia misses the shot to the body.
Lesnar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lesnar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Maia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lesnar scrambles back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lesnar.
Miko Maia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brock Lesnar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lesnar's head backwards.
Lesnar misses the shot to the body.
Lesnar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Maia swivels and escapes.
Lesnar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maia.
Lesnar avoids the body shot from Maia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maia throws a combination that misses
and Lesnar counters with a nice body shot.
Maia drops his hands momentarily and Lesnar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Maia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lesnar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lesnar defending well as Maia loads up on a big left hand.
Lesnar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Maia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lesnar ducks right into an uppercut from Maia.
A left and a right from Maia both land. Nice combination.
Maia throws a lazy uppercut
and Lesnar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Lesnar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Lesnar has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Brock Lesnar just wasn't active enough.
Lesnar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lesnar.
Lesnar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lesnar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maia.
Maia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maia misses with a wild body shot.
Lesnar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lesnar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia throws a body punch but Lesnar moves out of range.
Maia misses with a head kick.
Nice jab there from Lesnar.
Maia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Brock Lesnar.
I think Lesnar 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 49:46
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 49:46
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Brock Lesnar!
Brock Lesnar retains his heavyweight title!
A victorious Brock Lesnar thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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