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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Helmut Doerner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doerner comes to the cage accompanied by Balls to the Wall by Accept. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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135 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Helmut Doerner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ray Richardson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Richardson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richardson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Doerner regains full guard. Nicely done.
Doerner manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Richardson manages to get himself to full guard.
Richardson can't keep his opponent in guard - Doerner advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Doerner tries to pass the half guard into mount. Richardson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Richardson trying to hold on to Doerner's head to control him but Doerner postures up.
Doerner is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doerner is looking for a kimura but Richardson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Doerner to get the leverage.
Richardson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Richardson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Doerner is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Doerner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Doerner lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Richardson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Doerner!
Doerner tries to lock up and control but Richardson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Richardson controlling from mount.
Doerner 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.
Doerner manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Doerner regains full guard. Nicely done.
Doerner controls Richardson momentarily but Richardson frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richardson cracks Doerner with a solid left hand.
Richardson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Richardson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Richardson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Doerner escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Richardson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Richardson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Richardson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Doerner has his foot on Richardson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Richardson works his way back into a safe position though.
Richardson trying to control but Doerner is working from the bottom.
Doerner looking to control.
Richardson looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardson with a nice head shot there.
Doerner trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Richardson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Richardson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Richardson won't allow Doerner to sweep him here.
Doerner keeping full guard, as Richardson tries to pass.
Richardson cracks Doerner with a solid left hand.
Doerner lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Richardson!
Doerner has control of Richardson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Richardson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Doerner working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richardson gets back to full guard.
Richardson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Richardson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richardson is landing with some decent strikes but Doerner is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Richardson lands a big elbow.
Richardson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Doerner looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Richardson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Doerner drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Richardson is trying to get back to half guard.
Richardson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Doerner looks up at the clock and then as Richardson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Doerner smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Doerner looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Doerner is working to tighten is grip on Richardson's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Richardson has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Doerner is really squeezing tight and eventually Richardson passes out! Doerner breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Helmut Doerner!
Helmut Doerner made sure to mention his sponsor, ANABOLIC LAUNDRY 90% in his post fight interview.
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