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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Linden Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sullivan comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Linden Miller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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286 lbs
8 - 1 - 1 |
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276 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Linden Miller!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sullivan did well to prevent Miller getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Miller is working for a kimura but Sullivan is defending it quite comfortably.
Sullivan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Miller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sullivan wants to improve his position but Miller is controlling well.
Miller thows a huge punch but Sullivan dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan is looking to improve his position.
Miller tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sullivan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Miller is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sullivan looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller trying to pass the guard but Sullivan defending well.
Sullivan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Miller.
Miller tries to pass to full mount but Sullivan defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Miller.
Sullivan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Miller on the ground.
Miller works his way into side control.
The strikes coming from Miller are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sullivan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Miller.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sullivan is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller throws an elbow but Sullivan slips to the side and avoids it well.
Miller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miller thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ground and pound from Miller seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The strikes coming from Miller are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sullivan stops Miller from passing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Linden Miller dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sullivan connects with the punch.
It looks like Linden Miller has been cut.
Sullivan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Miller at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Miller shoots in but no luck this time.
Sullivan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Miller takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sullivan lands a big head kick that sends Miller tumbling to the mat! Sullivan takes a step backwards and waves Miller back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sullivan lands a big uppercut and Miller crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Miller looks OK. Sullivan waves Miller back to his feet!
Miller is rocked!
That has opened up Linden Miller's cut even more.
Miller tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Miller is still on wobbly legs! Can Sullivan finish him?
Sullivan scores with a spinning back kick!
Miller seems to have recovered his senses.
Miller gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Adam Sullivan!
A victorious Adam Sullivan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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