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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Bromley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Manfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bromley comes to the cage accompanied by Number One. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Bromley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Grant Manfield!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bromley shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Manfield actively working from the bottom here.
Still in half guard, Bromley seems content to control.
Manfield trying to control here.
Manfield is looking to improve his position.
Bromley slows the pace down in half guard.
Manfield is looking for a sweep. Bromley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bromley slows the pace down in half guard.
Bromley has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because David Bromley wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Bromley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manfield with a poor takedown
and Bromley counters with a three punch combo that has Manfield backing up. Manfield nods at Bromley to acknowledge the strikes.
Manfield throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bromley's waist but Bromley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Manfield off to one side.
Manfield shoots in and bounces Bromley off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Manfield sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Manfield wants to pass the guard but Bromley is keeping the position.
Bromley has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Manfield off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bromley doesn't manage to clinch there - Manfield circles away.
Manfield misses with a takedown attempt
and Bromley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
David Bromley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grant Manfield.
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!
Bromley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grant Manfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bromley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manfield fails to land the takedown.
Manfield looks winded!
Bromley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manfield scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bromley has one foot on Manfield's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Manfield enables Bromley to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Manfield manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bromley controls from within his opponent's guard.
Manfield is controlling Bromley's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bromley 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.
Manfield tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bromley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch combination from Bromley misses.
Bromley closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bromley is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Manfield is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Manfield is being controlled here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manfield wants to control but Bromley postures up.
Manfield is not content to let Bromley control the position.
Manfield tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Manfield struggling a bit here.
Manfield tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manfield gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
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!
Manfield has given up his back here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Bromley 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.
Manfield defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bromley.
Bromley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bromley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Manfield.
Bromley throws a jab when Manfield was well out of range.
Bromley scores with a one two! Manfield had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Manfield shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bromley defends it nicely.
David Bromley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grant Manfield.
Manfield fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bromley avoids it really well and circles away.
Manfield is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Bromley as Manfield shoots in.
Bromley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Manfield looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bromley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bromley misses with a low kick as Manfield jumps back.
Bromley fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Manfield to the ground. Bromley is now in Manfield's guard.
Bromley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bromley forces his way into half guard.
Bromley seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Manfield is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). David Bromley!
David Bromley spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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