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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ember Grestone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Howell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howell has chosen USA as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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205 lbs
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195 cm
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222 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ember Grestone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Howell!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howell tries to close the distance and clinch but Grestone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grestone scores with a takedown into Howell's guard.
Grestone with a nice head shot there.
Grestone landing with the ground and pound.
Grestone stands up over Howell, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Howell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grestone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Grestone throws a strike but Howell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Grestone is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Howell trying to control the position from guard on top but Grestone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grestone manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Howell manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grestone drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Grestone jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Grestone postures up and lands a big shot to Howell's brow.
Grestone postures up in Howell's guard and throws a big left but Howell blocks it.
Grestone loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grestone working some strikes from top position.
Grestone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grestone drops back looking for a leg! Howell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Howell manages to kick Grestone off! Grestone jumps back into Howell's guard.
Grestone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grestone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Grestone throwing strikes from guard but Howell blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grestone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grestone drops back looking for a leg! Howell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Howell manages to kick Grestone off! Grestone jumps back into Howell's guard.
Grestone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Howell looking for a sweep. Not yet Howell, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grestone drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Grestone jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Grestone is in close to Howell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Grestone landing some decent shots from guard.
Howell tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grestone postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grestone postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Howell can do anything to dispel that myth.
Grestone lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Grestone is looking to work some ground and pound but Howell has wrist control.
Howell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grestone stands up over Howell, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Grestone postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Grestone throws a big right hand that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grestone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grestone throws a big elbow that misses.
Grestone preventing the sweep.
Grestone is looking to work some ground and pound but Howell has wrist control.
Grestone landing some decent shots from guard.
Grestone distracts Howell with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grestone working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Howell's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ember Grestone 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.
Grestone tries to score a power double leg takedown but Howell sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Grestone somewhat.
Grestone shoots for a takedown but Howell saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grestone misses with a takedown attempt - Howell sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ember Grestone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grestone shoots in looking for a takedown. Howell tries to sprawl out of it but Grestone keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Howell manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grestone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Ember Grestone has been cut.
Grestone drops his hands momentarily and Howell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Howell lands a lovely overhand right.
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!
Howell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Grestone is rocked!
Grestone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oh Grestone is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grestone blocks a jab.
Howell misses with a straight left.
Howell misses with a straight left.
Grestone fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Howell avoids it really well and circles away.
Grestone fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grestone slips a jab from Howell.
Howell misses with an uppercut.
Grestone seems to have got his legs back now.
Howell stuffs the takedown.
Grestone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Howell but Howell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Howell listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Howell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grestone fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jason Howell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grestone has a takedown stuffed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Howell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Grestone.
Howell measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Grestone! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Jason Howell!
During a confident post fight interview, Jason Howell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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