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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rason Fairs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fairs's entrance music is Hail mary. A fine choice. Kurt Wagner has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rason Fairs's chin.
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265 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rason Fairs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kurt Wagner!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairs dives in and grabs Wagner's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wagner pushes down on Fairs's head and hops out.
Fairs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wagner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wagner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fairs tries to pull guard but Wagner won't allow it.
Wagner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fairs tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rason Fairs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wagner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fairs backwards.
Wagner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wagner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wagner scores with a hook to the body.
Wagner tries to work over Fairs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wagner lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fairs.
Fairs pulls Wagner into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Wagner wants to stand and escape but instead Fairs has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Wagner is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fairs is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairs decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Wagner, up you get!
Fairs shoots in for a double leg but Wagner sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fairs shoots for a double leg takedown but Wagner sprawls well. He's pushed Fairs's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kurt Wagner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fairs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wagner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fairs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fairs fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wagner avoids it really well and circles away.
Kurt Wagner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wagner instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wagner.
Wagner lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wagner prevents the takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Wagner.
Fairs jumps guard and drags Wagner to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Wagner wants to stand but Fairs has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Fairs working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wagner doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wagner manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fairs is looking to stand up but Wagner isn't so interested in that idea.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wagner wants to stand but Fairs is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fairs is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wagner is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairs manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wagner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wagner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wagner tries to clinch up.
Fairs has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fairs there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've been informed that Wagner has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fairs.
Wagner wants to clinch up but Fairs keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wagner is looking to clinch but Fairs is avoiding it.
Wagner rushes Fairs and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wagner lands a nice uppercut.
Fairs changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wagner fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wagner tries to clinch there but Fairs circles away.
Fairs lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wagner circles away quickly and effectively.
Wagner lands a jab to the nose.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fairs fails with the takedown.
Fairs is breathing heavily.
Wagner sizes up Fairs with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Wagner dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Wagner pushes Fairs up against the cage in a clinch.
Fairs could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Wagner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wagner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wagner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fairs tries for a takedown. No joy.
Wagner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wagner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fairs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wagner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fairs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fairs swats away the attempt to clinch by Wagner.
Wagner wants to clinch up but Fairs keeps it at a distance.
Wagner moves in looking to clinch but Fairs pushes him off.
Fairs tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wagner sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fairs somewhat.
Wagner tries to clinch but Fairs is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairs shoots for a takedown but Wagner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rason Fairs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fairs takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fairs tries for a takedown but Wagner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wagner clinches with his opponent.
Wagner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wagner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wagner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wagner slows down the pace here.
Wagner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fairs backwards.
Fairs jumps guard but Wagner turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairs is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Wagner is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wagner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wagner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wagner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fairs tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wagner smiles and moves away.
Fairs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rason Fairs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wagner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wagner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fairs.
Fairs with a poor takedown
and Wagner counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wagner rushes Fairs and presses him up against the cage.
Wagner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fairs backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairs's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fairs has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wagner is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wagner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Wagner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fairs changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wagner fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wagner is looking to clinch.
Wagner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fairs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wagner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wagner tries to clinch but Fairs moves away
and Fairs counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wagner's knee momentarily.
Wagner lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wagner tries to clinch up but Fairs circles away and keeps his distance.
Fairs gets tackled into the cage by Wagner. Wagner maintains the clinch.
Wagner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Wagner.
Fairs tries to pull guard but Wagner holds him up against the cage and eventually Fairs drops back down to his feet.
Fairs tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wagner smiles and moves away.
Wagner tries to clinch there but Fairs circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wagner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jab from Wagner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wagner has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Wagner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Wagner tries to clinch up
and Fairs counters with an inside leg kick.
Wagner stuffs the takedown attempt from Fairs. Fairs gets slowly back to his feet.
Wagner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wagner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fairs.
Wagner tries to clinch up but Fairs circles away and keeps his distance.
Wagner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wagner moves into range and clinches up with Fairs.
Wagner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fairs has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wagner is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rason Fairs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairs manages to break the clinch.
Wagner clinches up against the cage.
Fairs is trying to pull guard but Wagner has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wagner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fairs backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wagner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fairs fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wagner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fairs's efforts to push away.
Fairs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wagner has him pressed against the cage.
A hook to the body from Wagner.
Fairs is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wagner gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wagner pushes Fairs back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Wagner.
A right handed body shot lands from Wagner.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wagner.
Fairs fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Wagner.
Wagner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wagner struggles to land a body shot inside as Fairs controls his hands.
Wagner holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wagner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fairss head.
Wagner lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wagner wants to get back to striking at distance but Fairs won't allow it.
Wagner lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Wagner.
Wagner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wagner.
Fairs manages to pull guard.
Wagner wants to get up but he can't break Fairs's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairs manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
You get the feeling that Wagner really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wagner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fairs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fairs looking to control but Wagner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wagner wants to try and get back to his feet.
Fairs has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wagner's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wagner is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wagner can do anything to dispel that myth.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fairs throwing strikes here but Wagner is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Wagner 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.
Wagner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wagner is looking to clinch but Fairs is avoiding it.
Wagner tries to close the distance and clinch but Fairs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wagner wants to clinch.
Wagner tries to clinch there but Fairs circles away.
Wagner tries to sprawl but Fairs drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fairs wants to control but Wagner is keeping him busy.
Wagner is trying to stand back up but Fairs is controlling him
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fairs lands a nice short elbow.
Fairs is looking to take a break and control but Wagner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairs is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fairs is looking for a kimura but Wagner is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Fairs to get the leverage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Wagner is trying to stand up here but Fairs is controlling him well.
Wagner is looking to get back to is feet but Fairs passes into side control.
Wagner is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Fairs has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Fairs scores with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairs in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fairs landing strikes.
Wagner is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fairs is controlling him well.
Wagner defending against the ground and pound.
Fairs wants to control but Wagner is keeping him busy.
Fairs in side control, throwing shots but Wagner defends.
Wagner avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fairs.
Wagner wants to get back to his feet but Fairs drags him back down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fairs is working Wagner over with some ground and pound from side control.
Fairs 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.
Fairs decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Wagner rushes Fairs and presses him up against the cage.
Fairs tries for a takedown but Wagner manages to get underhooks.
Wagner lands a hook that snaps the head of Fairs backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wagner.
Wagner lands an uppercut.
Wagner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wagner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wagner tries to work over Fairs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wagner lands with a short shot to the head.
Wagner stops a takedown attempt from Fairs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fairs is trying to pull guard but Wagner turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rason Fairs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wagner pushes Fairs back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wagner struggles to land a body shot inside as Fairs controls his hands.
A short right from Wagner on the inside.
Wagner tries to circle away but Fairs has him pinned against the cage.
Wagner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fairss head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wagner lands a right hand.
Wagner lands an uppercut.
Wagner is trying to break free.
Fairs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wagner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wagner cracks Fairs with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Wagner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wagner lands a hook that snaps the head of Fairs backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rason Fairs had his way with Kurt Wagner in that round.
That's time! Fairs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Wagner scores with a nice head shot.
Wagner thows a body shot but no joy.
Wagner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fairs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fairs throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fairs takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fairs.
Wagner drives through and clinches with Fairs against the cage.
Wagner scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Wagner on the inside.
Fairs pulls Wagner into guard.
Wagner trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fairs's guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairs is looking for a triangle but Wagner pushes his legs off easily.
Wagner wants to stand and escape but instead Fairs has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Fairs trying to control the position from guard on top but Wagner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fairs prevents Wagner from getting back to his feet.
Fairs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wagner is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Fairs dives into side control.
Wagner is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fairs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wagner keeps working.
Wagner is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Fairs trying to control the action but Wagner is working from the bottom.
Fairs tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Rason Fairs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fairs trying to control the position but Wagner is working away.
Wagner is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Fairs asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Fairs throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Fairs seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Fairs wants to control but Wagner is keeping him busy.
Fairs has an Americana. Wagner didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Fairs is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Fairs hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Rason Fairs!
In his post fight interview, Rason Fairs started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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