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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Butch Copeland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Stevenson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Butch Copeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thomas Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stevenson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Copeland manages to avoid it.
Stevenson drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Copeland is trying to control the position but Stevenson postures up.
Stevenson trying to control but Copeland is working from the bottom.
Copeland is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stevenson wants to control from the top but Copeland keeps moving.
Copeland has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Stevenson doesn't defend quickly enough and Copeland has managed to lock this one up! Can Stevenson escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Copeland on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Butch Copeland!
Butch Copeland decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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