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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Steinburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chase Rouch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steinburg comes to the cage accompanied by Under and Over It - Five Finger Death Punch. Rouch has chosen Can I as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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223 lbs
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190 cm
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215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Steinburg!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chase Rouch!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rouch looks for the body kick but Steinburg saw that one coming.
Steinburg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steinburg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rouch tries to clinch up but Steinburg circles away and keeps his distance.
Rouch closes the distance looking to clinch
and Steinburg counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rouch moves to clinch but Steinburg breaks away
and Steinburg counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steinburg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rouch.
Rouch moves in looking to clinch but Steinburg pushes him off.
Rouch tries to clinch there but Steinburg circles away.
Steinburg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steinburg makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rouch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steinburg's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rouch under the eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steinburg moves out of range as Rouch throws a body kick.
Rouch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steinburg changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rouch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Steinburg misses with a looping left.
Rouch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rouch is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rouch lands a nice looking kick to the body. Steinburg takes a step back to recover.
Rouch wants to clinch.
Rouch fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steinburg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steinburg throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rouch wants to clinch but Steinburg slips to the side
and Steinburg cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rouch closes the distance and clinches.
Rouch tries to land a knee to the head but Steinburg blocks with his arms.
Steinburg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rouch blocks an uppercut.
Steinburg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steinburg.
Steinburg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rouch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steinburg breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rouch moves into the clinch successfully.
Steinburg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Steinburg trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chase Rouch will probably get the nod.
That's time! Steinburg's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Steinburg checks a leg kick.
Steinburg takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rouch tries to clinch but Steinburg is having none of it.
Steinburg misses with a hook.
Rouch tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steinburg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Billy Steinburg is winning the standup battle so far.
Steinburg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rouch moves into the clinch.
Steinburg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rouch tries to land knees in the clinch but Steinburg avoids the damage to the body.
Rouch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steinburg.
Steinburg has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rouch.
It looks like Billy Steinburg has been cut.
Rouch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steinburg is defending well for now.
Rouch tries to land knees in the clinch but Steinburg avoids the damage to the body.
Rouch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steinburg is defending well for now.
Steinburg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rouch backwards.
Rouch lands a damaging elbow.
Rouch landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rouch scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Come on Rouch - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rouch trying to control the position but instead, Steinburg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rouch into the cage.
Rouch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steinburg avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rouch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steinburg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rouch obliges.
Rouch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Billy Steinburg's cut is getting worse.
Rouch misses with an elbow strike.
Steinburg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rouch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steinburg misses with a punch to the body.
Rouch tries a knee to the head but Steinburg blocks it.
Rouch unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steinburg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rouch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Steinburg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rouch lands a good knee to the midsection. Steinburg won't want to take too many of those.
Steinburg takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rouch obliges.
Rouch throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rouch throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steinburg blocks it with crossed arms.
Steinburg avoids the elbow strike from Rouch, against the cage.
Rouch misses with an elbow strike.
Steinburg managing to block the knees to the body from Rouch.
I was talking to Steinburg's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rouch is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rouch continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Steinburg scores with a shot to the side of Rouch's head.
Steinburg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rouch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rouch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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!
Steinburg managing to block the knees to the body from Rouch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rouch lands a damaging elbow.
Billy Steinburg's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Chase Rouch seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Steinburg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steinburg takes a knee right on the jaw!
Steinburg managing to block the knees to the body from Rouch.
Rouch looking to throw knees to the head but Steinburg is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Rouch.
Rouch blocks a body shot from Steinburg.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rouch.
Jeez, Billy Steinburg's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Rouch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steinburg avoids it.
Rouch lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rouch tries a knee to the head but Steinburg blocks it.
Steinburg blocks the elbow strike.
Rouch lands an elbow inside.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Billy Steinburg's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Chase Rouch!
Chase Rouch is the new light heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Chase Rouch made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Billy Steinburg was interviewed post fight and said 'Well that didn't go as we planned. I'm going to get a drink then get back into the gym so the next time we fight I'm better prepared'.
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energy
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hype
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