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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Demian Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Clinton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia comes to the cage accompanied by Vida Bandida. Clinton comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Break Ya Neck kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
23 - 9 - 0 |
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196 lbs
23 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demian Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Clinton!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia misses with a body kick.
Clinton slips a jab from Maia.
Maia gets caught flat footed, as Clinton shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Clinton stopping the sweep attempt from Maia.
Maia has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Clinton throwing strikes but missing.
Maia escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Clinton gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Clinton stopping the sweep attempt from Maia.
Maia keeping moving, preventing Clinton from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia looking to control.
Clinton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Clinton is fighting to break Maia's control of his arms but Maia is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Clinton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Clinton wants to control from the top but Maia keeps moving.
Clinton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Maia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Clinton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clinton looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Clinton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Clinton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Clinton looking to pass the guard.
Maia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Clinton is positioning himself well to prevent Maia advancing to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia seems to be looking for submissions.
Clinton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia wants to take a breather but Clinton is having none of it.
Clinton desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Maia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Clinton knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clinton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maia looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Maia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clinton keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bill Clinton will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Clinton throws a right hand that Maia ducks under and follows up with a left that Maia also avoids with ease.
Maia misses with a looping right.
Clinton thows a body shot but no joy.
Maia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Clinton misses with a straight right.
Clinton avoids a kick to the body.
Clinton wants to clinch.
Clinton scores with a nice right hand.
Clinton looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Clinton misses with a takedown attempt - Maia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A jab from Maia does it's job there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Clinton.
Demian Maia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Clinton.
Maia throws a leg kick which misses Clinton's front leg but catches the back leg as Clinton tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clinton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clinton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Maia slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Maia lands with a right hand.
Maia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Clinton misses with a hook.
Maia defending well as Clinton loads up on a big left hand.
Clinton shoots in but Maia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maia gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Clinton to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maia is on top in guard.
Clinton wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia trying to control but Clinton is working from the bottom.
Clinton managing to control the position.
Clinton working a defensive guard but Maia manages to pass into side control anyway.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maia moves into full mount!
Clinton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Clinton is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Clinton and Maia has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Clinton can't do much from the bottom here.
Bill Clinton has got the better of the ground game so far.
Clinton manages to work his way to half guard, despite Maia's best efforts.
Clinton is looking to escape.
Clinton wants to get back to full guard but Maia has passed into side control.
Maia landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia trying to control the action but Clinton is working from the bottom.
Maia is staying tight to Clinton's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Sloppy strikes there by Maia.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The ground and pound from Maia seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Maia dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Maia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Clinton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Clinton moves in looking to clinch but Maia pushes him off.
Maia connects with a leg kick. Clinton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Clinton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Clinton fails to land the takedown.
Nice shot by Clinton.
A clash of legs there as Maia blocks the low kick.
Maia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Clinton misses with a hook. Maia ducked under it nicely.
Clinton fails with the takedown
and Maia counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Demian Maia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Clinton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maia controlling the action here.
Maia wants to control but Clinton is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia is stalling here. Clinton is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Maia seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Clinton has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Clinton in side control, throwing shots but Maia defends.
Maia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clinton cracks Maia with a big elbow.
Maia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia manages to work his way to half guard, despite Clinton's best efforts.
Clinton trying to control the action but Maia is working from the bottom.
Clinton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Maia with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maia wants to improve his position but Clinton is controlling well.
Maia is looking to control Clinton's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maia avoid being mounted?
Maia is trying to get back to full guard.
Maia is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clinton with the ground and pound but Maia uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Clinton is pushing down on Maia's leg trying to pass to half guard. Maia is fighting to maintain full guard but Clinton has managed to sneak the leg through.
Clinton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Maia wants to control but Clinton is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Clinton prevents Maia from improving his position.
Maia manages to get to full guard.
Maia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Maia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clinton got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Clinton has managed to get both his arms back between Maia's legs - danger averted.
Clinton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maia is keeping the position for now.
Clinton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Maia holds on and takes a little breather.
Clinton trying to control but Maia is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clinton throwing strikes from guard but Maia blocks nicely.
Clinton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Bill Clinton just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Maia tests Clinton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A shot to the liver by Maia. Beautiful body shot.
Clinton lands the left hand.
It looks like Demian Maia has been cut.
Clinton fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Maia sprawls well initially but Clinton persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Maia controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Clinton trying to control the action but Maia is working from the bottom.
Clinton blocks the strikes from Maia.
Clinton looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia gets back to full guard.
Clinton lands a couple of elbows.
Clinton postures up and lands a big shot to Maia's brow.
Maia working for a triangle but Clinton defends it easily.
Clinton trying to control the position from guard on top but Maia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Clinton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maia working for a triangle but Clinton defends it easily.
Maia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Clinton's guard.
Maia looking to pass the guard.
Clinton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clinton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Maia wants to pass the guard but Clinton is keeping the position.
Maia advances position into side control!
Maia trying to control the position but Clinton is working away.
Maia is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Clinton is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Clinton has escaped the position, nice work there.
Maia moves into full mount!
Maia throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Clinton because Maia loaded up on that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maia looking to control but Clinton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Demian Maia will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Demian Maia's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Clinton misses with a body shot
and Maia counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Clinton pulls Maia in close to his closed guard and prevents Maia from doing any damage or advancing position.
Maia scoring with some ground and pound.
Clinton is controlling Maia's posture.
Maia works a leg free and moves into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maia seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Clinton does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Clinton is trying to control but Maia manages to pass to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clinton is in all sorts of trouble here.
Maia thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Maia trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Maia fails to take his opponent's back.
Clinton is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clinton has given up his back.
Maia patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Clinton tries to escape the position.
Clinton showing good submission defense here.
Maia tries to get the hooks in deep but Clinton pushed the leg off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia has got one arm under Clinton's chin. This could be trouble... Clinton trying to control the other hand but Maia gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Clinton has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Demian Maia!
Demian Maia managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Heisenberg, into his post fight interview.
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hype
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