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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erico Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erico Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sebastian Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake darts in and clinches Rutten up against the cage.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Rutten is blocking nicely.
Drake avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Drake pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Drake breaks from the clinch.
Drake pushes Rutten up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Drake.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but Drake blocks it.
A short left from Drake.
Drake slowing the pace effectively.
Drake is stalling here.
Drake gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drake.
Rutten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Drake prevents a body shot from Rutten.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Drake avoids the damage to the body.
Rutten gets underhooks to prevent Drake's takedown attempt.
Drake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sebastian Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Drake checks a leg kick.
Rutten misses with a series of wild punches.
Rutten falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A low kick from Rutten misses
and Rutten takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Drake closes the distance and pushes Rutten back into the cage.
Drake pulls guard effortlessly.
Rutten won't allow Drake to sweep him here.
Rutten has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Drake is proving hard to escape from.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten gets to his feet. Drake looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Drake takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Drake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten throws a head kick but Drake moves out of range.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rutten misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Drake on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Drake or perhaps it was just good defense by Rutten, which made it look bad.
Drake clinches up against the cage.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rutten tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drake avoids it.
Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drake doesn't manage to clinch there - Rutten circles away.
Sebastian Rutten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rutten shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Drake eats them both and turns towards Rutten to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rutten throws a jab when Drake was well out of range.
Rutten throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rutten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It looked like Drake wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Drake has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drake is defending well for now.
Rutten lands a knee to the head.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drake is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Knees to the body from Rutten.
Drake lands with a light punch inside.
Drake is pushing Rutten up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Drake breaks the clinch.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Rutten.
Drake wants to clinch.
Drake rushes Rutten and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drake misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sebastian Rutten will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses.
Drake throws a leg kick but Rutten sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rutten throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
Rutten throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Drake's head.
Drake wants to clinch but Rutten slips to the side
and Rutten counters with a right hand to the body.
Rutten moves into the clinch successfully.
Drake blocks a body shot from Rutten.
Drake pulls guard.
Rutten is looking to stand up but Drake won't let him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutten stands up and waves to Drake to follow him.
Rutten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drake.
Drake tries to keep at a distance but Rutten has taken the fight into the clinch.
Drake managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Drake breaks from the clinch.
Rutten misses with the combination.
Drake wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Drake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drake slips under a jab.
Rutten misses with a two punch combination.
Drake has taken the fight to the clinch.
Drake tries to pull guard but Rutten forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Drake.
Rutten looking to throw knees to the head but Drake is blocking nicely.
Drake avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drake.
Drake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake moves out of range as Rutten throws a body kick.
Drake lands with a straight right. Rutten didn't see that one coming.
Drake scores with a jab. Rutten acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rutten swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drake is looking to clinch but Rutten is avoiding it.
Rutten looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rutten pivots, looking for a leg kick but Drake is out of range and Rutten settles back down.
A head kick misses from Rutten.
Drake drives through and clinches with Rutten against the cage.
Drake lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rutten.
Drake jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rutten walks away with a smile on his face. Drake gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sebastian Rutten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rutten scores with a head kick. Drake tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Drake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab lands there for Drake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake drives through and clinches with Rutten against the cage.
Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rutten jabs at Drake's body.
Drake slips a jab and a cross from Rutten.
Drake doesn't manage to clinch there - Rutten circles away.
A head kick misses from Rutten.
Rutten walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Rutten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rutten takes a swing at Drake's ribcage but misses.
Rutten displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Drake.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erico Drake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rutten looks for the body kick but Drake saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drake moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Drake misses the target.
Rutten throws a hook but Drake blocks it.
Rutten throws the kick towards the body but Drake avoids it.
Drake dives in for a single leg takedown but Rutten sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rutten keeps the fight on the outside.
Drake tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Rutten defends well and Drake ends up having to push Rutten into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Drake tries to clinch there but Rutten circles away.
Rutten now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Drake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rutten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rutten throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Drake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drake tries to clinch but Rutten is having none of it.
Drake wants to clinch up but Rutten keeps it at a distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rutten! But no joy.
Drake bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastian Rutten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rutten takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Drake takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Drake takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rutten lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Drake has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Drake and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Drake wants to clinch up but Rutten keeps it at a distance.
Rutten throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake avoids the body shot from Rutten.
Drake tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rutten manages to circle out of the way.
Drake shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rutten but Rutten pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake moves in looking to clinch but Rutten pushes him off.
Rutten is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Rutten throws a nice looking combination but Drake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As Rutten tries to get set, Drake tries to push him back and clinch up but Rutten manages to avoid the attempt.
Drake tries to clinch up but Rutten circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake blocks a head kick by Rutten.
Rutten keeps the fight on the outside.
Rutten takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rutten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rutten connects with an inside leg kick.
Drake is looking to clinch.
Drake tries to clinch but Rutten is having none of it.
Drake is looking to clinch.
Drake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drake takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rutten throws a nice outside leg kick.
Drake closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rutten circles away.
Sebastian Rutten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten tries a head kick but it misses.
Drake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drake lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutten stuffs the takedown attempt from Drake. Drake gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erico Drake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rutten lands a head kick!
Drake fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rutten throws a lazy head kick
and Drake holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rutten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rutten lands a knee to the head.
Drake fails to pull guard.
Drake has Rutten pushed against the cage.
Drake is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rutten is keeping busy.
Drake lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rutten backwards.
Drake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick from Rutten misses
and Drake counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Rutten misses.
Drake cracks Rutten with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rutten lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Drake tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rutten counters with a head kick. That will keep Drake thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutten lands a knee to the body.
Drake breaks from the clinch.
Drake slips a jab from Rutten.
Rutten throws a body shot but no joy.
Drake scores with a sloppy right hand. Rutten should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rutten. Drake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses.
Drake tries to counter by clinching up but Rutten breaks away and moves out of range.
Drake blocks a head kick by Rutten.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sebastian Rutten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rutten winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sebastian Rutten!
Our winner, Sebastian Rutten, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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