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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nash Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtis Mayfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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150 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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150 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nash Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Mayfield!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mayfield tries to counter with a clinch but Banks shakes him off and moves away.
Banks thows a leg kick but Mayfield checks it
and Mayfield counters by clinching up.
Mayfield wants a takedown.
Mayfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Banks.
Mayfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banks is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Banks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Banks blocks an uppercut.
Mayfield lands an uppercut.
Banks tries to circle away but Mayfield has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mayfield up against the cage.
Mayfield scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayfield working aggressively here.
Mayfield lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Banks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mayfield lands with a light punch inside.
Banks blocks an uppercut.
Banks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mayfield working aggressively here.
Mayfield lands a left hand that snaps the head of Banks backwards.
Mayfield working aggressively here.
Mayfield tries to throw a body punch but Banks avoids it by throwing Mayfield back against the cage.
Mayfield goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Banks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Banks prevents a body shot from Mayfield.
Mayfield lands an uppercut.
Mayfield drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A short body shot lands from Mayfield as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield is stalling here.
Banks blocks an uppercut.
Banks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mayfield.
Mayfield has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Banks seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mayfield can turn it around.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Banks.
Mayfield is pushing Banks up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mayfield lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mayfield gets control of Banks's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mayfield will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Banks trying to control the position from guard on top but Mayfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Banks looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks stands up and waves to Mayfield to follow him.
Banks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Banks sets himself, and Mayfield steps forward looking for the clinch! Banks avoids it this time.
Mayfield checks a leg kick.
Banks misses with a leg kick.
Banks connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Banks throws the left hand but Mayfield avoids the punch easily.
Mayfield with the counter takedown but Banks avoids it easily.
Banks throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mayfield counters with a nice double leg into side control. Banks won't be happy with that.
Banks bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banks throws the left hand but Mayfield avoids the punch easily.
Mayfield is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Banks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mayfield moves away.
Banks lands with a right hand.
Banks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mayfield counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Banks manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Mayfield keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks blocking some punches.
Mayfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mayfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mayfield tries to work over Banks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mayfield tries a body shot but Banks blocks it.
Banks has had enough of the clinch but Mayfield keeps him there for the moment.
Mayfield lands with a right to the head.
Mayfield is trying to pull guard but Banks has him pressed against the cage.
Nash Banks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Curtis Mayfield.
Mayfield tries to score a body lock takedown but Banks shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short uppercut from Mayfield.
Banks blocks a body shot from Mayfield.
Mayfield working aggressively here.
Mayfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Banks.
Mayfield misses with a hook to the ribs.
Banks misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Mayfield dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A decent looking cross lands there for Banks.
Mayfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Banks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mayfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Mayfield tries to counter with a clinch but Banks shakes him off and moves away.
Banks throws a body punch but Mayfield moves out of range.
A jab from Banks does it's job there.
Nash Banks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banks misses with a body shot.
Mayfield is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Banks misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banks misses the jab.
Mayfield tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Banks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayfield.
Banks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Banks sets himself, and Mayfield steps forward looking for the clinch! Banks avoids it this time.
Banks misses with a body shot.
Banks digs a good hook to Mayfield's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayfield fails to land with a series of punches.
Banks looks to land a right hand but Mayfield moved out of range.
Mayfield tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Banks throws a shot from downtown. Mayfield moves away and avoids it.
Banks throws a leg kick
and Mayfield counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Banks pushes Mayfield off and gets back to his feet.
Mayfield throws a series of punches but Banks avoids them all with ease.
Banks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mayfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Banks.
Mayfield wants to counter with a clinch but Banks pushes him away.
Mayfield throws a hook but Banks avoids it easily.
Banks is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Banks throws a shot from downtown. Mayfield moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mayfield looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Banks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mayfield moves away.
Mayfield checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks throws a big shot that misses.
Banks scores with a nice right hand.
Banks throws a right hand that misses
and Mayfield counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Banks blocking some punches.
Banks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mayfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mayfield scores with a shot to the side of Banks's head.
Mayfield lands a shoulder strike.
Mayfield misses with the head strike.
Mayfield makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Banks tries to break free but Mayfield pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banks.
Mayfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mayfield throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banks is trying to break free.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mayfield.
Mayfield lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Banks being controlled against the cage.
Banks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mayfield getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Banks throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mayfield missing with a left hand there. Banks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Banks is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mayfield. Banks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Banks misses the shot to the body.
Mayfield scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Banks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mayfield lunges at Banks with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Banks's hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Banks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Banks misses with a looping left.
Banks misses with a body punch
and Mayfield holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Banks blocking some punches.
Banks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Banks's corner calls for a 1-2. Banks obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Banks connects with a leg kick. Mayfield looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Banks misses with a looping left.
Banks cracks Mayfield with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mayfield is rocked!
Banks lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Mayfield falls backwards - clearly groggy! Banks dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nash Banks!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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