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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elvin Mays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Bwarnt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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196 lbs
6 - 2 - 1 |
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187 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elvin Mays!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Bwarnt!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mays misses with an uppercut
letting Bwarnt counter with a right hand.
Mays looks to land a right hand but Bwarnt moved out of range.
Mays uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bwarnt.
Mays misses with a shot to the body
and Bwarnt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bwarnt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bwarnt clobbers Mays with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mays misses with a hook to the body
and Bwarnt holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bwarnt tries a body shot but Mays blocks it.
Mays throws a head punch that misses.
Bwarnt misses with a punch to the body.
Mays working aggressively here.
Bwarnt tries to throw a body punch but Mays avoids it by throwing Bwarnt back against the cage.
Mays tries to score a body lock takedown but Bwarnt shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Bwarnt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mays breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays has managed to clinch.
Bwarnt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bwarnt prevents the takedown attempt.
Bwarnt scores with a shoulder strike.
Mays drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elvin Mays. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mays has a couple of punches blocked by Bwarnt.
Bwarnt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bwarnt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mayss head.
Mays working aggressively here.
Mays changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bwarnt fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mays misses with a shot to the body
and Bwarnt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mays misses with a hook
and Bwarnt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mays throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bwarnt is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bwarnt throws a hook to the side of Mays's head but Mays sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bwarnt lands a big shot that drops Mays! Can he finish him?
Mays is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bwarnt throws a big elbow that misses.
Oh Mays is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mays seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Bwarnt wants to control from the top but Mays keeps moving.
Mays seems to have got his legs back now.
Mays is pulling down on Bwarnt's head to control his posture.
Mays utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bwarnt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bwarnt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bwarnt drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bwarnt jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mays managing to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mays tries to close the distance and clinch but Bwarnt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bwarnt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays throws an overhand right that lands on Bwarnt's shoulder, as Bwarnt tries to avoid the shot.
Bwarnt steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mays.
Mays misses with a lunging right hand
and Mays takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mays tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bwarnt was well out of range. Poor timing from Mays.
Bwarnt slips under a jab from Mays.
Bwarnt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bwarnt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Mays misses its intended target.
Bwarnt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bwarnt slips a straight right by Mays.
Bwarnt steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mays.
Mays misses with a hook.
Mays sets himself, and Bwarnt steps forward looking for the clinch! Mays avoids it this time.
Mays misses the shot to the body.
Mays swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mays is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bwarnt's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mays misses with a body shot.
Mays looks to land a left hand but Bwarnt moved out of range nicely.
Mays throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bwarnt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bwarnt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mays misses with a body shot
and Mays takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mays paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mays throws the left hand but Bwarnt avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mays throws a shot to the body.
Bwarnt has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mays misses with a lunging right hand
and Bwarnt counters with a stiff right hand.
Bwarnt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Bwarnt dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mays fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bwarnt sprawls well initially but Mays persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mays sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bwarnt defending well though.
Bwarnt wants to get back to his feet.
Mays wants to pass to mount but Bwarnt is defending the position.
Bwarnt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bwarnt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mays.
Mays is stalling here. Bwarnt is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mays seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Bwarnt has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Mays has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bwarnt trying to control the position but Mays is working away.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bwarnt working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An elbow from Bwarnt crashes against the mat.
Bwarnt working the ground and pound but Mays is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays is looking to regain half guard here but Bwarnt keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mays is not content to let Bwarnt control the position.
Mays tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mays is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bwarnt off and has taken his back!
Mays slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Mays is landing with strikes from the back.
Mays punishes Bwarnt with strikes from the back mount.
Mays punches Bwarnt on the ear.
Bwarnt is taking damage to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mays has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Bwarnt.
Mays scores with punches from the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bwarnt is trying to get back to his feet but Mays has full control of the position and if anything, Bwarnt has just worked his way into a worse spot.
A lull in the action here.
Bwarnt is trying to get back to his feet but Mays has full control of the position and if anything, Bwarnt has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Mays lands strikes to the head.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Mays controlling the positon.
Bwarnt wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Mays looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Mays has Bwarnt flattened out and is raining down punches.
Mays looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Elvin Mays overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bwarnt grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Bwarnt trying to get back to his feet but Mays is in full control for now.
Mays is punishing Bwarnt with some ground and pound.
Bwarnt is rocked!
Bwarnt wants to get back to his feet.
Can Bwarnt hold on?! Mays is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Bwarnt is still in real trouble! Can Mays finish him?
Mays is raining down hard shots and and Bwarnt has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Elvin Mays!
Elvin Mays retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Elvin Mays thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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