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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Irwin Beard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Rick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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18
150 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
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176 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Irwin Beard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Rick!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rick clinches.
Rick lands a shoulder strike.
Beard missing with knees to the body.
Rick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rick lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rick.
Rick lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Rick.
Rick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beard backwards.
Rick lands a nice shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rick as Beard tries to tie him up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rick lands with a short shot to the head.
Rick lands a right hand.
Beard tries to stall but Rick uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rick scores with a shot to the side of Beard's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rick lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beard tries to land knees in the clinch but Rick avoids the damage to the body.
Rick lands a shoulder strike.
Rick lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Beard.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rick lands a nice uppercut.
Beard takes a shot to the head.
Beard trying to stall but Rick improves his position.
Rick cracks Beard with a nice body shot.
Beard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rick as Beard tries to tie him up.
Rick scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Rick - that landed with a thud.
Rick lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rick lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rick scores with a shot to the side of Beard's head.
Rick lands a right hand.
Beard is rocked!
Rick throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Beard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rick throws a punch but it's blocked by Beard.
Beard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rick has a couple of punches blocked by Beard.
Rick throws a punch but it's blocked by Beard.
Rick throws a head punch that misses.
Rick throws a punch but it's blocked by Beard.
Rick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rick misses with some punches.
Beard blocks an uppercut.
Beard blocking some punches.
Rick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rick.
Beard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rick throws a punch but it's blocked by Beard.
A head punch on the inside from Rick fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beard.
Rick misses with the head strike.
Rick looks winded!
Rick misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beard.
Rick misses with a punch on the inside.
Rick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rick has a couple of punches blocked by Beard.
Rick has a couple of punches blocked by Beard.
Rick throws a punch but it's blocked by Beard.
Rick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beard seems to have got his legs back now.
Rick throws a punch but it's blocked by Beard.
Beard misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beard misses with a body punch.
Beard blocks an uppercut.
Beard has a couple of punches blocked by Rick.
Rick lands with a left to the head.
Beard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rick's elbow.
Rick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beard backwards.
Rick lands a nice uppercut.
Rick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beard is trying to stall.
Beard tries to stall but Rick uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rick lands an uppercut.
Beard swings wildly with an uppercut but Rick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beard looking to slow down the pace here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Beard can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beard takes a shot to the head.
Beard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rick backwards.
Rick lands a hook that snaps the head of Beard backwards.
Rick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beard misses with the head strike.
Beard struggles to land a body shot inside as Rick controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Rick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beard prevents a body shot from Rick.
Beard trying to land knees to the body.
Rick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rick lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rick misses with some punches.
Beard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beard misses with some punches.
Beard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rick is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Rick dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Beard with a poor takedown
and Rick moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rick.
Rick lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beard or not.
A hook to the body from Rick.
Rick scores with a shot to the side of Beard's head.
Rick lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Beard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rick is keeping busy.
Rick scores with a shot to the side of Beard's head.
Rick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rick lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rick has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A shot in the inside from Rick.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Beard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rick gets through Beard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Rick.
A short right from Rick on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Rick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rick stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Beard stalling in the clinch but Rick improves position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beard.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Beard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rick as Beard tries to tie him up.
Rick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beard backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rick.
Beard tries to stall but Rick uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rick lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Beard.
Rick lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Beard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Beard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Rick.
Beard pushes off an throws an elbow but Rick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beard backwards.
Rick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rick lands a right hand.
Rick scores with a shot to the side of Beard's head.
Rick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rick.
Rick stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rick is breathing heavily.
Beard taking a breather.
Rick works on Beard's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rick.
Rick makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rick scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beard missing with knees to the body.
Beard trying to control the position but instead, Rick has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beard into the cage.
Beard taking a breather.
Beard misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rick lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Beard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rick scores with a hook to the body.
Rick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Rick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rick lands with a short shot to the head.
Rick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rick lands a nice uppercut.
Rick lands with a short shot to the head.
Beard takes a shot to the head.
Beard is looking to control Rick's arms but Rick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Beard has his back to the cage.
Beard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Beard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rick's elbow.
Beard tries to stall but Rick uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Beard - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Irwin Beard.
Rick closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Rick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Rick throws a monster overhand right that drops Beard! Rick follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Rick!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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