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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bart Cubbedge (ranked 3015 p4p, 334 weight class) and Roland Gilmour (ranked 6363 p4p, 495 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
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160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bart Cubbedge !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roland Gilmour!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cubbedge throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gilmour is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gilmour throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cubbedge sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gilmour looks to throw the jab but Cubbedge is out of range.
Cubbedge throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gilmour.
Cubbedge stuns Gilmour with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gilmour misses with a wild combination.
Cubbedge tries to clinch but Gilmour is having none of it.
Cubbedge gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gilmour is looking for a takedown.
Gilmour misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cubbedge .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cubbedge escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A low kick from Cubbedge misses
and Gilmour counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cubbedge won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gilmour misses with the ground and pound.
Cubbedge is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Cubbedge gets back to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cubbedge is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cubbedge wants to pass the guard but Gilmour is keeping the position.
Gilmour working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cubbedge doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cubbedge manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gilmour is trying to control the position but Cubbedge postures up.
Gilmour wants to sweep but no luck.
Gilmour controls Cubbedge momentarily but Cubbedge frees himself.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gilmour holds on and takes a little breather.
Gilmour keeping moving, preventing Cubbedge from controlling successfully.
Cubbedge postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cubbedge 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gilmour can't keep his opponent in guard - Cubbedge advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gilmour really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cubbedge . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cubbedge tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gilmour knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gilmour trying to control but Cubbedge postures up.
Cubbedge sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gilmour tries to roll over but Cubbedge keeps him under control.
Cubbedge seems to be working for a kimura but Gilmour defends the submission attempt.
Gilmour is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cubbedge is taking a breather. Gilmour says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Gilmour trying to control from the bottom.
Cubbedge is trying to control the action in half guard but Gilmour is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cubbedge works his way into side control.
Cubbedge is trying to get an arm triangle but Gilmour is defending well.
Cubbedge lands an elbow.
Cubbedge thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gilmour tries to buck Cubbedge off but Cubbedge is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour is trying to control Cubbedge 's posture but Cubbedge avoids it.
Cubbedge trying to control the action but Gilmour is working from the bottom.
Gilmour tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cubbedge slows the pace down.
Gilmour is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cubbedge trying to control the position but Gilmour is working away.
Cubbedge thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bart Cubbedge dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cubbedge lunges at Gilmour with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gilmour's hand.
Cubbedge drives through with a takedown into Gilmour's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Cubbedge is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gilmour can do to turn this around?
Gilmour is pulling down on Cubbedge 's head to control his posture.
Bart Cubbedge overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gilmour is looking for a triangle here but Cubbedge uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gilmour can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cubbedge in the domination position with Gilmour hanging on.
Cubbedge wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gilmour keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cubbedge tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gilmour is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmour struggling a bit here.
Gilmour tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cubbedge throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Cubbedge wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gilmour, who protects the arm well.
Gilmour tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cubbedge wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gilmour wants to control but Cubbedge postures up.
Cubbedge working the ground and pound from side control.
Gilmour can't do much from the bottom here.
Cubbedge postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cubbedge working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gilmour wants to control but Cubbedge postures up.
Gilmour is being controlled here.
Gilmour struggling a bit here.
Gilmour gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Cubbedge tries to control but Gilmour wriggling away.
Gilmour wants to hold on but Cubbedge pushes him away.
Cubbedge with good strikes from the mount here!
Gilmour is looking to get to half guard.
Cubbedge working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cubbedge is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Gilmour to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Gilmour shrugs it off.
Gilmour taking shots to the head.
Cubbedge dominating with strikes here.
Cubbedge throwing strikes here but Gilmour is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gilmour is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gilmour tries to hold on but Cubbedge pushes him away.
Cubbedge can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gilmour is looking to escape.
Cubbedge takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Gilmour trying to control the action but Cubbedge just sinks the hooks in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour is in bad spot here.
Cubbedge trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Cubbedge lands strikes to the head.
Cubbedge lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Gilmour.
Cubbedge 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.
Cubbedge tries to keep control of the position but Gilmour is staying busy.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gilmour trying to control the position but Cubbedge manages to sink in the hooks.
Cubbedge seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Cubbedge wants to control but Gilmour is keeping busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cubbedge is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Gilmour has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Cubbedge working for a choke but Gilmour is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bart Cubbedge dominated that second round.
That's time! Cubbedge 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Danga de danga de dang - Cubbedge scores with a four punch combination!
Cubbedge scores with a hook to the body. Gilmour takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cubbedge throws a chopping leg kick but Gilmour manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gilmour changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Cubbedge dives in and scores a takedown into Gilmour's guard.
Cubbedge advances to half guard.
Gilmour trying to control from the bottom.
Cubbedge wants to work for an arm triangle but Gilmour is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilmour is looking for a sweep. Cubbedge is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gilmour trying to control from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Cubbedge seems content to control.
Cubbedge is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gilmour sees it coming and defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmour trying to control but Cubbedge postures up.
Cubbedge is trying to control. Gilmour wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gilmour tries to get to full guard but Cubbedge has control of the leg.
Cubbedge seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gilmour does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cubbedge has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cubbedge wants to control the pace but Gilmour is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour has given up his back here.
Gilmour is in bad spot here.
Gilmour showing good submission defense here.
Gilmour staying busy and making it hard for Cubbedge to control.
Gilmour tries to break free.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cubbedge working for the choke.
Cubbedge misses with punches from the back.
Cubbedge not allowing Gilmour to control his hands.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Cubbedge 's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Cubbedge is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Cubbedge is not going to allow Gilmour to sit and survive in this position.
Roland Gilmour has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cubbedge is working for a rear naked choke. Gilmour is not defending it well and Cubbedge has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Gilmour refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Gilmour's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bart Cubbedge !
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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