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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cassius Clay (ranked 7039 p4p, 488 weight class) and Missus DePuss (ranked 4191 p4p, 364 weight class). Cassius Clay has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cassius Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Missus DePuss!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DePuss pushes Clay up against the cage in a clinch.
DePuss misses with a body punch.
Clay unloads a knee to the mid-section.
DePuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
DePuss takes a knee to the side of the body.
Clay using the Thai plumb to throw knees but DePuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
I was talking to Clay's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Clay blocks an elbow strike.
Clay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Missus DePuss has been cut.
DePuss takes a knee right on the jaw!
Clay could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clay crunches a lovely knee into DePuss's ribcage.
DePuss looks winded!
Clay is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Clay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clay lands a knee to the body.
Clay landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Clay lands an elbow inside that DePuss shrugs off.
Clay landing knees to the body.
Clay lands an elbow inside that DePuss shrugs off.
Clay with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
DePuss takes a knee to the side of the body.
Clay lands an elbow inside that DePuss shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Clay.
Clay misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay landing knees to the head.
Clay looking to throw knees to the head but DePuss is blocking nicely.
DePuss throws an elbow that misses.
DePuss goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
DePuss dodges an elbow strike from Clay.
Clay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from DePuss.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, DePuss just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
DePuss misses with a punch to the body.
Clay tries a knee to the head but DePuss blocks it.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from DePuss.
Clay dodges an elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, DePuss just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
Clay lands an elbow that stopped DePuss in his tracks for a moment.
DePuss goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
DePuss misses with a punch to the body.
DePuss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, DePuss just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
Clay crunches a lovely knee into DePuss's ribcage.
With the fighters up against the cage, DePuss throws an elbow but misses.
Clay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clay avoids the elbow strike from DePuss, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clay blocks a body shot from DePuss.
DePuss can't find room to land a body shot as Clay controls the action.
Clay scores with a knee to the head.
DePuss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss pushes off an throws an elbow but Clay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clay avoids the elbow strike from DePuss, against the cage.
Clay landing knees to the head.
Clay using the Thai plumb to throw knees but DePuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clay dodges an elbow strike from DePuss.
Clay connects with a nasty looking knee right to DePuss's face.
Clay pushes off an throws an elbow but DePuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay blocks an elbow strike.
Clay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
DePuss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've been informed that DePuss has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
DePuss blocks the elbow strike.
Clay dodges an elbow strike from DePuss.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
Clay prevents a body shot from DePuss.
DePuss tries to work over Clay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
DePuss avoiding damage as Clay throws knees to the body.
Clay prevents a body shot from DePuss.
Clay avoids the elbow strike from DePuss, against the cage.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Knees in the clinch landing for Clay.
DePuss can't find room to land a body shot as Clay controls the action.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
DePuss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DePuss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
DePuss misses with a punch to the body.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss managing to block the knees to the body from Clay.
DePuss can't find room to land a body shot as Clay controls the action.
Clay misses with an elbow over the top.
DePuss works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Clay misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, DePuss just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
Clay scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
DePuss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clay's elbow.
Clay misses with a knee to the head.
Clay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through DePuss's defenses.
Clay prevents a body shot from DePuss.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clay lands a nice elbow.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clay trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cassius Clay dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Missus DePuss's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Clay rushes DePuss and presses him up against the cage.
DePuss managing to block the knees to the body from Clay.
Clay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
DePuss throws an elbow but it misses.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from DePuss in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
DePuss blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clay just misses with a elbow thrown towards DePuss's brow.
Clay tries to land a knee to the head but DePuss blocks with his arms.
A left hand lands to the body for DePuss.
Clay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that DePuss can do to turn this around?
DePuss gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Cassius Clay has been cut.
DePuss throws an elbow but it misses.
Clay blocks an elbow strike.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
DePuss throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
DePuss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
DePuss misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, DePuss throws an elbow but misses.
Clay throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clay lands a knee to the body.
Cassius Clay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Clay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
DePuss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
DePuss pushes off an throws an elbow but Clay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
DePuss misses with an elbow over the top.
Clay trying to land knees to the body.
DePuss tries to throw a body punch but Clay avoids it by throwing DePuss back against the cage.
Clay throws an elbow but it misses.
Clay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clay tries a knee to the head but DePuss blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, DePuss throws an elbow but misses.
DePuss pushes off an throws an elbow but Clay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
DePuss struggles to land a body shot inside as Clay controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, DePuss throws an elbow but misses.
DePuss throws an elbow but it's blocked.
DePuss throws an elbow that misses.
Clay tries a knee to the head but DePuss blocks it.
Clay dodges an elbow strike from DePuss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
DePuss misses with a body punch.
Clay blocks the elbow strike.
DePuss lands an elbow inside that Clay shrugs off.
DePuss misses with a shot to the kidneys.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
DePuss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clay blocks an elbow strike.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss throws an elbow that misses.
Clay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss throws an elbow but it's blocked.
DePuss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clay's elbow.
Clay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
DePuss throws an elbow that misses.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clay lands an elbow that stopped DePuss in his tracks for a moment.
Clay looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay blocks a body shot from DePuss.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
Clay misses with an elbow strike.
Clay avoids the elbow strike from DePuss, against the cage.
Clay pushes off an throws an elbow but DePuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
DePuss tries to work over Clay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clay avoids the elbow strike from DePuss, against the cage.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
DePuss throws an elbow that misses.
Clay looking to throw knees to the head but DePuss is blocking nicely.
Clay blocks the elbow strike.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
DePuss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
DePuss misses with a punch to the body.
Clay blocks a body shot from DePuss.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, DePuss just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
Clay misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DePuss misses with an elbow over the top.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, DePuss just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
Clay lands a knee to the head.
Clay tries to land a knee to the head but DePuss blocks with his arms.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
DePuss misses with a body punch.
Clay tries a knee to the head but DePuss blocks it.
DePuss throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clay.
Clay throws an elbow that misses.
Clay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
DePuss tries to work over Clay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
Clay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and DePuss avoids it.
Clay blocks the elbow strike.
DePuss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
DePuss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Missus DePuss showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
DePuss closes the distance and clinches.
DePuss tries to throw a body punch but Clay avoids it by throwing DePuss back against the cage.
Clay tries to land knees in the clinch but DePuss avoids the damage to the body.
Clay throws a knee to the head but misses.
DePuss pushes off an throws an elbow but Clay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
DePuss pushes off an throws an elbow but Clay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
DePuss goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clay with a knee to the head.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
DePuss misses with an elbow over the top.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clay unloads a knee to the mid-section. DePuss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Clay blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, DePuss throws an elbow but misses.
DePuss pushes off an throws an elbow but Clay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clay.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
DePuss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clay blocks a body shot from DePuss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay lands a nice knee to the body.
DePuss throws an elbow that misses.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
Clay throws an elbow but it misses.
Clay is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Clay lands an elbow inside.
DePuss misses with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Clay.
Clay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clay looking to throw knees to the head but DePuss is blocking nicely.
Clay lands an elbow just above DePuss 's eye.
DePuss throws an elbow but it's blocked.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clay misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, DePuss just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
DePuss tries a body shot but Clay blocks it.
Clay blocks an elbow strike.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clay avoids the elbow strike from DePuss, against the cage.
Clay prevents a body shot from DePuss.
DePuss throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clay lands an elbow that stopped DePuss in his tracks for a moment.
Clay tries to land knees in the clinch but DePuss avoids the damage to the body.
DePuss tries a body shot but Clay blocks it.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
DePuss managing to block the knees to the body from Clay.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
DePuss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clay's elbow.
DePuss managing to block the knees to the body from Clay.
Clay blocks an elbow strike.
Clay pushes off an throws an elbow but DePuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Clay avoids the elbow strike from DePuss, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, DePuss just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
Clay avoids the elbow strike from DePuss, against the cage.
DePuss throws an elbow but it misses.
Clay looking to throw knees to the head but DePuss is blocking nicely.
DePuss can't find room to land a body shot as Clay controls the action.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clay blocks an elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
DePuss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
DePuss blocks an elbow strike from Clay.
DePuss misses with an elbow strike.
Clay tries a knee to the head but DePuss blocks it.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
Clay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
DePuss pushes off an throws an elbow but Clay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hand to the body from DePuss.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
DePuss is leaning against Clay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
DePuss throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DePuss misses with a hook to the ribs.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
DePuss digs a right hand underneath Clay's ribcage. Clay let out a lung full of air as it connected.
DePuss tries to throw a body punch but Clay avoids it by throwing DePuss back against the cage.
Clay blocks the elbow strike.
DePuss pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clay avoids a wild elbow strike from DePuss.
DePuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
DePuss throws an elbow but it misses.
DePuss misses with a hook to the ribs.
DePuss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clay landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clay blocks a body shot from DePuss.
DePuss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clay missing with knees to the body.
Clay throws an elbow that misses.
Clay blocks the elbow strike.
DePuss creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Missus DePuss.
I think DePuss has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Missus DePuss!
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