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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Free (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Balanced (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Will Balanced acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Free
vs
Balanced

183 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Russian Experiments

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Free!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Balanced!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Balanced. No joy for Free on that attempt.
Free shoots for a takedown but Balanced saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Balanced doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Free counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Free.
Free trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Balanced wants to get back to his feet but Free is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Free trying to control but Balanced is working from the bottom.
Balanced is controlling Free's posture.
Free trying to control but Balanced is working from the bottom.
Free is breathing heavily.
Free is looking to work some ground and pound but Balanced has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balanced managing to control the position.
Free content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Free has his takedown stuffed

and Balanced moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Free. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Free prevents Balanced from breaking the clinch.
Free fails to pull guard.
Come on Free - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Balanced fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Free is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Balanced tries to pull guard but Free holds him up against the cage and eventually Balanced drops back down to his feet.
Free letting Balanced take a breather here.
Free looking to throw knees to the head but Balanced is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Balanced.
Balanced looking to throw knees to the head but Free is blocking nicely.
Free jumps guard but Balanced stands there with Free around his waist. Free gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Balanced gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Free.
Free tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Balanced manages to pull guard.
Free stopping the sweep attempt from Balanced.
Free passes into half guard.
Balanced slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Free wants to stand but Balanced is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balanced tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Free stands and steps away. Balanced gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Free scores with a takedown into Balanced's guard.

Free gets to his feet - Balanced follows without any prompting.

Free shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Balanced's guard.
Free pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balanced is keeping the position for now.
Balanced has Free pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Free won't allow Balanced to sweep him here.

Free gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Balanced rushes Free and presses him up against the cage.
Balanced drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Free gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Free has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Balanced avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Free misses with the head strike.
Balanced is trying to break free.

Balanced breaks the clinch.
Balanced shoots and misses

and Free counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balanced wants to control but Free is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Free stands up and beckons Balanced to join him on the feet.

Free gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Free 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.

Free has his takedown stuffed

and Balanced holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Free wants a takedown.
Balanced tries for a takedown but Free manages to get underhooks.

Free breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Free changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Balanced looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Free landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Free scores with a couple of short elbows.
Free content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Balanced struggling a bit here.

Free decides to stand up, so the ref orders Balanced to his feet.
Free fails with the takedown

so Balanced counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Free. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Free is on top in guard.
Balanced working a defensive guard here.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Free wants to control from the top but Balanced keeps moving.
Balanced keeping full guard, as Free tries to pass.
Balanced is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Balanced might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Free kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Balanced pulls Free in close to prevent any damage.
Scott Free overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Free slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Free gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Balanced jumps guard and drags Free to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Balanced looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Balanced is working an open guard so Free takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Free gets a clinch.
Free lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Free has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Balanced regains guard immediately.
Balanced looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Free in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Balanced lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Free!
Balanced content just to control the position here.
Free is just holding on here. Balanced manages to take his back.
Balanced misses with punches from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Free is really stuck here.
Free trying to control the hands but Balanced won't let him.

Balanced has his opponent's back but Free is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Balanced.
Free looks to clinch

and Balanced decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Free's guard.
Free wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Free's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Balanced wants to control from the top but Free keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Will Balanced will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Balanced bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Balanced decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Balanced thows a huge punch but Free dodges it nicely.
Balanced prevents Free from improving his position.
Free is looking to control Balanced's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Free avoid being mounted?
Balanced is taking a breather. Free 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.
Balanced trying to control from half guard but Free is working away.
Free throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Balanced manages to pass to side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balanced tries to move into full mount but can't pass Free's legs.

Balanced is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Free is trying to escape and Balanced transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Free is forced to tap! Nice work there by Balanced! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Will Balanced!
Will Balanced is the new middleweight champion!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Wreckon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viper PG Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wreckon comes into the arena with young blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Wreckon
vs
PG Master

188 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Russian Experiments

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Wreckon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viper PG Master!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wreckon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
PG Master fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wreckon tries to clinch up.
PG Master shoots in but Wreckon avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wreckon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
PG Master shoots for a double leg takedown but Wreckon sprawls well. He's pushed PG Master's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sean Wreckon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Viper PG Master.
PG Master closes the distance and clinches up with Wreckon, looking for a takedown. PG Master pushes Wreckon against the cage but Wreckon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wreckon misses with a few strikes there.
Wreckon throws a right and a left that PG Master avoids nicely.
Wreckon throws a series of punches but PG Master moves out of range.
Wreckon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
PG Master closes the distance and clinches up with Wreckon, looking for a takedown. PG Master pushes Wreckon against the cage but Wreckon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Oooh a lovely combination from Wreckon sends PG Master down but not out. Wreckon dives into side control looking to finish.

PG Master is rocked!

It looks like Viper PG Master has been cut.
PG Master taking a bit of punishment here - Wreckon scoring with strikes.
PG Master is still in real trouble! Can Wreckon finish him?

Wreckon has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
PG Master seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
PG Master looks for a takedown but Wreckon sprawls well.
PG Master tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wreckon swivels and escapes.
Wreckon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
PG Master showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wreckon.
Wreckon is breathing heavily.
PG Master fails with the takedown.

Wreckon bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wreckon tries to score with some ground and pound. PG Master controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
PG Master manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. PG Master manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
PG Master wants to sweep here but Wreckon controlling him for the moment.
Wreckon thows a big elbow that misses.

PG Master looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wreckon distracts PG Master with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wreckon working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of PG Master's head.

PG Master is looking to sinch up a triangle. Wreckon throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to PG Master's body to avoid the submission. PG Master has instead reached around Wreckon's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! PG Master arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Viper PG Master!
Viper PG Master is the new welterweight champion!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jonas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vito Clemenza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jon Jonas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vito Clemenza's chin.

Jonas
vs
Clemenza

165 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
149 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Jonas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vito Clemenza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clemenza tries to clinch there but Jonas circles away.
Jonas looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Clemenza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clemenza doesn't manage to clinch there - Jonas circles away.
Clemenza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clemenza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jonas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clemenza throws out the jab.
Jonas avoids the head kick by Clemenza.
Clemenza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jonas paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jonas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Clemenza is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jonas is controlling him well.
Clemenza tries to bench press Jonas off him but Jonas keeps the position.
Clemenza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jonas has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Clemenza!

Jonas is working for a guillotine from mount but Clemenza frees his head quite easily.
Clemenza regains half guard.
Jonas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jonas 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clemenza wants to get back to his feet.
Jonas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clemenza keeps working.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jonas stops Clemenza from getting back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Clemenza misses with a takedown

and Jonas counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Clemenza!
Jonas raining down shots from the mount!
Clemenza is trying desperately to improve position.
Clemenza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jonas. What's that going to do exactly?
Jonas with good strikes from the mount here!
Clemenza wants to try and get back to his feet.
Clemenza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jonas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clemenza is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jonas won't let Clemenza get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jonas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Clemenza looks a forlorn figure.
Jonas takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Clemenza working to try and regain half guard.
Jonas raining down shots from the mount!
Clemenza wants to get back to his feet.
Jonas prevents Clemenza from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Jonas.
You get the feeling that Clemenza really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clemenza working to try and regain half guard.
Jonas scoring with strikes but Clemenza is staying in there.
Clemenza wants to get back to his feet.
Jonas scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Clemenza is trying to escape the mount.
Jonas landing shots from mount.
Clemenza really wants to buck Jonas off and get back to his feet.
Clemenza is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Jonas landing strikes, looking to finish!
Clemenza takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Clemenza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Clemenza takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The referee warns Clemenza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jonas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Clemenza?

Clemenza is rocked!
Jonas with good strikes from the mount here!
Clemenza is still in real trouble! Can Jonas finish him?
Clemenza trying desperately to get to his feet.
Jonas landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jonas.
Clemenza really wants to buck Jonas off and get back to his feet.
Jonas working the ground and pound effectively.
Jonas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clemenza's face.
Jonas lands a big elbow - Clemenza is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Clemenza is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jon Jonas!
Jon Jonas is the new featherweight champion!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
65%

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between james franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diesel Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). james franco has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

franco
vs
Ward

225 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

178 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, james franco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diesel Ward!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
franco swinging wilding here.
Ward goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Some bone on bone action there as Ward checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
franco shoots in looking for a takedown. Ward tries to sprawl out of it but franco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ward manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
franco scores with a three punch combo!
franco shoots in looking for a takedown. Ward tries to sprawl out of it but franco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ward manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
franco looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ward is fending him off so far but franco persists. Nope, Ward circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for james franco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ward keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
franco closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ward circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
franco tries to close the distance and clinch but Ward swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
franco shoots for a takedown but Ward saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
franco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ward.
Ward falls off balance throwing a combination
and franco counters with a straight right hand.
Ward misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from franco.
Ward throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ward swats away the attempt to clinch by franco.
Ward misses with a double jab
and franco counters with a two punch combo.
Ward throws a left and a right that both miss

and franco counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
franco is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward gets full guard.
Ward looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ward is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ward manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
franco is trying desperately to improve position.

Ward is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Ward!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Diesel Ward!
Diesel Ward is the new bantamweight champion!