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Forever Free 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cletus McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramsy Ricochet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee. Ramsy Ricochet will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cletus McDonald !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramsy Ricochet!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricochet fails with the takedown.
McDonald feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ricochet is looking to stand back up but McDonald counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Ricochet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McDonald has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
McDonald throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ricochet is trying desperately to improve position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McDonald has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ricochet keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McDonald takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
McDonald avoids the attempt from Ricochet to control.
Ricochet stops McDonald from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricochet wants to control but McDonald is having none of it.
McDonald controlling the position easily from mount.
This is a sustained period of stalling by McDonald .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ricochet avoids a series of strikes thrown by McDonald .
McDonald controlling from the full mount.
McDonald seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ricochet for as long as he can get away with.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cletus McDonald 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.
McDonald drives through with a takedown into guard.
McDonald slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ricochet is trying to control the position but McDonald postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ricochet wants to hit a switch here but McDonald passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ricochet there!
McDonald tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald '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.
Ricochet is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McDonald controlling the position easily from mount.
McDonald continues to hold on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ricochet can do to turn this around?
McDonald continues to stall.
Ricochet is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McDonald controlling his opponent.
We've been informed that Ricochet has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Cletus McDonald overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Further stalling from McDonald .
McDonald avoids the attempt from Ricochet to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McDonald scoring with strikes but Ricochet is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cletus McDonald dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
McDonald swings for the body but Ricochet moves out of range.
Ricochet gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McDonald advances position into side control!
A lull in the action here as McDonald stalls from top position.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because McDonald is stinking the place up with his stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald misses with the ground and pound.
McDonald is staying tight to Ricochet's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Ricochet is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald controls the position from side control.
McDonald is trying to get an arm triangle but Ricochet is defending well.
McDonald controlling from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
McDonald takes a little break here. Ricochet wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ricochet pushes McDonald away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, McDonald gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Cletus McDonald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ramsy Ricochet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ricochet is looking to reverse the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cletus McDonald showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McDonald has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cletus McDonald !
Cletus McDonald decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Britz Omega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Monteiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joshua Monteiro acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Britz Omega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joshua Monteiro !
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monteiro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Omega feinted with a counter takedown.
Monteiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Monteiro moves in looking to clinch but Omega pushes him off.
Monteiro lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Omega has taken the fight to the clinch.
Omega tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Omega tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Monteiro smiles and moves away.
Omega drives through and clinches with Monteiro against the cage.
Omega tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Monteiro just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Omega pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Monteiro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Monteiro throws a right and a left that Omega avoids nicely.
Omega gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Omega is pushing Monteiro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Omega blocks the elbow strike.
Omega escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Monteiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Monteiro is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Monteiro .
Omega breaks from the clinch.
Omega fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Monteiro , pushing him back against the cage.
Monteiro can't find room to land a body shot as Omega controls the action.
Omega misses with the head strike.
Monteiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Omega jumps guard but Monteiro turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Britz Omega. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Omega jumps into guard, dragging Monteiro to the mat.
Omega is controlling Monteiro 's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Omega has a closed guard, preventing Monteiro from standing up.
Omega is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Omega manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Monteiro manages to get himself to full guard.
Monteiro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Omega. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Omega stands and steps away. Monteiro gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Monteiro wants to clinch up but Omega keeps it at a distance.
Joshua Monteiro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Monteiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Omega paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monteiro moves in looking to clinch but Omega pushes him off.
Monteiro is looking to clinch.
Omega avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick by Omega misses
enabling Monteiro to counter with a crisp jab.
Monteiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Omega circles away.
Omega pushes Monteiro up against the cage in a clinch.
Omega breaks from the clinch.
Monteiro tries to clinch but Omega moves out of range.
Omega drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Omega controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Omega stops Monteiro from standing up.
Omega is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Britz Omega dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Oooooh!!! Monteiro has knocked Omega down with a huge combo! Monteiro steps away and waves a wobbly Omega back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Britz Omega has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Monteiro . Omega does a little dance to reset his feet.
Omega shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Monteiro sprawls well. Monteiro wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Omega gets slowly back to his feet.
Monteiro throws a series of punches but Omega avoids them all with ease.
Omega tries to score a power double leg takedown but Monteiro sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Omega somewhat.
Monteiro cracks Omega with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Omega looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Monteiro is fending him off so far but Omega persists. Nope, Monteiro circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Britz Omega. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Monteiro blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monteiro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Omega moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Monteiro looks to move away, Omega throws a big counter combo but Monteiro just gets out of the way.
Joshua Monteiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Omega tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Monteiro defends well and Omega ends up having to push Monteiro into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Omega has a takedown stuffed.
Monteiro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Monteiro catches Omega with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Omega forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joshua Monteiro !
After the fight, Joshua Monteiro was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miller Light (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfhelm Toten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller Light could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Wolfhelm Toten's chin.
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240 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miller Light!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wolfhelm Toten!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toten digs a good body shot into Light's ribs.
Toten moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Light just misses with a elbow thrown towards Toten's brow.
Toten lands with a short punch from the clinch.
It looks like Miller Light has been cut.
A right handed body shot lands from Toten.
Light is breathing heavily.
Toten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lights head.
Toten is working Light over against the cage.
Toten digs a right hand into Light's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Light's gas tank.
I was talking to Light's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Toten lands with a left to the head.
Toten lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Light backwards.
Toten lands a hook that snaps the head of Light backwards.
Toten leaning his opponent against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Light takes a shot to the head.
Light is rocked!
Toten pushes Light against the cage. Toten is working some dirty boxing. Toten pushes off with a quick right hook! Light goes down! Light tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Toten moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wolfhelm Toten!
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