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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andre Ward (ranked 2857 p4p, 149 weight class) and Danny Cyning (ranked 3457 p4p, 174 weight class). Andre Ward looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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135 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andre Ward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Cyning!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cyning throws a series of punches but Ward avoids them all with ease.
Ward misses with a few strikes there.
Ward has managed to clinch.
Our sources have told us that Ward has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Ward really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ward escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ward keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cyning throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ward counters by clinching up.
Ward manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Ward scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cyning wants to take the fight to the mat but Ward manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ward's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ward lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cyning is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ward.
Cyning looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cyning avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyning slips a jab and a cross from Ward.
Cyning is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cyning misses with a series of wild punches.
Ward misses with the combination.
Cyning drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ward defends it well.
Ward throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cyning tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ward is breathing heavily.
Ward misses with a low kick.
Cyning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cyning misses with a double jab.
Ward throws a series of punches but Cyning avoids them all with ease.
Cyning misses with a takedown attempt
and Ward counters by clinching up.
Ward pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cyning throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ward tests Cyning's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ward scores with a nice head shot.
A punch combination from Cyning misses.
Ward went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ward forces Cyning back against the cage and clinches.
Cyning drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ward gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Andre Ward has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Cyning.
Ward breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ward scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ward rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cyning moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cyning misses with a double jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Cyning or perhaps it was just good defense by Ward, which made it look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyning rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ward moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ward displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ward lands with a straight right. Cyning didn't see that one coming.
Ward throws a right hand that Cyning ducks under and follows up with a left that Cyning also avoids with ease.
Ward misses with a wild combination.
Cyning just misses with a punch to the body.
Ward ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cyning fails to land with a series of punches.
Ward getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A cross from Ward lands.
Ward showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cyning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ward connects with a nice looking jab.
Ward fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ward throws a leg kick but Cyning checks it.
Ward pushes Cyning away with a front kick.
Cyning has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cyning swinging wildly here.
Cyning swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cyning takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ward rushes Cyning and presses him up against the cage.
Ward escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ward misses with a double jab.
Cyning tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ward defends well and Cyning ends up having to push Ward into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jab from Ward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Ward dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ward misses with a two punch combination.
Jab, jab by Ward - just one landing.
Ward fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ward is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cyning can do to turn this around?
Ward scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cyning shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ward is trying to defend but Cyning finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Cyning missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cyning performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Cyning has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyning works his way into full mount!
Cyning looking to isolate an arm here. Ward doesn't see it coming and as Cyning extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Cyning!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Danny Cyning!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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