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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Furry (ranked 2630 p4p, 22939 weight class) and Dale Holloway (ranked 284 p4p, 507 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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155
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175 cm
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145
6 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryan Furry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dale Holloway!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Furry.
Furry works Holloway's body with a nice hook.
A punch combination from Holloway misses.
Holloway takes a swing at Furry's ribcage but misses.
Furry gets caught flat footed, as Holloway shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Furry looking for a sweep. Not yet Furry, not yet.
Holloway drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Holloway jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Furry looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holloway is one step ahead there.
Holloway looking to pass the guard.
Furry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Furry escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Holloway gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Furry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furry is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Furry looking for a sweep. Not yet Furry, not yet.
Holloway is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Holloway wants to control from the top but Furry keeps moving.
Holloway postures up and lands a big shot to Furry's brow.
Furry keeping moving, preventing Holloway from controlling successfully.
Furry has his foot on Holloway's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Holloway works his way back into a safe position though.
Holloway wants to control from the top but Furry keeps moving.
Holloway stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Furry swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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.
Furry scores with a nice shot.
Holloway must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Furry has his foot on Holloway's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Holloway works his way back into a safe position though.
Holloway stands up out of Furry's guard for a moment - Furry manages to land a nice upkick.
Holloway trying to control but Furry is working from the bottom.
Holloway wants to pass the guard but Furry is keeping the position.
Furry lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Furry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Furry scoring with some ground and pound.
Furry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Holloway is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Furry 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.
Holloway looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furry scoring with some ground and pound.
Furry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Furry wants to control from the top but Holloway keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Furry's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Furry cracks Holloway with a solid left hand.
Holloway keeping moving, preventing Furry from controlling successfully.
Furry landing with the ground and pound.
Furry scoring with punches to the head and body.
Furry trying to control the position from guard on top but Holloway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Furry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Furry is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furry chips away with some ground and pound.
Furry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Furry stopping the sweep attempt from Holloway.
Furry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Furry is working Holloway over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Furry with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Furry wants to control from the top but Holloway keeps moving.
Furry is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Holloway is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Furry lands a couple of elbows.
Holloway wants to sweep here but Furry controlling him for the moment.
Holloway keeping moving, preventing Furry from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Furry dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Furry drops Holloway with a right and a left! Furry comes rushing in but Holloway regains his composure and manages to keep Furry in guard.
Holloway is rocked!
Furry keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Holloway's head.
Holloway is still in real trouble! Can Furry finish him?
Holloway is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Holloway seems to have recovered his senses.
Furry is working Holloway over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Furry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Holloway is adopting a defensive guard.
Furry landing some decent shots from guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holloway throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Furry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Furry keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Holloway's head.
Furry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holloway is keeping the position for now.
Furry wants to control from the top but Holloway keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holloway looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Furry postures up and lands a big shot to Holloway's brow.
Furry stands up over Holloway, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Furry trying to control the position from guard on top but Holloway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Holloway working a defensive guard here.
Furry chips away with some ground and pound.
Furry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Holloway looking to hit a scissor sweep but Furry is one step ahead there.
Furry is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furry wants to control from the top but Holloway keeps moving.
Holloway is pulling down on Furry's head to control his posture.
Holloway escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Furry gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Furry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Furry lands a couple of elbows.
Holloway is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Holloway trying to keep a closed guard but Furry is proving a slippery customer.
Holloway has momentary wrist control but Furry slips an elbow through the middle.
Furry with a nice head shot there.
Furry postures up and lands a big shot to Holloway's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Furry keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Holloway's head.
Furry trying to control the position from guard on top but Holloway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Furry controlling from the top position.
Furry with a nice head shot there.
Furry postures up and lands a big shot to Holloway's brow.
Furry working some strikes from top position.
Furry with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bryan Furry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Furry thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Furry passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Holloway takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furry working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Furry tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Furry has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Furry is looking to take a break and control but Holloway is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Holloway tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Furry gets to mount! Holloway was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Holloway tries to hold on but Furry pushes him away.
Holloway in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Holloway tries to hold on but Furry postures up.
BOOM! Furry connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Furry dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Holloway looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Furry!
Furry is trying to control Holloway's posture but Holloway avoids it.
Holloway is trying to ground and pound but Furry uses the momentary lack of control by Holloway to regain half guard.
Furry moves into full guard.
Furry is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Holloway defends well.
Furry throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Furry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holloway can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Furry preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Holloway stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Furry swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holloway loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furry looking for a sweep. Not yet Furry, not yet.
Furry bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Holloway's guard.
Holloway throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Furry scoring with some ground and pound.
Furry distracts Holloway with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Holloway keeping moving, preventing Furry from controlling successfully.
Holloway has momentary wrist control but Furry slips an elbow through the middle.
Holloway has his foot on Furry's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Furry works his way back into a safe position though.
Furry content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Furry sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Holloway has momentary wrist control but Furry slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holloway isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Furry stacks Holloway on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Furry!
Holloway takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holloway gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Furry with the ground and pound from mount.
Furry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Furry postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Holloway in real trouble here! The ref calls for Holloway to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryan Furry!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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