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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anton Gardner (ranked 743 p4p, 2964 weight class) and Drax Bautista (ranked 95 p4p, 321 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Gardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drax Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautista takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bautista lands with a short shot to the head.
Gardner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gardner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gardner swings wildly with an uppercut but Bautista uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bautista is leaning against Gardner and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gardner blocking some punches.
Bautista misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bautista fails to land.
Gardner lands a body shot in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bautista.
Bautista lands a nice shot to the body.
Gardner is breathing heavily.
Bautista working aggressively here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gardner prevents a body shot from Bautista.
Gardner definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bautista lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner tries to throw a body punch but Bautista avoids it by throwing Gardner back against the cage.
Bautista swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bautista lands with a right to the head.
Gardner presses Bautista against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bautista misses with the head strike.
Bautista can't find room to land a body shot as Gardner controls the action.
Gardner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bautista's elbow.
Gardner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bautista misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gardner.
Gardner misses with a punch on the inside.
Bautista blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gardner being controlled against the cage.
Gardner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bautista can't find room to land a body shot as Gardner controls the action.
Bautista struggles to land a body shot inside as Gardner controls his hands.
Bautista is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bautista doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gardner lands a right hand.
Bautista lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Gardner misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gardner.
Bautista lands a hook that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bautista wants a takedown.
Bautista lands a left hand.
Gardner prevents a body shot from Bautista.
Bautista takes a shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gardner working aggressively here.
Gardner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bautista cracks Gardner with a nice body shot.
Bautista lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
A short uppercut from Bautista.
Bautista lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Bautista tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gardner avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista misses with a punch to the body.
Bautista struggles to land a body shot inside as Gardner controls his hands.
Bautista lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Bautista misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gardner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bautista misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bautista lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Bautista lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Gardner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bautista misses with a body punch.
Bautista lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bautista fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bautista lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bautista lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bautista tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gardner's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bautista.
Bautista misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gardner struggles to land a body shot inside as Bautista controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bautista digs a right hand underneath Gardner's ribcage. Gardner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bautista scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bautista blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bautista leaning against his opponent.
Bautista lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bautista.
Bautista misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bautista lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Bautista.
Bautista lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gardner is rocked!
Bautista lands a left hand.
Oh Gardner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bautista creates a bit of distance for himself, with Gardner pressed up against the cage and cracks Gardner with a massive uppercut! Gardner goes down! He's out cold! Wow, that was some serious power there by Bautista!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Drax Bautista!
After the fight, Drax Bautista 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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