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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Bell (ranked 5957 p4p, 3305 weight class) and John Vico (ranked 0 p4p, 429 weight class). Vico is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Grace. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brad Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Vico!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vico darts in and clinches Bell up against the cage.
Vico lands a hook that snaps the head of Bell backwards.
Vico is pushing Bell up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bell being controlled against the cage.
Vico receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Vico manages to pull guard.
Bell controls from within his opponent's guard.
Vico wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bell seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vico working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bell.
Vico is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bell is controlling him.
Bell gets to his feet. Vico looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Vico wants to clinch
and Bell counters with a stiff right hand.
Vico throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vico takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like John Vico has been cut.
Vico misses with an uppercut
and Bell counters with a nice uppercut.
Bell shoots in but no luck this time.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vico has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bell after a bit of a struggle.
Vico changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bell fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A swing and a miss from Vico.
It looked like Bell wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vico tries to clinch but Bell moves away
letting Bell counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bell ducks under a wild hook from Vico.
Vico closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Vico seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Vico looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Vico looks winded!
Bell wants to control but Vico is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell is looking to escape.
Bell is looking to improve his position.
Vico not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bell looking for submissions off his back.
Vico content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bell throws a head kick that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bell.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Bell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vico throws a sloppy head kick
and Bell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vico throws a big shot that misses.
Bell gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bell wriggles free and stands up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but John Vico will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Vico's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Vico misses with a wild body shot.
Vico darts in trying to clinch
and Bell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bell is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vico swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bell misses with a takedown attempt - Vico sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vico shoots and misses
and Bell counters with a straight right hand.
Bell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bell closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Vico's guard.
Vico manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vico lands an elbow inside that Bell shrugs off.
Vico displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bell up against the cage.
Vico has Bell pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vico creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vico wants to take the fight to the mat but Bell manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Bell tries to break free but Vico pushes him back against the cage.
Bell misses with the head strike.
Bell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vico tries to pull guard but Bell won't allow it.
Brad Bell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Vico.
Bell is trying to pull guard but Vico has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bell tries to pull guard but Vico won't allow it.
Bell manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vico landing knees to the body.
Vico can't find room to land a body shot as Bell controls the action.
Vico turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Vico manages to end up in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vico goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Bell rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Vico's guard! Nice work there by Bell!
Bell sitting in guard here, content to control.
Vico seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell trying to control the position from guard on top but Vico is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vico pulls Bell in close to prevent any damage.
Vico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bell tries to free his leg and advance position but Vico is retaining full guard.
That's four 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.
Vico is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bell looking to sit in guard and control but Vico gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vico trying to control the position from guard on top but Bell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bell trying to keep a closed guard but Vico is proving a slippery customer.
Vico drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Vico seems to have locked his on tight now - Bell screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Vico, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Vico!
During a confident post fight interview, John Vico thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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