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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King The Dragon (ranked 5033 p4p, 4460 weight class) and Brad Stevens (ranked 535 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, King The Dragon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brad Stevens !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dragon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Dragon throws a leg kick
and Stevens moves into the clinch.
Stevens should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Stevens works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The Dragon tries to break free but Stevens pushes him back against the cage.
The Dragon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stevens tries a body shot but The Dragon blocks it.
The Dragon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stevens tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stevens scores with a shot to the side of The Dragon's head.
The Dragon can't break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Stevens .
Stevens tries a body shot but The Dragon blocks it.
Stevens using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Dragon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Dragon is trying to break the clinch but Stevens has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stevens tries to throw a body punch but The Dragon avoids it by throwing Stevens back against the cage.
Stevens keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Dragon's efforts to push away.
Stevens lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
A short right from Stevens on the inside.
Stevens lands an elbow that stopped The Dragon in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like King The Dragon has been cut.
The Dragon wants to break free but Stevens has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stevens .
A knee to the head by Stevens .
Stevens lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stevens scores with a shot to the side of The Dragon's head.
A nice left hand lands by Stevens .
Stevens lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
The Dragon is trying to break the clinch but Stevens has him pressed against the cage.
The Dragon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Dragon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stevens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Dragon's elbow.
The Dragon working hard to break the clinch.
Stevens tries a knee to the head but The Dragon blocks it.
Stevens misses with a body punch.
Stevens has a couple of punches blocked by The Dragon.
Stevens gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Dragon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Dragon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Dragon wants to break free but Stevens has control.
The Dragon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stevens has him pressed against the cage.
The Dragon wants to break free but Stevens has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens lands a damaging elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stevens with a knee to the head.
King The Dragon's cut is getting worse.
Stevens tries to throw a body punch but The Dragon avoids it by throwing Stevens back against the cage.
Stevens lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
Stevens landing knees to the head.
The Dragon can't break the clinch.
Stevens gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stevens lands a nice elbow.
The Dragon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stevens working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stevens stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The Dragon blocks an elbow strike.
The Dragon is trying to break free.
The Dragon is looking to break free of the clinch but Stevens has double underhooks.
The Dragon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stevens throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Dragons head.
Stevens prevents The Dragon from breaking the clinch.
The Dragon tries to circle away but Stevens has him pinned against the cage.
Stevens lands an elbow that stopped The Dragon in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Dragon is trying to push Stevens away but Stevens has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stevens crunches a lovely knee into The Dragon's ribcage.
The Dragon is breathing heavily.
Stevens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Dragon or not.
Stevens dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice body punch from Stevens - that landed with a thud.
Stevens keeps control of The Dragon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stevens is working The Dragon over against the cage.
Stevens comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stevens obliges.
The Dragon is looking to break free of the clinch but Stevens has double underhooks.
Stevens connects with a knee to the head.
The Dragon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stevens is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stevens softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stevens lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
King The Dragon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Stevens lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
Stevens working The Dragon over with knees to the body.
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!
Stevens creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Dragon's defenses.
Stevens lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
Stevens lands an elbow inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stevens gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stevens throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stevens lands an elbow inside.
Stevens has The Dragon pressed against the cage, preventing The Dragon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stevens lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
The Dragon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Dragon is trying to force a seperation but Stevens has the dominant position.
Stevens lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stevens tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stevens has The Dragon pressed against the cage, preventing The Dragon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stevens lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Dragon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stevens working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stevens lands with a light punch inside.
Stevens lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
Stevens misses with a knee strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Stevens dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King The Dragon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The Dragon throws a looping overhand right but Stevens ducks down to avoid it.
Stevens is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The Dragon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Dragon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Dragon misses with an uppercut
and Stevens counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Dragon.
A nice side step and Stevens releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The Dragon just misses with a punch to the body.
Stevens looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The Dragon throws a front kick aimed at Stevens 's knee but Stevens avoids it well.
Stevens checks a low kick from The Dragon.
The Dragon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Stevens avoids the body shot from The Dragon.
It seemed like Stevens was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Stevens checks a low kick from The Dragon.
Stevens swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stevens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Dragon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens lands a nice shot to the body.
The Dragon looks to land a combination but Stevens avoids it well.
The Dragon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A punch combination from The Dragon misses.
The Dragon lands with a straight right. Stevens didn't see that one coming.
King The Dragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevens moves into the clinch.
Stevens throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Dragon blocks it with crossed arms.
The Dragon wants to get back to striking at distance but Stevens won't allow it.
Stevens lands with a light punch inside.
Stevens connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Dragon's face.
Stevens lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stevens looking to throw knees to the head but The Dragon is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Stevens .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Dragon takes a shot to the head.
The Dragon tries to break free but Stevens pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Dragon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Dragon is trying to break the clinch but Stevens has him pressed against the cage.
Stevens blocking some punches.
The Dragon wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Dragon lands a right hand.
Stevens putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Dragon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stevens has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stevens keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Dragon's efforts to push away.
The Dragon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stevens lands a shoulder strike.
Stevens keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Dragon's efforts to push away.
Stevens comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Dragon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Stevens scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brad Stevens seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stevens scores with a shoulder strike.
Stevens prevents The Dragon from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Stevens on the inside.
Stevens lands a nice shot to the body.
The Dragon is trying to break the clinch but Stevens has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Stevens as the two fighters clinch.
Stevens landing knees to the body.
The Dragon tries to circle away but Stevens has him pinned against the cage.
Stevens gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stevens creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Dragon's defenses.
Stevens scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stevens .
Stevens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Dragon or not.
Stevens lands an elbow inside that The Dragon shrugs off.
Stevens lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The Dragon working hard to break the clinch.
Stevens 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stevens lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Stevens .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon wants to get back to striking at distance but Stevens won't allow it.
The Dragon managing to block the knees to the body from Stevens .
A nice left hand lands by Stevens .
Stevens lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
Stevens lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stevens lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Stevens .
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stevens .
The Dragon has had enough of the clinch but Stevens keeps him there for the moment.
Stevens lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Dragon tries to break the clinch but Stevens is controlling the position.
A right hand to the body from Stevens .
The Dragon wants to get back to striking at distance but Stevens won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on The Dragon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Dragon has had enough of the clinch but Stevens keeps him there for the moment.
Stevens creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Dragon's defenses.
Jeez, King The Dragon's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Stevens putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Dragon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stevens scores with a shoulder strike.
Stevens works on The Dragon's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Stevens showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on King The Dragon's cut.
That's time! The Dragon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Good work by Stevens as he checks the leg kick.
Stevens looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stevens throws a jab but it's blocked by The Dragon.
The Dragon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A slow jab from Stevens misses its intended target.
The Dragon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stevens has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stevens misses with a lunging right hand
and The Dragon counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stevens thinking.
The Dragon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The Dragon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stevens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stevens misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Stevens finds it's target.
Stevens lands a nice shot that snaps The Dragon's head back.
The Dragon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from The Dragon.
Stevens throws out a counter right but The Dragon avoids it with no problem.
The Dragon throws a head kick that Stevens semi-blocks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dragon throws a low kick, looking for Stevens 's leg but Stevens calmly moves out of range.
Stevens throws a body punch but The Dragon moves out of range.
The Dragon is looking to wear down Stevens with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The Dragon misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stevens takes a swing at The Dragon's ribcage but misses.
The Dragon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Dragon misses with a looping left.
Stevens steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from The Dragon.
The Dragon misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by The Dragon.
The Dragon looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
The Dragon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stevens takes a swing at The Dragon's ribcage but misses.
The Dragon throws a series of punches but Stevens moves out of range.
Brad Stevens is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon throws a head kick that misses.
Stevens doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The Dragon throws a jab when Stevens was well out of range.
The Dragon digs a good hook to Stevens 's body.
The Dragon throws an off balance right hand
and Stevens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stevens takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The Dragon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Stevens finds it's way round the side to connect with The Dragon's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevens blocks a low kick nicely.
Stevens doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The Dragon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A low kick from The Dragon is predictable there
and Stevens counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stevens lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Dragon backwards.
The Dragon is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon tries to break the clinch but Stevens is controlling the position.
The Dragon gets through Stevens 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Dragon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Dragon is trying to break the clinch but Stevens is controlling him.
The Dragon wants to get back to striking at distance but Stevens won't allow it.
The Dragon is trying to break the clinch but Stevens is controlling him.
King The Dragon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Dragon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stevens looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stevens is stalling here.
Stevens works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The Dragon misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens lands an elbow that stopped The Dragon in his tracks for a moment.
The Dragon misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on The Dragon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Dragon throws a punch but it's blocked by Stevens .
Stevens blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Dragon has a couple of punches blocked by Stevens .
The Dragon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Dragon misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevens has The Dragon pressed against the cage, preventing The Dragon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stevens lands a body shot.
The Dragon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Dragon throws a punch but it's blocked by Stevens .
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to King The Dragon.
I think Stevens has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight for Brad Stevens !
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Brad Stevens !
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Brad Stevens !
Brad Stevens wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Brad Stevens thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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