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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Roberts's choice of entrance music: Aint no sunshine By DMX. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Forrest Dixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Roberts!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Roberts looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Dixon stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Forrest Dixon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dixon is looking to clinch.
Roberts tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dixon swivels and escapes.
Dixon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dixon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roberts blocking some punches.
Roberts's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dixon is stalling here.
Dixon lands a hook that snaps the head of Roberts backwards.
Roberts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dixon lands a knee to the head.
Dixon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the head but Roberts blocks with his arms.
Dixon scores with a hook to the body.
Dixon breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roberts keeps the fight on the outside.
Roberts tries to keep at a distance but Dixon has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dixon scores a nice knee to the body.
Dixon lands an elbow just above Roberts 's eye.
Dixon pulls Roberts into guard.
Dixon working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Roberts doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Roberts manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dixon is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Roberts advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Roberts tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Roberts has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Roberts looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dixon is trying to improve his position.
Dixon gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dixon is trying to stand up here but Roberts is controlling him well.
Roberts seems to be looking for submissions.
Roberts blocks the strikes from Dixon.
Dixon tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Dixon looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Forrest Dixon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dixon clinches with his opponent.
Dixon digs a right hand into Roberts's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Roberts's gas tank.
Dixon digs a right hand into Roberts's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Roberts's gas tank.
Dixon lands a nice uppercut.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the head but Roberts blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Dixon.
Dixon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dixon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The is referee keeping an eye on Dixon - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the head but Roberts blocks with his arms.
Dixon misses with a punch to the body.
Roberts drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dixon gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dixon lands a damaging elbow.
Dixon drags the fight down to the ground.
Dixon escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Roberts gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dixon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Roberts avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Roberts looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dixon working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Roberts has passed into half guard!
Dixon scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Roberts manages to mount him!
Dixon is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon is looking to get to half guard.
Roberts goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Dixon turns into him and now he's in Roberts's guard.
Roberts looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Roberts looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon wants to get up but he can't break Roberts's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Roberts looking for a guillotine here but Dixon defends easily.
Roberts keeping moving, preventing Dixon from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dixon tries to stand but Roberts is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Forrest Dixon dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Roberts tries for a takedown but Dixon sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dixon clinches.
Dixon looking to throw knees to the head but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Dixon breaks the clinch.
Dixon has Roberts up against the cage in a clinch.
Dixon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dixon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dixon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dixon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roberts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Dixon.
Dixon throws a head punch that misses.
Roberts looking for a takedown.
Dixon effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dixon walks away with a smile on his face. Roberts gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Forrest Dixon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Roberts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dixon tries to clinch up but Roberts circles away and keeps his distance.
Roberts fails with the takedown.
Dixon tries to clinch but Roberts moves out of range.
Dixon is looking to clinch but Roberts is avoiding it.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roberts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roberts shoots in looking for a takedown. Dixon tries to sprawl out of it but Roberts keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dixon manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberts tries for a takedown but Dixon circles away easily
and Dixon counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon stands up from Roberts's guard - Dixon perhaps looking for a knockout.
Roberts forces Dixon back against the cage and clinches.
Dixon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roberts fails to pull guard.
Roberts tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dixon just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dixon gets underhooks to prevent Roberts's takedown attempt.
Dixon scores a nice knee to the body.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Dixon.
Dixon tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Dixon landing knees to the head.
Dixon works on Roberts's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts fails to pull guard.
Roberts tries to score a body lock takedown but Dixon shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dixon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dixon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dixon has Roberts pushed against the cage.
Dixon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dixon looking to throw knees to the head but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Dixon landing knees to the head.
Dixon stalling the fight.
Dixon swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dixon drags the fight down to the ground.
Dixon looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dixon working for submissions but it's allowed Roberts to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon is trying to control but can't.
Tyler Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dixon has one foot on Roberts's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Dixon.
Roberts scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dixon wants to get back to his feet but Roberts drags him back down.
Forrest Dixon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Roberts is trying to get an arm triangle but Dixon is defending well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Forrest Dixon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dixon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Forrest Dixon!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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