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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ziskie (ranked 2406 p4p, 5184 weight class) and Spike Spiegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Spiegel's choice of entrance music: $UICIDEBOY$ - A DEATH IN THE OCEAN WOULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
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Granite chin |
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Ziskie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Spike Spiegel!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spiegel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ziskie.
Ziskie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Spiegel circles away.
Spiegel steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ziskie.
Ziskie fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Ziskie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ziskie tries for a takedown but Spiegel circles away easily
and Spiegel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ziskie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spiegel gets underhooks to prevent Ziskie's takedown attempt.
Spiegel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ziskie prevents a body shot from Spiegel.
Spiegel missing with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Spiegel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spiegel is trying to maintain a safe position but Ziskie gets an underhook and turns Spiegel into the cage.
Spiegel is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Ziskie takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Mike Ziskie has been cut.
Spiegel blocks an elbow strike from Ziskie.
Spiegel prevents a takedown attempt there.
Spiegel connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiegel landing knees to the body.
Ziskie is breathing heavily.
Spiegel taking a breather.
Ziskie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Spiegel has a couple of punches blocked by Ziskie.
Spiegel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ziskie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Spiegel pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Spiegel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Spiegel lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spiegel.
Knees to the body from Spiegel.
Spiegel crunches a lovely knee into Ziskie's ribcage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Spiegel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Spiegel controlling the action here for a moment.
Spiegel stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Spike Spiegel.
Spiegel clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel lands a good knee to the midsection. Ziskie won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spiegel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Spiegel lands an elbow just above Ziskie 's eye.
Spiegel lands a nice knee to the body.
Spiegel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spiegel is pushing Ziskie up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Ziskie fails to land.
Spiegel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spiegel crunches a lovely knee into Ziskie's ribcage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Spiegel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Spiegel lands a knee to the body.
Spiegel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Spiegel utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spiegel lands a nice elbow.
Ziskie has been working on his balance at Cozad The Island, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Spiegel.
Spiegel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spiegel.
Spiegel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ziskie blocking some punches.
Spiegel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Spiegel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Spiegel lands an elbow inside that Ziskie shrugs off.
Spiegel just leaning against Ziskie, taking a breather.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Spiegel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A knee to the head by Spiegel.
Spiegel keeps control of Ziskie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Spiegel lands a knee to the body.
Spiegel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Spiegel controlling the action here for a moment.
Spiegel working Ziskie over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spiegel is struggling to control the position.
Spiegel landing knees to the body.
Spiegel is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Spike Spiegel.
Ziskie changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Spiegel looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Spiegel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ziskie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Spiegel is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ziskie has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Spiegel tries to bench press Ziskie off him but Ziskie keeps the position.
Ziskie tries to advance to mount but Spiegel denies him.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
You can see the frustration on Spiegel's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ziskie has knee on belly and moves into mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Spike Spiegel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Ziskie's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ziskie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Spiegel pushes Ziskie off looking to stand but Ziskie dives back in and keeps control.
Ziskie is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ziskie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ziskie looking to secure an arm triangle but Spiegel defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ziskie is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Spiegel can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ziskie looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiegel wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Ziskie is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Spiegel defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Ziskie has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Spiegel is in real trouble here. Ziskie gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Spiegel is tapping out! Ziskie wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Ziskie!
A relieved looking Mike Ziskie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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