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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alonzo Birmingham (ranked 4820 p4p, 5908 weight class) and Mike Milligan (ranked 504 p4p, 564 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160
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155
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alonzo Birmingham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Milligan!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milligan misses with a wild body shot.
Birmingham was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Birmingham tries to keep at a distance but Milligan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Milligan scores with a knee to the head.
Milligan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Birminghams head.
Milligan lands an uppercut.
Milligan lands an elbow just above Birmingham 's eye.
Milligan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Alonzo Birmingham has been cut.
Birmingham is looking to break free of the clinch but Milligan has double underhooks.
Milligan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Milligan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Milligan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Milligan lands an elbow inside.
Birmingham definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Birmingham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Milligan.
Milligan landing knees to the head.
Birmingham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Milligan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milligan with a knee to the head.
Milligan has clasped his hands together around Birmingham's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Milligan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Milligan working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Milligan working the ground and pound but Birmingham is defending the strikes.
Birmingham is letting Milligan control him for a moment.
Milligan working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Milligan landing strikes.
Milligan scoring with punches from side control.
Birmingham seems a little lost for a moment, as Milligan dominates the positioning.
Birmingham is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milligan cracks Birmingham with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Milligan scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Birmingham to see if he's OK.
Milligan scoring with punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Milligan landing a few strikes.
Birmingham takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Birmingham on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Birmingham takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Milligan controlling from side mount.
Milligan scores with punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milligan in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Check out the look on Milligan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Milligan working the head and body with strikes.
Birmingham takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Birmingham is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
You can see the frustration on Birmingham's face as Milligan controls the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Milligan moves into full mount!
Milligan content just to control the position here.
Milligan lands a nice shot to the head.
Milligan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Milligan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Milligan landing punches.
Milligan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Birmingham can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Milligan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alonzo Birmingham's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Milligan clinches.
Milligan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Birmingham's defenses.
Birmingham takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alonzo Birmingham's cut is getting worse.
Milligan lands a left hand.
Milligan lands an elbow inside.
Birmingham wants to break free but Milligan has control.
Good body shot from Milligan.
A short right from Milligan.
Milligan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Birmingham's defenses.
Milligan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Birmingham wants to break free but Milligan has control.
Milligan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Milligan lands a nice elbow.
Birmingham is rocked!
Mike Milligan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Milligan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Birmingham or not.
Oh Birmingham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Milligan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Birmingham in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Birmingham seems to have got his legs back now.
Milligan has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Birmingham is trying to keep an underhook but Milligan manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Milligan moves into full mount! Birmingham won't be happy about that!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Milligan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milligan content just to control the position here.
Milligan lands with some strikes.
Milligan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Milligan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Milligan controlling from mount.
Milligan working the ground and pound effectively.
Mike Milligan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Milligan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milligan lands a big elbow.
Milligan with a couple of short strikes.
Milligan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Milligan lands with some strikes.
Milligan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Milligan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Milligan controlling the pace for now.
Milligan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milligan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Milligan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Milligan loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Birmingham scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Milligan land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Milligan stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Milligan!
Mike Milligan spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
58% |
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