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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tourny Two (ranked 2390 p4p, 3121 weight class) and Samuel Pleimelding (ranked 312 p4p, 391 weight class). Tourny Two has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tourny Two!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samuel Pleimelding!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pleimelding.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Pleimelding has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Two takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pleimelding throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Two was covering up waiting for the punch and Pleimelding finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Two manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Pleimelding fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pleimelding will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tourny Two has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel Pleimelding.
Pleimelding drops his hands momentarily and Two takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Samuel Pleimelding seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pleimelding shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Two counters with a straight right hand.
Pleimelding shoots for a takedown but Two saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pleimelding doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Two counters by moving into the clinch.
Pleimelding drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Two gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Two breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pleimelding darts in looking for a takedown but Two gets double underhooks and turns Pleimelding into the cage.
Two moves into the clinch.
Pleimelding jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Two walks away with a smile on his face. Pleimelding gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pleimelding takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Two leaves Pleimelding with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pleimelding takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Two has closed the distance and engaged Pleimelding in a clinch.
Two is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pleimelding is defending well for now.
Pleimelding wants to take the fight to the mat but Two manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Two is trying to pull guard but Pleimelding turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Two is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Two dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Two is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Pleimelding manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Two slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Two trying to control but Pleimelding is working from the bottom.
We've been hearing that Two has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Two wants to get up but he can't break Pleimelding's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pleimelding pulls Two in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Two wants to stand and escape but instead Pleimelding has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Pleimelding lands a couple of elbows.
Two knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pleimelding on the ground.
Pleimelding sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Two's guard.
Two trying to control but Pleimelding postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pleimelding not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Two is trying to get back to full guard.
Pleimelding takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Two wants to get back to his feet.
Two avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pleimelding.
Pleimelding scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pleimelding not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pleimelding looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Two with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Two is staying active underneath Pleimelding, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pleimelding thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Two's head.
Pleimelding prevents Two from improving his position.
Pleimelding is thwarting Two's attempts to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tourny Two dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Two leaves Pleimelding with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Two just misses with a punch to the body.
Two pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Two is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Two shoots in for a takedown but Pleimelding shows good takedown defense.
Pleimelding changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Two looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Two sneaks out the side door and pushes Pleimelding away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Two throws a right and a left that both miss.
Two fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pleimelding looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Two is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pleimelding can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pleimelding tries for a takedown but Two sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Two seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pleimelding tries to score a power double leg takedown but Two sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pleimelding somewhat.
Tourny Two has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel Pleimelding.
Pleimelding goes for a double leg but Two avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Two continues to drive forward.
Two tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Two keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Two closes the distance and clinches up with Pleimelding, looking for a takedown. Two pushes Pleimelding against the cage but Pleimelding circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pleimelding fails to land the takedown.
Two throws a leg kick which misses Pleimelding's front leg but catches the back leg as Pleimelding tries to avoid it.
Two leaves Pleimelding with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Two is looking to counter the offense by Pleimelding and move into the clinch.
Two pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Two misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Two lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tourny Two is winning the standup battle so far.
Two misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pleimelding shoots in and drives through. Two sprawls well.
Two tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pleimelding tries for a takedown but Two sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Two gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pleimelding to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Pleimelding is breathing heavily.
Pleimelding lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pleimelding is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pleimelding landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Two is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pleimelding stops Two from standing up.
Pleimelding content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pleimelding lands a couple of elbows.
Pleimelding has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pleimelding pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Two is keeping the position for now.
Pleimelding landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pleimelding controlling from the top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pleimelding's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pleimelding working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Two's head.
Pleimelding slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Pleimelding working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Two's head.
Two looking for a sweep. Not yet Two, not yet.
Pleimelding postures up and lands a big shot to Two's brow.
Pleimelding postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Samuel Pleimelding has got the better of the ground game so far.
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.
Two not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pleimelding works over Two with some ground and pound from guard.
Two wants to get back to his feet but Pleimelding is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pleimelding with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Pleimelding fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pleimelding fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Two motions for Pleimelding to come forward. Two throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pleimelding changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Pleimelding blocks a head kick by Two.
Two lands a slapping body shot.
Two misses with a two punch combination.
Pleimelding shoots in for a takedown but Two shows good takedown defense.
Nice takedown defense from Two. No joy for Pleimelding on that attempt.
Pleimelding looks for a takedown but Two sprawls well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tourny Two dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Two throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pleimelding darts in looking for a takedown but Two gets double underhooks and turns Pleimelding into the cage.
Two connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Two keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pleimelding just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromTwo.
Two just misses with a punch to the body.
Pleimelding checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pleimelding manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Two on his heels. He'll look to pass Two's guard now, I'm sure.
Two pushes Pleimelding off and scrambles back to his feet.
Two fails to land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Two lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pleimelding backs up against the cage.
Pleimelding throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Two was covering up waiting for the punch and Pleimelding finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pleimelding is standing up over Two. Two looks to escape but Pleimelding dives into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Two is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pleimelding has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pleimelding trying to control the action but Two is working from the bottom.
Pleimelding scoring with punches and elbows.
Pleimelding scores with punches from side control.
Pleimelding landing a few strikes.
Pleimelding lands an elbow.
Pleimelding tries to score with some ground and pound. Two controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Two on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Two tries to get out of the position.
Two is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pleimelding is working Two over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pleimelding misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pleimelding scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Two to see if he's OK.
Two is trying to get back to half guard.
Pleimelding trying to control the position but Two is working away.
Two is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Pleimelding scores with punches from side control.
Two taking punishment in the form of punches.
Two is looking to regain half guard here but Pleimelding keeps moving and retains side control.
Two can't do much from the bottom here.
Samuel Pleimelding has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Two tries to bench press Pleimelding off him but Pleimelding keeps the position.
Pleimelding lands a nice forearm strike.
Two is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pleimelding has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Two sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pleimelding looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pleimelding wants to control but Two is keeping him busy.
Pleimelding seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Two looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pleimelding drops an elbow to the side of Two's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pleimelding wants to work for an arm triangle but Two is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Pleimelding prevents Two from standing back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Pleimelding closes the distance and clinches up with Two, looking for a takedown. Pleimelding pushes Two against the cage but Two circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tourny Two has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel Pleimelding.
Pleimelding tries to score a power double leg takedown but Two sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pleimelding somewhat.
Two looks to land a combination but Pleimelding avoids it well.
Two throws a wild body kick that Pleimelding sees coming a mile off.
Pleimelding darts in looking for a takedown but Two gets double underhooks and turns Pleimelding into the cage.
Two throws a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pleimelding.
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 Tourny Two.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Two, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tourny Two!
Tourny Two tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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