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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Hammond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and brEak down (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammond comes into the arena with DMX - One More Road To Cross blaring out of the sound system. Timothy Hammond has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timothy Hammond!
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, brEak down!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
down digs a good hook to Hammond's body.
Hammond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by down.
down shoots in and drives through. Hammond sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - down looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
down looks for a takedown but Hammond sprawls well.
down tries to clinch but Hammond moves out of range.
down clinches up against the cage.
down jumps guard and drags Hammond to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hammond postures up.
down is pulling down on Hammond's head. It's preventing any offense from Hammond, at least for the moment.
Hammond throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammond with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
down not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hammond sitting in guard, not really doing much.
down trying to keep a closed guard but Hammond is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now down is on top in guard.
down pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hammond is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hammond keeping moving, preventing down from controlling successfully.
Hammond working a defensive guard here.
down stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hammond swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammond will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hammond looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hammond pushes down off and scrambles back to his feet.
down shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. down showed some decent athleticism there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammond punching from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammond trying to control here.
down throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
down wants to stand but Hammond has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hammond manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
down looks gassed!
Hammond lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Hammond trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hammond working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because down has passed into half guard!
Hammond is in trouble now - down has advanced to mount!
down tries to control but Hammond wriggling away.
down avoids the attempt from Hammond to control.
down scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hammond?
down trying to control but Hammond is having none of it.
Hammond tries to hold on but down postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
brEak down dominated that round.
That's time! Hammond's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
down doesn't manage to clinch there - Hammond circles away.
down moves into the clinch successfully.
down breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hammond on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
down fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hammond.
down stuffs the takedown attempt from Hammond. Hammond gets slowly back to his feet.
down with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hammond counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
down tries for a takedown but Hammond circles away easily
and Hammond counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
down throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hammond counters with a takedown into side control.
Hammond throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hammond trying to control the action but down is working from the bottom.
Hammond thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
down tries to escape but Hammond is in control.
down tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hammond wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
down is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammond throwing shots but down is blocking nicely.
Hammond scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
down 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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hammond shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says down as he avoids it easily.
down tries to clinch
and Hammond counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for down!
down working to try and regain half guard.
Hammond lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
down is working to get back to half guard.
Hammond pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
down wants to control but Hammond is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hammond cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hammond has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of down's face.
Hammond punishing his opponent with strikes.
down is looking to improve his position but Hammond isn't that keen on the idea.
Hammond lands a big elbow.
down keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hammond looking to secure an arm triangle but down defends it well.
down tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hammond jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but down manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Hammond in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
down is trying to work for a sweep but Hammond has mounted him!
Hammond lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
down working to try and regain half guard.
Timothy Hammond overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
down takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timothy Hammond dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hammond shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hammond was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
down wants to hold on but Hammond pushes him away.
down is trying to escape the mount.
down manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hammond looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
down has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hammond is working away from the top position though.
Hammond wants to control but down is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammond not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammond is taking a breather. down says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
down is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hammond jumps into side control!
Hammond prevents down from escaping the position.
down takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
down takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammond trying to control the action but down is working from the bottom.
Hammond working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
down tries to bench press Hammond off him but Hammond keeps the position.
Hammond cracks down with a big elbow.
down is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hammond connects with a decent elbow.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Hammond scoring with punches from side control.
Hammond wants to control but down is keeping him busy.
Hammond is working down over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hammond landing strikes.
Hammond scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammond landing a few strikes.
down tries to get back to half guard but can't.
down throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
down is trying to improve his position.
Hammond trying to control the position but down is working away.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hammond looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hammond looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
down looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
down is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hammond throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
And that's the end of the fight!
Timothy Hammond showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hammond has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timothy Hammond!
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energy
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hype
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