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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Everest Frank (ranked 684 p4p, 1337 weight class) and Ramesses Rei (ranked 105 p4p, 200 weight class). Frank comes to the cage accompanied by Knife Talk x Drake ft. 21 Savage x Project Pat. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Everest Frank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ramesses Rei!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frank looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rei is fending him off so far but Frank persists. Nope, Rei circles away and we're back to standing.
Frank shoots in looking for a takedown but Rei manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Frank's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Frank has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Frank drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Frank seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Frank will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Frank slips nicely into half guard.
Rei moves into full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rei can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank throwing strikes from guard but Rei blocks nicely.
Frank tries to free his leg and advance position but Rei is retaining full guard.
Frank controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rei keeping full guard, as Frank tries to pass.
Frank's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's two 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.
Frank in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Frank closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Frank sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Frank has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rei wants to control but Frank is keeping busy.
Frank content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank stops Rei from getting back to his feet.
Frank is controlling the pace.
Rei trying to control here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Frank shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rei but Rei pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Everest Frank. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rei displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Frank.
Rei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frank was well out of range. Poor timing from Rei.
Frank has a takedown stuffed.
Frank fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
It seemed like Rei was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice uppercut lands for Rei. That snapped Frank's head back.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rei scores with a jab to the body.
Frank uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rei.
Rei cracks Frank with a good jab.
It looks like Everest Frank has been cut.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rei lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rei connects with a nice looking jab.
Frank misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rei thuds a left hand into Frank's body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ramesses Rei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Everest Frank's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rei jabs Frank right on the nose. Frank blinks but takes it well.
Rei tries to sprawl but Frank drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Frank takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Rei wants to sweep but Frank has passed to side control!
Rei can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rei tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rei taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rei tries to improve position but can't.
Rei is letting Frank control him for a moment.
Frank creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rei tries to improve position but can't.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Frank in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rei is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rei seems a little lost for a moment, as Frank dominates the positioning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank scores with punches from side control.
Frank staying calm.
Frank scoring with punches from side control.
Rei really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Frank. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank in side control lands a decent elbow.
Frank scoring with punches and elbows.
Frank in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Everest Frank overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Frank scores with a couple of short elbows.
A lull in the action here as Frank stalls from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frank's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Rei is trying to control Frank's posture but Frank avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rei being controlled for a moment.
Frank scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Everest Frank dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Everest Frank's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Frank darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Frank is controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rei wants to improve his position but Frank is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rei tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Frank has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Frank takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rei is desperately trying to improve his position but Frank has a good base and remains in mount.
Frank with a couple of short strikes.
Frank lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Frank lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rei tries to hold on but Frank postures up.
Frank content just to control the position here.
Frank is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Frank fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Frank postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rei looks a forlorn figure.
Frank takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank working Rei over with strikes here.
Frank takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Frank raining down shots from the mount!
Frank controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rei is in a horrible position here. Frank smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Frank scoring with strikes but Rei is staying in there.
Frank controlling from mount.
Frank with shots to the head and body - Rei looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Frank tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Everest Frank showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Frank 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Everest Frank!
A very excited looking Everest Frank made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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