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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Dawkins (ranked 781 p4p, 1016 weight class) and Zeke Titus (ranked 115 p4p, 153 weight class). Dawkins comes to the cage accompanied by Harry Slash And The Slashtones - This Is Extreme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Zeke Titus!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Dawkins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Titus needs to keep his hands up - Dawkins had a free shot at his head there.
Titus tries to sprawl but Dawkins drives through with a takedown into half guard.
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.
The fighters are battling for position here. Titus manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dawkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dawkins being controlled here momentarily.
Dawkins landing with the ground and pound.
Dawkins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dawkins stopping the sweep attempt from Titus.
Dawkins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Titus pulls Dawkins in close to his closed guard and prevents Dawkins from doing any damage or advancing position.
Dawkins wants to control from the top but Titus keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dawkins connects with a couple of short punches.
Titus seems keen to control Dawkins's posture.
Let's hope that Titus has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Titus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Titus trying to control the pace.
Dawkins is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Titus pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titus is looking to take a break and control but Dawkins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dawkins trying to control but Titus postures up.
Titus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Titus is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dawkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Titus on the ground.
Dawkins is looking to improve his position.
Titus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dawkins might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Titus working Dawkins over with strikes.
Titus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Titus lands with a punch from half guard.
Titus winds up and cracks Dawkins with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Titus controlling the action here.
Titus trying to pass the guard but Dawkins defending well.
Dawkins tries to get to full guard but Titus has control of the leg.
Dawkins trying to get back to full guard but Titus takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Dawkins wants to control but Titus is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titus trying to control but Dawkins is having none of it.
Dawkins on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dawkins tries to get out of the position.
Dawkins tries to hold on but Titus pushes him away.
Dawkins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Titus with good strikes from the mount here!
Titus connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dawkins keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Titus tries to control but Dawkins wriggling away.
Titus cracks Dawkins with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dawkins tries to reverse the position but Titus maintains control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zeke Titus dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Dawkins ducks right into an uppercut from Titus.
Dawkins misses with a wild body shot.
Dawkins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Titus cracks a nice hook into Dawkins's ribs.
Dawkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Titus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Titus drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Titus stands up over Dawkins, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Titus chips away with some ground and pound.
Dawkins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Titus chips away with some ground and pound.
Titus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawkins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Titus is one step ahead there.
Zeke Titus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Titus cracks Dawkins with a solid left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins looking to control.
Dawkins is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Titus is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Titus preventing the sweep.
Dawkins lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Titus pulls Dawkins in close to prevent any damage.
Titus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Titus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dawkins is refusing to be controlled, as Titus sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titus might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dawkins haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Dawkins tries to roll over but Titus keeps him under control.
Titus wants to take a breather but Dawkins is having none of it.
Dawkins is looking to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Titus there.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Titus in particular looking to stall.
Titus wants to control but Dawkins is keeping him busy.
Dawkins wants to improve his position but Titus is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titus works his way into side control.
Titus landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dawkins takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dawkins is rocked!
Titus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dawkins keeps working.
A big shot lands for Titus! That's hurt Dawkins! Will he recover? Titus fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zeke Titus!
Zeke Titus seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Danny Dawkins stepped up to the mic, saying 'I don't care about a belt, I don't care about a title, (smacking himself in the forehead for emphasis to increase the blood flow), on this night, I will work for free.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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