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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Miller (ranked 2500 p4p, 3237 weight class) and Rulon Gardner (ranked 285 p4p, 357 weight class). Gardner has chosen Stay Fly- The Imortal, Three 6 Mafia as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rulon Gardner!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gardner looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gardner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miller tries to clinch up
and Gardner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gardner keeps the fight on the outside.
Miller darts in trying to clinch
and Gardner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Miller tries to clinch but Gardner is having none of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gardner! But no joy.
Gardner throws the left hand but Miller avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gardner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miller clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gardner taking a breather.
Miller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gardner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gardner lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Gardner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gardner blocks an elbow strike from Miller.
A short uppercut from Gardner.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Miller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Miller is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gardner is defending well for now.
Gardner blocks the elbow strike.
Miller trying to control the position but instead, Gardner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Miller into the cage.
Miller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Rulon Gardner has been cut.
Gardner tries to break free but Miller pushes him back against the cage.
Gardner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Miller backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner blocks an elbow strike from Miller.
Gardner has had enough of the clinch but Miller keeps him there for the moment.
Gardner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gardner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Miller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gardner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gardner counters with a stiff right hand.
Miller looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Gardner swats away the attempt to clinch by Miller.
Miller doesn't manage to clinch there - Gardner circles away.
Miller has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gardner dodges an elbow strike from Miller.
Gardner blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner missing with knees to the body.
Miller trying to control the position but instead, Gardner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Miller into the cage.
Gardner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gardner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gardner looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gardner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gardner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Miller tries to close the distance and clinch but Gardner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gardner looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Miller is looking to clinch.
Miller is looking to clinch but Gardner is avoiding it.
Gardner swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice uppercut there from Gardner.
Gardner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gardner counters with a nice uppercut.
Miller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gardner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Gardner on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Miller closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gardner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Miller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Miller on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Miller tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gardner counters with a crisp one two that drops Miller! Gardner thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Miller to his feet! Miller is in big trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller darts in trying to clinch
and Gardner counters with a right hand from hell and Miller is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rulon Gardner!
Rulon Gardner was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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