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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chunk Yboy (ranked 3879 p4p, 5337 weight class) and Roman Welch (ranked 404 p4p, 0 weight class). Yboy's entrance music is Rollin'. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chunk Yboy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roman Welch!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yboy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Welch as he jumps to the side.
Yboy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Welch tries to avoid it but Yboy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Welch to the ground. Welch escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Yboy with a poor takedown
and Welch counters with a series of strikes. Yboy will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chunk Yboy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yboy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Welch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chunk Yboy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Welch has Yboy up against the cage in a clinch.
Yboy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Welch is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Welch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Welch lands a shoulder strike.
Yboy has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Welch uses from the top position.
Welch trying to control the position from guard on top but Yboy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yboy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Welch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yboy keeping moving, preventing Welch from controlling successfully.
Welch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yboy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Yboy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Welch wanted to stand there but Yboy had control of the position.
Yboy managing to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Welch feints a jab promting Yboy to slip. Welch then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yboy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Yboy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Welch counters with a one-two to the body.
Welch tries to clinch there but Yboy circles away.
Welch stuns Yboy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yboy shoots and misses
and Welch counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Yboy is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Welch tries to stand and escape but Yboy is controlling the position.
Welch lands strikes from half guard.
Welch wants to take a breather but Yboy is having none of it.
Welch is taking a breather. Yboy 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.
Yboy trying to control from the bottom.
Welch trying to control the action but Yboy is working from the bottom.
Welch wants to pass the guard but Yboy is defending well.
Welch content to control rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yboy is trying to maintain the position but Welch is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yboy tries for a takedown but Welch circles away easily
and Welch counters with a left and a right that stings Yboy.
The fighters circling - Yboy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Welch lands with a nice combination. Yboy backs away looking to recover.
Welch is looking to clinch.
Yboy shoots in looking for a takedown but Welch manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Yboy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Welch unleashes a big counter combination but Yboy bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Yboy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yboy wants it to stay on the feet.
Welch's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Welch's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Welch tries to close the distance and clinch but Yboy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yboy misses with a takedown attempt
and Welch counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch lands a jab-cross combination.
Yboy fails with the takedown
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Welch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yboy stuffs the takedown attempt from Welch. Welch gets slowly back to his feet.
Welch shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Welch showed some decent athleticism there.
Welch passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Yboy!
Yboy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Welch dominated that round.
That's time! Yboy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Welch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Welch closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Welch lands in his opponent's guard.
Welch looking to pass the guard.
Yboy has Welch pulled in close to control his posture.
Yboy keeping moving, preventing Welch from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yboy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Yboy throws an elbow that misses. Welch uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yboy's guard. Nice move by Welch!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Welch trying to control but Yboy is working from the bottom.
Welch would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Welch being controlled here momentarily.
Welch must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yboy is looking to stand up but Welch isn't so interested in that idea.
Welch trying to control but Yboy is working from the bottom.
That's two 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.
Welch is stalling in the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Welch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yboy keeping moving, preventing Welch from controlling successfully.
Yboy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yboy fails with the takedown
and Welch counters with a two punch combo.
Yboy circles away from the clinch attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Yboy.
Yboy misses with a takedown attempt
and Welch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chunk Yboy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yboy gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Welch to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Welch is looking to stand up but Yboy won't let him.
Yboy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Welch trying to control the position from guard on top but Yboy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch preventing the sweep.
Welch wants to control from the top but Yboy keeps moving.
Yboy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Welch's guard.
Welch can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yboy controls the pace.
Yboy postures up in Welch's guard and throws a big left but Welch blocks it.
Yboy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yboy postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Welch is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Yboy, into his guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Welch 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.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Welch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Welch scores with a hook to the body. Yboy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yboy with a poor takedown
and Welch counters with a series of strikes. Yboy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yboy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Welch counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Yboy!
Welch thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Yboy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Welch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Welch is chipping away with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Welch trying to control the position but Yboy is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Welch tries to advance to mount but can't.
Yboy gets back to half guard.
Yboy trying to control here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Welch connects with a nice short shot to Yboy's temple.
Welch tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Yboy is looking to escape.
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.
Yboy is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Yboy manages to get to full guard.
Yboy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Welch sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Yboy forces Welch back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yboy tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chunk Yboy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yboy tries for a takedown but Welch manages to get underhooks.
Yboy has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Welch after a bit of a struggle.
Welch wants to get back to striking at distance but Yboy won't allow it.
Yboy works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Chunk Yboy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yboy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yboy is looking to work some ground and pound but Welch has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Welch is on top in guard.
Welch stopping the sweep attempt from Yboy.
Welch pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yboy is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yboy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Yboy trying to control the position from guard on top but Welch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yboy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Welch is trying to control the position but Yboy postures up.
Yboy landing with the ground and pound.
Yboy scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Welch seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Yboy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Welch's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roman Welch.
Well Welch has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Welch!
The defeated Chunk Yboy had this to say: 'Where am I? '.
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energy
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hype
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