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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Muvaka (ranked 2951 p4p, 3593 weight class) and Reese Ling (ranked 308 p4p, 373 weight class). Ben Muvaka has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ White 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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Muvaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reese Ling!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ling missing with a left hand there. Muvaka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Muvaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch but Muvaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
Ling tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Muvaka is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ling.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muvaka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ling fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ling is looking to clinch.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muvaka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ling fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ling is looking to clinch.
Muvaka is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ling.
We've been told by Muvaka's head coaches at PhoQus Island Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ling tries to clinch but Muvaka moves out of range.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Muvaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muvaka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ling tries to clinch but Muvaka is having none of it.
Ling tries to clinch up but Muvaka circles away and keeps his distance.
Muvaka seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Muvaka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ling tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ling looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Muvaka seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muvaka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ling wants to clinch.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
Muvaka keeps the fight on the outside.
Ling wants to clinch up but Muvaka keeps it at a distance.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ben Muvaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ling moves in looking to clinch but Muvaka pushes him off.
Ling tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Muvaka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ling fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ling has managed to clinch.
Ling lands an elbow inside.
Ling creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muvaka's defenses.
Ling goes for a takedown attempt but Muvaka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ben Muvaka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reese Ling.
Muvaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muvaka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Muvaka is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ling.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muvaka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muvaka seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ling moves in looking to clinch but Muvaka pushes him off.
Ling fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ling tries to clinch up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Muvaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ling drives through and clinches with Muvaka against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Muvaka dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ling doesn't manage to clinch there - Muvaka circles away.
As Ling tries to get set, Muvaka tries to push him back and clinch up but Ling manages to avoid the attempt.
Muvaka circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ling looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ling tries to clinch up.
As Ling tries to get set, Muvaka tries to push him back and clinch up but Ling manages to avoid the attempt.
Ling tries to clinch but Muvaka moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ling looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muvaka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ling looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
Ling is looking to clinch but Muvaka is avoiding it.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
Ling fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reese Ling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muvaka keeps the fight on the outside.
Ling wants to clinch up but Muvaka keeps it at a distance.
Ling is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Muvaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch but Muvaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muvaka is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ling.
Ling doesn't manage to clinch there - Muvaka circles away.
Muvaka is looking to counter the offense by Ling and move into the clinch.
Ling clinches up with Muvaka and pushes him back against the cage.
Muvaka tries to break the clinch but Ling is controlling the position.
Muvaka blocks an elbow strike.
Muvaka unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ling lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ling.
It looks like Ben Muvaka has been cut.
Ling looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ling misses with an elbow strike.
Ling throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muvaka blocks the elbow strike.
Muvaka avoids a wild elbow strike from Ling.
Muvaka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Muvaka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Muvaka here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ling is looking to clinch.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ling is looking to clinch.
Muvaka is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ling.
Ling is looking to clinch but Muvaka is avoiding it.
Ling is looking to clinch.
Ling wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ling wants to clinch.
Muvaka tries to counter by clinching up but Ling breaks away and moves out of range.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch but Muvaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Ling tries to get set, Muvaka tries to push him back and clinch up but Ling manages to avoid the attempt.
Ling wants to clinch.
As Ling tries to get set, Muvaka tries to push him back and clinch up but Ling manages to avoid the attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Muvaka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Muvaka's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muvaka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muvaka is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ling.
Ling tries to clinch up but Muvaka circles away and keeps his distance.
Ling tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Muvaka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ling fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muvaka is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ling.
Ling tries to clinch but Muvaka moves out of range.
Ling tries to clinch up but Muvaka circles away and keeps his distance.
Muvaka is looking to counter the offense by Ling and move into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ling tries to clinch there but Muvaka circles away.
Muvaka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ling can do to turn this around?
Ling is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ling is looking to clinch but Muvaka is avoiding it.
Ling is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ling changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Muvaka tries to avoid it but Ling manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Muvaka to the ground. Muvaka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ling throws a solid leg kick but Muvaka takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ling.
Muvaka seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Muvaka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Muvaka seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ling moves in looking to clinch but Muvaka pushes him off.
As Ling tries to get set, Muvaka tries to push him back and clinch up but Ling manages to avoid the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ling tries to clinch there but Muvaka circles away.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
Ben Muvaka is winning the standup battle so far.
Ling is looking to clinch but Muvaka is avoiding it.
Ling is looking to clinch.
Ling doesn't manage to clinch there - Muvaka circles away.
Ling is looking to clinch but Muvaka is avoiding it.
As Ling tries to get set, Muvaka tries to push him back and clinch up but Ling manages to avoid the attempt.
Ling closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ling has Muvaka pressed against the cage, preventing Muvaka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice elbow from Ling.
Ling lands a damaging elbow.
Muvaka breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ling is looking to clinch.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ling wants to clinch.
Reese Ling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muvaka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Muvaka swats away the attempt to clinch by Ling.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
Ling wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Muvaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Muvaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ling manages to circle out of the way.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muvaka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ling tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Muvaka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch but Muvaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muvaka is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ling.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muvaka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ben Muvaka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ling throws a low kick, looking for Muvaka's leg but Muvaka calmly moves out of range.
Muvaka wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Muvaka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Muvaka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Muvaka!
A very excited looking Ben Muvaka 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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