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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Stripes (ranked 3070 p4p, 3373 weight class) and Tom Sylvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joseph Stripes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Sylvia!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sylvia has a takedown stuffed.
Sylvia gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Stripes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sylvia darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Stripes is trying to get back to full guard.
Sylvia looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sylvia is figuring out what he wants to do next.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sylvia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sylvia is pressing down on Stripes's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stripes is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sylvia trying to control the pace.
Stripes trying to control from the bottom.
Sylvia is pressing down on Stripes's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stripes is holding on for now.
Stripes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sylvia is working away from the top position though.
Sylvia content to control rather than advance.
Stripes is trying to control but Sylvia passes into side control!
Sylvia controls the position.
Sylvia cracks Stripes with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sylvia working the head with strikes.
Sylvia is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Stripes will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Sylvia lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sylvia is working Stripes over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sylvia lands an elbow.
Sylvia working the ground and pound.
Stripes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee asks Sylvia politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Sylvia prefers to stall for the moment though.
Sylvia lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sylvia working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stripes on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sylvia works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sylvia controlling from side mount.
Stripes wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Stripes's face as Sylvia controls the position.
Sylvia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sylvia lands a nice forearm strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sylvia looks up at the clock and then as Stripes takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sylvia smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sylvia is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Stripes's shoulder. That is not cool.
Stripes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sylvia on the ground.
Stripes is looking for a sweep.
Sylvia controlling from side mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stripes is trying to control Sylvia's posture but Sylvia avoids it.
Sylvia scores with punches from side control.
Sylvia happy to just control the position for now.
Stripes is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sylvia has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Stripes takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Stripes can't do much from the bottom here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sylvia working the ground and pound.
Stripes is looking for a sweep.
Sylvia scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Sylvia dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sylvia has a takedown stuffed.
As Sylvia tries to get set, Stripes tries to push him back and clinch up but Sylvia manages to avoid the attempt.
Sylvia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stripes is fending him off so far but Sylvia persists. Nope, Stripes circles away and we're back to standing.
Joseph Stripes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sylvia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Stripes is looking to control Sylvia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stripes avoid being mounted?
Sylvia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Stripes wants to control but Sylvia is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sylvia looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Stripes is looking for a sweep. Sylvia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sylvia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stripes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sylvia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sylvia drops an elbow to the side of Stripes's head.
Stripes is rocked!
Sylvia lands a big elbow - Stripes is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Sylvia!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Sylvia!
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RATING
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