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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Beach (ranked 1387 p4p, 1244 weight class) and Sol Fitzsimmons (ranked 222 p4p, 204 weight class). Sammy Beach could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sol Fitzsimmons's chin.
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World class 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 28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Beach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sol Fitzsimmons!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzsimmons thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beach closes the distance and pushes Fitzsimmons back into the cage.
Beach is working Fitzsimmons over against the cage.
Beach pushes off an throws an elbow but Fitzsimmons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fitzsimmons swings wildly with an uppercut but Beach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzsimmons lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fitzsimmons tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fitzsimmons cracks Beach with a nice body shot.
Fitzsimmons working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beach throws an elbow that misses.
Fitzsimmons prevents a body shot from Beach.
The referee is keeping an eye on Beach - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fitzsimmons misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beach.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzsimmons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beach's elbow.
Beach escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beach instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fitzsimmons misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Beach in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fitzsimmons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fitzsimmons's elbow.
Beach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fitzsimmons.
Beach scores with a shoulder strike.
Beach tries to throw a body punch but Fitzsimmons avoids it by throwing Beach back against the cage.
Fitzsimmons can't find room to land a body shot as Beach controls the action.
Beach blocks an elbow strike from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beach backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzsimmons tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beach avoids it.
Fitzsimmons prevents a body shot from Beach.
A head punch on the inside from Fitzsimmons fails to land.
Fitzsimmons lands with a left to the head.
Beach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fitzsimmons's elbow.
Fitzsimmons can't find room to land a body shot as Beach controls the action.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fitzsimmons takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fitzsimmons tries to work over Beach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons tries to stall but Beach uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Beach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beach misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzsimmons throws a punch but it's blocked by Beach.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fitzsimmons throws a head punch that misses.
Beach swings wildly with an uppercut but Fitzsimmons uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzsimmons is trying to maintain a safe position but Beach gets an underhook and turns Fitzsimmons into the cage.
Beach managing to block the knees to the body from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons struggles to land a body shot inside as Beach controls his hands.
Fitzsimmons is working Beach over against the cage.
Beach blocking some punches.
Fitzsimmons is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Beach is keeping busy.
Fitzsimmons wants to stall.
Fitzsimmons is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Beach tries to work over Fitzsimmons's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beach lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fitzsimmons backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Beach.
Beach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beach lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Beach.
Beach lands a damaging elbow.
Fitzsimmons goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Beach on the inside.
Beach lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons looks winded!
Beach avoiding damage as Fitzsimmons throws knees to the body.
A short right from Beach.
Beach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Beach looking to slow down the pace here.
Beach lands a shoulder strike.
Beach managing to block the knees to the body from Fitzsimmons.
Beach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beach lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beach lands a damaging elbow.
Fitzsimmons is rocked!
It looks like Sol Fitzsimmons has been cut.
Beach creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fitzsimmons's defenses.
Fitzsimmons is still on wobbly legs! Can Beach finish him?
Beach lands a vicious elbow to the side of Fitzsimmons's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Beach tries to finish him with strikes but Fitzsimmons still seems able to defend himself so Beach steps back and lets Fitzsimmons get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
A jab from Fitzsimmons misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beach has Fitzsimmons up against the cage in a clinch.
Beach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fitzsimmons's elbow.
Fitzsimmons tries to work over Beach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fitzsimmons seems to have recovered his senses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beach.
Fitzsimmons prevents a body shot from Beach.
Beach manages to break the clinch.
Beach darts in and clinches Fitzsimmons up against the cage.
Fitzsimmons misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzsimmons struggles to land a body shot inside as Beach controls his hands.
Beach managing to block the knees to the body from Fitzsimmons.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Beach gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Beach lands a body punch in the clinch.
Beach stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beach gets through Fitzsimmons's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Beach lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beach lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fitzsimmons or not.
Beach lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sammy Beach dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sol Fitzsimmons's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Beach has taken the fight to the clinch.
Beach takes a knee to the side of the body.
Beach is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Beach manages to break the clinch.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fitzsimmons swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beach tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fitzsimmons manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Beach is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fitzsimmons can do to turn this around?
Beach slips a straight right by Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beach.
Beach comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beach pushes Fitzsimmons up against the cage in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Beach.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fitzsimmons in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Beach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fitzsimmons backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beach throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fitzsimmonss head.
Beach pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fitzsimmons is breathing heavily.
Beach digs a good body shot into Fitzsimmons's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fitzsimmons takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Beach closes the distance and clinches.
A hook to the body from Beach.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach lands an elbow that stopped Fitzsimmons in his tracks for a moment.
Beach can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzsimmons controls the action.
Beach lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons takes a shot to the head.
Beach lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fitzsimmons or not.
Beach lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Beach creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Fitzsimmons's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Fitzsimmons drops to his knees and Beach pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sammy Beach!
Sammy Beach bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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