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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brock Dredd (ranked 135 p4p, 181 weight class) and Alexis Machine (ranked 18 p4p, 23 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dredd might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wake up the Town. Machine comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Satan Is Real kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Alexis Machine enters the cage!
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185 cm 30 195 16 - 5 - 0 |
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183 cm 34 194 18 - 15 - 1 |
Great wrestler World class boxer KO power |
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Good wrestler Great elbows Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Brock Dredd! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 18 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexis Machine! The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dredd missing with a left hand there. Machine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Machine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machine tries to clinch up. Machine wants to clinch and Dredd counters with a good low kick that Machine was not able to check. Machine doesn't manage to clinch there - Dredd circles away.
Machine wants to clinch up but Dredd keeps it at a distance. Machine closes the distance and clinches. Dredd lands with a short shot to the head. A head punch on the inside from Dredd fails to land. Dredd gets through Machine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Machine throws an elbow that misses.
Dredd throws a punch but it's blocked by Machine. Machine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Dredd lands a shoulder strike. Dredd tries to work over Machine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Machine blocks an uppercut.
Dredd stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Machine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dredd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dredd digs a right hand into Machine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Machine's gas tank. Machine looks to throw an elbow but misses. Machine misses with an elbow over the top. Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Machine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Machine lands a body punch. Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dredd avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine. Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Machine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dredd avoids a wild elbow strike from Machine. Dredd blocking some punches.
Dredd blocks an elbow strike. Machine misses with an elbow over the top. Machine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. A short uppercut from Dredd. A right hook to the body lands for Dredd.
Machine takes a shot to the head. Machine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. With the fighters up against the cage, Machine throws an elbow but misses. Machine has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dredd seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Machine can turn it around.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dredd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Machines head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Dredd blocks the elbow strike.
Machine lands with a right to the head. Dredd lands a body punch. Dredd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dredd digs a right hand underneath Machine's ribcage. Machine let out a lung full of air as it connected. Machine throws a head punch that misses. Machine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Machine working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Dredd.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
Machine tries to throw a body punch but Dredd avoids it by throwing Machine back against the cage. A right hook to the body lands for Dredd.
Machine looks winded! Dredd tries to throw a body punch but Machine avoids it by throwing Dredd back against the cage. Dredd blocks the elbow strike.
Dredd lands a body punch. Dredd pushes Machine back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Dredd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Machine tries to clinch up and Dredd makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dredd throws a right and a left that both miss. Dredd connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Jab, jab by Dredd - just one landing.
It looks like Alexis Machine has been cut. Dredd circles away from the clinch attempt and Dredd counters with a straight right hand. Machine closes the distance but Dredd moves to the side and Dredd counters with a nice body shot. A slapping body kick lands there for Dredd. Machine wants to clinch up but Dredd keeps it at a distance. Dredd is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Dredd connects with a looping right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dredd.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A solid body kick from Dredd. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Machine fails in his attempt to clinch. Dredd paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Machine tries to clinch but Dredd is having none of it. Dredd keeps the fight on the outside. It looked like Dredd was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Machine. Machine looks to clinch and Dredd counters with a lovely straight right hand! Dredd tries to keep at a distance but Machine has taken the fight into the clinch. Machine misses with a body punch.
Dredd scores with a nice hook to the head. Dredd can't find room to land a body shot as Machine controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Machine. Nice elbow from Machine. Machine looks to throw an elbow but misses. Dredd struggles to land a body shot inside as Machine controls his hands.
Machine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brock Dredd dominated that round. The cut man is working on Alexis Machine's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Machine tries to clinch there but Dredd circles away.
Dredd appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. It appears Dredd was looking to counter with a kick there. Machine takes the fight into the clinch. Machine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Machine presses Dredd against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Machine lands a damaging elbow. Dredd misses with a body punch.
Machine blocking some punches.
Alexis Machine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Machine misses with an elbow over the top. With the fighters up against the cage, Dredd throws an elbow but misses. A right hand to the body from Dredd.
Dredd lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Machine. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dredd tries to throw a body punch but Machine avoids it by throwing Dredd back against the cage. Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dredd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Dredd tries to throw a body punch but Machine avoids it by throwing Dredd back against the cage. Machine digs a right hand underneath Dredd's ribcage. Dredd let out a lung full of air as it connected. Dredd is leaning against Machine and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Dredd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. A nice left hand lands by Dredd.
Machine is breathing heavily. A head punch on the inside from Dredd fails to land. Dredd pushes Machine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dredd working some nice short punches in the clinch. A head punch on the inside from Dredd fails to land. Machine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Dredd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Machine has a couple of punches blocked by Dredd.
Dredd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Machine can do to turn this around? Dredd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Dredd.
A short right from Dredd on the inside. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Machine as Dredd tries to tie him up. Dredd lands a left hand.
Machine misses with a punch on the inside.
Machine misses with a punch on the inside.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Machine tries to work over Dredd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Dredd lands on the inside with an uppercut. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Machine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dredd lands a body punch in the clinch. Machine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dredd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Machine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Dredd fires out a quick counter leg kick but Machine just manages to avoid it. Machine darts in trying to clinch and Dredd connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Machine tries to clinch but Dredd moves out of range. Dredd swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Machine wants to clinch up but Dredd keeps it at a distance. Machine tries to clinch but Dredd is having none of it. Machine tries to clinch but Dredd is having none of it. Machine clinches up against the cage. Dredd blocks an elbow strike. A hook to the body from Dredd.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dredd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Dredd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machine's elbow. A short right from Dredd. Dredd blocks the elbow strike.
Machine struggles to land a body shot inside as Dredd controls his hands.
Machine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Machine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Machine scores with a shot to the side of Dredd's head. Machine blocks a body shot from Dredd. Machine lands an elbow inside. Dredd is working Machine over against the cage. Dredd struggles to land a body shot inside as Machine controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Dredd as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Dredd.
A right hook to the body lands for Dredd.
Dredd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Dredd scores with an uppercut up the middle. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Dredd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Machine avoids it. Dredd tries to throw a body punch but Machine avoids it by throwing Dredd back against the cage. Dredd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A short left from Dredd. Dredd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Machines head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A short left from Dredd. Dredd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Dredd presses Machine against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Dredd lands a nice uppercut. Dredd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Dredd explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Dredd cracks Machine with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Dredd has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Machine to stand back up!
Machine is rocked! Machine moves out of range of the body kick. Dredd drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Machine right on the button. Machine goes down! Dredd follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Dredd gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brock Dredd! A victorious Brock Dredd thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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