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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Lewis (ranked 1621 p4p, 1199 weight class) and Marshall Praust (ranked 202 p4p, 151 weight class). Praust has chosen Holidays In The Sun as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 26 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Derrick Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marshall Praust!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Praust throws a low kick, looking for Lewis's leg but Lewis calmly moves out of range.
Lewis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Praust defends it nicely.
Praust ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lewis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Praust fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lewis sprawls well initially but Praust persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lewis is looking for a sweep. Praust is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lewis won't allow Praust to pass to mount.
Lewis gets back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Praust pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lewis is keeping the position for now.
Lewis is trying to keep Praust in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Praust defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Praust tries to free his leg and advance position but Lewis is retaining full guard.
Praust pushing down on Lewis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Praust looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Praust is looking for a kimura here.
Praust lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis works his way to full guard. Good work.
Praust trying to control the position from guard on top but Lewis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Praust slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lewis wants to control but Praust postures up.
Praust tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Praust landing a few strikes.
Lewis is looking for a sweep.
Praust in side control lands a decent elbow.
It looks like Derrick Lewis has been cut.
Praust scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lewis to see if he's OK.
Praust working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lewis tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praust happy to just control the position for now.
Praust tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Praust has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lewis manages to get back to half guard.
Praust tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lewis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lewis wants to get back to full guard.
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.
Lewis has hold of Praust's hands but Praust slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Praust thows a huge punch but Lewis dodges it nicely.
Lewis gets back to full guard.
Praust tries to free his leg and advance position but Lewis is retaining full guard.
Lewis working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Praust has passed into half guard!
Praust landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lewis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Praust landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Praust passes to full mount!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marshall Praust dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Lewis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Praust fails to land with a series of punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Lewis blocks the leg kick.
Praust showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lewis.
Lewis has his takedown stuffed
enabling Praust to counter with a crisp jab.
Lewis shoots in for a takedown but Praust shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Praust pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Praust throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lewis counters with a takedown into side control.
Praust keeps Lewis under control for a moment.
Praust is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lewis off and has taken his back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewis wants to escape the position.
Praust scores with strikes from the back.
Praust loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Lewis hold on?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praust scores with punches from the back.
Praust scores with punches and elbows.
Lewis staying busy and making it hard for Praust to control.
Lewis breaks Praust's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Praust looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lewis is one step ahead there.
Praust had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lewis defends it easily.
Praust has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Praust looking for a triangle here. Lewis is fighting it but it looks tight! Praust pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Lewis is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Marshall Praust!
Marshall Praust decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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