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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dusty Rhodes (ranked 245 p4p, 113 weight class) and Buster Glover (ranked 30 p4p, 15 weight class). Rhodes comes to the cage accompanied by Bury My Bones. Dusty Rhodes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Buster Glover's chin.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dusty Rhodes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buster Glover!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhodes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Glover misses with a right hand
and Rhodes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rhodes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glover throws a leg kick
and Rhodes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Glover connects with a leg kick.
Glover throws a jab when Rhodes was well out of range.
Glover swings for the body but Rhodes moves out of range.
Glover thumps Rhodes with a low kick.
Glover misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice uppercut there from Rhodes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Glover darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Dusty Rhodes has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhodes connects with a nice looking jab.
Glover tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rhodes was well out of range. Poor timing from Glover.
Rhodes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Glover ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rhodes moves away.
Glover looks to land a right hand but Rhodes moved out of range.
Rhodes connects with a nice looking jab.
Glover lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rhodes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Glover.
Glover pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rhodes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Glover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rhodes sizes up Glover with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes connects with a jab.
Rhodes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Glover was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhodes.
Buster Glover is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rhodes misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Glover to counter with a crisp jab.
Glover misses with a low kick.
Glover connects with a single shot there.
Glover throws a lazy right hand but Rhodes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Glover throws a looping overhand right but Rhodes ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Glover throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rhodes lands a slapping body shot.
Rhodes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Glover swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buster Glover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rhodes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rhodes jumps guard.
Glover wants to stand but Rhodes has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rhodes wants to sweep here but Glover controlling him for the moment.
Rhodes controlling the position.
Rhodes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Glover is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover wants to get up but he can't break Rhodes's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rhodes is pulling down on Glover's head to control his posture.
Rhodes is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Glover defends well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rhodes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Glover can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Glover wants to get up but he can't break Rhodes's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rhodes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Glover wants to get up but he can't break Rhodes's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Glover must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Glover ducks right into an uppercut from Rhodes.
Glover staying out of range there.
Glover throws a hook but Rhodes blocks it.
Glover tried to score with a low kick but Rhodes checks it.
Glover looks to throw the jab but Rhodes is out of range.
Rhodes throws a big shot that misses.
Rhodes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Glover with a nice calf kick.
Glover swings widly with a right hand
and Rhodes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glover. Rhodes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glover tries a low kick but Rhodes avoids it.
Glover takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Glover fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rhodes manages to avoid it.
Rhodes throws a big shot that misses.
Rhodes slips a straight right by Glover.
Glover scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Glover throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Glover. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glover takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rhodes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Glover throws a hook but Rhodes blocks it.
Rhodes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Glover circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rhodes throws a jab when Glover was well out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Glover. Those never looked like landing.
A nice combination there by Glover.
A shot to the body from Glover misses
and Rhodes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good standup being displayed there by Rhodes as he connects with a hook.
Glover misses with a wild combination.
Glover lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rhodes's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glover scoring well with a low kick there.
Glover misses with a low kick.
Rhodes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Buster Glover will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dusty Rhodes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Glover throws a jab but it's blocked by Rhodes.
It looked like Rhodes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Glover.
Glover misses with a jab to the body
and Glover takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rhodes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Glover feints and then cracks Rhodes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rhodes down.
Rhodes misses with a hook.
Rhodes throws a big shot that misses.
Rhodes walks into a jab.
Glover throws a body shot but no joy.
Rhodes staying out of range there.
Rhodes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rhodes throws a left that rocks Glover and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Rhodes dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Glover regain composure!
Glover is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glover is looking to regain half guard here but Rhodes keeps moving and retains side control.
Glover is still in real trouble! Can Rhodes finish him?
Rhodes wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Glover, who protects the arm well.
Rhodes working the ground and pound.
Rhodes scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Glover is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Rhodes can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dusty Rhodes!
A very excited looking Dusty Rhodes 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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