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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Glover (ranked 1788 p4p, 2283 weight class) and Tomasz Bartosiński (ranked 115 p4p, 142 weight class). Bartosiński comes into a darkened arena with his song building. H4J4 - Walka z cieniem kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dick Glover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tomasz Bartosiński!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Bartosiński. That's going to slow Glover down.
Glover throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Bartosiński to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Dick Glover has been cut.
Bartosiński stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bartosiński wants it to stay on the feet.
Bartosiński scores with a jab.
Bartosiński misses with a body shot
and Glover counters with a takedown into side control.
Bartosiński tries to buck Glover off but Glover is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glover working the ground and pound but Bartosiński is defending the strikes.
Bartosiński can't do much from the bottom here.
Bartosiński really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Glover. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bartosiński is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover controls the position from side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bartosiński avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Glover.
Glover lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bartosiński is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bartosiński struggling a bit here.
Bartosiński is looking to reverse the position.
Glover tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Glover in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bartosiński keeps working.
Glover cracks Bartosiński with a big right hand but Bartosiński just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Glover is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bartosiński is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bartosiński tries to bench press Glover off him but Glover keeps the position.
Bartosiński manages to work his way to half guard, despite Glover's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Glover.
Glover missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Glover is controlling the pace.
Glover missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Glover not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Glover working Bartosiński over with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Glover dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Glover's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Glover has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bartosiński finds it's way round the side to connect with Glover's head.
Bartosiński is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Glover.
Glover tries to close the distance and clinch but Bartosiński swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Glover takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bartosiński uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glover.
Bartosiński appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bartosiński throws a body shot but no joy.
Glover feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartosiński rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Glover counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Glover lands with a punch from half guard.
Bartosiński is trying to maintain the position but Glover is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover stalling.
Bartosiński is staying active underneath Glover, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Glover is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Glover lands with a punch from half guard.
Glover is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bartosiński can do to turn this around?
Bartosiński blocking the ground and pound attempt from Glover.
Glover sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bartosiński defending well though.
That's two 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.
Glover wants to pass to mount but Bartosiński is defending the position.
Bartosiński is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Glover is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bartosiński doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Glover.
Bartosiński wants to get back to full guard but Glover has passed into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover scoring with punches from side control.
Bartosiński seems a little lost for a moment, as Glover dominates the positioning.
Glover has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Glover working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bartosiński is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Glover misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glover landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Glover working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bartosiński avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Glover.
Glover lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bartosiński down.
Glover lands an elbow.
Dick Glover overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bartosiński takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bartosiński can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bartosiński managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Glover.
Glover cracks Bartosiński with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Glover dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dick Glover's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Bartosiński throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Glover counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bartosiński is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Glover might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Glover working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bartosiński holds on and takes a little breather.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Glover's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartosiński looking for a sweep. Not yet Bartosiński, not yet.
Glover pushes down on Bartosiński's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Glover seems content to control.
Glover working the head and body with strikes.
Glover is taking a breather. Bartosiński says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Glover lands with a punch from half guard.
Glover thows a huge punch but Bartosiński dodges it nicely.
Bartosiński on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartosiński wants to get back to full guard.
Bartosiński blocking the ground and pound attempt from Glover.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Glover seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Bartosiński is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dick Glover!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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