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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Halo Halo (ranked 2006 p4p, 1140 weight class) and Cade Quinn (ranked 230 p4p, 140 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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250
4 - 1 - 0 |
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230
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Halo Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cade Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quinn gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Halo to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Halo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Halo advances position into side control!
Halo moves into full mount!
Quinn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Halo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Halo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Quinn wants to control but Halo is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Quinn is wriggling around trying to escape.
Halo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Halo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Quinn is trying to escape the mount.
Halo controlling his opponent.
Halo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Halo scoring with strikes but Quinn is staying in there.
Quinn is looking to improve his position but Halo isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Halo.
Halo raining down hammerfists from mount.
Quinn can't escape the position.
Halo controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Halo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Quinn tries to hold on but Halo postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo controlling the pace for now.
Quinn wants to control but Halo is having none of it.
Halo controlling the position easily from mount.
Quinn is desperately trying to improve his position but Halo has a good base and remains in mount.
Quinn is still trying to improve position.
Quinn looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
What can Quinn do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Quinn knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Quinn for a finish.
Halo controlling the position well here. Quinn rolled but Halo kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Halo is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Quinn knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Quinn for a finish.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Quinn trying to control the hands but Halo won't let him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Halo Halo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Halo tries to clinch up.
Quinn looks to land a right hand but Halo moved out of range.
Halo throws a hook but Quinn blocks it.
Halo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quinn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Halo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Halo defending well as Quinn loads up on a big left hand.
Quinn clobbers Halo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Quinn punishes Halo's body with a nice straight punch.
Quinn scores with a jab to the body.
Quinn has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Halo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quinn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quinn misses with a wild body shot.
Halo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Quinn's guard.
Halo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn working for a triangle but Halo defends it easily.
Halo looking to pass the guard.
Quinn has momentary wrist control but Halo slips an elbow through the middle.
Halo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Quinn has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Halo has managed to get both his arms back between Quinn's legs - danger averted.
Halo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
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.
Halo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Halo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quinn can do to turn this around?
Halo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Halo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Halo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Halo passes Quinn's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Halo is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Quinn!
Halo breaks from Quinn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Halo lands a big elbow.
Quinn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Quinn is trying to reverse the position but instead Halo has taken his back - oops!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quinn wants to control his opponent's hands but Halo gets his hands free.
Halo scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Quinn is looking for a way out.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Halo controlling the positon.
Halo Halo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Halo. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Halo working for the choke.
Quinn defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Halo's arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quinn trying to control the action but Halo just sinks the hooks in.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Halo scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Halo Halo dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Quinn clinches.
Halo misses with some punches.
Quinn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halos head.
Quinn trying to control the position but instead, Halo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Quinn into the cage.
Quinn misses with the head strike.
Halo tries to work over Quinn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quinn misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.
Halo looking to slow down the pace here.
Halo can't find room to land a body shot as Quinn controls the action.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quinn blocks an uppercut.
Halo effectively controlling the action here.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halo misses with some punches.
Halo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Halo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quinn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halo has a couple of punches blocked by Quinn.
Quinn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quinn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quinn struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Halo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Quinn fails to land.
Halo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halo misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo tries to work over Quinn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quinn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Halo backwards.
Quinn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Quinn blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halo.
Halo looking to stall.
Quinn working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Quinn looking to slow down the pace here.
Quinn is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Halo has denied him.
Quinn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Halo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quinn throws a head punch that misses.
Halo throws a head punch that misses.
Cade Quinn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo misses with some punches.
Quinn tries a body shot but Halo blocks it.
Halo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halo swings wildly with an uppercut but Quinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halo.
Quinn blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Quinn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halo Halo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quinn has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Halo as Quinn tries to tie him up.
Halo misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Quinn.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Halo stalling.
Quinn throws a head punch that misses.
Halo swings wildly with an uppercut but Quinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halo.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Halo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cade Quinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Quinn fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cade Quinn.
I think Halo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Halo Halo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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