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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Death Before Dishonor (ranked 1488 p4p, 4526 weight class) and Johnny Dukes (ranked 208 p4p, 469 weight class). Dukes has chosen I saw the Light as his entrance music. Johnny Dukes is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Death Before Dishonor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Dukes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dukes. Before Dishonor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Before Dishonor half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Dukes looks to land a body kick but Before Dishonor moved away.
Before Dishonor misses with a wild body shot.
Dukes throws a head kick that misses
and Before Dishonor counters by clinching up.
Before Dishonor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dukes breaks from the clinch.
Before Dishonor clinches up with Dukes and pushes him back against the cage.
Before Dishonor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dukes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dukes has a couple of punches blocked by Before Dishonor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Before Dishonor goes for a takedown attempt but Dukes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dukes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Before Dishonor counters with a shoot takedown. Dukes fights it but they end up in guard.
Dukes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dukes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Before Dishonor controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukes working a defensive guard but Before Dishonor manages to pass into side control anyway.
Dukes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Before Dishonor advances to full mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Before Dishonor there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Before Dishonor controlling the pace for now.
Dukes blocking the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dukes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Before Dishonor tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dukes is desperately trying to improve his position but Before Dishonor has a good base and remains in mount.
Before Dishonor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dukes defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Before Dishonor.
Before Dishonor controlling the pace for now.
Before Dishonor has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Before Dishonor throws some wild stikes that Dukes manages to avoid easily.
Before Dishonor content just to control the position here.
Before Dishonor thowing shots but they're missing.
Before Dishonor sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Before Dishonor 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Before Dishonor misses with a head shot.
Before Dishonor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dukes is trying to escape the mount.
Before Dishonor misses with a head shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Before Dishonor throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dukes because Before Dishonor loaded up on that one.
Before Dishonor controlling the position easily from mount.
Before Dishonor unloads with some shots from mount but Dukes bucks and avoids them well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Death Before Dishonor 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.
Dukes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Before Dishonor counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Dukes!
Dukes is being controlled here.
Dukes manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Before Dishonor regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dukes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dukes throwing strikes from guard but Before Dishonor blocks nicely.
Before Dishonor has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dukes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dukes chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukes wants to control from the top but Before Dishonor keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Before Dishonor is on top in guard.
Death Before Dishonor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Before Dishonor trying to control but Dukes is working from the bottom.
Before Dishonor is looking to pass into half guard but Dukes pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dukes is in guard.
Before Dishonor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dukes trying to control the position from guard on top but Before Dishonor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Before Dishonor is trying to keep Dukes in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Before Dishonor throws his legs up looking for a submission but Dukes uses it to pass to side control.
Before Dishonor is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dukes's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Before Dishonor looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Before Dishonor keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Before Dishonor continues to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Before Dishonor is not content to let Dukes control the position.
Before Dishonor is trying to get back to full guard.
Dukes trying to control from half guard but Before Dishonor is working away.
Before Dishonor actively working from the bottom here.
Dukes is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dukes trying to control but Before Dishonor is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Before Dishonor moves into the clinch.
Dukes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Before Dishonor is defending well for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dukes tries to throw a body punch but Before Dishonor avoids it by throwing Dukes back against the cage.
Before Dishonor avoiding damage as Dukes throws knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johnny Dukes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Before Dishonor.
Dukes is looking to get back to his feet here but Before Dishonor is keeping cool and he's managed to take Dukes's back.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Before Dishonor keeps control of the position as Dukes tries to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Before Dishonor struggling to land strikes to the head as Dukes covers up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukes is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Before Dishonor.
Before Dishonor is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Before Dishonor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dukes can do to turn this around?
Before Dishonor scores with strikes from the back.
Before Dishonor looking to break Dukes's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Dukes remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Before Dishonor will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Dukes tries to break free.
Before Dishonor has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Before Dishonor is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Dukes is defending well though. Before Dishonor let's go of the attempt for now.
Before Dishonor throwing damaging strikes from the back! Dukes could be in trouble here!
Before Dishonor throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Dukes!
Before Dishonor throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Before Dishonor is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Before Dishonor working for the choke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Before Dishonor looking to break Dukes's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Dukes remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Before Dishonor will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Before Dishonor throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Before Dishonor controlling the position well here. Dukes rolled but Before Dishonor kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Dukes wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
Dukes wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Before Dishonor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Before Dishonor throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dukes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Before Dishonor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Before Dishonor.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Before Dishonor looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Death Before Dishonor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Before Dishonor 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Death Before Dishonor!
In defeat, Johnny Dukes stepped up to the mic, saying 'I want a rematch. I deserve that.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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