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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martin Drop (ranked 728 p4p, 1112 weight class) and Buster Posey (ranked 44 p4p, 35 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 23 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Drop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Buster Posey !
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Drop, as that shot connected.
Posey moves away from the strike by Drop.
Drop misses with a looping left.
Posey has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Drop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Posey moves into range and clinches up with Drop.
Posey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Posey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Posey with a knee to the head.
It looks like Martin Drop has been cut.
Posey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drop lands an uppercut.
A short right from Drop on the inside.
Drop can't find room to land a body shot as Posey controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drop.
Drop utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drop missing with knees to the body.
Posey being controlled against the cage.
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
Posey looking to throw knees to the head but Drop is blocking nicely.
Drop connects with a nasty looking knee right to Posey 's face.
It looks like Buster Posey has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Drop.
Posey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Posey .
Posey misses with a knee to the head.
Posey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drop backwards.
Drop lands with a short shot to the head.
Drop lands a hook to the side of the head.
Posey looking to throw knees to the head but Drop is blocking nicely.
Drop takes a knee right on the jaw!
Posey can't find room to land a body shot as Drop controls the action.
Knees to the body from Drop.
Posey looks winded!
Drop is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Posey is defending well for now.
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drop connects with a nasty looking knee right to Posey 's face.
Drop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drop lands a good knee to the midsection. Posey won't want to take too many of those.
A nice right hand lands inside from Drop.
Drop looking to throw knees to the head but Posey is blocking nicely.
Posey tries a knee to the head but Drop blocks it.
Drop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Posey tries to land knees in the clinch but Drop avoids the damage to the body.
Drop with a knee to the head.
Posey lands with a right to the head.
Drop misses with a knee strike.
Posey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
Posey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I was talking to Drop's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Drop scores with a nice hook to the head.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Posey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Posey gets through Drop's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Drop.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drop.
Drop struggles to land a body shot inside as Posey controls his hands.
Posey misses with a knee strike.
Drop managing to block the knees to the body from Posey .
Stalling in the clinch from Drop.
Posey connects with a knee to the head.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Posey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drop lands a nice uppercut.
Posey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drop lands a nice knee to the body.
Posey managing to block the knees to the body from Drop.
A knee to the head by Drop.
Drop working Posey over with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drop.
Posey misses with a knee to the head.
Posey missing with knees to the body.
Drop tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drop with a knee to the head.
Posey tries to land a knee to the head but Drop blocks with his arms.
Drop lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drop lands an uppercut.
Posey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drop blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Posey .
Posey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drop.
Drop lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Drop tries a knee to the head but Posey blocks it.
Drop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Still in the clinch, Posey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drop lands a shoulder strike.
Posey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Drop with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drop lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Posey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drop has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drop with a knee to the head.
Posey tries to land knees in the clinch but Drop avoids the damage to the body.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Posey blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Posey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drop lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drop lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Drop dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Drop walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Posey misses with a right hand
enabling Drop to counter with a crisp jab.
Drop missing with a left hand there. Posey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Posey cracks Drop with a right hand to the side of the head.
Drop moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Drop.
Drop controlling the action here for a moment.
Drop avoiding damage as Posey throws knees to the body.
Drop tries to land knees in the clinch but Posey avoids the damage to the body.
Posey misses with a knee to the head.
Posey misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drop lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Posey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drop landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drop lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Posey is breathing heavily.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
Drop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Posey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Posey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Posey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Posey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Posey misses with a knee to the head.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
Posey missing with knees to the body.
Drop lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Posey backwards.
Posey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drop has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Posey letting Drop take a breather here.
Drop gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drop scores with a knee to the head.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drop throws a head punch that misses.
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drop tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Posey avoids it.
Posey looking to throw knees to the head but Drop is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
Posey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drop blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Posey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Drop fails to land.
Posey avoiding damage as Drop throws knees to the body.
Posey blocking some punches.
Drop throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Posey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drop misses with a knee to the head.
Posey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drop is defending well for now.
Posey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Posey connects with a nasty looking knee right to Drop's face.
Posey tries a knee to the head but Drop blocks it.
Posey looking to throw knees to the head but Drop is blocking nicely.
Posey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Posey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drop tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Posey avoids it.
Drop can't find room to land a body shot as Posey controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drop with a knee to the head.
Posey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Posey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drop backwards.
Drop blocks a body shot from Posey .
Drop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Posey pushes Drop back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drop is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Posey can do to turn this around?
Posey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drop blocks it with crossed arms.
Drop lands a nice knee to the body.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drop stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Drop presses Posey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Posey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drop blocks it with crossed arms.
Posey looking to throw knees to the head but Drop is blocking nicely.
Drop creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Drop lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Posey backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Drop takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Posey .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Posey misses with a knee strike.
Posey looking to throw knees to the head but Drop is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Drop.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Posey .
Drop trying to land knees to the body.
Drop blocks an uppercut.
Martin Drop has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Drop with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Posey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drop or not.
Posey lands with a left to the head.
Posey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Posey tries a knee to the head but Drop blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Martin Drop will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Posey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buster Posey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drop takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Drop pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drop with a hook.
Donk. Drop catches Posey right on the button with a cross.
Drop looks to land a right hand but Posey moved out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drop on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Drop scores with the left hand. Posey knows he should have avoided that one.
Posey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drop throws a chopping leg kick but Posey manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Drop, as that shot connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Posey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Posey throws a leg kick which misses Drop's front leg but catches the back leg as Drop tries to avoid it.
Posey slips a jab from Drop.
A little jabbing left from Posey on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Drop on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Drop misses.
Posey is looking to clinch.
A left lands for Drop.
Posey with a hook.
Posey 's corner calls for a 1-2. Posey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A leg kick checked by Drop.
Posey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Posey throws a leg kick which misses Drop's front leg but catches the back leg as Drop tries to avoid it.
Posey clinches up against the cage.
Posey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drop blocks it with crossed arms.
Drop controlling the action here for a moment.
Posey lands a knee to the head.
Drop using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Posey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Posey connects with a knee to the head.
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!
Posey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Posey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Posey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drop lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Posey avoiding damage as Drop throws knees to the body.
Posey landing knees to the head.
Posey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Posey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Drop is defending well for now.
Drop pushes Posey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drop will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Posey up against the cage.
Posey lands a left hand.
Drop looking to throw knees to the head but Posey is blocking nicely.
Drop avoiding damage as Posey throws knees to the body.
Drop missing with knees to the body.
Drop tries to land knees in the clinch but Posey avoids the damage to the body.
Posey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Posey blocks a body shot from Drop.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drop landing knees to the head.
Drop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drop tries a knee to the head but Posey blocks it.
Posey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drop.
Drop tries to land a knee to the head but Posey blocks with his arms.
Drop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Posey blocks it with crossed arms.
Posey tries to land knees in the clinch but Drop avoids the damage to the body.
Posey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Posey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Posey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Posey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Posey .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drop.
Posey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Drop.
Posey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drop lands a knee to the head.
Martin Drop is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Posey lands with a right to the head.
Posey struggles to land a body shot inside as Drop controls his hands.
Posey misses with a knee to the head.
Posey misses with some punches.
Posey tries a knee to the head but Drop blocks it.
Posey has a couple of punches blocked by Drop.
Drop lands a knee to the head.
Drop blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Posey .
Posey throws a punch but it's blocked by Drop.
Posey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Posey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drop backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buster Posey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Drop has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Buster Posey !
Buster Posey decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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