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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Traumen (ranked 86 p4p, 48 weight class) and Oscar Blaydes (ranked 13 p4p, 7 weight class). Blaydes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Sunshine - White Zombie kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Oscar Blaydes told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Traumen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Oscar Blaydes!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaydes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Blaydes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A counter left hand to the body from Traumen misses its target.
Traumen throws a lazy right hand but Blaydes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Traumen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Traumen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Blaydes misses.
We've been told by Traumen's head coaches at Champion Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Traumen throws a looping overhand right but Blaydes ducks down to avoid it.
Blaydes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Traumen tries to get to full guard but Blaydes has control of the leg.
Traumen tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Traumen is looking for a sweep. Blaydes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Traumen missing with punches from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Blaydes connects with a nice short shot to Traumen's temple.
Traumen 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Blaydes lands a nice short elbow.
Blaydes working Traumen over with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Traumen manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Blaydes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Traumen circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaydes blocks a low kick nicely.
Blaydes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Traumen misses with a right hand
and Blaydes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Traumen throws a jab but it's blocked by Blaydes.
A nice side step and Blaydes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Blaydes loads up on a big right hand but Traumen slips the punch.
Traumen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jab from Traumen.
Blaydes fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blaydes pushes Traumen up against the cage in a clinch.
Traumen looking to stall.
Blaydes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Traumen can't find room to land a body shot as Blaydes controls the action.
Blaydes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Traumen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaydes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Traumen throws out the jab.
Traumen misses with a wild body shot.
Lucas Traumen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaydes. Traumen does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Blaydes there.
Blaydes is trying to control. Traumen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Traumen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Blaydes scores with a couple of nice shots.
Traumen wants to get back to his feet.
Traumen kicks off Blaydes and gets to his feet.
A jab from Blaydes misses.
Blaydes stuns Traumen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Traumen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Traumen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaydes with the counter takedown but Traumen avoids it easily.
Blaydes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blaydes misses with a shot to the body
enabling Traumen to counter with a crisp jab.
Blaydes clobbers Traumen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blaydes scoring well with a low kick there.
Traumen scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Traumen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Blaydes misses the shot to the body.
Traumen checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Traumen. Those never looked like landing.
Blaydes lands with a shot to the body.
Blaydes darts in looking for a takedown but Traumen gets double underhooks and turns Blaydes into the cage.
Blaydes shoots in for a double leg but Traumen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lucas Traumen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oscar Blaydes.
Sloppy strikes from Traumen. Those never looked like landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Traumen. That snapped Blaydes's head back.
Blaydes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blaydes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Traumen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Traumen throws a lazy body kick
and Blaydes counters with a nice double leg into side control. Traumen won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Traumen wants to get back to his feet but Blaydes drags him back down.
Blaydes working the head and body with strikes.
Blaydes working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blaydes working the head and body with strikes.
Blaydes working the body and head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes is putting a hurting on Traumen here, landing some big shots from side control.
Traumen wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Blaydes works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Traumen is trying to get back to his feet.
Traumen being controlled for a moment.
Blaydes landing a few strikes.
Traumen misses with a strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Traumen is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Blaydes wants to control for a moment but Traumen uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Traumen flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Blaydes dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Blaydes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Traumen tries to avoid it but Blaydes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Traumen to the ground. Traumen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Blaydes just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Traumen misses.
Traumen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blaydes counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Traumen.
Blaydes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blaydes wants to land a leg kick but Traumen is out of range.
Blaydes lands a nice looking body shot.
Traumen connects with a leg kick.
Traumen throws a head kick that half lands.
Traumen feints and then cracks Blaydes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blaydes down.
Blaydes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Blaydes.
Blaydes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Traumen to the ground. Blaydes is now in Traumen's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Traumen manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Traumen looks to throw the jab but Blaydes is out of range.
Traumen just misses with a punch to the body.
Traumen backing away here, and Blaydes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Blaydes shoots for a double leg takedown but Traumen sprawls well. He's pushed Blaydes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lucas Traumen is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Traumen looks to land a right hand but Blaydes moved out of range.
A low kick from Traumen misses
and Blaydes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Traumen keeps the fight on the outside.
Traumen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A swing and a miss from Traumen.
Traumen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Traumen lands a right hook to the body.
Blaydes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice body punch from Blaydes.
Traumen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Traumen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Traumen scores with a hook.
Traumen connects with a leg kick.
Traumen lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Traumen slips under a jab.
Blaydes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaydes.
A right handed body shot lands from Blaydes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Traumen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blaydes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Blaydes.
Traumen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Traumen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Blaydes.
Lucas Traumen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oscar Blaydes.
Blaydes digs a right hand into Traumen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Traumen's gas tank.
Traumen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blaydes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Traumen's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Traumen.
Blaydes tries a body shot but Traumen blocks it.
Traumen lands an uppercut.
Blaydes working aggressively here.
Traumen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Traumen regains guard immediately.
Blaydes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Blaydes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Blaydes lands a couple of elbows.
Blaydes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Traumen striking off his back but it's not causing Blaydes any problems.
Blaydes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Blaydes won't allow Traumen to get back to his feet.
Traumen has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Blaydes has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Blaydes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Traumen blocking some punches.
Traumen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blaydes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Traumen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Blaydes throws a punch but it's blocked by Traumen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Traumen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Traumen trying to stall but Blaydes improves his position.
Blaydes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Traumen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Blaydes as the two fighters clinch.
Blaydes swings wildly with an uppercut but Traumen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Traumen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaydes prevents a body shot from Traumen.
Traumen trying to control the position but instead, Blaydes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Traumen into the cage.
Blaydes letting Traumen take a breather here.
Traumen blocks an uppercut.
Blaydes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blaydes pushes Traumen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Traumen is looking to break free of the clinch but Blaydes has double underhooks.
Blaydes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Traumen on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Oscar Blaydes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Traumen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blaydes.
Blaydes stuns Traumen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Blaydes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Traumen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaydes.
Blaydes with a hook.
Traumen misses with a right hand
and Blaydes counters with a right hand to the body.
Blaydes shoots in and bounces Traumen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Blaydes is working Traumen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Traumen is trying to control the position but Blaydes postures up.
Blaydes trying to control but Traumen is working from the bottom.
Blaydes throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaydes scoring with some ground and pound.
Traumen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Traumen wants to stand and escape but Blaydes is having none of it.
Blaydes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Blaydes is in close to Traumen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Blaydes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Blaydes wants to control from the top but Traumen keeps moving.
Blaydes might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Traumen haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Blaydes working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Traumen wants to get back to his feet but Blaydes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Traumen keeping moving, preventing Blaydes from controlling successfully.
Blaydes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Blaydes content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Blaydes with a nice head shot there.
Oscar Blaydes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blaydes working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Traumen keeping moving, preventing Blaydes from controlling successfully.
Traumen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Blaydes prevents Traumen from getting back to his feet.
Blaydes trying to control the position from guard on top but Traumen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Traumen has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Blaydes has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Traumen misses with a punch on the inside.
Traumen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaydes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes scores with a kick to the midsection.
Blaydes fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Traumen sprawls well initially but Blaydes persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Traumen manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Traumen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blaydes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lucas Traumen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blaydes throws a leg kick that misses.
Blaydes throws a body shot but no joy.
Traumen lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaydes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Traumen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Traumen misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Traumen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaydes was well out of range. Poor timing from Traumen.
Traumen tried to score with a low kick but Blaydes checks it.
Blaydes tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Traumen misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Traumen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Traumen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blaydes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Traumen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Traumen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blaydes closes the distance and clinches.
Blaydes lands a hook that snaps the head of Traumen backwards.
Traumen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Traumen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Traumen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blaydes is trying to drag Traumen to the mat but Traumen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Blaydes misses with some punches.
Traumen throws a head punch that misses.
Traumen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Traumen.
Blaydes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Traumen.
Blaydes lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar Blaydes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blaydes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar Blaydes!
A very excited looking Oscar Blaydes 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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hype
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