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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Dayton (ranked 1591 p4p, 1401 weight class) and Macka Briggs (ranked 185 p4p, 164 weight class). Dayton comes to the cage accompanied by Da Rockwilder. Briggs has chosen Stepping Razor by Peter Tosh as his entrance music. Macka Briggs has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Xavier Dayton's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xavier Dayton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Macka Briggs!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dayton throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Briggs. Dayton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dayton is looking to counter the offense by Briggs and move into the clinch.
Briggs moves away from the strike by Dayton.
Briggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Briggs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Briggs slips a jab from Dayton.
Sloppy strikes from Briggs. Those never looked like landing.
Briggs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dayton goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Macka Briggs has been cut.
Dayton connects with a crisp jab.
Dayton throws a head kick but Briggs moves out of range.
Briggs gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Briggs takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dayton throws a big shot that misses.
Briggs tries to bum rush Dayton with a series of wild strikes but Dayton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dayton looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Briggs swinging wildly here.
Good exchange - Dayton coming out on top.
Dayton is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Dayton lands but Briggs takes it in his stride.
Dayton misses with a body shot.
Dayton slips a straight right by Briggs.
Briggs takes the fight into the clinch.
Dayton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Briggs blocks an elbow strike from Dayton.
Dayton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Briggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dayton has him pressed against the cage.
Dayton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Briggs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dayton misses with an elbow over the top.
Briggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dayton's elbow.
Briggs blocks the elbow strike.
Briggs tries to work over Dayton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Briggs throws a head punch that misses.
Briggs throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Dayton.
Dayton working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Briggs closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dayton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dayton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Briggs moves away from the strike by Dayton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Briggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Dayton is just out of range.
Dayton scores with a jab. Briggs acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dayton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Briggs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Briggs. Dayton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab from Dayton.
Dayton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Briggs.
Briggs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dayton.
Dayton connects with a good right hand that stumbles Briggs. Briggs circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Briggs throws a right and a left that Dayton avoids nicely.
Dayton seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A punch combination from Briggs misses.
Dayton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Briggs blocks a jab.
Briggs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dayton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs moves out of range of the body kick.
Dayton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dayton misses with a straight right.
Dayton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dayton.
Briggs walks into a straight right hand from Dayton.
Briggs avoids the head kick by Dayton.
Briggs throws a looping overhand right but Dayton ducks down to avoid it.
Dayton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice defenses there by Dayton.
Briggs works over Dayton's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Xavier Dayton has been cut.
Briggs darts in and clinches Dayton up against the cage.
Briggs breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dayton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dayton blocks a jab.
Briggs slips a straight right by Dayton.
Briggs clinches up with Dayton and pushes him back against the cage.
Briggs misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dayton lands an elbow inside that Briggs shrugs off.
Dayton has Briggs pushed against the cage.
Dayton is trying to maintain a safe position but Briggs gets an underhook and turns Dayton into the cage.
Briggs wants to break free but Dayton has control.
Briggs avoids the elbow strike from Dayton, against the cage.
Briggs breaks the clinch.
Dayton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Briggs's head.
Briggs drops Dayton with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Dayton looks back up at him and smiles so Briggs waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Dayton is rocked!
Briggs lands with a nice body punch.
Oh Dayton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dayton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dayton is breathing heavily.
Dayton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Briggs.
Briggs is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Briggs gets a clinch.
Briggs creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Dayton! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Briggs.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Macka Briggs!
Our winner, Macka Briggs, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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