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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Liam One Eyed (ranked 1934 p4p, 2744 weight class) and Darius Fields (ranked 148 p4p, 187 weight class). Darius Fields will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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190 cm 26 145 3 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm 26 145 3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling Solid Muay Thai Self confident |
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Decent wrestler Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam One Eyed! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darius Fields! The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fields shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. One Eyed has hold of Fields's hands but Fields slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. One Eyed definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Fields takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Fields sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. One Eyed defending well though. One Eyed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fields. One Eyed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fields. One Eyed knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fields on the ground. Ground and pound from Fields. Fields not landing any meaningful shots this time. Fields throwing shots but One Eyed is blocking nicely. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. One Eyed keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. One Eyed holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. One Eyed wants to get back to full guard. Fields missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Fields missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
 That's one minute gone in the round. One Eyed keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fields throws a strike but One Eyed avoids it easily and moves to full guard. One Eyed really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Fields throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as One Eyed works some decent striking defense from the bottom. One Eyed is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage. Fields is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Fields working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Fields loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
One Eyed throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Fields escapes and throws One Eyed's legs to the side, diving into side control! Fields lands an elbow. One Eyed is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Fields's leg. He's managed it. Nice work. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Fields not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. One Eyed blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fields. Fields thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Fields is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Fields throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Fields lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Fields lands strikes from half guard. Fields looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks One Eyed with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. One Eyed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fields. Fields missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Fields winds up and cracks One Eyed with a swinging punch to the side of the head. One Eyed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fields. Fields drops an elbow to the side of One Eyed's head. One Eyed keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fields missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Fields not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. One Eyed blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fields. One Eyed has hold of Fields's hands but Fields slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
One Eyed has one foot on Fields's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet. One Eyed tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fields swivels and escapes. Fields cracks a nice hook into One Eyed's ribs. Fields scores with a shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Fields's jab looks to have found its range, popping One Eyed under the eye. Fields slaps away a takedown attempt from One Eyed, before circling back to the center of the mat. A little jabbing left from Fields on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. One Eyed fails with a takedown attempt from distance. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam One Eyed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Fields looks to throw the jab but One Eyed is out of range. One Eyed shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fields looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for One Eyed! Fields scoring with punches from side control. Fields throwing shots but missing, from side control. Sloppy strikes there by Fields. Fields working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
One Eyed is looking for a sweep. Fields in side control lands a decent elbow. Fields misses with the ground and pound. Fields is working One Eyed over with some ground and pound from side control. One Eyed struggling a bit here. Fields working the ground and pound but One Eyed is defending the strikes. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Fields 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.
One Eyed gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
One Eyed shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Darius Fields has got the better of the ground game so far. One Eyed prevents Fields from getting back to his feet. Fields looking to sweep here. No luck so far. One Eyed wants to pass the guard but Fields is keeping the position. One Eyed wants to stand but Fields has a closed guard, so he can't escape. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. One Eyed stops Fields from standing up. Fields looking for a sweep. Not yet Fields, not yet. Fields trying to control the position.
 The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
 That's one minute gone in the round.
One Eyed tries to sprawl but Fields drives through with a takedown into half guard. One Eyed on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if One Eyed tries to get out of the position. Fields thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed One Eyed's head. One Eyed is trying to maintain the position but Fields is very close to passing his half guard. One Eyed blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fields. Fields thows a huge punch but One Eyed dodges it nicely.
Fields throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Fields prevents One Eyed from improving his position. Fields missing with the ground and pound from half guard. One Eyed wants to get back to his feet. Fields seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Fields not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Fields stops One Eyed from getting back to his feet.
Fields not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. One Eyed wants to control but Fields is keeping busy.
One Eyed keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fields working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. One Eyed keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. Fields throws a strike but One Eyed avoids it easily and moves to full guard. Fields preventing the sweep. One Eyed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Fields throwing strikes from guard but One Eyed blocks nicely. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Fields with a flurry of punches that miss. One Eyed looking to control.
 The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Fields throws a right and a left that One Eyed avoids nicely. Liam One Eyed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Fields. Fields tries to score with some ground and pound. One Eyed controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage. Fields working the ground and pound but One Eyed is defending the strikes. Fields working the head with strikes. One Eyed is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Fields is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Fields thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Fields raining down hammerfists from mount.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Fields lands with some vicious ground and pound - can One Eyed hang on? Fields landing strikes from the mount.
 One Eyed is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! One Eyed tries to hold on but Fields postures up. Fields misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Fields working away from the top, dropping strikes. Oh One Eyed is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! One Eyed wants to control but Fields is having none of it. Fields lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fields putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Fields postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have One Eyed in real trouble here! The ref calls for One Eyed to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Fields! An out of breath Darius Fields thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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