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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Levi Snooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chunky Bard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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203 cm
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278 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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255 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Levi Snooks! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chunky Bard! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Snooks fails with a takedown attempt. Snooks throws a right hand that Bard ducks under and follows up with a left that Bard also avoids with ease. Bard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Snooks counters by clinching up. Bard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bard throws a punch but it's blocked by Snooks. Snooks stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Bard scores with an uppercut up the middle. Snooks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Snooks has a couple of punches blocked by Bard.
Snooks avoiding damage as Bard throws knees to the body.
Snooks looking for a takedown. Bard misses with a body punch.
Snooks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bard or not. Snooks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Snooks throws a head punch that misses. Snooks lands a body punch. Bard prevents a body shot from Snooks. Bard is trying to maintain a safe position but Snooks gets an underhook and turns Bard into the cage. Snooks gets through Bard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Bard can't find room to land a body shot as Snooks controls the action.
Snooks lands with a light punch inside. 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! Snooks gets a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bard looks gassed! Snooks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bard's head. Snooks lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Snooks seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bard does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round. Snooks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Bard tries to roll over but Snooks keeps him under control. Snooks thows a huge punch but Bard dodges it nicely.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Bard misses with an uppercut. Snooks fails with a takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Levi Snooks. That's going to take a lot out of him. Snooks misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Bard tries to score a power double leg takedown but Snooks sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bard somewhat. Snooks shoots and misses and Bard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bard. Snooks is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. Bard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Snooks avoids it. Snooks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snooks scores with a nice hook to the head. Snooks scores with a shoulder strike. Snooks working some nice short punches in the clinch. Snooks tries for a takedown but Bard manages to get underhooks.
A short right from Snooks on the inside. Snooks gets through Bard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. A bit of stalling here from Bard.
Snooks is trying to drag Bard to the mat but Bard just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. Bard working Snooks over with knees to the body. Snooks misses with a short punch on the inside. Snooks is trying to trip Bard. He has hold of a leg but Bard is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Snooks persists though and gets the takedown into guard. Bard manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Snooks manages to get himself to full guard.
Bard scoring with punches to the head and body. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Snooks looking for a sweep. Not yet Snooks, not yet. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bard landing some decent shots from guard. Bard landing with the ground and pound. Snooks trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! Bard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Snooks throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land. Bard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Snooks working a defensive guard but Bard passes into half guard.
Snooks taking some punishment here, with Bard in his half guard. Bard lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Snooks is trying to get back to full guard. Bard working the head and body with strikes. Snooks tries to roll over but Bard keeps him under control. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Bard working over Snooks with some ground and pound. Snooks looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bard seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Snooks misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Snooks on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Snooks punching from the bottom.
Bard 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. Snooks wants to get back to full guard. Snooks is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bard scores with a couple of nice shots. Ground and pound from Bard. 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. Bard connects with a nice short shot to Snooks's temple. Nice strikes from Bard there. Snooks is trying to maintain the position but Bard is very close to passing his half guard. Bard scoring with strikes to the body and head. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Snooks gets full guard. Snooks lands a decent punch to the body there. Bard forces his way into half guard. Bard is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Levi Snooks dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Bard misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Snooks to counter with a crisp jab. Bard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Nice shot lands for Bard. Bard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Snooks lands with a short shot to the head. Bard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Snooks or not. Bard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Snooks tries to clinch up but Bard circles away and keeps his distance. Snooks scores with a hook to the body. Bard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Snooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Chunky Bard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Snooks tries to clinch there but Bard circles away.
Levi Snooks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Bard misses with a wild combination.
Snooks moves in looking to clinch but Bard pushes him off. Bard swats away the attempt to clinch by Snooks. Snooks has his takedown stuffed and Bard counters with a series of strikes. Snooks will be more careful next time no doubt. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. No luck for Snooks with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Snooks moves in looking to clinch but Bard pushes him off. Bard takes a swing at Snooks's ribcage but misses. Snooks gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bard to score an easy takedown into full guard. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bard's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Snooks looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Bard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Bard landing some decent shots from guard. Bard scoring with punches to the head and body. Bard preventing the sweep. Bard distracts Snooks with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bard connects with a couple of short punches. Bard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Snooks works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Bard postures up and lands a big shot to Snooks's brow. Bard lands a couple of elbows. Bard is looking to work some ground and pound but Snooks has wrist control. Bard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Snooks works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Bard pushing down on Snooks's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. Bard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Snooks works his way to full guard. Good work. Bard won't allow Snooks to sweep him here. Bard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Snooks works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Snooks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bard. Snooks lands some strikes from the bottom. Snooks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bard. Snooks trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Bard lands with a nice combination. Snooks backs away looking to recover. Snooks works over Bard's head and body with a nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Snooks misses with a takedown and Bard decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Snooks's guard. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Levi Snooks. That's going to take a lot out of him. Snooks manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Snooks unloads with some shots from mount but Bard bucks and avoids them well.
Bard wants to control but Snooks is having none of it. Bard is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bard blocking the ground and pound. Snooks looking to finish Bard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bard! Snooks scoring with strikes but Bard is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bard keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Snooks working away from the top, dropping strikes. Bard avoids a series of strikes thrown by Snooks.
Bard blocking the ground and pound. Bard keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Snooks fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Snooks punching from mount but Bard doing a good job of avoiding damage. Snooks cracks Bard with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Snooks in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chunky Bard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A combination from Bard does no damage. Bard misses with a body shot.
Snooks fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Bard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bard looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Snooks throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bard postures up in Snooks's guard and throws a big left but Snooks blocks it. Bard is looking to work some ground and pound but Snooks has wrist control. Bard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Bard sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Snooks's guard. Snooks trying to control from the bottom.
Snooks wants to improve his position but Bard is controlling well.
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. Bard connects with a nice short shot to Snooks's temple. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Snooks taking some punishment here, with Bard in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Snooks wants to control but Bard is keeping busy.
Snooks slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Bard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Snooks manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bard avoids a series of strikes thrown by Snooks.
Bard taking shots to the head. Bard wants to hold on but Snooks pushes him away. Bard is looking to get to half guard. A nice elbow there by Snooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Snooks throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Snooks 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.
Snooks lands with some strikes. Snooks sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bard can do anything to dispel that myth. Bard is wriggling around trying to escape.
Snooks working Bard over with strikes here. Snooks looking to ground and pound but Bard is blocking nicely. Bard is squirming around, avoiding Snooks's attempts to control the action. Snooks is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bard can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Snooks looking to ground and pound but Bard is blocking nicely. Snooks lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bard blocking the ground and pound. Snooks looking to land elbow strikes but Bard uses the position to regain half guard. Snooks missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Snooks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Bard moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Snooks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Snooks stopping the sweep attempt from Bard.
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. Snooks is looking to work some ground and pound but Bard has wrist control. Snooks pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bard is keeping the position for now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Bard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snooks moves away. Snooks fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bard avoids it really well and circles away. Bard misses with a two punch combination.
Snooks is looking to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Levi Snooks. I think Snooks 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28 Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28 Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Levi Snooks!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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