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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Meia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). malone's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tequila makes her clothes fall of. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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180 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damian Meia!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meia shoots in but no luck this time.
Meia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
malone misses with a takedown attempt
and Meia counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in malone's guard now.
malone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
malone controlling Meia's posture.
malone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
malone looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meia slips nicely into half guard.
malone trying to control from the bottom.
Meia not doing much here.
malone looking for submissions off his back.
malone has a hand on Meia's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Meia takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
malone is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Meia controlling from the full mount.
malone is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Meia controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
malone is trying desperately to improve position.
Meia controlling the position easily from mount.
malone tries to buck Meia off but he can't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Meia avoids the attempt from malone to control.
malone throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
malone tries to hold on but Meia pushes him away.
malone is breathing heavily.
Meia controlling the pace for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
I looks like Meia might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Meia dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
malone shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Meia manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
malone trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Meia manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
malone is looking for a triangle but Meia pushes his legs off easily.
Meia looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meia trying to control the position from guard on top but malone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Despite being in the dominant position, Damian Meia just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Meia shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in malone's guard.
malone looking for a sweep. Not yet malone, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
malone has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Meia is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for malone.
Meia controlling the position from side mount.
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.
malone struggling a bit here.
malone tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Meia wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
malone tries to escape but Meia is in control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
malone is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Meia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
malone fails with the takedown
and Meia counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
malone wants to get back to his feet.
Meia has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Meia controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meia is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Meia!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Damian Meia!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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