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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deacon Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Storm
vs
Powers

210 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lance Storm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Deacon Powers!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm moves out of range of the body kick.

Storm closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Storm tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Powers.
Storm thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Storm trying to control the action but Powers is working from the bottom.
Powers is looking to get back to is feet but Storm passes into side control.
Storm working the body and head with strikes.

Storm decides to stand up, so the ref orders Powers to his feet.
Storm tries to clinch but Powers is having none of it.
Powers is looking to land body kicks.
Storm blocks a head kick by Powers.
Storm tries to close the distance and clinch but Powers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Storm tries to close the distance and clinch up but Powers swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Storm shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Powers is trying to defend but Storm finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Storm is thwarting Powers's attempts to control the position.
Storm blocks the strikes from Powers.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Powers has one foot on Storm's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Powers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Powers as Storm shoots in.
Powers throws a head kick that misses.
Powers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Powers looks gassed!
Powers misses with a head kick.
Storm changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Powers tries to avoid it but Storm manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Powers to the ground. Powers escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Storm rushes Powers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Storm working hard to break the clinch.
Storm wants to break the clinch but can't.
Storm keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Powers's efforts to push away.
Storm is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Storm takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Powers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Powers looks to land a combination but Storm avoids it well.
Storm closes this distance looking for a takedown but Powers circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Storm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Powers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Storm throws a quick inside leg kick.
Storm throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Deacon Powers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Storm changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Powers looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Storm working the ground and pound.
Storm working away.
Powers wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Storm throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Storm in side control, throwing shots but Powers defends.
Powers is trying to get back to his feet.
Powers seems a little lost for a moment, as Storm dominates the positioning.
Powers wants to get back to his feet but Storm drags him back down.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Powers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Powers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Storm counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Storm is trying to break free.
Powers keeps control of Storm as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Powers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Storm slips a jab and a cross from Powers.
Powers tries to land a body kick
and Storm counters with a left and a right that stings Powers.
Deacon Powers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Powers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Storm avoids a punch combination nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A hook to the body from Storm.

Powers breaks the clinch.
Storm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Storm blocks a head kick by Powers.
Storm looks for a takedown but Powers sprawls well.
Storm swats away the attempt to clinch by Powers.
Storm fails to land the takedown.
Storm lands with a nice combination. Powers backs away looking to recover.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Storm shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Powers as he avoids it easily.
Powers lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm slips a jab and a cross from Powers.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Storm.
Storm prevents Powers from escaping the position.

Storm has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Powers lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Powers.
Storm looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Powers is fending him off so far but Storm persists. Nope, Powers circles away and we're back to standing.
Powers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Storm counters with a head kick.
Powers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Storm counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Powers looks to throw a body kick
and Storm counters with a good, hard body kick but Powers shrugs it off.
A nice combination there by Storm.
Storm fails in his attempt to clinch.
Storm lands a head kick!
Storm fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Powers avoids it really well and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Powers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Powers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Storm dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Storm fails with a takedown attempt.
Storm keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Powers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Powers throws a right and a left that Storm avoids nicely.
Powers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Storm bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Storm showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Powers.
Storm goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Storm closes the distance and pushes Powers back into the cage.
Storm is trying to force a seperation but Powers has the dominant position.

Storm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Storm lands a jab-cross combination.
A low kick from Powers is predictable there
letting Storm counter with a right hand.

Storm shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Powers napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Powers gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Storm prevents Powers from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Powers has one foot on Storm's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Storm is looking to clinch.
Powers keeps Storm at a distance using the push kick.
Storm misses with a series of wild punches.
Powers throws the kick towards the body but Storm avoids it.
Powers misses with a two punch combination.
Powers misses with a series of wild punches.
Powers misses with a kick to the body
enabling Storm to counter with a crisp jab.
Powers throws a right and a left that Storm avoids nicely.
Powers misses with a combination
and Storm makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Powers really felt that one!

Powers darts in and clinches Storm up against the cage.
Storm is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Storm is trying to break the clinch but Powers is controlling him.
Powers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Storm keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Powers's efforts to push away.
Storm tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Powers just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers working hard to break the clinch.
Storm has Powers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Powers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Storm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Storm tries to break free but Powers pushes him back against the cage.
Storm wants a takedown.

Powers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Storm feints and then cracks Powers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Powers down.
Storm throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Storm drives through and clinches with Powers against the cage.
Storm looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Powers avoiding damage as Storm throws knees to the body.

Powers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lance Storm is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Powers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Storm checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Storm stalks Powers and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Powers's face. Powers staggers backwards, shaken.

Storm has managed to clinch.

Storm breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Powers misses with a two punch combination.
Powers lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Powers throws and low kick but Storm moves out of range easily.
Powers keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm dodges the punch combination from Powers.
Powers tries to close the distance and clinch but Storm swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Powers tries to clinch up
and Storm counters with a good low kick that Powers was not able to check.
Powers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Storm counters with a two punch combo.
Powers throws a body kick that misses.

Storm has closed the distance and engaged Powers in a clinch.

Storm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Storm dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Powers ducks right into an uppercut from Storm.
Storm goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Storm keeps Powers at a distance using the push kick.
Powers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Powers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Storm throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Powers's head.
Storm fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Powers throws a head kick that misses
and Storm counters with a nice leg kick.
Powers throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Storm throws a series of strikes that have Powers backpedaling.
Storm has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Storm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Powers throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Storm counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Powers is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Storm lands a two punch combo.
Storm scores with a head kick.
Storm is looking to slow Powers down with leg kicks.
Storm looks to land a combination. Powers sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Powers chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Storm can pounce on him.
Storm dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Powers. That did some damage!
A lazy body kick from Powers
and Storm counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Storm plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Powers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Storm is working the combinations to good effect here.
Powers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Storm counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Storm fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Storm dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Powers wants to clinch but Storm slips to the side
and Storm counters with a thumping low kick.
Storm doesn't manage to clinch there - Powers circles away.
Powers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Storm lands with a kick to the temple. Powers shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Storm lands with a thumping leg kick.

Storm changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Powers looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Powers lands an elbow from the bottom.

Storm decides to stand up, so the ref orders Powers to his feet.
Powers keeps the fight on the outside.
Powers misses with a double jab
and Storm counters with a head kick.
Powers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Powers throws a lazy body kick
and Storm counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Powers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Storm counters with a one-two to the body.
Powers throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Storm counters with a body kick.
Powers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Powers wants to clinch up but Storm keeps it at a distance.
Powers throws a nice looking combination but Storm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Storm moves into the clinch.
Storm makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Storm fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Storm wants to break free but Powers has control.
Storm has Powers pressed against the cage, preventing Powers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Storm has had enough of the clinch but Powers keeps him there for the moment.
Storm wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Powers wants to break free but Storm has control.

Powers breaks from the clinch.

Powers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Powers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Storm's efforts to push away.
Storm is trying to break free.
Powers wants to get back to striking at distance but Storm won't allow it.
Storm has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Storm trying to stall but Powers improves his position.
Storm prevents Powers from breaking the clinch.
Storm stalling in the clinch.
Storm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Powers avoids it.
Powers managing to block the knees to the body from Storm.
Powers gets underhooks to prevent Storm's takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Storm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Powers working hard to break the clinch.
Powers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Storm has him pressed against the cage.

Storm manages to break the clinch.
Powers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Powers throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Storm is looking to clinch but Powers is avoiding it.
Storm tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Powers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Powers throws a combination that misses
and Storm counters with a nice body kick.
Powers keeps Storm at a distance using the push kick.
Storm moves out of range as Powers throws a body kick.
Powers fails with an attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Storm.
Powers throws a body kick the misses

and Storm counters by moving into the clinch.

Storm is trying to trip Powers. He has hold of a leg but Powers is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Storm persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Storm knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Powers on the ground.
Storm trying to control the position from guard on top but Powers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Powers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Storm.
Powers wants to stand but Storm is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm with a flurry of punches that miss.
Storm is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Powers is working an open guard so Storm takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Storm shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Powers as he jumps to the side.
Powers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Storm counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A head kick from Storm lands but Powers takes it in his stride.
Powers misses with a combination

and Storm counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Powers flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Storm 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.
Powers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Powers looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Storm working Powers over with strikes.
Storm is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Storm seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Storm turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Powers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Storm counters with a right hand to the body.
Storm displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Storm closes the distance and clinches.
Storm has Powers pressed against the cage, preventing Powers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Powers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deacon Powers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lance Storm is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Storm is trying hard to land a takedown here. Powers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Storm showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Storm has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Storm!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
64%

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