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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between ground pound (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandru Dalma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ground pound has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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182 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, ground pound!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexandru Dalma!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dalma lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but pound circles away quickly and effectively.
pound gets a takedown into half guard.
pound prevents Dalma from standing back up.
pound not doing much here.
Dalma is staying active underneath pound, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
pound seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
pound is looking to advance position but Dalma won't allow it.
pound scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dalma keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dalma wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalma scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but pound manages to mount him!
pound controlling from the full mount.
Dalma is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
pound landing strikes, looking to finish!
pound has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
pound controlling the pace for now.
Dalma really wants to buck pound off and get back to his feet.
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.
pound controlling the position easily from mount.
pound working Dalma over with strikes here.
pound controlling the position easily from mount.
Dalma in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
pound lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
pound can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dalma is looking to escape.
Dalma tries to buck pound off but he can't manage it.
pound working Dalma over with strikes here.
pound cracks Dalma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dalma wants to try and get back to his feet.
Dalma looks gassed!
A nice elbow there by pound.
pound controlling from mount.
pound punishing his opponent with strikes.
pound controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
pound seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dalma for as long as he can get away with.
The referee stands the fighters back up. ground pound just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
pound drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
pound prevents Dalma from getting back to his feet.
pound slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
pound working some strikes from top position.
pound wants to control from the top but Dalma keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
ground pound dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
pound closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - pound lands in his opponent's guard.
pound landing with the ground and pound.
Dalma is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
pound looking to sit in guard and control but Dalma gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
pound throwing short punches from the bottom.
pound bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dalma's guard.
Dalma is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and pound dives into side control.
Dalma is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
pound wants to control but Dalma is keeping him busy.
pound grinds an elbow into Dalma's temple.
Dalma pushes pound away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, pound gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
pound scores with punches from side control.
pound slows the pace down.
Dalma is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The referee asks pound politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. pound prefers to stall for the moment though.
pound is putting a hurting on Dalma here, landing some big shots from side control.
pound in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
pound trying to control the position but Dalma is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
pound is putting a hurting on Dalma here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dalma takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
pound taking a breather here.
Dalma is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dalma trying to remain calm as pound controls from the top position.
Check out the look on pound's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalma pushes pound away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, pound gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
pound controlling the position from side mount.
Dalma stops pound from passing to mount.
Dalma is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The referee asks pound politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. pound prefers to stall for the moment though.
pound working the ground and pound from side control.
That's four 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.
Dalma is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dalma seems a little lost for a moment, as pound dominates the positioning.
The referee stands the fighters back up. ground pound just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
pound closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dalma did well to prevent pound getting side control.
pound lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
pound stops Dalma from getting back to his feet.
pound is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dalma is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
ground pound dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
pound scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
pound works his way into full mount!
pound pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dalma is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
pound sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dalma is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Dalma takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
pound takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dalma is bucking up trying to escape but pound cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Dalma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dalma is in a horrible position here. pound smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dalma takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
pound controlling the position easily from mount.
Dalma squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, pound cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
pound raining down shots from the mount!
Dalma's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
pound with good strikes from the mount here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
pound in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
pound tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
pound cracks Dalma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dalma is trying to stand up.
pound connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
pound pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
pound pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
pound lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalma in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
pound controlling from the full mount.
pound lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
pound lands a heavy elbow.
pound connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
pound controlling from mount.
Alexandru Dalma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
pound with shots to the head and body - Dalma looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dalma is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
pound postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dalma looks a forlorn figure.
pound landing shots from mount.
pound lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
pound looking to control and managing it successfully.
pound with a couple of short strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
ground pound showed his dominance in that final round.
Well pound 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ground pound!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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