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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Dunlap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dunlap comes into the arena with Born To Be Wild blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Glover's choice of entrance music: Master of Puppets. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Dunlap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Glover!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glover lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Michael Dunlap has been cut.
Glover wants to clinch.
Dunlap clinches up with Glover and pushes him back against the cage.
Good body shot from Dunlap.
Dunlap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
Dunlap swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Glover's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dunlap lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glover is trying to break the clinch but Dunlap has him pressed against the cage.
Dunlap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
Glover looks gassed!
Still in the clinch, Dunlap scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Dunlap.
Dunlap dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dunlap prevents Glover from breaking the clinch.
Dunlap lands a nice shot to the body.
Glover is trying to break the clinch but Dunlap has him pressed against the cage.
Dunlap lands a knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Dunlap.
Dunlap's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dunlap connects with a nice looking jab.
Dunlap misses with a hook. Glover ducked under it nicely.
Dunlap slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dunlap throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dunlap takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dunlap misses with a wild combination.
Glover looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunlap moves into the clinch.
Glover has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dunlap dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice body punch from Dunlap - that landed with a thud.
Dunlap lands a body punch.
Dunlap slowing the pace effectively.
Dunlap lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dunlap lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dunlap gets through Glover's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dunlap breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dunlap moves into range and clinches up with Glover.
Dunlap breaks the clinch.
Dunlap gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Glover looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunlap lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dunlap lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Glover or not.
Dunlap keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Glover's efforts to push away.
Dunlap cracks Glover with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dunlap pushes Glover back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dunlap lands a shot to the body.
Dunlap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
Dunlap manages to break the clinch.
Glover throws a shot from downtown. Dunlap moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunlap takes the fight into the clinch.
Dunlap putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Glover in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dunlap throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Glovers head.
Dunlap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
Dunlap lands a nice knee to the body.
Dunlap lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dunlap works on Glover's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dunlap.
Dunlap lands an elbow just above Glover 's eye.
Dunlap is pushing Glover up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dunlap breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dunlap lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Glover circles away quickly and effectively.
Glover tries to keep at a distance but Dunlap has taken the fight into the clinch.
Glover is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dunlap lands a left hand that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
Dunlap keeps control of Glover as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dunlap gets through Glover's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dunlap breaks the clinch.
Dunlap doesn't manage to clinch there - Glover circles away.
Dunlap lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Glover backs up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover looks to land a combination. Dunlap sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jason Glover is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Glover throws a series of punches but Dunlap avoids them all with ease.
Jab, jab by Glover - just one landing.
Dunlap forces Glover back against the cage and clinches.
Glover blocks an elbow strike from Dunlap.
Glover breaks the clinch.
Glover throws a body punch but Dunlap moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Glover.
Glover takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Glover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Glover!
Dunlap swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Glover fails with an attempt to clinch.
Glover takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Glover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dunlap.
Glover takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunlap moves into the clinch successfully.
Glover lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dunlap backwards.
Dunlap utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dunlap lands with a left to the head.
Glover is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunlap has double underhooks.
Dunlap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
Dunlap misses with a knee strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dunlap.
A shot in the inside from Dunlap.
Dunlap misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Glover.
Dunlap lands a nice uppercut.
Glover wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dunlap swings wildly with an uppercut but Glover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dunlap trying to stall but Glover improves his position.
Glover breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Glover misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dunlap misses with a body shot.
Dunlap takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dunlap misses with a kick to the body.
Glover works Dunlap's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Dunlap dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Dunlap's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dunlap scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Glover doesn't seem bothered though.
Dunlap misses with a straight left.
Glover has Dunlap up against the cage in a clinch.
Glover can't break the clinch.
Dunlap lands with a short shot to the head.
Dunlap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Glover backwards.
Glover looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dunlap lands with a left to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunlap. Glover does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glover lands with a nice combination. Dunlap backs away looking to recover.
Glover waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Dunlap.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dunlap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Glover tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunlap swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Glover misses with a double jab
and Dunlap counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dunlap misses with a looping left.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dunlap avoids a punch combination nicely.
Glover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dunlap moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Michael Dunlap is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunlap displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Glover throws out the jab.
Dunlap misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dunlap will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dunlap misses with a jab, cross combination.
Glover looks to land a combination but Dunlap avoids it well.
Glover throws a series of punches but Dunlap moves out of range.
Michael Dunlap is winning the standup battle so far.
Glover scores with a three punch combo!
Dunlap throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Glover lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dunlap circles away quickly and effectively.
Glover fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dunlap throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dunlap looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Glover clobbers Dunlap with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dunlap throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dunlap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Glover tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dunlap swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunlap is looking to clinch but Glover is avoiding it.
Glover jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Glover cracks Dunlap with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Glover with a hook.
Glover lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dunlap at a distance.
Glover with a nice cross.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Glover!
Glover misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Glover scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Glover misses with the combination.
Dunlap throws a jab when Glover was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Glover.
Dunlap avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dunlap misses with a double jab.
Glover fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunlap lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Glover circles away quickly and effectively.
Dunlap connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Glover's hands.
Glover misses with a double jab.
Dunlap misses the shot to the body.
Dunlap lunges at Glover with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Glover's hand.
Dunlap throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glover throws a right and a left that Dunlap avoids nicely.
Nice body punch from Glover.
Glover connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Glover displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Glover misses with a two punch combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dunlap.
Dunlap shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dunlap was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dunlap throwing strikes here but Glover is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dunlap controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunlap thowing shots but they're missing.
Dunlap avoids the attempt from Glover to control.
Dunlap landing shots from mount.
Dunlap lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunlap scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dunlap has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Glover's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Glover showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Dunlap's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Dunlap uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Glover.
No joy there for Glover, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dunlap lands with a shot to the body.
Glover takes a swing at Dunlap's ribcage but misses.
Dunlap shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Glover is trying to defend but Dunlap finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Glover avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dunlap.
Glover avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dunlap.
Dunlap seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Glover does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dunlap missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dunlap is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dunlap is trying to control. Glover wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Glover tries to kick Dunlap off but Dunlap keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Glover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jason Glover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dunlap.
Glover tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dunlap scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dunlap dodges the punch combination from Glover.
Glover defending well as Dunlap loads up on a big left hand.
Dunlap avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dunlap moves into range and clinches up with Glover.
Glover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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.
Dunlap misses with a punch on the inside.
Glover working hard to break the clinch.
Glover letting Dunlap take a breather here.
Glover tries to circle away but Dunlap has him pinned against the cage.
Dunlap tries to throw a body punch but Glover avoids it by throwing Dunlap back against the cage.
Glover's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dunlap fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Glover, pushing him back against the cage.
Dunlap stalling the fight.
Dunlap tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dunlap tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glover's elbow.
Glover breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dunlap checks a low kick from Glover.
Glover tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dunlap counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Glover.
Glover lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Glover misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Glover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunlap has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dunlap keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Glover's efforts to push away.
Dunlap lands a left hand.
Dunlap lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dunlap scores with a shoulder strike.
Glover breaks the clinch.
Glover avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dunlap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dunlap closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice defenses there by Glover.
Glover lands a jab to the head.
Dunlap takes a swing at Glover's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Glover.
Glover scores with a hook.
Dunlap takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Glover has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Dunlap misses.
Glover avoids the body shot from Dunlap.
Glover slips under a jab from Dunlap.
Dunlap throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dunlap misses with a few strikes there.
Dunlap takes one to the side of the head.
Glover is looking to clinch but Dunlap is avoiding it.
Glover scores with a one two! Dunlap had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Glover tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dunlap walks into a left hand.
Glover throws a right and a left that Dunlap avoids nicely.
Dunlap is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Glover defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dunlap.
Glover jabs Dunlap right on the nose. Dunlap blinks but takes it well.
Glover connects with a looping right hand.
Dunlap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Glover.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Dunlap showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dunlap 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Dunlap!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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