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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mark Gate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huricain Hearn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gate's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Avenged Sevenfold - Blinded In Chains. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Gate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Huricain Hearn!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gate feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Gate seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hearn lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Gate controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gate trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gate trying to control the position from guard on top but Hearn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gate postures up.
Gate stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Gate is breathing heavily.
Hearn clinches with his opponent.
Gate breaks the clinch.
Gate looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hearn keeping moving, preventing Gate from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hearn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gate is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gate won't allow Hearn to get back to his feet.
Gate trying to control the position from guard on top but Hearn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hearn throws a couple of heel strikes.
Gate won't allow Hearn to get back to his feet.
Gate stands up and waves to Hearn to follow him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hearn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gate looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gate content to stall in guard here.
Gate trying to control the position from guard on top but Hearn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gate stopping the sweep attempt from Hearn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gate sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gate will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hearn working for a triangle but Gate defends it easily.
Hearn being controlled here, momentarily.
Gate stands up and waves to Hearn to follow him.
Gate drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hearn throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gate gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hearn.
Hearn tries to clinch up.
Gate will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hearn throws a combination. Gate tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gate lands with a right hand.
Gate closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gate controls the position.
Gate has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Gate works to advance to full mount. Hearn defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hearn is desperately trying to improve his position but Gate has a good base and remains in mount.
Gate trying to control but Hearn is having none of it.
Gate controlling from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gate looking to control but Hearn is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Mark Gate just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Hearn misses with a wild combination.
Hearn tries to clinch there but Gate circles away.
A head kick misses from Hearn.
Hearn wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Hearn misses.
Hearn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gate.
Hearn gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gate counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hearn won't be happy with that.
Hearn being controlled for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hearn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Gate prevents Hearn from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Gate dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hearn throws a right and a left that Gate avoids nicely.
Hearn throws a combination that misses
and Gate counters with a takedown into side control.
Gate takes a little break here. Hearn wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Gate seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hearn for as long as he can get away with.
Hearn is looking to regain half guard here but Gate keeps moving and retains side control.
Gate tries to advance to mount but can't.
Hearn is not content to let Gate control the position.
Gate controlling the position.
Hearn is breathing heavily.
Hearn is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gate passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hearn!
Gate controlling the pace for now.
Hearn is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gate sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hearn is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Hearn has given up his back. Will we see Gate going for some submissions?
Good control from Gate.
Hearn manages to reverse the position and now he's in Gate's guard. Nice work there by Hearn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gate is pulling down on Hearn's head to control his posture.
Gate wants to sweep here but Hearn controlling him for the moment.
Hearn must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gate working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hearn.
Gate is pulling down on Hearn's head. It's preventing any offense from Hearn, at least for the moment.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Mark Gate just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Gate closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gate lands in his opponent's guard.
Gate sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gate prevents Hearn from getting back to his feet.
Gate really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gate slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Hearn tries to improve position but can't.
Gate has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Gate looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hearn being controlled here, momentarily.
Hearn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gate stops Hearn from standing up.
Gate controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hearn keeping moving, preventing Gate from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gate is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gate stops Hearn from standing up.
Gate is stalling in the full guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Mark Gate just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Gate clinches up with Hearn and pushes him back against the cage.
Gate gets underhooks to prevent Hearn's takedown attempt.
Gate jumps guard.
Gate controls Hearn momentarily but Hearn frees himself.
Gate controlling Hearn's posture.
Gate is trying to keep Hearn in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Gate dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Gate changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hearn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gate is looking to take a break and control but Hearn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gate decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Gate with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hearn counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gate!
Gate is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gate is squirming around, avoiding Hearn's attempts to control the action.
Gate manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gate keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Hearn gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Mark Gate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hearn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gate looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hearn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gate sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gate wants to pass the guard but Hearn is keeping the position.
Hearn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gate won't allow Hearn to get back to his feet.
Gate slips nicely into half guard.
Hearn connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Gate prevents Hearn from standing back up.
Gate sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gate prevents Hearn from improving his position.
Gate content to control rather than advance.
Hearn looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gate looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hearn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hearn is trying to stand.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Gate drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gate trying to control the position from guard on top but Hearn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gate trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gate prevents Hearn from getting back to his feet.
Gate postures up.
Gate slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hearn is looking to reverse the position.
Gate taking a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gate advances to mount.
You get the feeling that Hearn really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Gate controlling the position easily from mount.
Hearn wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hearn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mark Gate overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gate sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hearn wants to get back to his feet.
Gate working for a guillotine from mount but Hearn is in no mood to give up.
Hearn wants to get back to his feet.
Huricain Hearn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gate tries to control but Hearn wriggling away.
Hearn throwing hammer fists to the chest of Gate. What's that going to do exactly?
Gate lands with some strikes.
Gate looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gate get's back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gate misses with a takedown attempt
so Hearn counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gate trying to control the position here.
Hearn landing some decent shots from guard.
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 Mark Gate.
Well Gate 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Gate!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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