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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Umble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jesus walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Umble comes into the arena with Anvil of Crom blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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244 lbs
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242 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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 New York, Gabriel Umble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, jesus walker!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umble takes a jab right on the kisser.
Umble closes the distance and pushes walker back into the cage.
walker can't break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by walker.
Umble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Umble manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
walker tries for a takedown. No joy.
walker wants to break the clinch but can't.
walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like jesus walker has been cut.
walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Umble.
Nice elbow from walker.
It looks like Gabriel Umble has been cut.
Umble prevents a takedown attempt there.
Umble is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Umble.
Umble lands an elbow that stopped walker in his tracks for a moment.
Umble throws a head punch that misses.
Umble throws a punch but it's blocked by walker.
Umble pushes walker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
walker trying to land knees to the body.
walker looks gassed!
Umble blocks an uppercut.
Umble unloads a knee to the mid-section. walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Umble obliges.
Umble gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Umble controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umble's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Umble wants to pass the guard but walker is keeping the position.
walker keeping moving, preventing Umble from controlling successfully.
Umble has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Umble working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of walker's head.
Umble landing some decent shots from guard.
Umble pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. walker is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Umble is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
walker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Umble passes easily into side control. Nice work.
walker can't do much from the bottom here.
walker takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Umble lands a nice forearm strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
walker takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Umble scores with punches from side control.
walker on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Umble lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Umble is staying tight to walker's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Umble wants to control but walker is keeping him busy.
Umble is trying to get an arm triangle but walker is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umble stands up and beckons walker to his feet.
walker shoots in for a takedown but Umble shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gabriel Umble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jesus walker.
Umble shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Umble was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Umble with a couple of short strikes.
walker is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Umble controlling the position easily from mount.
walker tries to hold on but Umble pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Umble dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Umble moves into the clinch.
walker tries to pull guard but Umble holds him up against the cage and eventually walker drops back down to his feet.
Umble lands an elbow inside.
Good body shot from Umble.
Umble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Umble lands an elbow inside.
walker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Umble just stands there and leans against the cage.
Umble gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
walker wants to control but Umble is keeping busy and won't allow it.
walker wants to get back to full guard.
Umble takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Umble throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Umble controlling the action here.
Umble is keen to just control but walker is a slippery customer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umble is looking to advance position but walker won't allow it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Umble instigates a clinch.
Umble wants the takedown. walker is fighting it off but Umble persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in walker's guard against the cage.
Umble lands a couple of digs.
Umble might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Umble looking to pass the guard.
Umble trying to control the position from guard on top but walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
walker wants to stand up but Umble is controlling him.
walker keeping moving, preventing Umble from controlling successfully.
Umble wanted to stand there but walker had control of the position.
Umble knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for walker on the ground.
Umble won't allow walker to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Umble.
Umble gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Umble misses with a knee to the head.
walker has had enough of the clinch but Umble keeps him there for the moment.
Umble prevents the takedown attempt.
Gabriel Umble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jesus walker.
Umble working aggressively here.
Umble misses with a punch on the inside.
Umble lands an elbow inside.
walker is fighting off a takedown attempt but Umble is just too persistent for him and manages to trip walker to the mat. walker regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Umble stops walker from standing up.
Umble postures up.
walker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Umble.
walker wants to stand and escape but Umble is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umble trying to control but walker is working from the bottom.
Umble tries to free his leg and advance position but walker is retaining full guard.
Umble gets to his feet - walker follows without any prompting.
Umble closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Umble lands an elbow inside that walker shrugs off.
Umble drops down looking for an ankle pick but walker pulls his leg out and moves away.
Umble slips a jab and a cross from walker.
Umble forces walker back against the cage and clinches.
walker is looking to break free of the clinch but Umble has double underhooks.
walker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Umble misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Umble dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Umble gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Umble won't allow it.
Umble putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has walker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Umble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Umble is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Umble successfully pulls guard.
Umble preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
walker lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as walker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
walker stops Umble from standing up.
Umble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that walker can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
walker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Umble swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
walker prevents Umble from getting back to his feet.
Umble on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Umble tries to get out of the position.
walker stands and throws Umble's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Umble is trying to get back to his feet.
Umble managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by walker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
walker scores with a sloppy right hand. Umble should have avoided that one.
walker lands a slapping body shot.
Umble dodges the punch combination from walker.
walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Umble swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Umble clinches up against the cage.
walker is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Umble pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Umble keeps control of walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Umble lands a nice elbow.
Umble lands a damaging elbow.
walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Umble tries to land a knee to the head but walker blocks with his arms.
Umble slows down the pace here.
walker is working for takedown but Umble is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Umble stalling against the cage.
Umble comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Umble lands an elbow inside.
A shot in the inside from walker.
walker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Umble lands an elbow inside that walker shrugs off.
walker has had enough of the clinch but Umble keeps him there for the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from walker. Umble does a little dance to reset his feet.
Umble tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
walker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Umble looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
walker wants to clinch
and Umble counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Umble.
Umble stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. walker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
walker looking for a sweep. Not yet walker, not yet.
Gabriel Umble is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
walker wants to stand and escape but Umble is having none of it.
Umble not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
walker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Umble's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Umble trying to control the position from guard on top but walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
jesus walker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
walker tries to keep at a distance but Umble has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Umble showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Umble, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Umble!
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