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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Micks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ima Yerface (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yerface has chosen In Flames - Like You Better Dead as his entrance music. Ima Yerface has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
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214 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fred Micks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ima Yerface!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Micks misses with the combination.
Micks throws a series of strikes that have Yerface backpedaling.
Yerface looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Micks is fending him off so far but Yerface persists. Nope, Micks circles away and we're back to standing.
Micks shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Yerface but Yerface pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Micks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yerface.
Yerface pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yerface throws a leg kick but Micks checks it.
Nice uppercut lands for Yerface. That snapped Micks's head back.
Ima Yerface seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yerface lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Micks circles away quickly and effectively.
Micks moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Micks connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yerface closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Micks to the mat! Micks manages to get full guard.
Yerface stands up over Micks, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yerface passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Micks tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yerface wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerface trying to control the action but Micks is working from the bottom.
Yerface throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Micks is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Yerface is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Yerface fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Micks tries to hold on but Yerface pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yerface throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerface tries to control but Micks wriggling away.
Yerface throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Yerface working for a guillotine from mount but Micks is in no mood to give up.
Micks is trying desperately to improve position.
Yerface has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Micks in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Yerface thowing shots but they're missing.
Yerface throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Micks that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Micks is squirming around, avoiding Yerface's attempts to control the action.
Yerface is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Micks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Micks is trying to escape the mount.
Micks gets back to half guard.
Yerface trying to control the action but Micks is working from the bottom.
Micks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yerface.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerface is working for an americana but Micks has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Yerface was thinking about the submission.
Yerface throwing strikes but missing.
Yerface is looking to work some ground and pound but Micks has wrist control.
Yerface wants to pass the guard but Micks is keeping the position.
Micks trying to keep a closed guard but Yerface is proving a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yerface keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Micks's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ima Yerface will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Micks lands a jab to the nose.
Yerface throws a big shot that misses.
Micks misses with a straight left.
Yerface with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Micks to counter with a crisp jab.
Yerface tries to clinch up.
Yerface with a poor takedown
and Micks counters with a nice body shot.
Yerface walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Micks lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Micks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Micks thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice combination there by Micks.
It looks like Ima Yerface has been cut.
Micks tries to score with a low kick but Yerface moves his leg out of the way.
Yerface is breathing heavily.
Micks connects with a nice looking jab.
Micks lands a head shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Micks.
Micks misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerface has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A left lands for Micks.
Micks lands with an overhand left.
Yerface throws a lazy right hand but Micks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Micks checks a low kick from Yerface.
Fred Micks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Micks.
Yerface avoids the head kick by Micks.
Yerface misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yerface swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Micks misses with a wild combination.
Yerface fails in his attempt to clinch.
Micks staying out of range there.
A cross from Yerface lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Micks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yerface throws a sloppy body shot
letting Micks counter with a right hand.
Yerface is looking to score with low kicks.
Yerface throws a low kick but Micks avoids it.
Yerface tries to clinch but Micks is having none of it.
Yerface misses with a looping left.
Yerface slips under a jab from Micks.
Yerface misses with a looping right.
Yerface throws a head kick but Micks moves out of range.
Yerface throws a push kick but Micks slaps the foot to one side.
Micks fails with a takedown attempt.
Micks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yerface.
Fred Micks is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Micks moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Micks fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Micks fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A punch lands to the side of Micks 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Yerface fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Micks on the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Yerface.
Yerface slips under a jab from Micks.
Micks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yerface.
Yerface defending well as Micks loads up on a big left hand.
Micks throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Yerface throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Micks was covering up waiting for the punch and Yerface finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Yerface stands and throws Micks's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerface postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Micks on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Micks is not content to let Yerface control the position.
Yerface misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yerface working away.
Yerface is chipping away with strikes.
Micks prevents Yerface from moving into mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Micks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ima Yerface's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Yerface scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Left hook, right uppercut from Micks.
Micks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yerface.
Yerface takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Micks throws a leg kick but Yerface checks it.
Micks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yerface uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Micks has time to react.
Yerface throws a jab but it's blocked by Micks.
Yerface darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Yerface sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Micks defending well though.
Micks tries to kick Yerface off but Yerface keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerface is looking to take a break and control but Micks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yerface is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Micks sees it coming and defends easily.
Ima Yerface has got the better of the ground game so far.
Micks landing rabbit punches to the side of Yerface's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Yerface not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Micks is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Yerface not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Micks keeps the fight on the outside.
Micks takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Yerface misses with a looping right.
Yerface looks to land a combination but Micks avoids it well.
Yerface chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Micks fails to land with a series of punches.
Micks throws a hook but Yerface avoids it easily.
Yerface throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Micks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yerface fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Micks, pushing him back against the cage.
Micks has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yerface is working for takedown but Micks is calmly controlling the position for now.
Micks breaks from the clinch.
Yerface swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Micks lands a really nice looking cross but Yerface seems unphased.
Yerface scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Yerface works his way into side control.
An elbow from Yerface crashes against the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yerface lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Yerface throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Yerface working the ground and pound but Micks is defending the strikes.
Micks is looking for a sweep.
Yerface is putting a hurting on Micks here, landing some big shots from side control.
Micks struggling a bit here.
Yerface looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Micks is avoiding damage well.
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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Micks misses with a wild body shot.
Yerface shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yerface tries to clinch up.
Yerface lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Micks backs up against the cage.
Micks lands an overhand right.
Yerface lands with a straight right. Micks didn't see that one coming.
Micks looks to land a right hand but Yerface moved out of range.
Micks catches Yerface with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yerface checks a low kick from Micks.
Yerface misses with a takedown attempt
and Micks makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fred Micks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ima Yerface.
Micks looks for the body kick but Yerface saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Micks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice takedown defense from Yerface. No joy for Micks on that attempt.
Yerface throws a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ima Yerface comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yerface has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Fred Micks!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Fred Micks!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Fred Micks!
Fred Micks wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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