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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Art Vandelay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Extor Ace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vandelay comes to the cage accompanied by Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones. Ace has chosen Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be as his entrance music. Ace has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Extor Ace has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent 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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Art Vandelay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Extor Ace!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vandelay has a takedown stuffed.
Vandelay stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ace.
Ace misses with a low kick.
Ace dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vandelay. That did some damage!
Ace staying out of range there.
Ace wants to slow Vandelay down by chopping away at his legs.
Vandelay has a takedown stuffed.
Ace throws a big shot that misses.
Art Vandelay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vandelay lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vandelay.
Vandelay misses with a few strikes there.
A telegraphed right hand from Vandelay misses the target.
Vandelay closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ace circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Art Vandelay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ace stuffs the takedown.
Nice shot lands for Ace.
It looks like Art Vandelay has been cut.
Vandelay dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ace misses the shot to the body.
Ace looks gassed!
Ace misses with an uppercut.
Vandelay slips under a jab.
Vandelay closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vandelay looks for a takedown but Ace sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ace walks into a left hand.
Ace uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vandelay.
Vandelay fails with the takedown.
Vandelay looks to score with a jab to the body but Ace is just out of range.
Vandelay ducks under a wild hook from Ace.
Vandelay misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vandelay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ace circles away quickly and effectively.
Vandelay shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ace as he avoids it easily.
Vandelay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ace.
Donk. Ace catches Vandelay right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vandelay darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vandelay thuds his right hand into Ace's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vandelay thows a body shot but no joy.
Vandelay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ace.
Vandelay throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ace throws a nice looking combination but Vandelay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ace lands the left hand.
Vandelay throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ace walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vandelay slips a straight right by Ace.
Vandelay shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Vandelay showed some decent athleticism there.
Ace trying to control but Vandelay postures up.
Ace tries to roll over but Vandelay keeps him under control.
Ace is staying active underneath Vandelay, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vandelay is working for a kimura but Ace is defending it quite comfortably.
Vandelay passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay landing strikes from the mount and Ace is in trouble!
Vandelay has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ace's face.
Vandelay putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vandelay looking to finish Ace with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ace!
A nice elbow there by Vandelay.
Vandelay looking to control but Ace is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ace is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Vandelay punishing his opponent with strikes.
Vandelay cracks Ace with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Vandelay 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.
Ace is trying desperately to improve position.
Vandelay tries to control but Ace wriggling away.
Vandelay with shots to the head and body - Ace looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ace is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ace is in a horrible position here. Vandelay smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Vandelay is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ace can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Vandelay lands a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vandelay scoring with strikes but Ace is staying in there.
Vandelay working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Art Vandelay dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ace throws a leg kick but Vandelay sees it coming and moves out of range.
No joy there for Vandelay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ace lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ace blocks a jab.
Ace tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vandelay is able to avoid easily.
Vandelay scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ace swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vandelay swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ace.
Ace misses with the combination.
Ace misses with a two punch combination.
Vandelay throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ace takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ace is breathing heavily.
Vandelay digs a good body shot into Ace's ribs.
Nice shot by Vandelay.
Vandelay throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ace counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Vandelay jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ace walks away with a smile on his face. Vandelay gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandelay fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
No luck for Vandelay with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Art Vandelay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ace thows a body shot but no joy.
Vandelay misses with a takedown
and Ace counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vandelay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ace throws out a leg kick but Vandelay moves out of range and Ace only half commits.
Nice uppercut there from Vandelay.
Ace swats away the attempt to clinch by Vandelay.
Ace takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ace needs to keep his hands up - Vandelay had a free shot at his head there.
Vandelay avoids a kick to the body.
Vandelay tries for a takedown but Ace sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Art Vandelay is winning the standup battle so far.
Vandelay walks into a straight right hand from Ace.
Ace takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vandelay is looking to clinch but Ace is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay tries to clinch there but Ace circles away.
Ace gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vandelay.
Ace throws a jab but it's blocked by Vandelay.
Vandelay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ace paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vandelay fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vandelay checks a low kick from Ace.
Ace takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vandelay lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ace stuffs the takedown attempt from Vandelay. Vandelay gets slowly back to his feet.
A combination from Vandelay does no damage.
Ace misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vandelay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vandelay tries to clinch there but Ace circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vandelay.
Ace jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay blocks a jab.
Vandelay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ace moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vandelay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ace paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vandelay moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ace looks to throw the jab but Vandelay is out of range.
Vandelay darts in trying to clinch
and Ace counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vandelay throws a one two combo.
Vandelay fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ace has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A head kick misses from Ace.
Vandelay tries for a takedown but Ace circles away easily
and Ace cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vandelay throws a hook but Ace blocks it.
Vandelay tries to clinch there but Ace circles away.
Vandelay connects with a crisp jab.
Vandelay connects with a right hand. Ace shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ace shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ace throws a body punch but Vandelay moves out of range.
Ace keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ace connects with a crisp jab.
Ace swats away the attempt to clinch by Vandelay.
Ace on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ace throws the left hand but Vandelay avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Ace.
A slow jab from Ace misses its intended target.
Vandelay catches Ace with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ace takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vandelay connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vandelay lands a jab to the nose.
Vandelay tries to clinch but Ace moves away
and Ace connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Art Vandelay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vandelay lands a two punch combo.
Vandelay clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Art Vandelay dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Vandelay dips to his left and cracks Ace with an uppercut!
Ace throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vandelay ducks under a wild hook from Ace.
Vandelay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ace just misses with a punch to the body.
Vandelay throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ace's waist but Ace gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vandelay off to one side.
Ace takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Vandelay closes the distance and clinches.
Vandelay is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vandelay jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ace walks away with a smile on his face. Vandelay gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Art Vandelay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Donk. Vandelay catches Ace right on the button with a cross.
Vandelay looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ace!
Ace is bucking up trying to escape but Vandelay cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Vandelay with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Vandelay tries to control but Ace wriggling away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace tries to hold on but Vandelay pushes him away.
Vandelay looking for a guillotine from mount but Ace is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vandelay cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ace is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vandelay working the ground and pound effectively.
Ace is squirming around, avoiding Vandelay's attempts to control the action.
Vandelay jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ace manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ace is looking to regain half guard here but Vandelay keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ace can't do much from the bottom here.
Vandelay tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Vandelay has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Vandelay cracks Ace with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Vandelay trying to control the position but Ace is working away.
Ace is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Vandelay cracks Ace with a big right hand but Ace just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay happy to just control the position for now.
Vandelay is looking to take a break and control but Ace is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ace can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vandelay misses with a looping right.
Vandelay stuns Ace with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A punch combination from Vandelay misses.
Vandelay bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vandelay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ace.
Vandelay has his takedown stuffed
and Ace counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vandelay throws out a loose jab but Ace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vandelay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ace moves away.
A big left from Ace misses.
Ace avoids the body shot from Vandelay.
Vandelay scores with a jab to the head.
Vandelay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ace paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vandelay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ace.
Ace walks into a straight right hand from Vandelay.
Vandelay fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vandelay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vandelay fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ace avoids it really well and circles away.
Vandelay scores with a sloppy right hand. Ace should have avoided that one.
Extor Ace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ace defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vandelay.
Vandelay stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Art Vandelay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vandelay, 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 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Art Vandelay!
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energy
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hype
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