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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtis Arnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Young has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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169 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Arnett!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young thuds his shin into the meat of Arnett's side.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
Arnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arnett blocks it with crossed arms.
Arnett is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A frustrated look appears on Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Young is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arnett is defending well for now.
Arnett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Young lands a nice knee to the body.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Arnett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Young gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Arnett looks gassed!
Arnett has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Young clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young holding both Arnett 's hands and preventing any damage.
Arnett controlling from the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is trying to stand back up.
Arnett controls the action.
Young holding both Arnett 's hands and preventing any damage.
Arnett trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Young has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arnett has his opponent's back but Young is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Arnett.
Young really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Young throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Arnett fails with a takedown attempt.
Ricky Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Curtis Arnett.
Young dips to his left and cracks Arnett with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arnett moves into the clinch.
Young stalling the fight.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Arnett is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arnett lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Arnett sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Arnett wants to work for an arm triangle but Young is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Young is trying to stand.
Arnett is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young looks like he's trying to stand up.
Arnett stalling.
Arnett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.
Still in half guard, Arnett seems content to control.
Young tries to kick Arnett off but Arnett keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Arnett working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Young dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Arnett misses with a double jab.
Young looks to clinch
and Arnett counters with a shoot takedown. Young fights it but they end up in guard.
Arnett trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Arnett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
Arnett trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Arnett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
Young has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Arnett off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch but Arnett moves away
and Arnett counters with a shoot takedown. Young fights it but they end up in guard.
Arnett trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young is looking to stand up but Arnett isn't so interested in that idea.
Arnett tries to free his leg and advance position but Young is retaining full guard.
Young will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Arnett stops Young from standing up.
Arnett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arnett controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Arnett.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Arnett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Arnett circles away.
Arnett blocks a head kick by Young.
Arnett gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Young counters with a head kick.
A combination from Arnett does no damage.
Young is looking to clinch.
Ricky Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arnett forces Young back against the cage and clinches.
Young is pressed up against the cage. Arnett has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Young down to the mat. Young avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Young tries to bum rush Arnett with a series of wild strikes but Arnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arnett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Young swivels and escapes.
Ricky Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Curtis Arnett.
Arnett closes the distance and clinches up with Young, looking for a takedown. Arnett pushes Young against the cage but Young circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Arnett scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Arnett is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Arnett is taking a breather. Young says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to kick Arnett off but Arnett keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Arnett controlling the action here.
Young makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Young tries to clinch
and Arnett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Arnett misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Arnett shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Young napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Young is trying to buck Arnett off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Arnett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Arnett shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Arnett stalling.
Young looks like he's trying to stand up.
Young kicks off Arnett and gets to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arnett shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Young as he jumps to the side.
Young chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Young tries to clinch
and Arnett moves into the clinch.
Young is trying to force a seperation but Arnett has the dominant position.
Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A left and a right from Young both land. Nice combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Arnett.
Curtis Arnett has got the better of the ground game so far.
Arnett lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Young down.
Arnett wants to lay and pray for a moment but Young keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Young is looking to get back to his feet here but Arnett is keeping cool and he's managed to take Young's back.
Arnett biding his time, controlling Young.
Young looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arnett controls the position.
Young is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
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.
What can Young do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Young looking very determined here, making life difficult for Arnett.
Young looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Arnett biding his time, looking for the opening.
Arnett lands punches and elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curtis Arnett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Arnett 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtis Arnett!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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