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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gravid Doughie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sullivan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Electric Worry. 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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190 cm
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200 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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192 cm
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192 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Sullivan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gravid Doughie! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sullivan slaps away a takedown attempt from Doughie, before circling back to the center of the mat. Sullivan connects with a right hand. Doughie shakes it off. Sullivan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doughie was well out of range. Poor timing from Sullivan. Doughie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sullivan gets caught flat footed, as Doughie shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Doughie throwing strikes but missing. Doughie postures up and lands a big shot to Sullivan's brow. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Doughie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Doughie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Doughie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Sullivan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Sullivan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Doughie throwing strikes but missing. Sullivan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Sullivan is trying to control the position but Doughie postures up. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round. Doughie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Doughie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sullivan's waist but Sullivan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Doughie off to one side. Sullivan cracks Doughie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Sullivan misses the shot to the body. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Sullivan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Doughie momentarily.
Sullivan misses with a hook. Nice sprawl there from Sullivan as Doughie shoots in. Ryan Sullivan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gravid Doughie. Sullivan lunges at Doughie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Doughie's hand. A leg kick checked by Doughie. Sullivan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Doughie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Doughie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sullivan keeps working. Doughie is chipping away with strikes.
Doughie working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Doughie working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sullivan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Doughie connects with a decent elbow. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. An elbow from Doughie crashes against the mat.
Doughie is looking to take a break and control but Sullivan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Doughie scores with punches from side control. Doughie works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Doughie moves into full mount! Doughie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Sullivan taking shots to the head. Doughie prevents Sullivan from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Doughie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sullivan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Doughie punishing his opponent with strikes. Sullivan is breathing heavily. Doughie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Doughie landing strikes from the mount and Sullivan is in trouble! Doughie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sullivan?
Doughie with good strikes from the mount here! Doughie landing strikes, looking to finish! Doughie has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sullivan's face.
Sullivan is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Doughie loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sullivan scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Doughie land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Doughie stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gravid Doughie!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
80% |
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