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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Cummins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Persius Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Cummins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Cummins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Persius Masters!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cummins has Masters up against the cage in a clinch.
Cummins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cummins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Masters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cummins throws a nice head kick!
Masters looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Masters wants to control from the top but Cummins keeps moving.
Cummins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Masters is controlling him.
Cummins keeping full guard, as Masters tries to pass.
Masters stops Cummins from standing up.
Masters working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters chips away with some ground and pound.
Masters works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Masters prevents Cummins from standing back up.
Masters is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Masters thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cummins wants to get back to his feet.
Cummins is breathing heavily.
Cummins is staying active underneath Masters, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Cummins pushes Masters off looking to stand but Masters dives back in and keeps control.
Cummins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Masters.
Cummins wants to get back to his feet.
Masters not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cummins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Masters.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cummins tries to clinch but Masters moves out of range.
Masters chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cummins can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters gets the takedown into side control.
Cummins on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cummins tries to get out of the position.
Masters trying to control the action but Cummins is working from the bottom.
Masters misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cummins takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Masters looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Masters has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Masters tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Cummins is pushing Masters's head away, looking to escape. Masters manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Masters misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cummins, right into the meat.
Cummins wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummins looks to land a combination. Masters sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Masters keeps the fight on the outside.
Masters takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cummins tries to clinch up.
Masters shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cummins wants to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Cummins scores with a four punch combination!
Masters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Masters tries to clinch but Cummins moves away
and Cummins counters with a straight right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cummins breaks from the clinch.
Cummins is looking to clinch but Masters is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cummins closes the distance and clinches.
Cummins wants to break free but Masters has control.
Cummins lands a damaging elbow.
Masters has Cummins pressed against the cage, preventing Cummins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cummins lands an elbow inside that Masters shrugs off.
Cummins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Masters's defenses.
Cummins is trying to break free.
Cummins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cummins is trying to break free.
Cummins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cummins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Masters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cummins scores with a three punch combo!
Cummins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Masters fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cummins throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Persius Masters will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Masters swats away the attempt to clinch by Cummins.
Masters keeps the fight on the outside.
Cummins has closed the distance and engaged Masters in a clinch.
Cummins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Masters changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cummins fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cummins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cummins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cummins lands a right hook to the body.
Masters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Masters drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cummins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cummins kicks Masters off and gets to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cummins has Masters up against the cage in a clinch.
Cummins lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Cummins.
Masters lands with a left to the head.
Cummins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Masters keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cummins's efforts to push away.
Cummins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Masters's defenses.
Cummins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Masters walks into a jab.
Mark Cummins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cummins.
Cummins throws a one two combo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cummins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Masters shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cummins sprawls well. Cummins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Masters gets slowly back to his feet.
Cummins tries to clinch but Masters is having none of it.
Cummins scores with a one two! Masters had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cummins moves into the clinch.
Cummins lands an elbow inside that Masters shrugs off.
Masters blocks an elbow strike.
Cummins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cummins lands an elbow just above Masters 's eye.
Masters keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cummins's efforts to push away.
Masters blocks an uppercut.
Cummins gets through Masters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cummins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cummins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cummins lands a damaging elbow.
Cummins breaks the clinch.
Cummins is looking to clinch but Masters is avoiding it.
Cummins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Masters, pushing him back against the cage.
Cummins tries to break the clinch but Masters is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cummins.
Cummins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Masters is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cummins pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mark Cummins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Persius Masters.
Cummins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cummins instigates a clinch.
Cummins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Masters's defenses.
Cummins scores with a shot to the side of Masters's head.
Cummins lands a hook that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Cummins tries to circle away but Masters has him pinned against the cage.
Cummins is trying to break the clinch but Masters has him pressed against the cage.
Cummins is trying to force a seperation but Masters has the dominant position.
Cummins is fighting off a takedown attempt but Masters is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cummins to the mat. Cummins regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Masters wants to stand but Cummins is controlling his posture from full guard.
Masters throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummins wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Masters manages to pass to side control.
Cummins pushes Masters off looking to stand but Masters dives back in and keeps control.
Masters working the head and body with strikes.
Masters missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cummins is trying to stand back up but Masters is controlling him
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Masters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cummins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mark Cummins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Masters has his takedown stuffed
and Cummins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Cummins dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Cummins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cummins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Masters's calf.
Cummins tries to close the distance and clinch but Masters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cummins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Masters shoots in but Cummins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cummins clinches but Masters breaks the clinch
and Masters counters with a single leg into guard. Cummins didn't expect that.
Cummins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Masters prevents Cummins from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Masters with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Masters loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Masters won't allow Cummins to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Masters takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cummins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cummins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cummins lands with a nice combination. Masters backs away looking to recover.
Masters gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cummins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Masters wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cummins has him pressed against the cage.
Cummins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Masters keeps control of Cummins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cummins manages to break the clinch.
Cummins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Masters counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cummins!
Masters tries to control but Cummins wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Masters cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Masters throws a strike there. Cummins manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Cummins is looking to escape.
Masters is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cummins is just riding it out for now. Masters eventually gives up the hold.
Masters prevents Cummins from standing back up.
Masters lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cummins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cummins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A left and a right from Cummins both land. Nice combination.
Masters walks into a stiff left hand from Cummins.
Cummins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cummins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cummins scoring well with a low kick there.
Cummins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cummins!
Cummins moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Cummins.
Cummins lands an elbow that stopped Masters in his tracks for a moment.
Cummins can't break the clinch.
Cummins is looking to break free of the clinch but Masters has double underhooks.
Cummins gets through Masters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters prevents Cummins from breaking the clinch.
Cummins working hard to break the clinch.
Cummins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cummins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cummins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Cummins working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Cummins.
Cummins breaks from the clinch.
Cummins throws a combination. Masters tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A shot to de liver by Cummins. Beautiful body shot.
Cummins throws a one two combo.
Cummins scores with a one two! Masters had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cummins forces Masters back against the cage and clinches.
Cummins stops a takedown attempt from Masters.
Mark Cummins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Persius Masters.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cummins.
Cummins is trying to force a seperation but Masters has the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Persius Masters.
I think Masters 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Persius Masters!
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