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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsang Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Eddie Green has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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225 lbs
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164 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tsang Long!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green clinches.
Green breaks from the clinch.
Long swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Long changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Green tries to avoid it but Long manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Green to the ground. Green escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Green has his takedown stuffed
and Long counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Long wants to lay and pray for a moment but Green keeps working.
Green is trying to stand back up but Long is controlling him
Long is keen to just control but Green is a slippery customer.
Long is working for a kimura but Green is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long content to control rather than advance.
Green kicks off Long and gets to his feet.
Long gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Green counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Green.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Long keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Green is looking to stand up but Long won't let him.
Green stopping the sweep attempt from Long.
Long looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Green stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Long misses with a takedown attempt
and Green counters with a one-two to the body.
Eddie Green has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tsang Long.
Long misses with a takedown
so Green counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Green is breathing heavily.
Green trying to control the position from guard on top but Long is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Green working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Long is trying to keep Green in close.
Long is looking to stand up but Green isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Long has momentary wrist control but Green slips an elbow through the middle.
Green has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long has a closed guard, preventing Green from standing up.
Green stopping the sweep attempt from Long.
Long throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Long jabs at Green's body.
Long has his takedown stuffed
and Green counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Long misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Green 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.
Green moves in looking to clinch but Long pushes him off.
Long walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Green checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Green is trying hard to land a takedown here. Long sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Long tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Green decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Long's guard.
Long is working an open guard so Green takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Green wants to clinch.
No luck for Green with that takedown attempt.
Green throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long throws a predictable looking body shot
and Green counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Green prevents Long from improving his position.
Green sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Long defending well though.
Long is looking to improve his position.
Long keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Long trying to control but Green postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Long.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Long holds on and takes a little breather.
Long manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green is squirming around, avoiding Long's attempts to control the action.
Long with a couple of short strikes.
Long with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Long tries to control but Green wriggling away.
That's four 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.
Green is in a horrible position here. Long smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Long punishing his opponent with strikes.
Green tries to hold on but Long postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Eddie Green will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Long misses with an attempted mid kick.
Long shoots in for a takedown but Green shows good takedown defense.
Long shoots in but Green avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Long shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Green pinned against the cage. Green gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Eddie Green has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tsang Long.
Green tries to close the distance and clinch but Long swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green moves into the clinch successfully.
Green escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Long closes the distance but Green moves to the side
and Green counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Green defends it easily.
Long is pulling down on Green's head. It's preventing any offense from Green, at least for the moment.
Long manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Green manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Green, under a barage of strikes from Long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Long gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Long instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Long.
Long jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Green walks away with a smile on his face. Long gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Long stuffs the takedown attempt from Green. Green gets slowly back to his feet.
Long has his takedown stuffed
and Green counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Long drives through with a takedown into guard.
Long trying to control the position from guard on top but Green is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Long pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Green is keeping the position for now.
Long postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Green will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Long is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Green is working an open guard so Long takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Long fails in his attempt to clinch.
Long fails with a takedown attempt.
Tsang Long has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eddie Green is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Long looks for the body kick but Green saw that one coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eddie Green.
Well Green has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Green!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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