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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Herbert Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbert Dean had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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193 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good takedowns
Solid boxing
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Herbert Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Josh Price!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price avoids the head kick by Dean.
No joy there for Dean, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dean throws a series of punches but Price avoids them all with ease.
Price shoots in but no luck this time.
Price misses the shot to the body.
Price avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dean connects with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dean lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dean steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Price.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dean avoids the body shot from Price.
Dean misses with a two punch combination.
Dean lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dean. Price does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dean throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dean tries to bum rush Price with a series of wild strikes but Price uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dean tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Dean gets a clinch.
Price tries to pull guard but Dean holds him up against the cage and eventually Price drops back down to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean tries to break free but Price pushes him back against the cage.
Dean wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Price has him pressed against the cage.
Price fails to pull guard.
Herbert Dean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Price.
Price wants to get back to striking at distance but Dean won't allow it.
Dean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dean scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Price misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dean holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dean can't break the clinch.
Price tries to circle away but Dean has him pinned against the cage.
Dean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dean's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Dean duly obliges.
Dean misses with a two punch combination.
Dean works over Price's head and body with a nice combination.
Dean clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Dean stands and steps away. Price gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
A swing and a miss from Price.
Price fails with the takedown
and Dean counters with a one-two to the body.
Dean goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Price sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Josh Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dean throws a series of punches but Price avoids them all with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Price. Dean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Price takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dean looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean throws a series of punches but Price moves out of range.
Price avoids the head kick by Dean.
Herbert Dean is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dean throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Price moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dean throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Price.
Dean will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dean, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herbert Dean dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dean tries to bum rush Price with a series of wild strikes but Price uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Price fails with the takedown
and Dean counters with a three punch combo that has Price backing up. Price nods at Dean to acknowledge the strikes.
Price misses with a straight right.
Dean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Price moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Price slips a jab and a cross from Dean.
Dean lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price blocks a head kick by Dean.
Dean wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
Dean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Price moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean misses with a few strikes there.
A shot to the body from Price misses
and Dean counters with a big head kick but Price shrugs it off.
Dean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
Price misses with a straight right.
Price blocks a head kick by Dean.
Dean swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Price misses with a takedown attempt
and Dean counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dean is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Price dodges the punch combination from Dean.
Price throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dean counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Price thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dean's head.
Dean wants to get back to his feet.
Dean makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Price misses with a jab, cross combination.
Price misses with a takedown attempt
and Dean counters with a big head kick but Price shrugs it off.
Herbert Dean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Price.
Dean throws a wild body kick that Price sees coming a mile off.
Price is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dean rather than just go for the knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean looks for the body kick but Price saw that one coming.
Dean misses with a two punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Dean.
A head kick misses from Dean.
Dean swinging wildly here.
Dean throws a nice looking combination but Price bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dean misses with a combination
and Price counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dean pivots, looking for a leg kick but Price is out of range and Dean settles back down.
Price tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dean was well out of range. Poor timing from Price.
Dean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Price moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dean lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Price circles away quickly and effectively.
Price lands with a nice combination. Dean backs away looking to recover.
Dean fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dean misses with a two punch combination.
Dean misses with a head kick.
Dean scores with a hook to the body. Price takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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 Herbert Dean will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Dean swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Price counters with a straight right hand.
Dean lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Price scores with a decent looking hook.
Dean tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dean misses with a series of wild punches.
Price with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dean counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Price throws a sloppy head kick and Dean moves out of range easily.
Dean wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
Dean misses with a double jab
and Price counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price takes a swing at Dean's ribcage but misses.
Dean throws a hook but Price avoids it easily.
Dean avoids the body shot from Price.
Dean pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
Dean finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dean tries to bum rush Price with a series of wild strikes but Price uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dean.
Dean rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Price moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dean throws a right hand that Price ducks under and follows up with a left that Price also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Dean.
Dean tries to bum rush Price with a series of wild strikes but Price uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick by Dean misses
and Price counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dean is trying to stand.
Dean pushes Price off and gets back to his feet.
Price loads up on a big right hand but Dean slips the punch.
Price gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Price takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean throws a head kick that misses
and Price counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dean looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Herbert Dean is winning the standup battle so far.
Dean swinging wildly here.
Josh Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dean misses with a two punch combination.
Price avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dean throws a right hand that Price ducks under and follows up with a left that Price also avoids with ease.
Herbert Dean is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dean gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Price throws an elbow but misses.
Price is trying to stall.
Dean working hard to break the clinch.
Dean is struggling to control the position.
Price tries to stall but Dean uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees to the body from Price.
Price tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Herbert Dean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Price.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Price.
Dean looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dean has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Price pushes off an throws an elbow but Dean leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dean breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dean throws a head kick that misses.
Price throws a shot from downtown. Dean moves away and avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Price comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dean has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Herbert Dean!
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