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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dudley Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawson comes to the cage accompanied by Time For Some Action. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dudley Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, DJ Beast!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Beast.
Dawson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Beast is fending him off so far but Dawson persists. Nope, Beast circles away and we're back to standing.
Beast tries to clinch there but Dawson circles away.
Beast lands with a right hand.
Beast scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Beast landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Beast looks to land a strike but Dawson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Beast stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dawson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dawson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Beast's guard.
Dawson stands and steps away. Beast gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
DJ Beast seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dawson darts in trying to clinch
and Beast counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dawson!
You get the feeling that Dawson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Beast scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dawson?
Dawson is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson working to try and regain half guard.
Beast scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Dawson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beast controlling the pace for now.
Dawson seems to have got his legs back now.
Dawson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Beast moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Dawson has worked his arm free - good work by Dawson!
Beast working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast tries to get to his feet but Dawson is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Beast in his guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dawson is on top in guard.
Dawson is looking to work some ground and pound but Beast has wrist control.
Beast has control of Dawson's left arm, preventing Dawson from doing any damage.
Beast looks gassed!
Dawson cracks Beast with a solid left hand.
Beast wants to sweep but no luck.
Dawson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Beast looking to control but Dawson passes into half guard.
Beast wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dawson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Beast is in a horrible position here. Dawson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Beast swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Beast is squirming around, avoiding Dawson's attempts to control the action.
Beast tries to hold on but Dawson pushes him away.
Dawson trying to control but Beast is having none of it.
Beast tries to hold on but Dawson pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dawson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Beast working to try and regain half guard.
Dawson landing strikes from the mount.
Dawson landing strikes from the mount and Beast is in trouble!
Dawson trying to control but Beast is having none of it.
Beast's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dawson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Beast looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DJ Beast dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Beast has his takedown stuffed
and Dawson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Beast is staying active underneath Dawson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dawson thows a huge punch but Beast dodges it nicely.
Beast looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dawson thows a huge punch but Beast dodges it nicely.
Dawson is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Beast manages to get to full guard.
Dawson looking to pass the guard.
Dawson wants to stand and escape but instead Beast has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Dawson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dawson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dawson's back!
Dawson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dawson is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Beast struggling to keep hold of the position.
Dawson is really stuck here.
Dawson looking very determined here, making life difficult for Beast.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beast doesn't have the hooks in and Dawson manages to turn into his guard.
Dawson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dawson wants to control but Beast is keeping him busy.
Dawson just content to control the position.
Beast sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast trying to control but Dawson postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beast lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Beast is trying to maintain the position but Dawson is very close to passing his half guard.
Dawson prevents Beast from standing back up.
Beast trying to hold on to Dawson's head to control him but Dawson postures up.
Beast moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Beast is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Beast is looking to land body kicks.
Beast misses with a takedown
and Dawson moves into the clinch.
Beast wants to break free but Dawson has control.
Dawson prevents the takedown attempt.
Dudley Dawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Beast.
Beast misses with a punch on the inside.
Beast tries to break the clinch but Dawson is controlling the position.
Dawson lands an elbow just above Beast 's eye.
Dawson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beast looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Beast loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dawson looking to control.
Dawson wants to get back to his feet but Beast is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Beast wants to stand but Dawson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawson is trying to control the position but Beast postures up.
Dawson keeping moving, preventing Beast from controlling successfully.
Dawson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Beast stacks Dawson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Beast!
Dawson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dawson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Beast connects with a decent elbow.
Beast wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dawson keeps working.
Dawson struggling a bit here.
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 Dudley Dawson 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!
Nice straight punches there by Beast. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beast.
Dawson moves into range and clinches up with Beast.
Nice body punch from Beast.
Beast wants to get back to striking at distance but Dawson won't allow it.
Dawson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beast's elbow.
Beast can't get the takedown.
Beast tries for a takedown but Dawson manages to get underhooks.
Dawson breaks the clinch.
Beast has his takedown stuffed
and Dawson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Beast's guard now.
Dudley Dawson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Beast.
Dawson trying to control the position from guard on top but Beast is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dawson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dawson lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast trying to control the position.
Dawson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dawson wants to control from the top but Beast keeps moving.
Beast wants to sweep here but Dawson controlling him for the moment.
Dawson slips nicely into half guard.
Dawson decides to stand up.
Beast shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Beast was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Beast sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Beast has hold of Dawson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Dawson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson tries to reverse the position but Beast maintains control.
Dawson tries to lock up and control but Beast gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Beast controlling from mount.
Dawson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Beast with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Dawson gets back to half guard.
Dawson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson is trying to stand up here but Beast is controlling him well.
Dawson is trying to control but can't.
Dudley Dawson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dawson kicks off Beast and gets to his feet.
Beast tries for a takedown but Dawson circles away easily
and Dawson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dawson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Beast is looking to control Dawson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Beast avoid being mounted?
Beast is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dawson is thwarting Beast's attempts to control the position.
Beast is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast keeping hold of Dawson's head, controlling as best he can.
Dawson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dawson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dawson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Beast with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Beast is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dawson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dawson's back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dawson breaks Beast's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Dawson wants to control from the top but Beast keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Beast is on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dudley Dawson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dawson 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dudley Dawson!
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