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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Welch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Eggers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Welch might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Stemm's Face The Pain. Dave Eggers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryan Welch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Eggers!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Welch scores with a jab to the jaw.
Welch takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Welch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Eggers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Welch throws a hook to the side of Eggers's head but Eggers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Welch throws a hook but Eggers avoids it easily.
Welch misses with the combination.
A good leg kick by Eggers.
Eggers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Welch.
Welch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eggers moves away.
Eggers fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Welch, pushing him back against the cage.
Welch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eggers prevents a takedown attempt there.
Welch drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Eggers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Eggers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Welch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Eggers is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Welch drops down looking for an ankle pick but Eggers pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Welch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eggers cracks the inside of Welch's front leg.
Welch looks to land a left hand but Eggers moved out of range nicely.
Eggers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Welch!
Welch throws a right hand that Eggers ducks under and follows up with a left that Eggers also avoids with ease.
Bryan Welch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eggers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Welch looks to throw the jab but Eggers is out of range.
Welch misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Welch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Welch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eggers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Welch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Eggers.
A big left from Welch misses.
Welch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Welch lands with a right hand.
Welch takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Eggers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Welch's calf.
Welch walks forward, straight into a front kick from Eggers.
Welch misses with a few strikes there.
Welch misses the shot to the body.
Welch connects with a good right hand that stumbles Eggers. Eggers circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Welch misses the jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Welch crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Eggers - the referee stops the clock and Welch gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Eggers. Welch manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Welch is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eggers closes the distance and clinches.
Welch lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Welch working aggressively here.
Welch has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Eggers avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Eggers takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Welch wants to get back to striking at distance but Eggers won't allow it.
Eggers prevents the takedown attempt.
Eggers landing knees to the body.
Welch drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Eggers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Eggers avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Welch changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Eggers fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Welch misses with a few strikes there.
Welch scores with a crisp jab that stopped Eggers in his tracks.
Eggers throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Welch misses with a straight left.
Welch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Eggers.
Welch misses with a looping right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Eggers.
Welch loads up on a big right hand but Eggers slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Welch missing with a left hand there. Eggers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Eggers clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Welch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Eggers dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Welch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bryan Welch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eggers thuds his shin into the meat of Welch's side.
Welch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Welch throws a lazy right hand but Eggers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eggers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Welch.
A good leg kick by Eggers.
Welch takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Welch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eggers moves away.
Welch looks to throw the jab but Eggers is out of range.
Welch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Eggers.
Welch takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Welch misses with an uppercut. Eggers saw that one coming.
Welch fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eggers throws a leg kick which misses Welch's front leg but catches the back leg as Welch tries to avoid it.
Eggers clinches.
Welch misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eggers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Welch avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Welch fails to land.
Eggers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Welch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Eggers.
The crowd are getting on Eggers's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Eggers prevents a body shot from Welch.
Eggers slows down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Welch is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Welch misses with some punches.
Eggers effectively controlling the action here.
Welch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Eggers stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dave Eggers.
Eggers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Welch throws a nice looking combination but Eggers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Welch misses with a looping right.
Welch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Eggers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Welch.
Eggers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Welch cracks Eggers with a right hand to the side of the head.
Eggers is looking to slow Welch down with leg kicks.
Welch lands with a straight right. Eggers didn't see that one coming.
Eggers thows a body kick. Welch tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Eggers dodges the punch combination from Welch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eggers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Welch throws out the jab.
Eggers connects with a solid leg kick.
Welch looks to score with a jab to the body but Eggers is just out of range.
Welch is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Eggers throws a quick inside leg kick.
Welch misses with a straight left.
Eggers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Eggers throws a front kick that sends Welch stumbling back into the cage.
Dave Eggers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eggers throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Welch.
Welch misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Eggers.
Welch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot by Welch.
Eggers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Eggers dodges the punch combination from Welch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Welch does no damage.
Welch missing with a left hand there. Eggers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Welch throws a looping overhand right but Eggers ducks down to avoid it.
Eggers cracks the inside of Welch's front leg.
Eggers dodges the punch combination from Welch.
Welch misses with a hook. Eggers ducked under it nicely.
Eggers drops his hands momentarily and Welch takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Eggers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Welch letting Eggers take a breather here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Welch is trying to break the clinch but Eggers is controlling him.
Welch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Eggers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Welch misses with an uppercut.
Welch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Eggers can pounce on him.
Eggers throws a head kick that Welch semi-blocks.
Eggers has closed the distance and engaged Welch in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Welch tries to break free but Eggers pushes him back against the cage.
Eggers avoiding damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Welch.
Eggers holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Eggers.
Welch looking to slow down the pace here.
Welch misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Welch as the two fighters clinch.
Welch goes for a takedown in the clinch but Eggers prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Welch pressing his opponent against the cage.
Welch is looking to break free of the clinch but Eggers has double underhooks.
Welch is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Eggers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Eggers prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Welch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Welch is looking to break free of the clinch but Eggers has double underhooks.
Eggers prevents the takedown attempt.
Welch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Welch avoiding damage as Eggers throws knees to the body.
Welch will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Welch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Eggers slowing the pace effectively.
Welch tries to stall but Eggers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Welch letting Eggers take a breather here.
Welch is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Welch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Welch can't break the clinch.
Eggers leaning his opponent against the cage.
Welch is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Welch working aggressively here.
Eggers gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Welch.
Welch misses with some punches.
Welch has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Eggers is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Welch goes for a takedown in the clinch but Eggers prevents it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Welch goes for a takedown in the clinch but Eggers prevents it.
Eggers displaying some good clinch control by pressing Welch up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eggers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Welch misses with the head strike.
Welch wants a takedown.
Welch tries to score a body lock takedown but Eggers shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bryan Welch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Welch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Eggers.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Welch avoiding damage as Eggers throws knees to the body.
Eggers stalling the fight.
Eggers receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Eggers continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Eggers prevents Welch from breaking the clinch.
Welch goes for a takedown attempt but Eggers pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
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.
Eggers throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Welch.
Welch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eggers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eggers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Welch.
Eggers chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Eggers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Welch throws out the jab.
Welch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Eggers. Eggers obviously looking to wear him down.
Eggers is looking to slow Welch down with leg kicks.
Eggers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eggers lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Eggers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Welch is trying to break free.
Dave Eggers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Welch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eggers slowing the pace effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Eggers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Eggers has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Eggers!
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