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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darth Fedor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slade Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darth Fedor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Slade Steel!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedor misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fedor ducks under a wild hook from Steel.
Steel scores with a jab. Fedor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fedor connects with a looping right hand.
Fedor shoots in looking for a takedown. Steel tries to sprawl out of it but Fedor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Steel manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Steel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Steel wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darth Fedor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fedor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Fedor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fedor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Steel keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedor prevents Steel from standing back up.
Steel is pressing down on Fedor's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steel has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fedor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Steel is controlling Fedor's posture.
Fedor looking to sit in guard and control but Steel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fedor looking for a guillotine here but Steel defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fedor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fedor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Steel content to stall in guard here.
Fedor has an active guard here but Steel has managed to pass into half guard.
Fedor is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steel looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fedor is looking to improve his position.
Fedor trying to control but Steel postures up.
Steel missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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.
Steel keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Fedor is trying to maintain the position but Steel is very close to passing his half guard.
Fedor is pressing down on Steel's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fedor manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Steel manages to get himself to full guard.
Fedor being controlled here momentarily.
Fedor trying to control the position from guard on top but Steel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Steel is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slade Steel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fedor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steel throws a hook but Fedor avoids it easily.
Steel connects with a looping right hand.
A swing and a miss from Steel.
Steel looks to throw the jab but Fedor is out of range.
Steel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fedor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fedor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steel.
Fedor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Steel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fedor fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steel misses with a series of wild punches.
Fedor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Steel circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darth Fedor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steel misses with a wild combination.
Steel fails to land with a series of punches.
Fedor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Steel sprawls well. Steel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fedor gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two 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.
Fedor slips a jab from Steel.
Fedor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darth Fedor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steel misses with a straight left.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Steel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fedor manages to avoid it.
Fedor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steel.
Fedor slips under a jab from Steel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel tests Fedor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Steel.
Steel avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fedor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steel throws an overhand right that lands on Fedor's shoulder, as Fedor tries to avoid the shot.
Steel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fedor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steel misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fedor moves away.
Steel misses with an uppercut. Fedor saw that one coming.
Fedor looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Steel.
Fedor defending well as Steel loads up on a big left hand.
Steel misses with a straight left.
A left lands for Fedor.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Steel stuffs the takedown.
Steel misses with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slade Steel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Steel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Steel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fedor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Steel lands with an overhand left.
Fedor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steel.
Steel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fedor.
Steel misses with a hook.
Fedor moves out of range of the leg kick from Steel.
Steel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fedor fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Steel sprawls well initially but Fedor persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Steel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fedor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedor wants to pass the guard but Steel is defending well.
Steel is trying to get back to full guard.
Fedor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Steel wants to control but Fedor is keeping busy.
Fedor tries to pass to full mount but Steel defends it.
Fedor is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fedor is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice strikes from Fedor there.
Steel trying to control from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Steel misses with the combination.
Fedor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fedor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steel throws out the jab.
Fedor throws a combination that misses
letting Steel counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Steel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fedor.
Fedor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Steel sprawls well. Steel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fedor gets slowly back to his feet.
Steel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fedor in his tracks.
Slade Steel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
Steel throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fedor doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Steel counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darth Fedor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fedor is out of range and Steel settles back down.
Steel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Steel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fedor fails to land with a series of punches.
Steel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Slade Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fedor dodges the punch combination from Steel.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedor slips a jab and a cross from Steel.
And that's the end of the fight!
Slade Steel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Steel winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slade Steel!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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