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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dino Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dino Adams is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dino Adams!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Adams misses.
Bird drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Adams wants to sweep here but Bird controlling him for the moment.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Bird from controlling successfully.
Bird wants to get up but he can't break Adams's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Adams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bird is one step ahead there.
Bird trying to control but Adams is working from the bottom.
Adams manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Adams punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bird is rocked!
Bird is trying desperately to improve position.
Oh Bird is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adams landing strikes, looking to finish!
Adams is working for a guillotine from mount but Bird frees his head quite easily.
A nice elbow there by Adams.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adams is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bird has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Adams pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Adams lands with some strikes.
Adams lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
BOOM! Adams connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bird is in a horrible position here. Adams smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Adams is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bird can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Adams looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bird's face.
Bird is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bird keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Adams with a couple of short strikes.
Adams is landing with some decent strikes but Bird is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Adams raining down shots from the mount!
Bird is desperately trying to improve his position but Adams has a good base and remains in mount.
Adams lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bird hang on?
Adams landing strikes from the mount.
Adams is working for a guillotine from mount but Bird frees his head quite easily.
Adams scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Bird that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bird is trying to escape the mount.
Adams dominating with strikes here.
Adams is landing with some decent strikes but Bird is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bird is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Adams connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Adams landing strikes, looking to finish!
Adams blocks Bird's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Adams cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Adams landing strikes from the mount.
Adams scoring with strikes but Bird is staying in there.
Bird gets back to half guard.
Adams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bird with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Adams is nestled in close to Bird, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Adams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird has hold of Adams's hands but Adams slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Adams working Bird over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Adams there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adams sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bird is trying to stand.
Bird taking some punishment here, with Adams in his half guard.
Adams slips a nice elbow through Bird's hands, connecting with Bird's forehead.
Adams slips a nice elbow through Bird's hands, connecting with Bird's forehead.
Bird wants to get back to his feet.
Adams slips a nice elbow through Bird's hands, connecting with Bird's forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adams lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Adams wants to free his trapped foot but Bird is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Adams scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dino Adams dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Adams shoots in but no luck this time.
Adams shoots for a takedown but Bird saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Adams shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bird as he jumps to the side.
Eric Bird has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dino Adams.
Nice sprawl there from Bird as Adams shoots in.
Adams closes the distance and clinches up with Bird, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes Bird against the cage but Bird circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Adams shoots in and drives through. Bird sprawls well.
Adams shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adams shoots in looking for a takedown. Bird tries to sprawl out of it but Adams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bird manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Adams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Adams has a takedown stuffed.
Adams shoots in but Bird avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Adams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bird circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams shoots in and drives through. Bird sprawls well.
Adams is breathing heavily.
Adams shoots in looking for a takedown. Bird tries to sprawl out of it but Adams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bird manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Adams misses with a takedown attempt - Bird sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bird stuffs the takedown attempt from Adams. Adams gets slowly back to his feet.
Adams fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Adams closes the distance and clinches up with Bird, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes Bird against the cage but Bird circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Adams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bird circles away.
Adams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice sprawl there from Bird as Adams shoots in.
Bird seems to have got his legs back now.
Adams misses with a takedown attempt
and Bird counters with a shoot takedown. Adams fights it but they end up in guard.
Dino Adams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Adams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bird is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Adams is working an open guard so Bird takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Bird scores a takedown into full mount!
Bird pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bird lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bird trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Adams working to try and regain half guard.
Bird scoring with strikes but Adams is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird controlling his opponent.
Bird swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Adams is now in Bird's guard. A big mistake from Bird there, giving up the dominant position!
Adams looking to pass the guard.
Adams sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bird's guard.
Bird wants to control but Adams is keeping busy.
Bird gets full guard.
Adams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bird is trying to control the position but Adams postures up.
Adams gets to his feet - Bird follows without any prompting.
Bird shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bird showed some decent athleticism there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bird misses with a head shot. Adams uses the momentum to regain guard.
Adams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bird is one step ahead there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adams can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bird trying to control but Adams is working from the bottom.
Bird gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Adams shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bird counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Bird dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Adams stuffs the takedown attempt from Bird. Bird gets slowly back to his feet.
Adams scores a takedown into full mount!
Adams landing punches.
Bird is bucking up trying to escape but Adams cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bird tries to hold on but Adams postures up.
Adams landing shots from mount.
Bird is trying desperately to improve position.
Adams lands a big elbow.
Adams working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Adams throwing strikes here but Bird is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Adams throws some wild stikes that Bird manages to avoid easily.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bird tries to lock up and control but Adams gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bird is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Adams avoids the attempt from Bird to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bird tries to lock up and control but Adams gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bird is looking to improve his position but Adams isn't that keen on the idea.
Bird gets back to half guard.
Adams not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Adams is looking for a kimura but Bird is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Adams to get the leverage.
Bird tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Adams lands a nice short elbow.
Adams seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Adams seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Adams stands up from half guard.
Adams fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Bird square on the jaw! Damn, Bird is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dino Adams!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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