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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Royal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royal comes to the cage accompanied by Becoming The Bull. Swanson has chosen Buju Banton-Not an Easy Road as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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200 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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195 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful |
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sammy Royal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Swanson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swanson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Royal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Swanson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Royal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swanson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Royal shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Swanson pinned against the cage. Swanson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A slow jab from Swanson misses its intended target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Royal is defended easily by Swanson.
A big right from Swanson misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Royal tries for a takedown but Swanson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sammy Royal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swanson looks to land a left hand but Royal moved out of range nicely.
Swanson throws a jab when Royal was well out of range.
Swanson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Royal.
Royal tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Swanson swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Royal fails with a takedown attempt.
Royal will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Royal throws a right and a left that Swanson avoids nicely.
Swanson throws a body punch but Royal moves out of range.
Swanson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Royal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Swanson throws a hook to the side of Royal's head but Royal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Swanson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Royal lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Royal.
Royal moves out of range of the strikes.
Royal is trying hard to land a takedown here. Swanson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Royal is breathing heavily.
Royal shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Swanson defends it nicely.
Swanson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Royal counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Swanson drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swanson landing some decent shots from guard.
Royal has momentary wrist control but Swanson slips an elbow through the middle.
Swanson works over Royal with some ground and pound from guard.
Swanson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Swanson with a nice head shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson throwing strikes from guard but Royal blocks nicely.
Swanson is stalling in the full guard.
Royal looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Royal is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Swanson is aware though and is defending well.
Royal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Swanson defends well.
Swanson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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.
Swanson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Swanson stands up over Royal, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Swanson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Swanson landing some decent shots from guard.
Swanson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Swanson lands a couple of digs.
Swanson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Swanson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Royal has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Swanson is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Royal.
Swanson taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Swanson 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.
Royal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Swanson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Swanson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Royal.
Swanson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Royal as he avoids it easily.
Royal shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Swanson as he avoids it easily.
Royal defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Swanson.
Royal is looking to clinch but Swanson is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swanson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Royal.
Royal wants to clinch up but Swanson keeps it at a distance.
Royal stalks Swanson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Swanson's face. Swanson staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Royal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swanson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Swanson misses.
Royal staying out of range there.
Swanson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Royal.
Nice takedown defense from Swanson. No joy for Royal on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sammy Royal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Swanson throws a hook to the side of Royal's head but Royal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Royal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Swanson loads up on a big right hand but Royal slips the punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Royal. That snapped Swanson's head back.
Swanson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Swanson lands in his opponent's guard.
Swanson postures up and lands a big shot to Royal's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Swanson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Royal's head.
Royal is looking for a triangle but Swanson pushes his legs off easily.
Swanson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Swanson slips a nice elbow through Royal's hands, connecting with Royal's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Royal is looking to improve his position.
Swanson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Swanson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Royal!
Swanson scoring with strikes but Royal is staying in there.
Swanson cracks Royal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson with the ground and pound from mount.
Swanson landing punches.
Royal tries to hold on but Swanson postures up.
Royal tries to reverse the position but Swanson maintains control.
Swanson with good strikes from the mount here!
Swanson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Royal is rocked!
Swanson postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Royal badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Swanson around the waist but Swanson pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Swanson is the winner by TKO! Swanson jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Swanson!
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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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