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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dee Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Ellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, AC/DC - If you want Blood (You've got it). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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212 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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186 cm
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200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dee Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Ellington!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pain circles away quickly and effectively.
Ellington throws a jab but it's blocked by Pain.
Ellington checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pain moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pain throws a series of strikes that have Ellington backpedaling.
Pain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pain has managed to clinch.
Pain scores with a hook to the body.
Ellington trying to stall but Pain improves his position.
Ellington can't find room to land a body shot as Pain controls the action.
Ellington taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ellington stops a takedown attempt from Pain.
Pain lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Ellington.
Pain has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ellington is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pain tries to pull guard but Ellington holds him up against the cage and eventually Pain drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dee Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ellington stalling in the clinch.
Pain lands a takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ellington wants to sweep here but Pain controlling him for the moment.
Pain pushes down on Ellington's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ellington's head.
Pain takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pain trying to control from half guard but Ellington is working away.
Pain wants to work for an arm triangle but Ellington is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ellington is looking for a sweep. Pain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Well, if Pain is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Pain throwing shots but Ellington is blocking nicely.
That's two 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.
Pain prevents Ellington from improving his position.
Pain is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ellington really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pain. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ellington regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Pain.
Pain 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.
Pain lands a couple of digs.
Ellington working a defensive guard but Pain passes into half guard.
Pain wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ellington keeps working.
Pain content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ellington can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pain is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellington trying to control but Pain postures up.
Ellington is looking for a sweep. Pain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pain trying to control from half guard but Ellington is working away.
Ellington wants to control but Pain is keeping busy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nice defenses there by Pain.
Ellington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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.
Pain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pain needs to keep his hands up - Ellington had a free shot at his head there.
Pain misses the jab.
Ellington thows a body shot but no joy.
Ellington throws a front kick that sends Pain stumbling back into the cage.
Pain moves out of range as Ellington strikes.
Pain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ellington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pain throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ellington.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ellington as he jumps to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pain scoring well with a low kick there.
Ellington connects with a body shot.
Pain is breathing heavily.
Pain fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Duke Ellington will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch but Ellington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ellington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pain manages to avoid it.
Ellington throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pain counters by moving into the clinch.
Ellington is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pain misses with a hook. Ellington ducked under it nicely.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pain shoots in for a takedown but Ellington shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dee Pain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ellington.
Ellington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pain.
Ellington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pain throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellington swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ellington staying out of range there.
Duke Ellington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pain moves forwards but Ellington connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pain moves out of range as Ellington strikes.
Pain takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pain closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pain prevents Ellington from breaking the clinch.
Ellington tries to stall but Pain uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ellington wants to get back to striking at distance but Pain won't allow it.
Ellington is struggling to control the position.
Pain has hold of one of Ellington's legs. Ellington is fighting the takedown attempt but Pain gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Pain drops back looking for a leg! Ellington is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ellington manages to kick Pain off! Pain jumps back into Ellington's guard.
Ellington wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellington is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ellington is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Pain pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ellington is keeping the position for now.
Ellington is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pain trying to control but Ellington is working from the bottom.
Pain throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pain scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain scores a takedown into full mount!
Pain trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Pain.
Pain avoids the attempt from Ellington to control.
Pain with good strikes from the mount here!
Pain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ellington hang on?
Pain tries to control but Ellington wriggling away.
Pain lands a heavy elbow.
Pain with the ground and pound from mount.
Dee Pain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ellington is looking to improve his position but Pain isn't that keen on the idea.
Pain sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pain looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Pain controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ellington is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dee Pain dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Pain throws a hook but Ellington blocks it.
Ellington stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ellington wants it to stay on the feet.
Pain tries to clinch up but Ellington circles away and keeps his distance.
Ellington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pain.
Ellington misses with a jab to the body
and Pain counters with a straight right hand.
Pain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ellington throws out the jab.
Ellington lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ellington misses with a series of wild punches.
Pain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pain fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ellington sprawls well initially but Pain persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Pain wants to take a breather but Ellington is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ellington avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pain.
Ellington trying to control from the bottom.
Pain sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ellington flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Pain prevents Ellington from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pain moves in looking to clinch but Ellington pushes him off.
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.
Ellington's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ellington duly obliges.
Duke Ellington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pain is looking to clinch but Ellington is avoiding it.
A jab from Pain does it's job there.
Ellington throws a sloppy body shot
and Pain counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ellington is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Ellington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ellington keeping moving, preventing Pain from controlling successfully.
Pain works over Ellington with some ground and pound from guard.
Ellington keeping moving, preventing Pain from controlling successfully.
Ellington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellington trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Pain trying to control but Ellington is working from the bottom.
Pain throws and elbow that misses. Ellington uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pain's guard. Nice move by Ellington!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pain is trying to control the position but Ellington postures up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pain is on top in guard.
Pain trying to control but Ellington is working from the bottom.
Pain throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pain trying to control the position from guard on top but Ellington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ellington wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's four 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.
Pain content to stall in guard here.
Pain keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ellington's head.
Ellington keeping full guard, as Pain tries to pass.
Pain is working Ellington over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pain keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ellington's head.
Ellington tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pain trying to control but Ellington is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dee Pain showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pain 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dee Pain!
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energy
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hype
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