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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Fist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny Fist is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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180 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny Fist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Apollo Creed!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fist was covering up waiting for the punch and Creed finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Creed postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Fist is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Creed, into his guard.
Fist in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fist pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Creed is keeping the position for now.
Fist trying to control but Creed is working from the bottom.
Fist wants to pass the guard but Creed is keeping the position.
Fist wants to control from the top but Creed keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fist in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fist trying to control but Creed is working from the bottom.
Fist postures up and lands a big shot to Creed's brow.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Creed is on top in guard.
Fist avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Creed gets to his feet - Fist follows without any prompting.
Creed has taken the fight to the clinch.
Creed is trying to break the clinch but Fist is controlling him.
Creed manages to pull guard.
Creed wants to stand and escape but Fist is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed is looking to stand back up but Fist counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Creed.
Fist trying to control the action but Creed is working from the bottom.
Fist is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Creed is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Fist is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Creed doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Fist.
Creed keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed wants to get back to his feet.
Fist prevents Creed from improving his position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Creed shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Fist is trying to defend but Creed finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fist avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Creed.
Creed stands up and beckons Fist to join him on the feet.
Fist keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Creed thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Creed wants to advance to full mount but Fist doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Creed wants to pass the guard but Fist is keeping the position.
Creed got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fist has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Creed has managed to get both his arms back between Fist's legs - danger averted.
Creed postures up in Fist's guard and throws a big left but Fist blocks it.
Creed advances position into side control!
Creed is trying to ground and pound but Fist uses the momentary lack of control by Creed to regain half guard.
Creed tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fist knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fist is looking for a sweep. Creed is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Apollo Creed dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Creed gets a takedown into half guard.
Fist missing with punches from the bottom.
Creed thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Creed is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Fist doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Creed.
Creed has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Creed looking to finish with strikes here!
Creed punching from mount but Fist doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed dominating with strikes here.
Creed postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fist looks a forlorn figure.
Fist wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Creed.
Creed punching from mount but Fist doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Fist tries to reverse the position but Creed maintains control.
Creed throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Creed working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Creed is breathing heavily.
Fist is working to get back to half guard.
Creed unloads with some shots from mount but Fist bucks and avoids them well.
Fist is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Creed with the ground and pound from mount.
Fist is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Creed looking to finish with strikes here!
Creed thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Creed throwing strikes here but Fist is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Creed sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Creed forces the positional change into back control.
Fist defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Creed's arms.
Creed missing with strikes.
Fist controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fist manages to reverse the position and now he's in Creed's guard. Nice work there by Fist.
Creed bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fist's guard.
Creed looking to pass the guard.
Creed loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Creed wants to pass the guard but Fist is keeping the position.
Fist working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Creed.
Fist is looking to stand back up but Creed counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Fist.
Creed throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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.
Fist is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Creed pulls his head out easily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Creed scores a takedown into full mount!
Creed thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fist blocking the ground and pound.
Creed misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Creed with a couple of short strikes.
Creed looking to ground and pound but Fist is blocking nicely.
Creed looking for a guillotine from mount but Fist is having none of it.
Creed throws some wild stikes that Fist manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Apollo Creed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Creed looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Fist manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fist working for a triangle but Creed defends it easily.
Creed is looking to work some ground and pound but Fist has wrist control.
Creed working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Creed looking to pass the guard.
Fist throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Creed trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Creed loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Creed throws a big right hand that misses.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Creed looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Fist!
Fist avoids a series of strikes thrown by Creed.
BOOM! Creed connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Creed swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Fist is now in Creed's guard. A big mistake from Creed there, giving up the dominant position!
Fist is fighting to break Creed's control of his arms but Creed is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Creed is looking to stand up but Fist isn't so interested in that idea.
Apollo Creed has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed keeping moving, preventing Fist from controlling successfully.
Creed managing to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Creed is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed stands up over Fist, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fist utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Creed decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Creed drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Creed postures up.
Creed postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Creed pushes down on Fist's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Creed looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Fist gets back to full guard.
Danny Fist has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fist is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fist keeping full guard, as Creed tries to pass.
Creed postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Creed sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fist's guard.
Creed missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Creed not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Creed trying to mount his opponent but Fist defends it.
Apollo Creed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Creed sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fist defending well though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Apollo Creed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Creed 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Apollo Creed!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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