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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Masterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfie Pickett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masterson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Stinkfist. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruno Masterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alfie Pickett!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pickett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pickett tries to clinch but Masterson is having none of it.
Pickett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pickett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pickett bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Masterson needs to keep his hands up - Pickett had a free shot at his head there.
Pickett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Masterson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pickett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Masterson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pickett can pounce on him.
Masterson misses with a double jab
letting Pickett counter with a right hand.
Masterson is breathing heavily.
Pickett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Masterson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pickett.
Masterson tries to clinch there but Pickett circles away.
Masterson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pickett is fending him off so far but Masterson persists. Nope, Pickett circles away and we're back to standing.
Pickett throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Pickett misses.
Decent striking displayed by Masterson there.
Pickett lands a high kick!
Pickett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Masterson shoots in and bounces Pickett off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Pickett really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Masterson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Masterson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masterson preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pickett is on top in guard.
Masterson tries to strike from the bottom.
Masterson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pickett wants to stand and escape but instead Masterson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Masterson trying to control the position from guard on top but Pickett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Masterson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Masterson stops Pickett from standing up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Masterson.
Masterson 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.
Pickett taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masterson lands a few punches from side control.
Pickett is looking to reverse the position.
Pickett is working to avoid the ground and pound but Masterson connects with a decent elbow.
Pickett is looking for a sweep.
Masterson lands a few punches from side control.
Pickett is rocked!
It looks like Alfie Pickett has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Masterson is putting a hurting on Pickett here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pickett is still in real trouble! Can Masterson finish him?
Masterson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Masterson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Masterson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Pickett is not content to let Masterson control the position.
Masterson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Masterson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Masterson tries to move to mount but Pickett blocks the move with his legs.
Masterson wants to control but Pickett is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Masterson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masterson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pickett seems to have recovered his senses.
Pickett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Masterson throws a series of strikes that have Pickett backpedaling.
Pickett goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pickett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Masterson throws a leg kick
and Pickett counters with a solid body kick.
Pickett connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Masterson momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horrible takedown by Masterson or perhaps it was just good defense by Pickett which made him look bad.
Pickett scores with a leg kick.
Masterson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Masterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right-left combo lands from Pickett.
Pickett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pickett chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pickett!
Pickett throws a left that rocks Masterson and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Pickett dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Masterson regain composure!
Masterson is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pickett lands a nice forearm strike.
Oh Masterson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masterson regains half guard.
Masterson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Masterson manages to get to full guard.
Masterson seems to have got his legs back now.
Pickett wanted to stand there but Masterson had control of the position.
Masterson controls Pickett momentarily but Pickett frees himself.
Masterson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Pickett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Masterson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pickett wants to get up but he can't break Masterson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pickett throws a right hand that Masterson ducks under and follows up with a left that Masterson also avoids with ease.
Masterson lands with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pickett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Masterson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pickett is fending him off so far but Masterson persists. Nope, Pickett circles away and we're back to standing.
Masterson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pickett plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pickett tries to clinch but Masterson moves out of range.
Pickett stalks Masterson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Masterson's face. Masterson staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfie Pickett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alfie Pickett's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pickett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pickett thuds his shin into the meat of Masterson's side.
Masterson slips a jab and a cross from Pickett.
Masterson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pickett counters with a head kick.
Masterson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pickett tries to clinch up but Masterson circles away and keeps his distance.
Pickett takes one to the side of the head.
Masterson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pickett managing to block the knees to the body from Masterson.
Masterson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alfie Pickett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Masterson throws a series of punches but Pickett moves out of range.
Masterson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Masterson dominating with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masterson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pickett looks a forlorn figure.
Pickett can't escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pickett squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Masterson prevents Pickett from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickett wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Pickett working to try and regain half guard.
Masterson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pickett is trying to escape the mount.
Bruno Masterson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Masterson with the ground and pound from mount.
Masterson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Masterson blocks Pickett's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Pickett takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That has opened up Alfie Pickett's cut even more.
Masterson is landing with some decent strikes but Pickett is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The cut above Alfie Pickett's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alfie Pickett's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bruno Masterson!
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energy
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hype
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