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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Lyman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mirko raymore ardonia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). mirko raymore ardonia will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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255 lbs
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240 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Lyman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, mirko raymore ardonia!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lyman clinches.
ardonia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lyman gets control of ardonia's arms and successfully pulls guard. Lyman will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
ardonia throws a strike but Lyman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lyman stands up from guard. Let's bang!
ardonia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lyman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from ardonia.
Josh Lyman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lyman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lyman doesn't manage to clinch there - ardonia circles away.
Lyman is looking to clinch.
ardonia throws a right and a left that both miss.
ardonia thows a body shot but no joy.
ardonia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lyman has closed the distance and engaged ardonia in a clinch.
Lyman looking for a takedown.
Lyman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through ardonia's defenses.
It looks like mirko raymore ardonia has been cut.
ardonia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lyman has him pressed against the cage.
Lyman stalling.
Lyman has ardonia pressed against the cage, preventing ardonia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lyman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
ardonia stops a takedown attempt from Lyman.
ardonia is trying to break the clinch but Lyman is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyman scores with a shot to the side of ardonia's head.
ardonia tries to break the clinch but Lyman is controlling the position.
ardonia wants to break free but Lyman has control.
Lyman gets control of ardonia's arms and successfully pulls guard. Lyman will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Lyman pushes ardonia off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
mirko raymore ardonia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
ardonia misses with an uppercut. Lyman saw that one coming.
ardonia misses with a looping right.
Lyman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from ardonia.
ardonia looks gassed!
Lyman shoots in and drives through. ardonia sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Lyman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lyman is looking to clinch but ardonia is avoiding it.
ardonia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
ardonia swats away the attempt to clinch by Lyman.
Lyman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by ardonia.
Lyman rushes ardonia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lyman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has ardonia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lyman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lyman manages to pull guard.
Lyman pushes ardonia off and gets back to his feet.
Lyman moves into range and clinches up with ardonia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
ardonia takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lyman scores with a knee to the head.
Lyman pushes ardonia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lyman working ardonia over with knees to the body.
Lyman jumps guard and drags ardonia to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Lyman pushes ardonia off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lyman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A hook to the body from Lyman.
Lyman breaks from the clinch.
Lyman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lyman connects with a knee to the head.
Lyman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lyman seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Lyman lands an elbow inside.
Lyman working ardonia over with knees to the body.
Lyman lands a body shot.
Lyman lands an elbow just above ardonia 's eye.
Lyman lands a damaging elbow.
Lyman pushes ardonia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
ardonia gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lyman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Lyman.
Lyman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lyman lands an elbow inside.
Lyman lands an elbow that stopped ardonia in his tracks for a moment.
Lyman keeps control of ardonia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lyman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lyman stalling against the cage.
ardonia prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lyman landing knees to the head.
Lyman lands a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from Lyman.
Lyman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through ardonia's defenses.
Lyman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
ardonia is trying to force a seperation but Lyman has the dominant position.
Lyman is working ardonia over against the cage.
Lyman wants a takedown but no success here.
ardonia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lyman manages to break the clinch.
Lyman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lyman moves in looking to clinch but ardonia pushes him off.
Lyman drives through and clinches with ardonia against the cage.
ardonia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lyman is working ardonia over against the cage.
Lyman lands an elbow just above ardonia 's eye.
Lyman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt ardonia or not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lyman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lyman looking for a takedown.
ardonia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lyman lands with a light punch inside.
ardonia is trying to break the clinch but Lyman has him pressed against the cage.
Lyman lands an elbow that stopped ardonia in his tracks for a moment.
ardonia working hard to break the clinch.
Lyman working ardonia over with knees to the body.
Lyman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lyman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lyman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has ardonia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lyman lands an elbow inside that ardonia shrugs off.
ardonia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lyman successfully pulls guard.
Lyman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
ardonia throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
ardonia throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Lyman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on mirko raymore ardonia's cut.
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.
Lyman pushes ardonia up against the cage in a clinch.
Lyman lands a nice shot to the body.
Lyman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lyman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of ardonia backwards.
Lyman lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lyman with a knee to the head.
Lyman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lyman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lyman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
ardonia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lyman tries for a takedown. No joy.
Lyman manages to pull guard.
Lyman pushes ardonia off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Lyman takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lyman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lyman keeps control of ardonia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lyman controlling the action here for a moment.
Lyman lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lyman darts in and clinches ardonia up against the cage.
Lyman prevents ardonia from breaking the clinch.
Lyman crunches a lovely knee into ardonia's ribcage.
ardonia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lyman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has ardonia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
ardonia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lyman scores with a nice hook to the head.
ardonia is looking to break free of the clinch but Lyman has double underhooks.
Lyman lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Lyman.
Lyman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has ardonia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lyman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
ardonia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lyman has him pressed against the cage.
Lyman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Lyman.
A knee to the head by Lyman.
Lyman lands a damaging elbow.
ardonia can't break the clinch.
Lyman scores with a knee to the head.
Lyman scores a nice knee to the body.
Lyman lands a damaging elbow.
Lyman gets through ardonia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
ardonia tries to break free but Lyman pushes him back against the cage.
Josh Lyman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Lyman.
ardonia takes an elbow to the forehead.
ardonia takes an elbow to the temple.
Lyman with a knee to the head.
Lyman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that ardonia can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyman is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. ardonia can't fight it off and eventually Lyman manages to take the fight to the floor. ardonia looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
ardonia is trying to hold Lyman in close to prevent damage but Lyman has managed to pass into half guard.
Lyman postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for ardonia to stand up.
ardonia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lyman.
Lyman wants to clinch.
Lyman has a takedown stuffed.
ardonia throws a right and a left that Lyman avoids nicely.
ardonia tries to keep at a distance but Lyman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lyman working ardonia over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Lyman.
ardonia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Lyman.
Lyman can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Lyman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lyman connects with a knee to the head.
Lyman drags the fight down to the ground.
Lyman wriggles free and stands up.
Lyman tries to clinch there but ardonia circles away.
ardonia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lyman has managed to clinch.
Lyman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
ardonia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and ardonia wants it to stay on the feet.
Lyman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lyman moves away from the strike by ardonia.
Lyman has closed the distance and engaged ardonia in a clinch.
ardonia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
ardonia prevents the takedown attempt.
Lyman connects with a knee to the head.
Lyman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but ardonia pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lyman unloads a knee to the mid-section. ardonia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lyman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lyman working ardonia over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ardonia working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Lyman.
ardonia has had enough of the clinch but Lyman keeps him there for the moment.
Lyman drags the fight down to the ground.
Lyman manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Lyman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from ardonia.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lyman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lyman has managed to clinch.
Lyman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lyman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through ardonia's defenses.
Nice body punch from Lyman.
ardonia being controlled against the cage.
Lyman pulls ardonia into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lyman has his feet on ardonia's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Lyman slips a straight right by ardonia.
ardonia throws a right and a left that Lyman avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Lyman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on mirko raymore ardonia's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lyman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Josh Lyman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lyman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lyman.
Lyman is stalling here.
Lyman lands an elbow inside.
Lyman lands a good knee to the midsection. ardonia won't want to take too many of those.
Lyman keeps control of ardonia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lyman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lyman jumps guard and drags ardonia to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Lyman uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Lyman pushes ardonia up against the cage in a clinch.
Lyman lands an uppercut.
Lyman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
ardonia tries to circle away but Lyman has him pinned against the cage.
Lyman keeps control of ardonia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lyman jumps guard.
Lyman pushes ardonia off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Lyman moves in looking to clinch but ardonia pushes him off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyman is looking to clinch but ardonia is avoiding it.
Lyman moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees to the body from Lyman.
Lyman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lyman connects with a knee to the head.
Lyman connects with a knee to the head.
ardonia takes an elbow to the temple.
ardonia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
ardonia working hard to break the clinch.
Lyman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through ardonia's defenses.
Lyman jumps guard and drags ardonia to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Lyman pushes ardonia off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Lyman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lyman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but ardonia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lyman tries to clinch but ardonia is having none of it.
Lyman takes the fight into the clinch.
ardonia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lyman pulls guard successfully.
Lyman pushes ardonia off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyman instigates a clinch.
Lyman successfully pulls guard.
ardonia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lyman has his feet on ardonia's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
ardonia lands a glancing blow to the side of Lyman's head.
ardonia misses with a wild combination.
ardonia swats away the attempt to clinch by Lyman.
Lyman drives through and clinches with ardonia against the cage.
Lyman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lyman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lyman landing knees to the head.
Lyman pushes ardonia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lyman goes for a takedown attempt but ardonia pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for ardonia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyman is looking to clinch but ardonia is avoiding it.
Lyman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with ardonia, pushing him back against the cage.
Lyman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lyman lands a nice elbow.
Lyman pulls ardonia into guard.
Lyman has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes ardonia off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Lyman tries to clinch but ardonia is having none of it.
Lyman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from ardonia.
Lyman tries to clinch there but ardonia circles away.
Lyman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
ardonia wants to get back to striking at distance but Lyman won't allow it.
ardonia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lyman jumps into guard, dragging ardonia to the mat.
Lyman wriggles free and stands up.
Lyman tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lyman moves into the clinch successfully.
ardonia tries to circle away but Lyman has him pinned against the cage.
ardonia working hard to break the clinch.
Lyman prevents ardonia from breaking the clinch.
Lyman working ardonia over with knees to the body.
Lyman crunches a lovely knee into ardonia's ribcage.
Lyman lands an elbow just above ardonia 's eye.
Lyman lands an elbow inside that ardonia shrugs off.
Lyman successfully pulls guard.
ardonia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
ardonia throws and elbow that misses. Lyman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in ardonia's guard. Nice move by Lyman!
Josh Lyman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
ardonia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
ardonia wants to control the position but Lyman says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
ardonia wants to get back to full guard but Lyman has passed into side control.
Lyman stands up from mount. Strange move.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Lyman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lyman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:24
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:24
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Lyman!
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energy
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hype
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