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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wes Weddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weddle comes to the cage accompanied by remember the name - fort minor. Young has chosen AC/DC - Live Wire as his entrance music. Wes Weddle had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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150 lbs
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153 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wes Weddle!
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, Angus Young!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young looks to land a left hand but Weddle moved out of range nicely.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young gets a clinch.
Young with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Weddle jumps guard but Young stands there with Weddle around his waist. Weddle gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Young prevents a takedown attempt there.
Young lands a knee to the body.
Weddle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Weddle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young stops a takedown attempt from Weddle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wes Weddle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Weddle is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Young pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Young looking to throw knees to the head but Weddle is blocking nicely.
Young is looking to control Weddle's arms but Weddle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Young has his back to the cage.
Young breaks the clinch.
Young connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Some wild striking there from Weddle.
Young takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Weddle misses.
Weddle closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Weddle lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Young has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Weddle can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Weddle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Weddle working some strikes from top position.
Young looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Weddle scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Weddle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Weddle lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Weddle passes into half guard.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Weddle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is positioning himself well to prevent Weddle advancing to mount.
Young tries to roll over but Weddle keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weddle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Weddle drops an elbow to the side of Young's head.
Weddle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Young regains full guard. Nicely done.
Young is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Weddle throwing strikes but missing.
Weddle throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Young is pulling down on Weddle's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weddle throws a big right hand that misses.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Weddle fails with a takedown attempt.
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Weddle.
A punch combination from Weddle misses.
Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Weddle drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Angus Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young is looking to clinch.
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.
Young stuffs the takedown.
Young moves into the clinch.
Weddle working aggressively here.
Young is pressed up against the cage. Weddle has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Young down to the mat. Young avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Young.
Young scores a nice knee to the body.
Weddle is breathing heavily.
Weddle jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Young walks away with a smile on his face. Weddle gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Young, right into the meat.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Weddle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Young can pounce on him.
Young listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Young lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Young takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Young darts in and clinches Weddle up against the cage.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Weddle tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Weddle is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.
Young wants to stall.
Weddle tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Weddle is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.
Young stops a takedown attempt from Weddle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wes Weddle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Weddle tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Young just stands there and leans against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weddle.
Weddle can't get the takedown.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Young landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Young.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Young manages to break the clinch.
Young scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Weddle crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Young - the referee stops the clock and Weddle gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Young. Weddle manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
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!
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Young scores with a head kick.
Young jabs at Weddle's body.
Young lands a head kick. Weddle smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Weddle.
Angus Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Weddle. That did some damage!
A nice inside leg kick there by Young. That's going to slow Weddle down.
Young wants to clinch.
Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Young lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Young.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young pushes Weddle up against the cage in a clinch.
Weddle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Weddle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Young scores with a knee to the head.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young tries to clinch but Weddle moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a nice looking jab.
Young connects with a solid leg kick.
Weddle misses with a hook. Young ducked under it nicely.
Young connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Weddle! He's out on his feet! Young rushes in and drops Weddle with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Angus Young!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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