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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Fitzwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Alan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitzwell comes to the cage accompanied by RATM - Killing in The Name. Alan has chosen Fucking Hostile by Pantera as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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270 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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208 cm
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294 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Fitzwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Alan!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzwell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fitzwell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alan moves away.
Fitzwell throws a looping overhand right but Alan ducks down to avoid it.
Alan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fitzwell.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fitzwell.
Fitzwell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alan.
A punch combination from Alan misses.
Alan dodges the punch combination from Fitzwell.
No joy there for Alan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fitzwell.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzwell misses with a few strikes there.
Alan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fitzwell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fitzwell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzwell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Alan looking for a guillotine here but Fitzwell defends easily.
Fitzwell postures up in Alan's guard and throws a big left but Alan blocks it.
Alan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two 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.
Fitzwell is in close to Alan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fitzwell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fitzwell throws and elbow that misses. Alan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fitzwell's guard. Nice move by Alan!
Alan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Alan fails to land with a series of punches.
Fitzwell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fitzwell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Richard Fitzwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alan misses with the combination.
Fitzwell shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fitzwell avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fitzwell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fitzwell forces his way into half guard.
Fitzwell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alan's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzwell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fitzwell working Alan over with strikes.
Alan taking some punishment here, with Fitzwell in his half guard.
Fitzwell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fitzwell thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Alan to regain full guard.
Fitzwell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fitzwell throws a big right hand that misses.
Alan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fitzwell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Fitzwell dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fitzwell throws a right and a left that Alan avoids nicely.
Fitzwell throws a big shot that misses.
Alan moves out of range of the strikes.
Alan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fitzwell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fitzwell misses with the combination.
Fitzwell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alan misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzwell just misses with a punch to the body.
Alan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alan lands with a nice combination. Fitzwell backs away looking to recover.
Fitzwell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Alan counters with a two punch combo.
Alan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Alan.
It looks like Richard Fitzwell has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzwell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alan gets the takedown into side control.
Alan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Alan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Alan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Alan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alan tries for a kimura but Fitzwell is defending well.
Fitzwell sneaks back into half guard.
Alan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alan wants to stand but Fitzwell has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Alan wants to work for an arm triangle but Fitzwell is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Alan wants to work for an arm triangle but Fitzwell is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Fitzwell is trying to stand.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Alan moves out of range of the strikes.
Alan ducks under a wild hook from Fitzwell.
Fitzwell misses with a two punch combination.
Alan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Alan does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fitzwell fails to land the takedown.
Fitzwell shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fitzwell was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fitzwell working Alan over with strikes here.
Fitzwell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Alan is desperately trying to improve his position but Fitzwell has a good base and remains in mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fitzwell landing strikes from the mount and Alan is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Alan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Richard Fitzwell'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Fitzwell looks to throw the jab but Alan is out of range.
Richard Fitzwell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Alan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fitzwell working to try and regain half guard.
Alan goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Fitzwell turns into him and now he's in Alan's guard.
Alan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzwell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Richard Fitzwell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alan is looking for a triangle but Fitzwell pushes his legs off easily.
Fitzwell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Alan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fitzwell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fitzwell throws a big right hand that misses.
Fitzwell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alan's head.
Fitzwell is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alan is looking for a triangle but Fitzwell pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fitzwell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Alan is tightening it up a little... Fitzwell has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Fitzwell reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Fitzwell taps out! nice BJJ there by Alan!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). James Alan!
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hype
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