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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Palmer Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Poncho Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villa has chosen In One Ear as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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309 lbs
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300 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Palmer Ward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Poncho Villa!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ward at a distance.
Villa lands a body shot.
Ward moves in looking to clinch but Villa pushes him off.
Villa closes the distance and clinches.
Ward blocking some punches.
Ward misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Villa scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ward.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ward creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ward swings wildly with an uppercut but Villa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Villa.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ward as Villa tries to tie him up.
Ward being controlled against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Villa lands a left hand.
Ward lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Villa.
Ward tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Villa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Villa lands with a right to the head.
Villa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ward misses with some punches.
Villa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Villa on the inside.
Ward is looking to control Villa's arms but Villa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ward has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ward backwards.
Villa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Villa pushes Ward back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Villa digs a right hand underneath Ward's ribcage. Ward let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ward is breathing heavily.
Villa stalling against the cage.
Ward tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ward swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ward wants to break free but Villa has control.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Villa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ward pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Villa has Ward pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Villa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Villa.
A nice right hand lands inside from Villa.
Villa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Villa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ward throws a punch but it's blocked by Villa.
A shot in the inside from Villa.
Villa taking a breather.
Ward misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Villa.
Villa lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Villa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Villa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ward misses with a punch on the inside.
Villa looking to stall.
Villa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Villa misses with the head strike.
Ward throws a head punch that misses.
Ward tries to circle away but Villa has him pinned against the cage.
Villa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Villa works on Ward's body with a couple of short punches.
Ward throws a punch but it's blocked by Villa.
Villa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Villa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Villa blocks an uppercut.
Villa misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Villa.
Villa blocks an uppercut.
Villa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Villa keeps control of Ward as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Villa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Villa stalling in the clinch but Ward improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Villa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Palmer Ward has been cut.
Ward working aggressively here.
Ward misses with a punch on the inside.
Villa lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ward takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villa stalling in the clinch.
Villa is working Ward over against the cage.
Ward misses with some punches.
Villa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ward tries to break the clinch but Villa is controlling the position.
Ward lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Villa trying to control the position but instead, Ward has worked for underhooks and has pushed Villa into the cage.
Villa lands a right hand.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Villa.
Ward blocking some punches.
Villa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Villa effectively controlling the action here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Villa lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Villa - that landed with a thud.
Villa lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Villa.
A bit of stalling here from Villa.
Villa lands a body shot.
Villa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Villa taking a breather.
Villa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Villa scores with a shoulder strike.
Ward tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Villa's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Villa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Villa.
Villa digs a right hand underneath Ward's ribcage. Ward let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Villa lands with a right to the head.
Villa lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Villa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wards head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Villa.
Ward takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Villa.
Villa stalling in the clinch.
Villa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wards head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Poncho Villa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Palmer Ward's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Villa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ward swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Villa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ward tries to keep at a distance but Villa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ward misses with a short punch on the inside.
Villa wants to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ward tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ward as Villa tries to tie him up.
Villa swings wildly with an uppercut but Ward uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from Villa.
Villa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ward swings wildly with an uppercut but Villa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villa stalling.
Villa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa lands with a right to the head.
Villa blocking some punches.
Poncho Villa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Villa throws a punch but it's blocked by Ward.
Ward tries to work over Villa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ward can't find room to land a body shot as Villa controls the action.
Villa blocks an uppercut.
Villa wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ward.
Villa wants to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Villa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ward stalling.
Ward tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ward wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Villa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Villa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Villa lands a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Villa.
Ward takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Villa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ward misses with a short punch on the inside.
Villa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ward backwards.
Villa stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Poncho Villa.
Ward tries to keep at a distance but Villa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Villa misses with a punch on the inside.
Ward blocking some punches.
Villa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ward's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Ward fails to land.
Villa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Villa stalling the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Villa.
Villa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Villa stalling in the clinch but Ward improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Villa.
Ward tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ward.
Ward misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ward trying to control the position but instead, Villa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ward into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ward misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Villa lands a shot to the body.
Ward lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Villa leaning against his opponent.
Villa misses with a punch on the inside.
Ward is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Villa is keeping busy.
Ward is working Villa over against the cage.
Ward working aggressively here.
A short right from Ward on the inside.
Ward misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ward tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Villa.
Ward misses with a hook to the ribs.
Villa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ward pushes Villa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Villa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Villa misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Villa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Villa.
Villa taking a breather.
Villa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Villa stalling in the clinch.
Ward tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ward stalling in the clinch but Villa improves position.
Ward can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Ward swings wildly with an uppercut but Villa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villa blocking some punches.
Ward is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ward digs a right hand into Villa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Villa's gas tank.
Ward throws a head punch that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Villa misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Villa lands a right hand.
Ward's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ward throws a punch but it's blocked by Villa.
A short right from Villa.
Villa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ward lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Poncho Villa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Palmer Ward'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Villa clinches.
Villa throws a punch but it's blocked by Ward.
Villa tries to stall but Ward uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ward blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Villa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ward swings wildly with an uppercut but Villa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Villa tries to stall but Ward uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Villa has a couple of punches blocked by Ward.
Villa wants to stall.
Ward misses with a punch on the inside.
Ward blocking some punches.
Ward throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Villa scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villa presses Ward against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Ward.
Villa is trying to stall.
Villa is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Ward swings wildly with an uppercut but Villa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villa lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ward pushes Villa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ward scores with a nice hook to the head.
Villa digs a right hand into Ward's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ward's gas tank.
Ward looking to slow down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Villa.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Villa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Villa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ward swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ward looking to stall.
Ward blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ward - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ward scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Villa scores with a shot to the side of Ward's head.
Villa looking to slow down the pace here.
Ward tries to circle away but Villa has him pinned against the cage.
Ward lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ward trying to control the position but instead, Villa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ward into the cage.
Villa blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa stalling in the clinch.
Villa receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Villa working aggressively here.
Villa blocks an uppercut.
Villa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ward softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ward lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Villa looking to stall.
Ward looking to stall.
Ward blocks an uppercut.
Ward digs a right hand underneath Villa's ribcage. Villa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Villa misses with the head strike.
Ward lands with a short shot to the head.
Ward lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Villa backwards.
Ward lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ward.
Villa takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ward.
Villa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Ward fails to land.
Ward lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Villa misses with a punch on the inside.
Ward wants to break free but Villa has control.
A short body shot lands from Ward as the two fighters clinch.
Ward misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ward.
Ward softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ward gets through Villa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ward blocks an uppercut.
Ward lands a left hand.
Villa blocking some punches.
Villa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ward pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ward tries to clinch up
and Villa counters with a stiff right hand.
Villa circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ward stuns Villa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ward lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Villa circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ward lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ward throws a punch but it's blocked by Villa.
A short right from Villa.
Villa lands a right hand.
Ward leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Villa.
Ward misses with some punches.
Palmer Ward has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Villa lands with a left to the head.
Ward misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ward has a couple of punches blocked by Villa.
Ward throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Villa.
Villa pushes Ward back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Villa stalling in the clinch but Ward improves position.
Villa slows down the pace here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Palmer Ward showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Villa 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Poncho Villa!
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energy
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hype
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