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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Suazo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dudley Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawson has chosen Lambda Lambda Lambda Song as his entrance music. Humberto Suazo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
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248 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Humberto Suazo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dudley Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suazo looks to land a body kick but Dawson moved away.
Dawson tries to close the distance and clinch but Suazo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab by Dawson.
Suazo darts in and clinches Dawson up against the cage.
Suazo tries to break free but Dawson pushes him back against the cage.
Dawson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Suazo gets underhooks to prevent Dawson's takedown attempt.
Suazo scores with a shot to the side of Dawson's head.
Dawson pulls Suazo into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suazo is looking to work some ground and pound but Dawson has wrist control.
Dawson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Suazo throwing strikes but missing.
Dawson keeping full guard, as Suazo tries to pass.
Suazo trying to control the position from guard on top but Dawson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dawson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suazo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Suazo looking to pass the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dawson shoots for a takedown but Suazo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Humberto Suazo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dudley Dawson.
Suazo slaps away a takedown attempt from Dawson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Suazo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Suazo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dawson looks gassed!
Suazo is landing with some decent strikes but Dawson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Suazo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Suazo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suazo lands a big elbow.
Suazo 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Suazo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Suazo controlling his opponent.
Dawson is looking to get to half guard.
Suazo working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Suazo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson really wants to buck Suazo off and get back to his feet.
Suazo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dawson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suazo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Suazo looking to control but Dawson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Suazo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Suazo lands a big shot there that rocks Dawson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suazo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dawson taking shots to the head.
Dawson wants to hold on but Suazo pushes him away.
Suazo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dawson hang on?
You get the feeling that Dawson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Suazo cracks Dawson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suazo working the ground and pound effectively.
Suazo is working for a guillotine from mount but Dawson frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Suazo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dawson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Suazo swivels and escapes.
Dawson blocks a head kick by Suazo.
Suazo lands a high kick!
Suazo throws a hook but Dawson blocks it.
Dawson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Suazo shoots and misses
and Dawson counters with a single leg into guard. Suazo didn't expect that.
Dawson trying to control the position from guard on top but Suazo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dawson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dawson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dawson drops back looking for a leg! Suazo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Suazo manages to kick Dawson off! Dawson jumps back into Suazo's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suazo trying to control the position.
Suazo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dawson manages to get himself to full guard.
Suazo with a nice head shot there.
Suazo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dawson is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Suazo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Suazo wants to take a breather but Dawson is having none of it.
Humberto Suazo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dawson has hold of Suazo's hands but Suazo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Suazo.
Suazo working Dawson over with strikes.
Dawson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Suazo is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suazo prevents Dawson from standing back up.
Suazo drops an elbow to the side of Dawson's head.
Suazo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Suazo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dawson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Dawson is staying active underneath Suazo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Suazo pushes Dawson up against the cage in a clinch.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Suazo, against the cage.
Suazo lands a right hand.
Suazo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dawson.
Dawson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Suazo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Humberto Suazo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dudley Dawson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Suazo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Dawson with that takedown attempt.
Suazo throws a leg kick
enabling Dawson to counter with a crisp jab.
Suazo walks into a jab.
Dawson throws a sloppy head kick and Suazo moves out of range easily.
Suazo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dawson counters with a right hand to the body.
Dawson checks a leg kick nicely.
Suazo misses with a body punch
and Dawson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Suazo wants to get back to full guard.
Suazo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dawson.
Suazo is defending against the submission attempts here by Dawson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dudley Dawson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Dawson shoots in but Suazo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Suazo leaves Dawson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Suazo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dawson counters with a straight right hand.
Suazo tries to clinch but Dawson is having none of it.
Suazo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dawson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suazo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dawson looking for a guillotine here but Suazo defends easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Suazo thows a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suazo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dawson trying to control the position.
Suazo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Suazo distracts Dawson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Suazo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Suazo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dawson's head.
Suazo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Suazo landing some decent shots from guard.
Dawson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Suazo.
Suazo wants to pass the guard but Dawson is keeping the position.
Suazo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dawson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Suazo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suazo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Suazo won't allow Dawson to sweep him here.
Suazo is in close to Dawson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Suazois looking to pass into half guard but Dawson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dawson is in guard.
Suazo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dawson cracks Suazo with a solid left hand.
Dawson working some strikes from top position.
Dawson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Suazo is proving hard to escape from.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dawson postures up and lands a big shot to Suazo's brow.
Suazo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dawson is aware though and is defending well.
Dudley Dawson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suazo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dawson drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Dawson seems to have locked his on tight now - Suazo screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Dawson, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dudley Dawson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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