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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slade Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Redhair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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190 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Slade Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Redhair!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Redhair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steel swats away the attempt to clinch by Redhair.
Redhair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steel digs a good body shot into Redhair's ribs.
Redhair is looking to clinch.
Redhair moves out of range of the strikes.
Redhair throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Redhair tries to clinch up.
Redhair tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Redhair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steel looks to land a combination but Redhair avoids it well.
Redhair tries to clinch up but Steel circles away and keeps his distance.
Richard Redhair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redhair scores with a decent looking hook.
Steel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Redhair is looking to clinch but Steel is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redhair works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Redhair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Redhair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Redhair throws a jab but it's blocked by Steel.
Steel throws out a loose jab but Redhair uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Redhair lands with a light punch inside.
Steel tries to break the clinch but Redhair is controlling the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Steel.
Steel breaks the clinch.
Steel closes the distance and clinches.
Steel lands a body punch.
Redhair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Redhair backwards.
A hook to the body from Steel.
Steel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Redhair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steel's efforts to push away.
Redhair misses with a knee strike.
Steel lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel pushes Redhair back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Redhair looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redhair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Redhair tries a body shot but Steel blocks it.
Steel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Redhair moves into range and clinches up with Steel.
A right handed body shot lands from Steel.
Steel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Steel scores with a shoulder strike.
Steel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Redhair.
Steel stalling in the clinch.
Steel pushes Redhair back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Steel scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steel.
Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Redhair closes the distance looking to clinch
and Steel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Redhair tries to clinch but Steel moves away
and Steel counters by clinching up.
Steel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Redhair tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Steel counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redhair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Redhair tries to clinch but Steel moves away
and Steel counters with a crisp one two that drops Redhair! Steel thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Redhair to his feet! Redhair is in big trouble!
Redhair is rocked!
Steel clinches.
Steel digs a right hand underneath Redhair's ribcage. Redhair let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Steel.
Steel is working Redhair over against the cage.
Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steel throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Steel.
Steel manages to break the clinch.
Steel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Redhair.
Redhair darts in trying to clinch
and Steel counters by clinching up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Steel breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Steel.
Steel throws a leg kick but Redhair moved away.
Redhair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Redhair defending well as Steel loads up on a big left hand.
Redhair darts in trying to clinch
and Steel counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Redhair tries to clinch but Steel moves away
and Steel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steel tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Redhair counters by moving into the clinch.
Redhair lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Redhair misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Steel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slade Steel dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Steel has closed the distance and engaged Redhair in a clinch.
Redhair looking to throw knees to the head but Steel is blocking nicely.
Steel lands a body shot.
Steel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Redhair can do to turn this around?
Steel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from Steel - that landed with a thud.
Steel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Steel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steel breaks from the clinch.
A jab lands there for Steel.
A lazy left from Steel finds it's target.
Steel lands a nice shot that snaps Redhair's head back.
Steel misses with a body shot
and Redhair counters with a stiff right hand.
Steel jabs Redhair right on the nose. Redhair blinks but takes it well.
Redhair clinches but Steel breaks the clinch
and Steel counters by clinching up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Redhair backwards.
Redhair is breathing heavily.
Steel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Steel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Redhair.
Redhair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel lands a nice shot to the body.
Steel manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
Slade Steel is winning the standup battle so far.
Steel misses with the combination.
Steel closes the distance and clinches.
Steel breaks from the clinch.
Steel tries to bum rush Redhair with a series of wild strikes but Redhair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Redhair blocks a low kick nicely.
Redhair avoids a punch combination nicely.
Redhair wants to clinch
and Steel counters by clinching up.
Steel lands a body shot.
Steel lands a shoulder strike.
Steel lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Steel.
Steel lands a shot to the body.
Steel lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Redhair throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Nice body punch from Steel.
Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steel throws a nice looking combination but Redhair bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Redhair closes the distance but Steel moves to the side
and Steel counters with a nice uppercut.
Steel throws a jab but it's blocked by Redhair.
Redhair moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Redhair goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Steel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Redhair darts in trying to clinch
enabling Steel to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redhair bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Steel is looking to score with low kicks.
Redhair closes the distance looking to clinch
and Steel counters with an inside leg kick.
Steel throws a series of punches but Redhair avoids them all with ease.
Redhair closes the distance but Steel moves to the side
and Steel counters with a three punch combo that has Redhair backing up. Redhair nods at Steel to acknowledge the strikes.
Redhair darts in trying to clinch
and Steel moves into the clinch.
Steel breaks the clinch.
Redhair cracks the inside of Steel's front leg.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redhair clinches but Steel breaks the clinch
and Steel moves into the clinch.
Steel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Redhair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Redhair or not.
Redhair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slade Steel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A body shot lands from Steel.
Nice body punch from Steel.
Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steel is looking to chop away at Redhair's legs.
Steel throws a leg kick
and Redhair counters with a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Redhair rushes Steel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Redhair tries a body shot but Steel blocks it.
A hook to the body from Steel.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel scores with a hook to the body.
Steel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Redhair takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slade Steel dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Steel pushes Redhair up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steel.
A left hand lands to the body for Steel.
Steel lands a nice shot to the body.
Steel cracks Redhair with a nice body shot.
Steel works on Redhair's body with a couple of short punches.
Steel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Steel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Steel lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steel lands a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Redhair backwards.
Steel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steel dips to his left and cracks Redhair with an uppercut!
Steel throws a one two combo.
Steel throws a right hand that Redhair ducks under and follows up with a left that Redhair also avoids with ease.
Steel scores with a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel takes the fight into the clinch.
Steel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel lands a nice shot to the body.
Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steel tries to bum rush Redhair with a series of wild strikes but Redhair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steel forces Redhair back against the cage and clinches.
Redhair being controlled against the cage.
Good body shot from Steel.
Steel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Steel.
Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steel throws a lazy right hand but Redhair sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Slade Steel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Redhair looks to clinch
and Steel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Redhair tries to work over Steel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redhair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steel is defending well for now.
Steel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from Steel.
Redhair tries a knee to the head but Steel blocks it.
Steel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steel.
Steel is trying to break the clinch but Redhair has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Redhair.
Redhair lands a knee to the head.
Steel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
Redhair's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Steel cracks Redhair with a nice body shot.
Steel lands a nice shot to the body.
Steel is leaning against Redhair and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Steel lands an uppercut.
Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Redhair tries to clinch up
and Steel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steel throws a nice looking combination but Redhair bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Redhair looks to clinch
and Redhair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Redhair looks to clinch
and Steel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Redhair tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Steel counters with a left and a right that stings Redhair.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redhair closes the distance but Steel moves to the side
and Steel moves into the clinch.
Steel can't break the clinch.
Redhair being controlled against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Steel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Richard Redhair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Redhair has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Steel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steel tries to circle away but Redhair has him pinned against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Steel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Steel scores with a shoulder strike.
Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel tries to clinch up.
Redhair clinches but Steel breaks the clinch
letting Steel counter with a right hand.
Steel moves away from the strike by Redhair.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Redhair tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steel tries to clinch but Redhair is having none of it.
Redhair clinches but Steel breaks the clinch
and Steel counters by clinching up.
Steel tries a body shot but Redhair blocks it.
A knee to the head by Redhair.
Redhair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Redhair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steel's efforts to push away.
A short body shot lands from Redhair as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redhair tries to land a knee to the head but Steel blocks with his arms.
Steel looking to slow down the pace here.
Redhair tries a knee to the head but Steel blocks it.
Nice body punch from Steel - that landed with a thud.
Slade Steel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steel lands a shot to the body.
Steel tries to circle away but Redhair has him pinned against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Slade Steel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slade Steel!
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