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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Mayfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rashad Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mayfield might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to One. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Mayfield! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rashad Evans! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Evans throws a right and a left that both miss. Evans will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Evans decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Mayfield actively working from the bottom here. Mayfield looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Mayfield has hold of Evans's hands but Evans slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. Mayfield looking for submissions off his back. Evans is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
It looks like Thomas Mayfield has been cut. Evans working Mayfield over with strikes. Mayfield wants to get back to his feet.
Mayfield is trying to maintain the position but Evans is very close to passing his half guard. Evans missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Mayfield slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Mayfield looking to hit a scissor sweep but Evans is one step ahead there. Mayfield escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Evans gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round. Evans looking to pass the guard. Evans is working Mayfield over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Mayfield is trying to control the position but Evans postures up. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Evans accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Evans in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Evans loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Evans postures up in Mayfield's guard and throws a big left but Mayfield blocks it. Evans lands a couple of decent looking shots. Mayfield looking for a triangle here. Evans is fighting it but it looks tight! Mayfield pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Evans is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Thomas Mayfield!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
89% |
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