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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rich Aces High (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Never Faulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aces High comes to the cage accompanied by Knock em Dead Kid. The crowd seem to be enjoying Never Faulter's choice of entrance music: Fire it up by Modest Mouse. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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189 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
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186 cm
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196 lbs
15 - 8 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good takedowns
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
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Aces High!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Never Faulter!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aces High ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Never Faulter moves away.
Aces High swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Never Faulter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Never Faulter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aces High moves away.
Never Faulter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Never Faulter ducks under a wild hook from Aces High.
Aces High scores with the left hand. Never Faulter knows he should have avoided that one.
Aces High throws a jab but it's blocked by Never Faulter.
A shot to the liver by Aces High. Beautiful body shot.
Never Faulter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Never Faulter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Never Faulter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aces High swinging wildly here.
Aces High misses the shot to the body.
Rich Aces High seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aces High swinging wildly here.
Aces High throws a right and a left that Never Faulter avoids nicely.
Never Faulter looks to score with a jab to the body but Aces High is just out of range.
Aces High displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Never Faulter throws a body punch but Aces High moves out of range.
Never Faulter throws a sloppy body shot
and Aces High counters with a right hand to the body.
Aces High throws a combination that misses
and Never Faulter counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Aces High's guard now.
Never Faulter wants to pass the guard but Aces High is keeping the position.
Aces High preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Aces High preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter trying to control the position from guard on top but Aces High is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Never Faulter throwing strikes but missing.
Never Faulter throws a strike but Aces High rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Never Faulter holds on and takes a little breather.
Aces High is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aces High won't allow Never Faulter to sweep him here.
Never Faulter trying to control the position.
Never Faulter wants to sweep but no luck.
Never Faulter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Never Faulter trying to keep a closed guard but Aces High is proving a slippery customer.
That's four 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.
Aces High wants to stand but Never Faulter has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Aces High keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Never Faulter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aces High's waist but Aces High gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Never Faulter off to one side.
Never Faulter looks to land a combination but Aces High avoids it well.
Nice cross by Aces High.
Aces High lands with an overhand left.
Aces High with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aces High takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Aces High dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Aces High dominated that round.
That's time! Aces High's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Never Faulter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Never Faulter misses with a takedown attempt - Aces High sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aces High throws a right and a left that Never Faulter avoids nicely.
Never Faulter moves out of range as Aces High strikes.
Aces High lands with a straight right. Never Faulter didn't see that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Aces High.
Aces High bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aces High throws out a loose jab but Never Faulter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aces High scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Never Faulter.
Aces High checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Aces High sizes up Never Faulter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Never Faulter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aces High.
Never Faulter dives in and grabs Aces High's left leg, looking for a takedown. Aces High pushes down on Never Faulter's head and hops out.
Aces High throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rich Aces High is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aces High walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Never Faulter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Aces High showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Never Faulter.
Aces High lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Aces High.
Aces High getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Aces High throws a left and a right that both miss
and Never Faulter counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Never Faulter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aces High defending well though.
Never Faulter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aces High looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Aces High's head.
Never Faulter is stalling here. Aces High is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Never Faulter seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Aces High has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Aces High working away.
Aces High decides to stand back up. Aces High steps back and let's Never Faulter get back to his feet.
Rich Aces High is winning the standup battle so far.
Never Faulter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aces High swivels and escapes.
Rich Aces High has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Walter Never Faulter.
Never Faulter staying out of range there.
Aces High throws a lazy right hand but Never Faulter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aces High missing with a left hand there. Never Faulter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rich Aces High is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Never Faulter ducks under a wild hook from Aces High.
A leg kick checked by Aces High.
Never Faulter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Never Faulter swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Aces High cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Never Faulter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Aces High looks to land a combination. Never Faulter sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Never Faulter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Aces High is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Aces High misses with a combination
and Never Faulter counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Never Faulter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Never Faulter throws and elbow that misses. Aces High uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Never Faulter's guard. Nice move by Aces High!
Never Faulter looking for subs off his back but Aces High has passed one foot through into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Never Faulter is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter trying to control but Aces High postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aces High escapes and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Aces High dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Aces High slips a straight right by Never Faulter.
Aces High misses with a wild combination.
Aces High just misses with a punch to the body.
Aces High displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Never Faulter.
A left lands for Aces High.
Aces High throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aces High throws the left hand but Never Faulter avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Aces High misses.
Never Faulter drops his hands momentarily and Aces High takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Never Faulter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A slow jab from Aces High misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Never Faulter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Never Faulter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aces High lands with a shot to the body.
Aces High uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Aces High misses with an uppercut.
Aces High lands a nice looking body shot.
Aces High scores with a jab. Never Faulter acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Never Faulter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aces High as he jumps to the side.
Aces High lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Never Faulter walks into a straight right hand from Aces High.
Aces High falls off balance throwing a combination
and Never Faulter counters with a right hand to the body.
Rich Aces High is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aces High finds it's way round the side to connect with Never Faulter's head.
Never Faulter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Aces High moves out of range of the body kick from Never Faulter.
Aces High misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Never Faulter.
Never Faulter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Aces High looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Never Faulter misses with a body kick.
Aces High throws a series of punches but Never Faulter moves out of range.
Never Faulter misses with a double jab.
Never Faulter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aces High.
Walter Never Faulter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Never Faulter swinging wildly here.
Aces High misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aces High avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Aces High misses with a wild combination.
Aces High misses with a straight right.
Never Faulter walks into a stiff left hand from Aces High.
Never Faulter tries to move into range but Aces High moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Never Faulter takes one to the chin there.
Aces High throws a right and a left that both miss.
Aces High throws a shot from downtown. Never Faulter moves away and avoids it.
Aces High clobbers Never Faulter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A slow jab from Aces High misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aces High.
Never Faulter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rich Aces High has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Walter Never Faulter.
Aces High throws a right and a left that Never Faulter avoids nicely.
Aces High misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice jab there from Aces High.
Never Faulter slips a straight right by Aces High.
Never Faulter just misses with a punch to the body.
Aces High moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Never Faulter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheers as Aces High lands an impressive looking overhand right. Never Faulter doesn't seem phased though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rich Aces High showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Aces High, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rich Aces High!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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