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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art Vandelay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Michaels might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hillbilly Deluxe. Vandelay has chosen Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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215 lbs
8 - 5 - 1 |
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Max Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Art Vandelay!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vandelay throws a looping overhand right but Michaels ducks down to avoid it.
A left lands for Michaels.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Vandelay.
Michaels gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vandelay scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Michaels doesn't seem bothered though.
Michaels closes the distance and clinches.
Michaels content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vandelay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Michaels with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michaels throws a head punch that misses.
Michaels blocking some punches.
Michaels lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vandelay backwards.
Vandelay lands with a short shot to the head.
Michaels lands a nice knee to the body.
Michaels wants to stall.
Michaels landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vandelay stalling in the clinch but Michaels improves position.
Michaels is leaning against Vandelay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Michaels fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Michaels.
Vandelay working aggressively here.
Michaels tries to land a knee to the head but Vandelay blocks with his arms.
Vandelay jumps guard but Michaels stands there with Vandelay around his waist. Vandelay gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michaels misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Vandelay misses.
Michaels gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Michaels lands a left hand.
Michaels lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Michaels manages to break the clinch.
Michaels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Michaels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Michaels fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Michaels scores with a leg kick.
Michaels tries a head kick but it misses.
Michaels misses with a double jab.
Vandelay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Michaels.
Michaels avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Vandelay.
Vandelay thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vandelay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michaels dodges the punch combination from Vandelay.
Max Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels misses with a few strikes there.
Vandelay connects with a good right hand that stumbles Michaels. Michaels circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vandelay circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick from Michaels lands but Vandelay takes it in his stride.
Michaels steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vandelay.
Vandelay takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Vandelay lands with a cross.
Michaels lands a head kick!
Max Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Michaels rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vandelay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels motions for Vandelay to come forward. Michaels throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vandelay avoids the body shot from Michaels.
Michaels changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vandelay takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Michaels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vandelay.
Michaels fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vandelay, pushing him back against the cage.
Michaels softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vandelay tries to pull guard but Michaels holds him up against the cage and eventually Vandelay drops back down to his feet.
Vandelay letting Michaels take a breather here.
Vandelay pulls guard effortlessly.
Michaels with a nice head shot there.
Michaels trying to control but Vandelay is working from the bottom.
Vandelay throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Vandelay has a closed guard, preventing Michaels from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Michaels defends it easily.
Vandelay had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Michaels defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels tries to free his leg and advance position but Vandelay is retaining full guard.
Michaels drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Michaels jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Vandelay escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Michaels gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vandelay has his foot on Michaels's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Michaels works his way back into a safe position though.
Vandelay looks gassed!
Vandelay looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Max Michaels will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Michaels clinches.
Stalling in the clinch from Michaels.
Michaels lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vandelay backwards.
Michaels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Michaels lands a right hand.
Michaels looking to throw knees to the head but Vandelay is blocking nicely.
Vandelay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Michaels's elbow.
Vandelay takes a shot to the head.
Michaels tries to land a knee to the head but Vandelay blocks with his arms.
Vandelay throws a punch but it's blocked by Michaels.
Michaels wants to stall.
Michaels lands a right hand.
Vandelay jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Michaels walks away with a smile on his face. Vandelay gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Michaels takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Michaels buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vandelay lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vandelay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
Michaels throws a leg kick but Vandelay sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandelay blocks a head kick by Michaels.
Vandelay uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Michaels slips under a jab.
Vandelay is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Michaels throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Vandelay to counter with a crisp jab.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Michaels, right into the meat.
Vandelay falls off balance throwing a combination
and Michaels holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Michaels trying to control the position but instead, Vandelay has worked for underhooks and has pushed Michaels into the cage.
A body shot lands from Vandelay.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Michaels creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Michaels looking to slow down the pace here.
Michaels lands a nice uppercut.
Michaels is leaning against Vandelay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Michaels lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Vandelay working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Michaels doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Michaels manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Vandelay looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vandelay is breathing heavily.
Michaels is working Vandelay over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Michaels with a nice head shot there.
Vandelay working for a triangle but Michaels defends it easily.
Michaels got a little sloppy there for a moment and Vandelay has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Michaels has managed to get both his arms back between Vandelay's legs - danger averted.
Michaels distracts Vandelay with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vandelay is looking for a triangle here but Michaels uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Michaels lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is looking to take a break and control but Vandelay is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vandelay is looking for a sweep.
Vandelay is working to avoid the ground and pound but Michaels connects with a decent elbow.
Michaels scoring with punches from side control.
Michaels works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The referee asks Michaels politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Michaels prefers to stall for the moment though.
Vandelay gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Michaels working over Vandelay with some ground and pound. Vandelay looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Michaels not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Michaels trying to control the action but Vandelay is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay actively working from the bottom here.
Michaels wants to stand up but Vandelay has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels 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.
Vandelay has hold of Michaels's hands but Michaels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Michaels slows the pace down in half guard.
Vandelay wants to improve his position but Michaels is controlling well.
Michaels is looking to take a break and control but Vandelay is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vandelay wants to improve his position but Michaels is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Michaels dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Michaels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michaels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Michaels keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vandelay.
Nice shot by Michaels.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vandelay darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vandelay connects with a nice looking jab.
Michaels lands the left hand.
Michaels throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michaels throws a leg kick but Vandelay moved away.
Michaels lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Vandelay backs up against the cage.
Michaels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Michaels dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vandelay. That did some damage!
Michaels lands a high kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Vandelay avoids them all with ease.
Michaels staying out of range there.
Michaels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Michaels takes one to the side of the head.
Vandelay throws a right and a left that both miss.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vandelay misses the shot to the body.
Vandelay blocks a head kick by Michaels.
Michaels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Michaels explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Michaels misses with a wild combination.
Vandelay shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Michaels sprawls well. Michaels wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Vandelay gets slowly back to his feet.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Vandelay moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels slips under a jab from Vandelay.
Vandelay throws a right and a left that Michaels avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michaels. Vandelay does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vandelay jabs Michaels right on the nose. Michaels blinks but takes it well.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses.
Michaels fails to land with a series of punches.
Vandelay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Michaels throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Michaels has taken the fight to the clinch.
Michaels using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vandelay has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vandelay drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Vandelay tries a body shot but Michaels blocks it.
Michaels escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Art Vandelay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels throws a combination that misses
and Vandelay counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Michaels rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vandelay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vandelay scores with a three punch combo!
Vandelay misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Michaels, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Michaels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Michaels misses with an uppercut. Vandelay saw that one coming.
A big left from Vandelay misses.
Michaels slaps away a takedown attempt from Vandelay, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Max Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Art Vandelay.
Vandelay misses with a looping left.
Michaels falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Vandelay counter with a right hand.
Vandelay jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vandelay throws a hook but Michaels avoids it easily.
Max Michaels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vandelay avoids the head kick by Michaels.
Michaels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Michaels moves into the clinch.
Vandelay is working for takedown but Michaels is calmly controlling the position for now.
Vandelay leaning his opponent against the cage.
Vandelay misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Michaels creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Max Michaels has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vandelay misses with some punches.
Michaels working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vandelay's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Michaels will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Vandelay up against the cage.
Vandelay dodges an elbow strike from Michaels.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Max Michaels.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Michaels, 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Michaels!
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hype
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pop
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