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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between dave houses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tombstone terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). houses has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. 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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135 lbs
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135 lbs
5 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, dave houses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, tombstone terry!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
terry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
terry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but houses paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from houses.
tombstone terry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
terry closes the distance and clinches.
houses is pushing terry up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
houses is breathing heavily.
houses is trying to drag terry to the mat but terry just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Knees in the clinch landing for terry.
terry manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
terry is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
houses preventing the sweep.
houses won't allow terry to get back to his feet.
terry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
terry seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but houses does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
terry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
terry decides to return to a standing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
terry closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
terry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
houses is looking for a sweep. terry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
terry wants to pass to mount but houses is defending the position.
terry stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
terry closes the distance and pushes houses back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
terry lands an elbow inside that houses shrugs off.
terry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
houses gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and terry counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for dave houses. That's going to take a lot out of him.
houses trying to control but terry postures up.
terry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
houses is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
terry decides to return to a standing position.
terry moves into range and clinches up with houses.
houses is trying to force a seperation but terry has the dominant position.
terry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
houses has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. terry is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
terry scores with a shot to the side of houses's head.
houses tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
terry dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
terry manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
terry keeping moving, preventing houses from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
tombstone terry dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
terry tries to clinch there but houses circles away.
terry drives through with a takedown into guard.
terry gets to his feet - houses follows without any prompting.
terry scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
houses is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
houses is trying to control but terry passes into side control!
terry trying to control the action but houses is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
terry has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
terry clinches up with houses and pushes him back against the cage.
houses has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
terry controlling the action here for a moment.
terry makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
houses looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
terry lands a shoulder strike.
terry crunches a lovely knee into houses's ribcage.
terry gets control of houses's arms and successfully pulls guard. terry will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
terry wants to stand up but houses is controlling him.
houses trying to move into half guard but instead terry has managed to sweep!
terry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
houses throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
houses is working an open guard so terry takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
terry is looking to clinch but houses is avoiding it.
terry has closed the distance and engaged houses in a clinch.
houses tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
houses wants to break the clinch but can't.
terry ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. terry no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
houses really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
houses pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. terry is keeping the position for now.
terry has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes houses off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from terry is defended easily by houses.
terry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
dave houses is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
terry clinches up with houses and pushes him back against the cage.
houses is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. terry can't fight it off and eventually houses manages to take the fight to the floor. terry looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
houses trying to control the position from guard on top but terry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
tombstone terry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
terry clinches up against the cage.
terry lands a nice knee to the body.
terry content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A hook to the body from terry.
terry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has houses in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
houses letting terry take a breather here.
terry lands an elbow that stopped houses in his tracks for a moment.
terry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
terry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
terry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
terry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through houses's defenses.
terry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
terry lands an elbow inside.
terry has hold of one of houses's legs. houses is fighting the takedown attempt but terry gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
terry is pushing down on houses's leg trying to pass to half guard. houses is fighting to maintain full guard but terry has managed to sneak the leg through.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
terry decides to stand up.
Horrible takedown by terry or perhaps it was just good defense by houses which made him look bad.
terry avoids a punch combination nicely.
houses closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming terry to the mat! terry manages to get full guard.
houses stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. terry swivels though and keeps the full guard.
terry trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
houses wants to get up but he can't break terry's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
terry keeping moving, preventing houses from controlling successfully.
terry trying to control the position here.
terry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
houses is wriggling around trying to escape.
terry with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
houses is working to get back to half guard.
terry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
terry with the ground and pound from mount.
terry avoids the attempt from houses to control.
terry blocks houses's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
tombstone terry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well terry has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... tombstone terry!
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