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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Dunne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and yuvel wickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
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279 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alan Dunne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, yuvel wickson!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wickson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
wickson misses with a looping right.
yuvel wickson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
wickson looks to land a right hand but Dunne moved out of range.
wickson throws a big shot that misses.
wickson doesn't manage to clinch there - Dunne circles away.
wickson thows a left - swing and a miss!
wickson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
wickson is looking to land body kicks.
wickson throws the left hand but Dunne avoids the punch easily.
Dunne sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dunne dives in and grabs wickson's left leg, looking for a takedown. wickson pushes down on Dunne's head and hops out.
wickson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dunne tries to escape but wickson is in control.
wickson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dunne is avoiding damage well.
wickson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from wickson crashes against the mat.
Dunne is not content to let wickson control the position.
wickson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dunne knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
wickson looks gassed!
Dunne is pushing wickson's head away, looking to escape. wickson manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
wickson misses with the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
wickson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
wickson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
wickson laying and praying for a moment but Dunne takes advantage and regains half guard.
wickson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
wickson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dunne does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
wickson prevents Dunne from standing back up.
wickson 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.
Dunne actively working from the bottom here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dunne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from wickson.
wickson with a poor takedown
and Dunne counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in wickson's guard now.
wickson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dunne is working wickson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
wickson wants to stand up but Dunne is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
wickson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
wickson controls Dunne momentarily but Dunne frees himself.
Dunne throwing strikes but missing.
Dunne keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of wickson's head.
wickson keeping moving, preventing Dunne from controlling successfully.
Dunne throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
wickson clinches but Dunne breaks the clinch
and Dunne moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dunne.
wickson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dunne is looking for a takedown up against the cage. wickson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
wickson pushes off an throws an elbow but Dunne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
wickson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dunne.
Dunne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dunne shoots in and drives through. wickson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Dunne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
wickson pushes Dunne up against the cage in a clinch.
wickson lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but yuvel wickson will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
wickson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
wickson looking to throw knees to the head but Dunne is blocking nicely.
wickson working aggressively here.
Dunne stops a takedown attempt from wickson.
wickson wants to stall.
wickson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dunne gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dunne as wickson tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dunne.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dunne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
wickson is breathing heavily.
Dunne fails to land the takedown.
wickson wants to clinch
and Dunne counters with a shoot takedown. wickson fights it but they end up in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunne is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
wickson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
wickson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dunne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dunne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
wickson controls Dunne momentarily but Dunne frees himself.
wickson is looking to sweep but instead, Dunne has passed into half guard.
Dunne stops wickson from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
wickson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dunne counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in wickson's guard now.
Alan Dunne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of yuvel wickson.
Dunne thows a big elbow that misses.
wickson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dunne missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dunne throws a strike but wickson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dunne is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. wickson is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunne throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
wickson landing some decent shots from guard.
wickson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
wickson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from wickson.
Dunne is looking for a sweep. wickson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dunne wants to get back to his feet.
Dunne looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
wickson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dunne has managed to free his arm - good work.
wickson working the head and body with strikes.
Dunne keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
wickson tries to clinch
and Dunne counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
wickson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dunne counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dunne connects with a nice short shot to wickson's temple.
Dunne not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alan Dunne dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
wickson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dunne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
wickson misses with a combination
and Dunne counters by moving into the clinch.
Dunne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
wickson is trying to trip Dunne. He has hold of a leg but Dunne is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. wickson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
wickson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dunne's head.
Dunne throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dunne lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for wickson!
Dunne connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dunne lands a big shot there that rocks wickson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunne avoids the attempt from wickson to control.
wickson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Dunne scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish wickson?
wickson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dunne landing strikes, looking to finish!
Alan Dunne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dunne dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns wickson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
wickson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dunne lands a heavy elbow.
Dunne sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
wickson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Dunne throws some wild stikes that wickson manages to avoid easily.
Dunne throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
wickson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
wickson is working to get back to half guard.
Dunne looking to finish wickson with some ground and pound. This is bad for wickson!
wickson can't escape the position.
wickson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunne landing strikes from the mount.
wickson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Dunne is trying to control the action in half guard but wickson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
wickson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dunne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. wickson defending well though.
wickson has his hands clasped together around Dunne's back. He's all about the action.
wickson trying to control but Dunne postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunne working the head and body with strikes.
wickson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dunne.
Dunne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. wickson defending well though.
wickson gets back to full guard.
Dunne postures up in wickson's guard and throws a big left but wickson blocks it.
Dunne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
wickson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dunne.
Dunne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Dunne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dunne 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alan Dunne!
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energy
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hype
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