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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clive Simmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Vinyard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinyard has chosen Here comes the pain as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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184 cm
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185 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
23
194 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clive Simmons! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Vinyard! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A leg kick checked by Simmons. Vinyard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Simmons jabs at Vinyard's body. Simmons stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vinyard. Simmons swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vinyard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Simmons. Vinyard dips to his left and cracks Simmons with an uppercut! Simmons looks to score with a jab to the body but Vinyard is just out of range. Vinyard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Simmons. Simmons tests Vinyard's chin there with a solid looking shot. Simmons looks to land a right hand but Vinyard moved out of range. Some bone on bone action there as Simmons checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Simmons throws a nice looking combination but Vinyard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Simmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vinyard moves away. Simmons fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vinyard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Simmons is looking to wear down Vinyard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Vinyard slips a jab and a cross from Simmons.
Simmons takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vinyard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Simmons on the side of the head. Simmons jabbing away but nothing is landing. Simmons misses with a wild combination.
Simmons with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round. Vinyard closes the distance and pushes Simmons back into the cage. Vinyard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Simmons or not. Vinyard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Simmons or not. Simmons doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vinyard lands a body punch in the clinch. A frustrated look appears on Simmons's face as he tries to break the clinch. Vinyard lands a shot to the body. Vinyard lands a good knee to the midsection. Simmons won't want to take too many of those. Simmons is breathing heavily. Vinyard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Vinyard breaks the clinch.
Vinyard scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. A nice inside leg kick there by Vinyard. That's going to slow Simmons down. Vinyard goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Clive Simmons has been cut. Simmons looks to throw the jab but Vinyard is out of range. Simmons shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Vinyard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Simmons walks into a stiff left hand from Vinyard. A left and a right from Vinyard both land. Nice combination.
Simmons is rocked! Vinyard clinches. A left hand lands to the body for Vinyard.
Vinyard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vinyard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right hook to the body lands for Vinyard.
Vinyard landing knees to the body.
Vinyard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Vinyard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Vinyard digs a right hand into Simmons's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Simmons's gas tank. Vinyard lands a body shot. Vinyard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Simmons is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vinyard.
Clive Simmons's cut is getting worse. Vinyard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Vinyard lands a nice elbow from the clinch. A right hand to the body from Vinyard.
Vinyard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Simmons. Vinyard presses Simmons against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Vinyard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Simmons looking to slow down the pace here. Vinyard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vinyard manages to break the clinch.
Simmons misses with a wild body shot. Simmons needs to keep his hands up - Vinyard had a free shot at his head there. Vinyard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Vinyard lands a lovely overhand right.
Clive Simmons's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Vinyard lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vinyard. Vinyard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Oh Simmons is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Vinyard scores with a nice body kick.
Simmons seems to have got his legs back now. A jab lands there for Vinyard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Simmons throws a body punch but Vinyard moves out of range. Clive Simmons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Vinyard rushes Simmons and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Vinyard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vinyard lands with a nice combination. Simmons backs away looking to recover.
Jeez, Clive Simmons's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. Vinyard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Vinyard lands a really nice looking cross but Simmons seems unphased.
A good leg kick by Vinyard. Simmons throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vinyard moves into the clinch. Vinyard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Simmons looks to land a right hand but Vinyard moved out of range. Vinyard avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Simmons misses with a combination
and Vinyard counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Simmons looks to land a right hand but Vinyard moved out of range. A solid leg kick lands there for Vinyard.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vinyard. That's going to slow Simmons down. Vinyard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Vinyard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Simmons throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Simmons is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Vinyard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Vinyard stalks Simmons and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Simmons's face. Simmons staggers backwards, shaken. A slapping leg kick lands for Vinyard.
Simmons has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Simmons there as he acknowledges the shot.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Clive Simmons's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Derek Vinyard! Derek Vinyard retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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