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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lars Fightmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Eastmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Eastmond's choice of entrance music: Nelly- Here Comes The Boom . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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186 lbs
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174 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Fightmann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Ryan Eastmond!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fightmann shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Eastmond defends it nicely.
Fightmann ducks right into an uppercut from Eastmond.
Eastmond tries to bum rush Fightmann with a series of wild strikes but Fightmann uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Eastmond looks to score with a jab to the body but Fightmann is just out of range.
Fightmann scores with a nice strike.
Fightmann shoots in for a double leg but Eastmond sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fightmann takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fightmann walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Eastmond throws a nice looking combination but Fightmann bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Eastmond misses with a two punch combination.
Fightmann keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eastmond.
Eastmond lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
An inside leg kick from Eastmond misses.
Fightmann pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Eastmond throws a right hand that Fightmann ducks under and follows up with a left that Fightmann also avoids with ease.
A slow jab from Fightmann misses its intended target.
Horrible takedown by Fightmann or perhaps it was just good defense by Eastmond which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lars Fightmann. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eastmond throws an overhand right that lands on Fightmann's shoulder, as Fightmann tries to avoid the shot.
Eastmond misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fightmann misses with a hook to the body
and Eastmond counters with a one-two to the body.
Eastmond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eastmond misses with a two punch combination.
Lars Fightmann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eastmond goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fightmann misses with a double jab.
Eastmond lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fightmann circles away quickly and effectively.
Fightmann gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Eastmond counters with a nice uppercut.
Fightmann misses with a body shot
and Eastmond counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fightmann has his takedown stuffed
and Eastmond counters with a three punch combo that has Fightmann backing up. Fightmann nods at Eastmond to acknowledge the strikes.
Jab, jab by Eastmond - just one landing.
Eastmond avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eastmond fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eastmond leaves Fightmann with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fightmann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eastmond.
Eastmond scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eastmond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Eastmond lands a jab to the nose.
Fightmann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eastmond.
Fightmann ducks right into an uppercut from Eastmond.
Eastmond throws a lazy right hand but Fightmann sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fightmann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eastmond.
Eastmond scores with a three punch combo!
Eastmond throws a shot from downtown. Fightmann moves away and avoids it.
Eastmond tries to bum rush Fightmann with a series of wild strikes but Fightmann uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fightmann throws a body punch but Eastmond moves out of range.
Eastmond lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Eastmond.
Eastmond has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Eastmond misses with a series of wild punches.
Eastmond is working the combinations to good effect here.
Fightmann looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Eastmond keeping hold of Fightmann's head, controlling as best he can.
Fightmann is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Eastmond holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eastmond makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Eastmond.
Eastmond manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fightmann is working to get back to half guard.
Eastmond putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fightmann keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Eastmond controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Eastmond dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Eastmond lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Eastmond.
Fightmann throws the left hand but Eastmond avoids the punch easily.
Eastmond misses with a looping left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Eastmond, right into the meat.
Fightmann misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Eastmond counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Eastmond.
Fightmann tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fightmann scores with a shot to the body.
Fightmann changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Eastmond looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Eastmond is not content to let Fightmann control the position.
Eastmond tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fightmann wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fightmann is trying to ground and pound but Eastmond uses the momentary lack of control by Fightmann to regain half guard.
Eastmond gets full guard.
Fightmann wants to control from the top but Eastmond keeps moving.
Fightmann working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fightmann might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fightmann accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fightmann throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fightmann throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eastmond works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fightmann with a flurry of punches that miss.
Eastmond looking for a sweep. Not yet Eastmond, not yet.
Fightmann trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Eastmond seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Eastmond pushes Fightmann off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eastmond stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Eastmond wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice cross by Eastmond.
Fightmann feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Eastmond wants to sweep but no luck.
Fightmann throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eastmond works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fightmann trying to move into half guard but instead Eastmond has managed to sweep!
Fightmann keeping moving, preventing Eastmond from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eastmond landing with the ground and pound.
Eastmond stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fightmann swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Eastmond trying to control the position from guard on top but Fightmann is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ryan Eastmond was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Eastmond lands with a nice combination. Fightmann backs away looking to recover.
Ryan Eastmond is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Eastmond lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Eastmond throws a series of punches but Fightmann avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ryan Eastmond will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A lazy left from Eastmond finds it's target.
Eastmond swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fightmann.
Fightmann misses with an uppercut.
Fightmann fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Eastmond. No joy for Fightmann on that attempt.
Eastmond misses with a two punch combination.
Eastmond throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fightmann.
Eastmond throws a right and a left that Fightmann avoids nicely.
Eastmond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fightmann fails with the takedown
and Eastmond counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lars Fightmann. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Eastmond coming out on top.
Eastmond looks to land a combination. Fightmann sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Eastmond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eastmond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fightmann moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fightmann misses the body punch
and Eastmond counters with a series of strikes. Fightmann will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fightmann fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eastmond darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fightmann misses with a hook.
Eastmond getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
No joy there for Eastmond, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fightmann throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Eastmond counters with a straight right hand.
Eastmond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Eastmond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fightmann.
A punch combination from Eastmond misses.
Eastmond looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice cross by Eastmond.
Eastmond connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fightmann momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Eastmond there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eastmond lands a slapping body shot.
Fightmann looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Eastmond lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice shot lands for Eastmond.
Eastmond misses with a wild combination.
Fightmann swings away with a body shot that misses
and Eastmond counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Eastmond misses with the combination.
Ryan Eastmond is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Eastmond does it's job there.
Eastmond tries to bum rush Fightmann with a series of wild strikes but Fightmann uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Eastmond moves out of range of the strikes.
Eastmond throws a hook but Fightmann avoids it easily.
Ryan Eastmond seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fightmann misses with a body shot
letting Eastmond counter with a right hand.
Eastmond is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fightmann shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fightmann gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Eastmond counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Eastmond moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fightmann closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Eastmond moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fightmann drops his hands momentarily and Eastmond takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fightmann misses with a takedown
and Eastmond counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Eastmond avoids the body shot from Fightmann.
Fightmann misses with a jab to the body
and Eastmond counters with a nice uppercut.
Fightmann shoots for a double leg takedown but Eastmond sprawls well. He's pushed Fightmann's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Eastmond fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eastmond looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eastmond avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fightmann takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Eastmond fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fightmann doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fightmann is looking to wear down Eastmond with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eastmond connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fightmann momentarily.
Fightmann walks into a stiff left hand from Eastmond.
Eastmond throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fightmann.
Fightmann shoots in and drives through. Eastmond sprawls well.
Eastmond lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lars Fightmann has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eastmond scores with a three punch combo!
A cross from Eastmond lands.
Eastmond misses with a straight right.
Eastmond chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Eastmond darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fightmann is trying hard to land a takedown here. Eastmond sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Eastmond lands an overhand right.
Eastmond will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fightmann slips a jab and a cross from Eastmond.
Ryan Eastmond is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fightmann throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Eastmond counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Eastmond comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Eastmond winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Eastmond!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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