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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Mullins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and C G E Warfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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195 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brad Mullins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, C G E Warfield!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mullins gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Warfield can't break the clinch.
Mullins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Warfield looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mullins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mullins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Warfield misses with a series of wild punches.
Horrible takedown by Warfield or perhaps it was just good defense by Mullins which made him look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warfield shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mullins but Mullins pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brad Mullins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of C G E Warfield.
Warfield thuds a left hand into Mullins's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warfield misses with the combination.
Mullins slips a jab and a cross from Warfield.
Mullins tries to clinch up but Warfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Warfield looks to land a combination but Mullins avoids it well.
Warfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mullins walks into a straight right hand from Warfield.
Warfield stalks Mullins and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mullins's face. Mullins staggers backwards, shaken.
Warfield shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Warfield is just content to waste time from the top position. Mullins takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfield has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mullins is proving hard to escape from.
Mullins escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Warfield gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Warfield trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mullins is trying to control the position but Warfield postures up.
Warfield tries to stand but Mullins is controlling from the bottom.
Warfield wants to stand and escape but instead Mullins has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfield wants to stand and escape but Mullins is having none of it.
Warfield looks gassed!
Warfield being controlled here, momentarily.
Warfield is looking to stand up but Mullins isn't so interested in that idea.
Mullins seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Warfield looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mullins puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
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.
Warfield is trying to escape back to his feet but Mullins uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Mullins is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Warfield will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Warfield is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mullins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Warfield down.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
You can see the frustration on Warfield's face as Mullins controls the position.
Mullins working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Mullins 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.
Warfield throws a head kick but Mullins moves out of range.
Mullins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mullins takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Warfield looks like he's trying to stand up.
Warfield has a hand on Mullins's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Mullins takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Mullins looking to finish Warfield with some ground and pound. This is bad for Warfield!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullins controlling the pace for now.
Warfield is wriggling around trying to escape.
Warfield tries to buck Mullins off but Mullins takes his back!
Warfield is trying to stand back up.
Warfield manages to reverse the position and now he's in Mullins's guard. Nice work there by Warfield.
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.
Warfield trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mullins looking for a guillotine here but Warfield defends easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Warfield wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Mullins's closed guard. He's half up but Mullins has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Mullins pivots and extends the arm, Warfield falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Mullins! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brad Mullins!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
32% |
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