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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between dave batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmy Towers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think batista might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to rock star. Timmy Towers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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280 lbs
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255 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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Good kicks
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, dave batista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timmy Towers!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Towers lands a nice looking body shot.
Towers shoots in for a takedown but batista shows good takedown defense.
batista wants to slow Towers down by chopping away at his legs.
Towers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? batista is fending him off so far but Towers persists. Nope, batista circles away and we're back to standing.
Towers fails with the takedown.
dave batista has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timmy Towers.
Towers dives in and grabs batista's left leg, looking for a takedown. batista pushes down on Towers's head and hops out.
batista goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
batista wants to clinch.
batista defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Towers.
batista slaps away a takedown attempt from Towers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Timmy Towers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Towers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Towers shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says batista as he avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
batista closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Towers did well to prevent batista getting side control.
batista content to control rather than advance.
batista wants to pass to mount but Towers is defending the position.
batista performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Towers is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
batista passes to full mount!
batista with shots to the head and body - Towers looks very uncomfortable down there.
batista won't let Towers get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Towers looks gassed!
batista looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
batista has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Towers's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
batista tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
batista cracks Towers with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
batista content just to control the position here.
Towers is in all sorts of trouble here.
batista tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
dave batista 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.
Towers circles away from the clinch attempt.
batista tries to clinch there but Towers circles away.
batista tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
dave batista is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
batista looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
batista not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
batista prevents Towers from improving his position.
batista content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up. dave batista wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Towers shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so batista counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Towers is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
batista stays in close to Towers's body and controls the position.
Towers looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! batista has picked Towers up and slammed him! Towers can't keep hold of the triangle and batista manages to pass to side control!
dave batista overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
batista decides to stand back up.
Towers gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and batista counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
batista trying to control the pace.
Towers tries to kick batista off but batista keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
batista perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
batista has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
batista controlling from mount.
batista has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Towers is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
dave batista dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
batista just misses with a punch to the body.
Towers throws a leg kick which misses batista's front leg but catches the back leg as batista tries to avoid it.
Towers fails with the takedown
and batista counters by moving into the clinch.
batista tries to pull guard but Towers holds him up against the cage and eventually batista drops back down to his feet.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from batista.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
batista wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Towers is trying to break free.
Towers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Towers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Towers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
batista tries to stall but Towers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
batista keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Towers's efforts to push away.
Towers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
batista misses with a few strikes there.
batista shoots in and gets a takedown into Towers's guard.
Towers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
batista trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
batista stands up and waves to Towers to follow him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Towers wants to slow batista down by chopping away at his legs.
Towers fails with the takedown
and batista counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
batista is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
batista raining down hammerfists from mount.
batista content just to control the position here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
batista's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Towers can't escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
dave batista showed his dominance in that final round.
Well batista 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... dave batista!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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