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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miller Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Bethea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Bethea will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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157 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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152 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miller Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Bethea!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman closes the distance and clinches up with Bethea, looking for a takedown. Freeman pushes Bethea against the cage but Bethea circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bethea scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bethea swats away the attempt to clinch by Freeman.
Bethea looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Freeman!
Freeman could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Freeman is bucking up trying to escape but Bethea cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bethea has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Freeman is working to get back to half guard.
Bethea wants to control the pace but Freeman is squirming around nicely.
Bethea throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Freeman because Bethea loaded up on that one.
Freeman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bethea with the ground and pound from mount.
Freeman is trying to escape the mount.
Freeman is working hard here to advance position.
Bethea with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman is desperately trying to improve his position but Bethea has a good base and remains in mount.
Freeman bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Freeman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bethea manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Freeman manages to get himself to full guard.
Bethea trying to control the position from guard on top but Freeman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bethea passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Freeman can't do much from the bottom here.
Freeman tries to bench press Bethea off him but Bethea keeps the position.
Freeman is not content to let Bethea control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bethea working the ground and pound.
Bethea looks gassed!
Freeman throws Bethea to one side and escapes!
Freeman is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bethea.
Bethea scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Freeman shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bethea makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Freeman fails with the takedown
and Bethea counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miller Freeman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bethea gets the takedown into side control.
Freeman is trying to control Bethea's posture but Bethea avoids it.
Bethea trying to control the position but Freeman is working away.
You can see the frustration on Freeman's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman tries to escape but Bethea is in control.
Freeman manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Freeman kicks off Bethea and gets to his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Freeman.
Freeman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bethea counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Freeman with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bethea counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bethea jabs at Freeman's body.
Bethea looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Freeman taking some punishment here, with Bethea in his half guard.
Bethea looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bethea is looking for a kimura here.
Bethea trying to pass the guard but Freeman defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Freeman is looking to improve his position.
Bethea passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Freeman!
Bethea looking to finish Freeman with some ground and pound. This is bad for Freeman!
Freeman is trying to escape the mount.
Bethea lands a big elbow.
Bethea working Freeman over with strikes here.
Freeman is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Freeman wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Freeman is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Bethea 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.
Bethea closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bethea lands in his opponent's guard.
Bethea landing some decent shots from guard.
Bethea trying to control the position from guard on top but Freeman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Freeman throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bethea throwing strikes but missing.
Bethea with a flurry of punches that miss.
Freeman has his foot on Bethea's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bethea works his way back into a safe position though.
Bethea works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bethea moves into full mount! Freeman won't be happy about that!
Freeman tries to reverse the position but Bethea maintains control.
Bethea controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bethea working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bethea connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Freeman wants to hold on but Bethea pushes him away.
Bethea dominating with strikes here.
Freeman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
William Bethea has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bethea avoids the attempt from Freeman to control.
Freeman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bethea can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Freeman is looking to escape.
Bethea prevents Freeman from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman is bucking up trying to escape but Bethea cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bethea with shots to the head and body - Freeman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bethea dominating with strikes here.
Freeman is rocked!
Bethea cracks Freeman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Freeman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bethea is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Freeman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bethea postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Freeman badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Bethea around the waist but Bethea pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Bethea is the winner by TKO! Bethea jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Bethea!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
75% |
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