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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Brashears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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250 lbs
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195 cm
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240 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Brashears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Couture!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Couture fails to land with a series of punches.
Couture looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Brashears changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Couture looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Brashears working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Brashears working the head and body with strikes.
Brashears works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Couture takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Couture takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Brashears landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brashears scoring with punches from side control.
Couture defending against the ground and pound.
Brashears lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Brashears working the body and head with strikes.
Brashears lands a few punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brashears working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Couture is working to avoid the ground and pound but Brashears connects with a decent elbow.
Couture takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brashears scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Couture to see if he's OK.
Brashears lands a few punches from side control.
Brashears scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Couture to see if he's OK.
Brashears postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Brashears in side control lands a decent elbow.
Brashears working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Brashears creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brashears looks up at the clock and then as Couture takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Brashears smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Brashears scoring with punches from side control.
Couture stops Brashears from passing to mount.
Brashears is putting a hurting on Couture here, landing some big shots from side control.
Brashears lands a decent elbow from side control.
Brashears is chipping away with strikes.
Brashears in side control lands a decent elbow.
Brashears scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Couture to see if he's OK.
Brashears tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Brashears tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brashears landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Couture is working to avoid the ground and pound but Brashears connects with a decent elbow.
Sloppy strikes there by Brashears.
Check out the look on Brashears's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The strikes coming from Brashears are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Brashears working the body and head with strikes.
Couture takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Brashears working the ground and pound from side control.
Brashears lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brashears moves into full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brashears landing punches.
Brashears landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brashears cracks Couture with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Brashears with good strikes from the mount here!
Brashears scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Brashears scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Couture?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brashears lands a heavy elbow.
Brashears lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Brashears dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Couture gets caught flat footed, as Brashears shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Brashears forces his way into half guard.
Couture avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Brashears.
Brashears looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brashears lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brashears working the head and body with strikes.
Brashears moves into full mount! Couture won't be happy about that!
Brashears scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Couture?
Ryan Brashears overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brashears landing punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brashears landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brashears lands a big shot there that rocks Couture but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brashears dominating with strikes here.
Brashears working Couture over with strikes here.
Brashears lands a big shot there that rocks Couture but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brashears working Couture over with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Couture is in a horrible position here. Brashears smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Brashears is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Couture can do to turn this around?
Brashears connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brashears in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brashears is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Couture can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Brashears working Couture over with strikes here.
Brashears landing strikes from the mount.
Brashears landing punches.
Brashears landing shots from mount.
Couture taking shots to the head.
Brashears postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Couture looks a forlorn figure.
Brashears lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brashears pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Brashears putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Brashears lands a big shot there that rocks Couture but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brashears scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Brashears unloading with bombs!
Brashears working Couture over with strikes here.
Brashears looking to finish Couture with some ground and pound. This is bad for Couture!
Brashears postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Couture looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brashears looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Brashears fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brashears postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Couture looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Brashears.
The referee warns Couture that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brashears lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Brashears lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Brashears scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Brashears dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Brashears changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Couture tries to avoid it but Brashears manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Couture to the ground. Couture escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
No joy there for Couture, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Couture throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Couture throws a right and a left that Brashears avoids nicely.
Ryan Brashears is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brashears fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice sprawl there from Couture as Brashears shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Brashears. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Couture lands a jab to the head.
Couture tries to bum rush Brashears with a series of wild strikes but Brashears uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brashears gets a takedown into half guard.
Brashears throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brashears looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Couture pushes Brashears off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brashears fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Couture rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brashears moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Couture misses with a few strikes there.
Couture stuffs the takedown.
Couture gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Brashears to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Couture utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Couture avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Couture avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brashears landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brashears passes Couture's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Brashears not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brashears not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brashears drops an elbow to the side of Couture's head.
Brashears landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brashears throwing shots but Couture is blocking nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Brashears connects with a nice short shot to Couture's temple.
Brashears sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Couture defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Brashears there.
Brashears working Couture over with strikes.
Brashears wants to pass to mount but Couture is defending the position.
Brashears lands with a punch from half guard.
Brashears sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Couture defending well though.
Couture keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brashears misses with a head shot. Couture uses the momentum to regain guard.
Brashears is looking to work some ground and pound but Couture has wrist control.
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.
Brashears throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brashears cracks Couture with a solid left hand.
Brashears throwing strikes from guard but Couture blocks nicely.
Couture is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brashears is controlling him.
Brashears working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Randy Couture has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan Brashears is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brashears works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Brashears showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brashears, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dennis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Brashears!
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hype
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