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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy The Ugly Horse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Triston Baal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Triston Baal will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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270 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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270 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Willy The Ugly Horse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Triston Baal!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baal throws a lazy right hand but The Ugly Horse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Baal.
The Ugly Horse fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Baal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Willy The Ugly Horse has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by The Ugly Horse.
Baal throws a looping overhand right but The Ugly Horse ducks down to avoid it.
The Ugly Horse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baal.
Baal throws a looping overhand right but The Ugly Horse ducks down to avoid it.
Baal misses with an uppercut. The Ugly Horse saw that one coming.
The Ugly Horse ducks right into an uppercut from Baal.
The Ugly Horse displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baal throws out the jab.
Baal shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish The Ugly Horse?
Baal lands with some strikes.
Baal throws some wild stikes that The Ugly Horse manages to avoid easily.
The Ugly Horse is desperately trying to improve his position but Baal has a good base and remains in mount.
The Ugly Horse is working hard here to advance position.
Baal throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Baal connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Baal with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Ugly Horse is squirming around, avoiding Baal's attempts to control the action.
Baal raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baal misses with a head shot.
The Ugly Horse really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Baal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish The Ugly Horse?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baal throws some wild stikes that The Ugly Horse manages to avoid easily.
Baal controlling his opponent.
The Ugly Horse is desperately trying to improve his position but Baal has a good base and remains in mount.
Baal is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. The Ugly Horse can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Baal blocks The Ugly Horse's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The Ugly Horse swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The Ugly Horse tries to reverse the position but Baal maintains control.
The Ugly Horse has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Ugly Horse takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Baal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish The Ugly Horse?
Baal sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Baal lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baal trying to control but The Ugly Horse is having none of it.
The Ugly Horse is bucking up trying to escape but Baal cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The Ugly Horse can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baal looking to control but The Ugly Horse is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Baal fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Baal is going oldschool here, as he tries to force The Ugly Horse to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so The Ugly Horse shrugs it off.
A nice elbow there by Baal.
Baal controlling from mount.
The Ugly Horse throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish The Ugly Horse?
Baal looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Ugly Horse is working to get back to half guard.
The Ugly Horse takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The Ugly Horse is trying desperately to improve position.
The Ugly Horse slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The Ugly Horse is staying active underneath Baal, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The Ugly Horse missing with punches from the bottom.
The Ugly Horse gets back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Ugly Horse trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The Ugly Horse keeping moving, preventing Baal from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Triston Baal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Willy The Ugly Horse's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Baal throws a jab but it's blocked by The Ugly Horse.
The Ugly Horse tries to close the distance and clinch but Baal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baal with a jab.
The Ugly Horse rushes Baal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Baal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Ugly Horse effectively controlling the action here.
Baal lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baal.
Baal pushes The Ugly Horse back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Baal has clasped his hands together around The Ugly Horse's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Baal lands a decent elbow from side control.
The Ugly Horse regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baal trying to mount his opponent but The Ugly Horse defends it.
Baal has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The Ugly Horse working to try and regain half guard.
The Ugly Horse flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The Ugly Horse is in all sorts of trouble here.
The Ugly Horse wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Baal.
The Ugly Horse swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Baal.
The Ugly Horse throwing hammer fists to the chest of Baal. What's that going to do exactly?
The Ugly Horse punching to the body and holding on for dear life.
Baal wants to control the pace but The Ugly Horse is squirming around nicely.
Baal swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and The Ugly Horse is now in Baal's guard. A big mistake from Baal there, giving up the dominant position!
The Ugly Horse will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Baal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Ugly Horse throws a big right hand that misses.
Baal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The Ugly Horse with a nice head shot there.
The Ugly Horse scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baal keeping moving, preventing The Ugly Horse from controlling successfully.
The Ugly Horse chips away with some ground and pound.
The Ugly Horse loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Ugly Horse missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Ugly Horse postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Ugly Horse cracks Baal with a solid left hand.
The Ugly Horse throws and elbow that misses. Baal uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Ugly Horse's guard. Nice move by Baal!
Baal looking to pass the guard.
The Ugly Horse keeping moving, preventing Baal from controlling successfully.
The Ugly Horse throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Ugly Horse wants to sweep here but Baal controlling him for the moment.
Baal trying to control the position from guard on top but The Ugly Horse is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Triston Baal has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Baal. Those never looked like landing.
The Ugly Horse misses with a takedown
and Baal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Ugly Horse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baal moves away.
Baal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Triston Baal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Willy The Ugly Horse's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
The Ugly Horse defending well as Baal loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baal. The Ugly Horse does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baal throws a lazy right hand but The Ugly Horse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Ugly Horse tries to clinch there but Baal circles away.
Baal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Ugly Horse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baal.
The Ugly Horse shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The Ugly Horse slips under a jab from Baal.
The Ugly Horse has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Baal finds it's way round the side to connect with The Ugly Horse's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baal misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Baal misses.
Triston Baal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baal loads up on a big right hand but The Ugly Horse slips the punch.
Baal moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Baal gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Baal controls The Ugly Horse momentarily but The Ugly Horse frees himself.
The Ugly Horse trying to control but Baal is working from the bottom.
Baal keeping full guard, as The Ugly Horse tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baal working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Ugly Horse.
Baal utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Ugly Horse throwing strikes from guard but Baal blocks nicely.
The Ugly Horse throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Baal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The Ugly Horse loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baal is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Baal lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for The Ugly Horse!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Ugly Horse tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The Ugly Horse throwing hammer fists to the chest of Baal. What's that going to do exactly?
The Ugly Horse gets back to half guard.
Baal trying to control from half guard but The Ugly Horse is working away.
The Ugly Horse gets back to full guard.
Baal tries to free his leg and advance position but The Ugly Horse is retaining full guard.
The Ugly Horse throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Baal stopping the sweep attempt from The Ugly Horse.
The Ugly Horse lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Ugly Horse manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Baal manages to get himself to full guard.
The Ugly Horse trying to control but Baal is working from the bottom.
The Ugly Horse landing with the ground and pound.
The Ugly Horse throws a big right hand that misses.
Willy The Ugly Horse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Ugly Horse is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Triston Baal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Ugly Horse in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Triston Baal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Baal has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Triston Baal!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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