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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Howard Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banks's entrance music is Onward To Victory. A fine choice. Moon has chosen Mighty Boosh - Nanageddon as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Howard Moon!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moon thows a body shot but no joy.
Banks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moon.
Moon lands with a nice body kick.
Moon connects with an inside leg kick.
Banks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Banks digs a good body shot into Moon's ribs.
Moon ducks under a wild hook from Banks.
Banks walks forward, straight into a front kick from Moon.
Banks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moon lands with a kick to the ribs.
Banks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Moon lands a body punch.
Banks is breathing heavily.
Moon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moon lands a nice elbow.
Moon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Vladimir Banks has been cut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moon.
Banks tries to work over Moon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Moon tries to land knees in the clinch but Banks avoids the damage to the body.
Banks is trying to break free.
Moon lands a nice elbow.
Banks can't find room to land a body shot as Moon controls the action.
Banks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moon lands an elbow inside that Banks shrugs off.
Banks avoiding damage as Moon throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon lands a damaging elbow.
Moon tries to land knees in the clinch but Banks avoids the damage to the body.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
Moon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Moon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Banks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Moon with a hook.
Moon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Moon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Moon cracks the inside of Banks's front leg.
Moon tries a head kick but it misses.
Moon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moon lands with a nice body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Banks takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Moon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Banks closes the distance and clinches up with Moon, looking for a takedown. Banks pushes Moon against the cage but Moon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Banks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Moon.
Banks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moon.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Moon is looking to clinch but Banks is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Banks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch but Banks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Howard Moon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That kick from Moon tenderised Banks's leg. Banks is trying to keep his angry face on.
Banks stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moon.
Moon connects with an inside leg kick.
Banks on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Moon throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vladimir Banks's cut is getting worse.
Moon lands with a nice body punch.
Moon rushes Banks and presses him up against the cage.
Banks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Banks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moon connects with a body shot.
Moon closes the distance and clinches.
Moon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Banks avoids it.
Banks trying to control the position but instead, Moon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Banks into the cage.
Moon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Banks wants to stall.
Banks breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Moon throws a head kick but Banks moves out of range.
Moon takes the fight into the clinch.
Banks takes an elbow to the forehead.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
Moon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Banks wants to stall.
Moon lands a damaging elbow.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Moon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Banks throws a chopping leg kick but Moon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Banks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Moon slips under a jab from Banks.
Banks thows a body shot but no joy.
Moon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Banks was well out of range. Poor timing from Moon.
Banks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moon.
Moon throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Banks's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Moon.
Banks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moon counters with a leg kick.
Moon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banks manages to avoid it.
Moon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Moon is looking to slow Banks down with leg kicks.
Moon lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Banks, pushing him back against the cage.
Moon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Banks avoids it.
Moon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Banks's defenses.
Moon lands an elbow inside.
Moon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Moon lands an elbow just above Banks 's eye.
Vladimir Banks's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Moon manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Banks misses.
Banks looks to land a combination but Moon avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Banks takes a kick to the side of the head.
Moon connects with a solid leg kick.
Moon throws a sloppy head kick and Banks moves out of range easily.
Moon connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Howard Moon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Banks's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Moon lands a high kick!
Moon has managed to clinch.
Moon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Banks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Banks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moon counters with a good low kick that Banks was not able to check.
Banks tries to clinch up.
Moon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Banks throws a leg kick but Moon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Vladimir Banks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Banks throws a chopping leg kick but Moon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Moon throws a front kick aimed at Banks's knee but Banks avoids it well.
Banks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sloppy strikes from Banks. Those never looked like landing.
Banks throws a hook but Moon avoids it easily.
Moon misses with a low kick as Banks jumps back.
Moon connects with a solid leg kick.
Moon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Moon lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Howard Moon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banks throws a right hand that misses
and Moon counters with a nice body shot.
Moon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Banks moves out of range of the body kick from Moon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Moon has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Banks trying to control but Moon is working from the bottom.
Banks forces his way into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Banks wants to take a breather but Moon is having none of it.
Banks missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Moon is trying to stand back up but Banks is controlling him
Moon wants to improve his position but Banks is controlling well.
Banks trying to control the action but Moon is working from the bottom.
Banks is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Moon does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Banks trying to pass the guard but Moon defending well.
Banks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moon keeps working.
Moon is looking to control Banks's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moon avoid being mounted?
Banks moves into full mount! Moon won't be happy about that!
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.
Banks thowing shots but they're missing.
Banks throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Banks looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Banks with shots to the head and body - Moon looks very uncomfortable down there.
Banks thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Banks has hold of Moon's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Moon manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banks lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Vladimir Banks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Banks's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Banks swinging wildly here.
Banks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Banks feints a jab promting Moon to slip. Banks then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Moon slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Banks tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Moon is able to avoid easily.
Banks's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Banks duly obliges.
Moon keeps the fight on the outside.
Banks tries to clinch there but Moon circles away.
Banks throws a lazy right hand but Moon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banks scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Banks frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Banks throws some wild stikes that Moon manages to avoid easily.
Moon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Banks looking to control but Moon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
A nice elbow there by Banks.
Banks throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Moon wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Banks.
Banks with good strikes from the mount here!
Banks thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Banks postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Moon looks a forlorn figure.
Banks lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Banks sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Banks is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Moon avoids a series of strikes thrown by Banks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon is in a horrible position here. Banks smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Banks with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Banks.
BOOM! Banks connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Banks scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Moon?
Banks is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Moon is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vladimir Banks!
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