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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Pimpin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rashad Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Pimpin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pimpin misses with a series of wild punches.
Evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pimpin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Evans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pimpin counters with an outside leg kick.
Evans throws a combination that misses
and Pimpin counters with a shoot takedown. Evans fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pimpin is controlling him.
Pimpin gets to his feet. Evans looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Evans throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pimpin.
Pimpin misses with a combination
and Evans counters with a slapping leg kick.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evans throws a solid leg kick but Pimpin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Evans.
Evans misses with a head kick.
Evans misses with a combination
and Pimpin counters with a nice body shot.
Evans misses with a body shot
and Pimpin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Evans's guard now.
Evans is looking to stand up but Pimpin isn't so interested in that idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans keeping moving, preventing Pimpin from controlling successfully.
Pimpin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Pimpin gets to his feet - Evans follows without any prompting.
Pimpin wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
Evans stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pimpin.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Pimpin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Evans counters with a stiff right hand.
Evans scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rashad Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans thows a leg kick but Pimpin checks it
and Pimpin counters with a one-two to the body.
Evans throws a head kick that misses
and Pimpin counters by clinching up.
Evans can't break the clinch.
Pimpin has hold of one of Evans's legs. Evans is fighting the takedown attempt but Pimpin gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Pimpin with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans pushes Pimpin off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Evans.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans swinging wilding here.
Pimpin misses with a takedown attempt
and Evans counters with a head kick. That will keep Pimpin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Evans throws a nice looking combination but Pimpin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pimpin wants to clinch.
Pimpin blocks a head kick by Evans.
Evans moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Evans lands a with a good body shot.
Evans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pimpin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pimpin.
Pimpin keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pimpin manages to break the clinch.
Pimpin scoring well with a low kick there.
Evans misses with the combination.
Evans throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pimpin counters with a stiff right hand.
Pimpin avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Evans.
Pimpin falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Evans counter with a right hand.
Pimpin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Evans misses with a kick to the body
and Pimpin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Evans wants to stand up but Pimpin is controlling him.
Pimpin decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A nice combination there by Evans.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pimpin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Evans scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Evans misses with a double jab
and Pimpin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans wriggles free and stands up.
Pimpin misses with a double jab
and Evans makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Evans is working the combinations to good effect here.
Evans looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Evans, as that shot connected.
A solid leg kick lands there for Evans.
Pimpin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Evans. Evans obviously looking to wear him down.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans misses with a double jab
enabling Pimpin to counter with a crisp jab.
Pimpin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pimpin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Evans counters with a series of strikes. Pimpin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pimpin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pimpin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pimpin cracks Evans with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Pimpin dominated that round.
That's time! Evans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Evans misses with a combination
and Pimpin moves into the clinch.
Pimpin jumps guard.
Evans stands up and waves to Pimpin to follow him.
Evans moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Evans throws a jab but it's blocked by Pimpin.
Evans moves out of range of the body kick.
Evans tries to bum rush Pimpin with a series of wild strikes but Pimpin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rashad Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Pimpin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Evans lands a nice shot to the body.
Pimpin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Evans misses with a combination
and Pimpin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pimpin.
Pimpin is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Pimpin stands and steps away. Evans gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Rashad Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans cracks the inside of Pimpin's front leg.
Evans misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rashad Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans throws a series of punches but Pimpin moves out of range.
Evans scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Evans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pimpin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Evans won't be happy with that.
Evans wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Evans trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans misses with a combination
and Pimpin counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Evans scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pimpin counters with a stiff right hand.
Evans lands the left hand.
Evans stalks Pimpin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pimpin's face. Pimpin staggers backwards, shaken.
Evans is looking to slow Pimpin down with leg kicks.
Evans misses with a body kick.
Pimpin has his takedown stuffed
and Evans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A cross from Evans lands.
Evans throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Evans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pimpin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Evans throws a nice inside leg kick.
Evans works Pimpin's body with a nice hook.
Evans connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Evans throws a wild body kick that Pimpin sees coming a mile off.
Pimpin gets the takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans is trying to get back to his feet.
Pimpin stands up.
Pimpin misses with a double jab
and Evans counters with a two punch combo.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pimpin checks a leg kick.
Pimpin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Evans makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Evans dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pimpin. That did some damage!
Pimpin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Evans is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pimpin.
It looks like Rashad Evans has been cut.
Evans falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pimpin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans is rocked!
Evans lands with a slapping head kick.
Oh Evans is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Evans scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A right-left combo lands from Evans.
Evans seems to have got his legs back now.
Evans fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pimpin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Evans fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pimpin.
Evans goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Evans goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pimpin is rocked!
Evans connects with a single shot there.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
Pimpin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Evans counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pimpin's knee momentarily.
Evans misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
Evans misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Evans throws a nice inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Evans.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pimpin closes the distance and clinches up with Evans, looking for a takedown. Pimpin pushes Evans against the cage but Evans circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Evans misses with a double jab.
Evans looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pimpin misses with a double jab
and Evans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
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 Rashad Evans will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rashad Evans's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Evans throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pimpin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pimpin.
Evans is looking to stand back up but Pimpin counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Evans.
Pimpin prevents Evans from escaping the position.
Pimpin throws Evans to one side and escapes!
A jab from Evans finds it's way through Pimpin's defenses.
Pimpin misses with an uppercut
and Evans counters with a right hand to the body.
Evans throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pimpin counters with a three punch combo that has Evans backing up. Evans nods at Pimpin to acknowledge the strikes.
Pimpin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Evans. That did some damage!
Evans falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pimpin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pimpin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans wriggles free and stands up.
Evans works over Pimpin's head and body with a nice combination.
Pimpin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Evans counters with a three punch combo that has Pimpin backing up. Pimpin nods at Evans to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters circling a little - Evans finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Evans lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pimpin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Evans misses with a looping right.
Evans goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Evans throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Evans tries a head kick but it misses.
Evans looks to land a body kick but Pimpin moved away.
Evans throws a right and a left that Pimpin avoids nicely.
Pimpin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pimpin shoots and misses
and Evans counters with a left to the body.
Pimpin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Evans counters with a stiff right hand.
Evans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
so Pimpin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Pimpin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Pimpin decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Evans, up you get!
Evans blocks a low kick nicely.
Pimpin tries for a takedown but Evans sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Evans misses with a combination
and Pimpin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pimpin sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Evans pushes Pimpin off and gets back to his feet.
Evans misses with a double jab
and Pimpin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Evans's knee momentarily.
Danga de danga de dang - Evans scores with a four punch combination!
Evans throws a nice looking combination but Pimpin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Evans lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Evans lands with a slapping head kick.
Evans throws a right and a left that Pimpin avoids nicely.
Evans lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Evans scores with a nice strike.
Pimpin is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.
Evans misses with a series of wild punches.
Pimpin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Evans swivels and escapes.
Rashad Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Pimpin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pimpin dodges the punch combination from Evans.
Evans looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Evans lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Evans smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pimpin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pimpin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pimpin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Evans misses with a combination
and Pimpin counters with a good, hard body kick but Evans shrugs it off.
Pimpin misses with a double jab
and Evans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Evans.
Pimpin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Evans lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a left and a right that both miss
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Evans scores with a three punch combo!
Evans falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pimpin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Evans cracks Pimpin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pimpin doesn't manage to clinch there - Evans circles away.
Some wild striking there from Evans.
Evans misses with a double jab.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A lazy body kick from Pimpin
and Evans counters with a stiff right hand.
Pimpin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Evans.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evans throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pimpin counters with a left and a right that stings Evans.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pimpin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Evans backs up against the cage.
Pimpin tries to bum rush Evans with a series of wild strikes but Evans uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pimpin has managed to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Pimpin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pimpin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Pimpin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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