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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Fitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crhistian Browles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitch comes into the arena with Kickstart blaring out of the sound system. Browles has chosen Knockin on Heaven's Door by: Guns n Roses as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
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170 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Fitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Crhistian Browles!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Browles moves to clinch but Fitch breaks away
and Fitch counters with a nice double leg into side control. Browles won't be happy with that.
Browles is trying to escape the position but Fitch is controlling the position.
Fitch cracks Browles with a big elbow.
Fitch taking a breather here.
Browles is pushing Fitch's head away, looking to escape. Fitch manages to hold on to the position though.
Fitch lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Check out the look on Fitch's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fitch controlling the position.
Fitch seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Browles for as long as he can get away with.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jon Fitch just wasn't active enough.
Browles tries to clinch but Fitch moves away
and Fitch counters with a takedown into side control.
Fitch tries for a kimura but Browles is defending well.
Browles is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Fitch is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Fitch there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitch decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Browles shoots for a takedown but Fitch saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Browles shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fitch as he avoids it easily.
Fitch looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fitch stays in close to Browles's body and controls the position.
Fitch has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fitch's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Browles is working an open guard so Fitch takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Browles looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Browles gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fitch to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Browles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fitch sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Fitch has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jon Fitch has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Fitch scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fitch keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitch seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fitch not doing much here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jon Fitch wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A jab from Fitch does it's job there.
Browles misses with a takedown attempt
and Fitch counters with a shoot takedown. Browles fights it but they end up in guard.
Jon Fitch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Crhistian Browles.
Fitch not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Fitch dominated that round.
That's time! Fitch's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fitch throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Browles tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Fitch is in Browles's guard.
Jon Fitch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Browles looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Fitch passes into side control.
You can see the frustration on Browles's face as Fitch controls the position.
Fitch thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fitch controls the position.
Browles on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Browles gets back to half guard.
Fitch works his foot free and advances to mount.
Browles is breathing heavily.
Fitch controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitch punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fitch sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fitch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitch controlling the position easily from mount.
Fitch with a couple of short strikes.
Fitch controlling from the full mount.
Fitch with shots to the head and body - Browles looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fitch controlling from the full mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fitch lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitch tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fitch scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Browles?
Fitch putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Browles taking shots to the head.
Fitch looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fitch in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fitch sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fitch looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fitch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitch lands a big elbow.
Fitch controlling the pace for now.
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!
Fitch lands a big shot there that rocks Browles but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fitch looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fitch with shots to the head and body - Browles looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fitch controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fitch lands a big shot there that rocks Browles but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Fitch dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Fitch scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fitch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Browles can do to turn this around?
Browles on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Browles wants to get back to his feet.
Fitch working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fitch is taking a breather. Browles says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Fitch winds up and cracks Browles with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fitch controlling the pace.
Browles takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jon Fitch.
Fitch feints and as Browles raises his hands in defense, Fitch changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fitch sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jon Fitch has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Fitch shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Browles's guard.
Fitch controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitch stands up from Browles's guard - Fitch perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitch scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fitch passes the guard and advances to mount!
Fitch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jon Fitch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jon Fitch just wasn't active enough.
Browles gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fitch to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Browles is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fitch is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitch sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jon Fitch has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Browles tries to move into range but Fitch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fitch shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fitch was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitch tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Fitch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fitch has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Fitch!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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