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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gastin Gloc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gus Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gloc comes into the arena with Why Can't We Be Friends? by War blaring out of the sound system. Rojas has chosen "Face-Fisted" by Dethklok as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gus Rojas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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280 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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, Gastin Gloc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gus Rojas!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas tries to clinch but Gloc moves out of range.
Gus Rojas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rojas misses with a head kick.
Rojas clinches up with Gloc and pushes him back against the cage.
Rojas throws an elbow but it misses.
Rojas looking to stall.
Gloc on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rojas manages to break the clinch.
Gloc throws a nice looking combination but Rojas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rojas lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rojas throws an elbow but misses.
Gloc has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rojas is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rojas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gloc's elbow.
Rojas prevents Gloc from breaking the clinch.
Gloc avoiding damage as Rojas throws knees to the body.
Rojas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rojas tries to land knees in the clinch but Gloc avoids the damage to the body.
Gloc avoiding damage as Rojas throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas lands a knee to the head.
Gloc goes for a takedown attempt but Rojas pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gloc keeps the fight on the outside.
Rojas stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gastin Gloc. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rojas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gloc moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rojas clinches with his opponent.
Gloc avoiding damage as Rojas throws knees to the body.
Gloc changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rojas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gloc keeps the fight on the outside.
Good leg kick by Rojas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gloc tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rojas swivels and escapes.
Gloc is breathing heavily.
Rojas closes the distance and clinches.
Rojas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gloc lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas lands a body shot.
Gloc drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rojas pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rojas tries to close the distance and clinch but Gloc swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rojas moves in looking to clinch but Gloc pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rojas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rojas lands a nice looking body shot.
Rojas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rojas tries to clinch there but Gloc circles away.
Rojas rushes Gloc and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Rojas.
Gloc on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gloc drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rojas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rojas stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rojas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gloc has had enough of the clinch but Rojas keeps him there for the moment.
Rojas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gloc up against the cage.
Gloc has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rojas avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rojas leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gloc escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gloc fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gloc closes the distance and clinches up with Rojas, looking for a takedown. Gloc pushes Rojas against the cage but Rojas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
No luck for Gloc with that takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rojas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gloc, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gloc shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gloc throws a big right hand that misses.
Gloc throwing strikes but missing.
Rojas thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rojas looking to control.
Gloc trying to move into half guard but instead Rojas has managed to sweep!
Gloc pulls Rojas in to control the position.
Rojas postures up.
Gloc can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rojas controls the pace.
Let's hope that Rojas has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Rojas looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gus Rojas dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rojas throws a head kick that half lands.
No luck for Gloc with that takedown attempt.
Rojas scores with a push kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gloc.
Rojas tries to clinch there but Gloc circles away.
Gloc takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gloc looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rojas is fending him off so far but Gloc persists. Nope, Rojas circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gastin Gloc. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rojas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees to the body from Rojas.
Rojas lands a nice knee to the body.
Rojas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gloc wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gloc looking for a takedown.
Gloc is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rojas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gloc avoiding damage as Rojas throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rojas is breathing heavily.
Rojas misses with a knee to the head.
Rojas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gloc lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rojas landing knees to the head.
Nice body punch from Rojas - that landed with a thud.
Rojas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rojas scores with a knee to the head.
Gloc on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gloc taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gloc blocks the elbow strike.
Rojas trying to land knees to the body.
Gloc is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rojas pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rojas lands an elbow inside.
Rojas lands a knee to the body.
Gloc managing to block the knees to the body from Rojas.
Rojas missing with knees to the body.
Gloc breaks from the clinch.
Rojas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rojas is looking to clinch but Gloc is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gloc does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gloc avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rojas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gloc swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gloc keeps the fight on the outside.
Gloc avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rojas lands a head kick!
Rojas wants to clinch up but Gloc keeps it at a distance.
Rojas lands a high kick!
Gloc is rocked!
Nice sprawl there from Rojas as Gloc shoots in.
Rojas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gloc, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rojas.
Rojas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gloc lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rojas.
Rojas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rojas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rojas crunches a lovely knee into Gloc's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gloc tries to pull guard but Rojas holds him up against the cage and eventually Gloc drops back down to his feet.
Rojas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gloc fails with the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gloc.
Rojas tries to clinch there but Gloc circles away.
Gloc will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gloc fails to land the takedown.
Gastin Gloc is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rojas tries to close the distance and clinch but Gloc swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rojas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rojas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rojas moves in looking to clinch but Gloc pushes him off.
Gloc shoots in for a double leg but Rojas sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rojas tries to clinch up but Gloc circles away and keeps his distance.
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.
Rojas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Rojas. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Rojas moves in looking to clinch but Gloc pushes him off.
Rojas tries to clinch but Gloc is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rojas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rojas tries to clinch up but Gloc circles away and keeps his distance.
Rojas is looking to clinch but Gloc is avoiding it.
Rojas moves into the clinch.
Rojas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gloc lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gloc is trying to maintain a safe position but Rojas gets an underhook and turns Gloc into the cage.
Rojas controlling the action here for a moment.
Gloc goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rojas prevents it.
Rojas lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gus Rojas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gloc connects with a jab.
Gloc fails to land the takedown.
Gloc dodges the punch combination from Rojas.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gloc.
Gloc shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rojas as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gastin Gloc. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rojas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rojas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gloc swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rojas rushes Gloc and presses him up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rojas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gloc can't break the clinch.
Gloc avoiding damage as Rojas throws knees to the body.
Gloc is working for takedown but Rojas is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rojas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gloc up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gloc wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gloc takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rojas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gus Rojas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rojas stops a takedown attempt from Gloc.
Rojas breaks the clinch.
Rojas tries to clinch up but Gloc circles away and keeps his distance.
Gloc closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rojas circles away.
Gloc shoots in for a takedown but Rojas shows good takedown defense.
Gloc scores a takedown into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Gloc.
Gloc throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rojas has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Gloc's lack of action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rojas trying to control but Gloc postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gloc is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Gloc thows a huge punch but Rojas dodges it nicely.
Rojas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gloc.
Rojas controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Gloc throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rojas is defending against the submission attempts here by Gloc.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojas is trying to maintain the position but Gloc is very close to passing his half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rojas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rojas tries to clinch up.
Gastin Gloc has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gloc scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gloc lands a nice short elbow.
Gloc is working for a submission of some sort.
Rojas is looking to control Gloc's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rojas avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gloc missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gloc with the ground and pound but Rojas uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gloc looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rojas pulls Gloc in close to his closed guard and prevents Gloc from doing any damage or advancing position.
Gloc missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rojas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gloc is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rojas pulls his head out easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gastin Gloc showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rojas 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gus Rojas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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