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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geese Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Trester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Trester will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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195 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Geese Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Trester!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard misses with a head kick.
Howard tries to clinch up.
Trester throws a right and a left that Howard avoids nicely.
Trester misses with a looping right.
Trester throws a hook but Howard avoids it easily.
Trester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Howard.
Howard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trester connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Howard's hands.
Trester takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Trester is out of range.
Trester throws out a powerful jab.
Howard misses with a leg kick.
Howard moves forwards but Trester connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Trester is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Howard.
Trester scores with a jab.
Howard rushes Trester and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trester breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Howard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Howard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard forces Trester back against the cage and clinches.
Howard stalling in the clinch but Trester improves position.
Howard holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Howard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Howard gets control of Trester's arms and successfully pulls guard. Howard will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Trester throws a big elbow that misses.
Howard working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Trester doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Trester manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Trester is looking to stand up but Howard won't let him.
Trester advances to half guard.
Howard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Howard looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Trester throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard is defending against the submission attempts here by Trester.
Howard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Howard is staying active underneath Trester, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howard taking some punishment here, with Trester in his half guard.
Trester is thwarting Howard's attempts to control the position.
Howard is defending against the submission attempts here by Trester.
Howard looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Trester is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Howard as he works his way to full guard.
Howard is looking for a triangle but Trester pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trester stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Howard swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Howard has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Trester can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Trester lands a couple of elbows.
Trester avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Trester cracks Howard with a solid left hand.
Trester stays in close to Howard's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Trester defends it easily.
Howard is looking for a triangle but Trester pushes his legs off easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trester wants to control from the top but Howard keeps moving.
Howard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Trester.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howard working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Trester doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Trester manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Howard has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Trester can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Howard is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Trester accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Trester is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Trester scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trester pushes down on Howard's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Howard trying to hold on to Trester's head to control him but Trester postures up.
Howard is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Trester is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Trester dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Howard scores with a hook to the body. Trester takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Trester takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Howard tries to close the distance and clinch but Trester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Geese Howard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trester feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Howards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Howard tries to clinch up.
Trester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trester scores with a jab to the head.
Howard moves into the clinch.
Howard missing with knees to the body.
Howard working Trester over with knees to the body.
Trester looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trester on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trester.
Trester wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Howard stops a takedown attempt from Trester.
Trester tries for a takedown but Howard manages to get underhooks.
Howard misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trester drops down looking for an ankle pick but Howard pulls his leg out and moves away.
Geese Howard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Trester.
Trester lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Howard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trester throws a nice looking combination but Howard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Trester digs a good body shot into Howard's ribs.
Howard misses the jab.
Howard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trester lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trester lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Howard circles away quickly and effectively.
Howard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Trester, right into the meat.
Howard takes one to the chin there.
Howard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trester ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trester connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Howard scrambles back to his feet.
Trester is looking to land body kicks.
Ben Trester is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Howard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trester.
Howard misses with an uppercut.
Trester lands a two punch combo.
Howard is rocked!
Trester drops Howard with a huge uppercut! Howard drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Trester is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Trester!
Ben Trester spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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RATING
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