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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Les Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Headden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grossman comes to the cage accompanied by Get Back. Les Grossman could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Steve Headden's chin.
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Les Grossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Headden!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grossman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Grossman swings widly with a right hand
and Headden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grossman moves into the clinch.
Headden is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Grossman blocks an uppercut.
Headden lands a nice uppercut.
Headden blocks a body shot from Grossman.
Headden misses with a knee strike.
Grossman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Headden blocks an elbow strike.
Headden lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grossman backwards.
Grossman breaks the clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Grossman. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Grossman.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Headden lunges at Grossman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grossman's hand.
Headden moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Grossman misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Grossman misses.
Grossman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Grossman instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman can't find room to land a body shot as Headden controls the action.
Grossman misses with some punches.
Grossman misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Headden lands a shoulder strike.
Headden misses with a knee strike.
Grossman throws a punch but it's blocked by Headden.
A head punch on the inside from Grossman fails to land.
Headden lands an uppercut.
Grossman avoiding damage.
Headden lands a nice uppercut.
Grossman presses Headden against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Grossman swings wildly with an uppercut but Headden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grossman misses with the head strike.
Headden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grossman works on Headden's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grossman lands with a short shot to the head.
Grossman throws a punch but it's blocked by Headden.
Headden lands a nice uppercut.
Headden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grossman blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hook to the body lands for Grossman.
Headden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Headden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Headden throws a head punch that misses.
Headden has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Grossman clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Grossman manages to reverse the position and now he's in Headden's guard. Nice work there by Grossman.
Grossman content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grossman is looking to work some ground and pound but Headden has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman advances position into side control!
Headden gets back to half guard.
Grossman is keen to just control but Headden is a slippery customer.
Headden is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Grossman tries to pass to full mount but Headden defends it.
Grossman has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Headden works to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Headden keeping full guard, as Grossman tries to pass.
Grossman trying to control the position from guard on top but Headden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grossman is looking to work some ground and pound but Headden has wrist control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grossman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Grossman passes Headden's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Les Grossman dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A big left from Grossman misses.
Headden takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Headden throws a hook but Grossman blocks it.
Grossman misses with an uppercut.
Headden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Headden throws a head kick that misses.
Grossman moves into range and clinches up with Headden.
Grossman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Headden's defenses.
Headden avoids a wild elbow strike from Grossman.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grossman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Headden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grossman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Grossman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grossman just leaning against Headden, taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Grossman.
Headden misses with a punch on the inside.
Grossman lands an elbow just above Headden 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Headden working Grossman over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Headden wants the takedown. Grossman is fighting it off but Headden persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Grossman's guard against the cage.
Headden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Headden working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Headden trying to control the position from guard on top but Grossman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Headden is working Grossman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Grossman keeping moving, preventing Headden from controlling successfully.
Grossman has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Headden has passed into side control.
Headden scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Headden landing strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Headden.
Headden cracks Grossman with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Headden is looking to take a break and control but Grossman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Grossman struggling a bit here.
Grossman is looking to reverse the position.
Headden tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Headden throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Headden tries for a kimura but Grossman is defending well.
Headden wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Grossman, who protects the arm well.
Grossman wants to control but Headden postures up.
Grossman takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Grossman is not content to let Headden control the position.
Grossman is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Headden misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Headden tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Grossman is trying to get back to half guard.
Headden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Grossman dodges the ground and pound from Headden.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Headden throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Headden throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Headden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Headden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grossman throws a looping overhand right but Headden ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Grossman finds it's way through Headden's defenses.
Nice body punch from Headden.
Headden is looking to clinch.
Grossman throws a leg kick
and Headden counters with a right hand to the body.
Headden takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Headden stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice cross by Grossman.
Grossman moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Headden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stalling in the clinch from Grossman.
Headden wants a takedown but no success here.
Headden working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Headden misses with some punches.
Headden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grossman blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Headden tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grossman missing with knees to the body.
Headden blocking some punches.
Grossman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Headden's elbow.
Headden avoids a wild elbow strike from Grossman.
Grossman scores with a shoulder strike.
Headden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Headden.
Grossman is trying to maintain a safe position but Headden gets an underhook and turns Grossman into the cage.
Headden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grossman's face.
Grossman tries to land knees in the clinch but Headden avoids the damage to the body.
Headden gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Headden postures up in Grossman's guard and throws a big left but Grossman blocks it.
Grossman wants to sweep here but Headden controlling him for the moment.
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 going all out!
Grossman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Headden advances position into side control!
Headden is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Grossman has escaped the position, nice work there.
Grossman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Grossman is not content to let Headden control the position.
Headden working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Headden working the ground and pound but Grossman is defending the strikes.
Headden is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Grossman knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Grossman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Grossman is working to avoid the ground and pound but Headden connects with a decent elbow.
Headden scoring with punches from side control.
Headden working the ground and pound.
Grossman gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Headden lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Grossman is rocked!
Grossman taking some punishment here, with Headden in his half guard.
Oh Grossman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Headden is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Grossman sees it coming and defends easily.
Grossman seems to have got his legs back now.
Steve Headden has got the better of the ground game so far.
Headden throwing shots but Grossman is blocking nicely.
Grossman wants to control but Headden is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grossman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Headden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Headden 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Headden!
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