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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaiah Fowler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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247 lbs
15 - 14 - 1 |
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260 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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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
15 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaiah Fowler!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fowler lunges at Gonzalez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gonzalez's hand.
Fowler cracks the inside of Gonzalez's front leg.
Fowler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fowler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot lands for Fowler.
Isaiah Fowler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fowler smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Fowler avoids the punch easily.
Gonzalez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez misses with a wild combination.
Fowler's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gonzalez under the eye.
Fowler tries to clinch but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Fowler connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gonzalez. Gonzalez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gonzalez slips under a jab.
Fowler misses with a head kick.
A big left from Gonzalez misses.
Fowler moves into the clinch.
Fowler lands a shoulder strike.
Fowler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gonzalez jumps guard and drags Fowler to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Fowler looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fowler trying to control but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.
Fowler keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gonzalez's head.
Fowler must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fowler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gonzalez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fowler working some strikes from top position.
Gonzalez looking for a guillotine here but Fowler defends easily.
Gonzalez can't keep his opponent in guard - Fowler advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Fowler is looking for a kimura but Gonzalez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Fowler to get the leverage.
Gonzalez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gonzalez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fowler is looking to work some ground and pound but Gonzalez has wrist control.
Fowler wants to control from the top but Gonzalez keeps moving.
Fowler tries to free his leg and advance position but Gonzalez is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gonzalez keeping moving, preventing Fowler from controlling successfully.
Fowler slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gonzalez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Isaiah Fowler wasn't active enough on the ground.
Gonzalez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fowler sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gonzalez somewhat.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fowler moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Fowler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fowler.
Fowler is looking to clinch.
Fowler is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Fowler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzalez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fowler is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Fowler avoids them all with ease.
Fowler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Fowler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fowler rushes Gonzalez and presses him up against the cage.
Fowler lands a hook that snaps the head of Gonzalez backwards.
Fowler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fowler lands a left hand.
Gonzalez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fowler's elbow.
Fowler lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gonzalez is breathing heavily.
Fowler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gonzalez tries to break free but Fowler pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fowler.
Gonzalez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fowler cracks Gonzalez with a nice body shot.
Fowler manages to break the clinch.
Fowler stalks Gonzalez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gonzalez's face. Gonzalez staggers backwards, shaken.
Isaiah Fowler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fowler displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gonzalez.
Fowler lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fowler with a jab.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fowler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fowler lands a jab to Gonzalez's midsection.
Fowler digs a good hook to Gonzalez's body.
Gonzalez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fowler lands a really nice looking cross but Gonzalez seems unphased.
Fowler connects with a solid leg kick.
Fowler lands a head kick!
Fowler lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gonzalez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fowler.
Fowler is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gonzalez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fowler plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fowler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gonzalez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fowler cracks a nice hook into Gonzalez's ribs.
Fowler throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gonzalez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fowler digs a good body shot into Gonzalez's ribs.
Fowler lands a jab to the head.
A lazy left from Fowler finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isaiah Fowler dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gonzalez gets tackled into the cage by Fowler. Fowler maintains the clinch.
Gonzalez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Fowler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fowler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gonzalez is defended easily by Fowler.
Fowler lands a jab.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gonzalez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fowler wants to control but Gonzalez is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzalez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fowler hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonzalez looking to finish Fowler with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fowler!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fowler is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fowler is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fowler flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Fowler is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gonzalez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fowler is looking to escape.
Fowler has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fowler sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fowler is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gonzalez pulls his head out easily.
Fowler looking for submissions off his back.
Fowler looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fowler moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Fowler wants to improve his position but instead Gonzalez has moved into half guard.
Gonzalez slips a nice elbow through Fowler's hands, connecting with Fowler's forehead.
Fowler tries to get to full guard but Gonzalez has control of the leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fowler knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gonzalez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fowler defending well though.
Gonzalez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gonzalez trying to control from half guard but Fowler is working away.
Fowler looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fowler with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gonzalez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fowler's head.
Gonzalez winds up and cracks Fowler with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fowler is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gonzalez pulls his head out easily.
Fowler looking for submissions off his back.
Fowler has hold of Gonzalez's hands but Gonzalez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gonzalez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fowler keeps working.
Gonzalez prevents Fowler from improving his position.
Gonzalez moves into full mount! Fowler won't be happy about that!
Fowler can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gonzalez prevents Fowler from getting the reversal.
Gonzalez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fowler takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fowler working to try and regain half guard.
Gonzalez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gonzalez working the ground and pound effectively.
Gonzalez wants to control the pace but Fowler is squirming around nicely.
Gonzalez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzalez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gonzalez lands with some strikes.
Gonzalez with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Gonzalez dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Fowler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fowler scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez is looking to wear down Fowler with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fowler dodges the punch combination from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez takes one to the chin there.
Fowler connects with a nice looking jab.
Fowler moves in looking to clinch but Gonzalez pushes him off.
Fowler gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fowler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fowler scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Fowler fails to land.
Fowler works on Gonzalez's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fowler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gonzalez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gonzalez misses with a hook.
Fowler lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gonzalez throws a head kick but Fowler moves out of range.
Gonzalez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fowler swinging wildly here.
Fowler scores with a jab to the head.
Fowler wants to clinch.
Fowler displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fowler lands a nice shot to the body.
Fowler avoids the body shot from Gonzalez.
Isaiah Fowler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fowler clinches up with Gonzalez and pushes him back against the cage.
Gonzalez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fowler breaks from the clinch.
Fowler sizes up Gonzalez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fowler fakes the leg kick and cracks Gonzalez in the body.
Gonzalez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fowler moves into the clinch.
Gonzalez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fowler lands a shoulder strike.
Gonzalez jumps guard but Fowler stands there with Gonzalez around his waist. Gonzalez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fowler breaks the clinch.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fowler lands a jab.
Fowler gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gonzalez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fowler prevents it.
A body shot lands from Fowler.
Isaiah Fowler seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fowler.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fowler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fowler lands an uppercut.
Fowler lands with a left to the head.
Fowler lands with a short shot to the head.
Fowler comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fowler lands a hook that snaps the head of Gonzalez backwards.
Gonzalez is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fowler gets through Gonzalez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Gonzalez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fowler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fowler blocks a head kick by Gonzalez.
Jab from Fowler.
Gonzalez walks straight into a right hand from Fowler - that's dropped him! Fowler jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Gonzalez from any more punishment! Gonzalez complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Isaiah Fowler!
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