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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Payton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown has chosen eye of the tiger as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gary Payton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Payton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Brown!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Payton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.
Brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Payton wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown punching from mount but Payton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Brown is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brown stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Payton wants to clinch.
Payton with a lazy takedown attempt
and Brown counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Payton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Payton has his hands on Brown's head, controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown wants to control from the top but Payton keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tommy Brown was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Brown has closed the distance and engaged Payton in a clinch.
Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Payton.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Payton manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Brown stays in close to Payton's body and controls the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brown looks gassed!
Payton pulls Brown in close to his closed guard and prevents Brown from doing any damage or advancing position.
Payton is trying to keep Brown in close.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Payton is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payton passes Brown's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Brown really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Payton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Well, if Payton is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Payton wants to stand up but Brown is controlling the position.
Brown is not content to let Payton control the position.
Payton is really struggling to control Brown but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gary Payton has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Payton closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Brown quickly recovers to half guard.
Brown is staying active underneath Payton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brown won't allow Payton to pass to mount.
Brown trying to control here.
Brown trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Payton manages to pass to mount!
Payton swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gary Payton!
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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