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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Willians Trautman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph O Briar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trautman comes to the ring accompanied by Bolt Thrower - No guts, no glory. O Briar has chosen The Boys of the Old Brigade as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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168 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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176 cm
25
168 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Willians Trautman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph O Briar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trautman lands a body shot.
O Briar tries to keep at a distance but Trautman has taken the fight into the clinch.
O Briar has Trautman pushed against the ropes.
Trautman has O Briar pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Trautman pulls back from the ropes and twists to the side, sending O Briar tumbling to the mat - Trautman dives into O Briar's guard.
O Briar keeping moving, preventing Trautman from controlling successfully.
Trautman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
O Briar wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Trautman trying to control the position from guard on top but O Briar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Trautman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trautman has gone for a leg lock! O Briar slips out almost immediately though and dives into Trautman's guard.
Trautman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
O Briar tries to stand but Trautman is controlling from the bottom.
Trautman 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.
O Briar wants to control from the top but Trautman keeps moving.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
O Briar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
O Briar wants to control from the top but Trautman keeps moving.
Trautman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Trautman checks the leg kick.
O Briar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trautman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
O Briar leaves Trautman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Trautman decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Trautman is sneakily working for an arm triangle but O Briar sees it coming and defends easily.
Trautman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and O Briar defends it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Briar looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trautman is working for a submission of some sort.
O Briar trying to control here.
O Briar is staying active underneath Trautman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Trautman wants to stand up but O Briar has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Trautman is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trautman is looking to take a break and control but O Briar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
O Briar trying to control from the bottom.
Trautman is working for a submission of some sort.
O Briar is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willians Trautman dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Trautman stuffs the takedown.
Trautman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as O Briar sprawls well. O Briar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Trautman gets slowly back to his feet.
Trautman tries to clinch up but O Briar circles away and keeps his distance.
Trautman gets a double leg takedown into O Briar's guard.
O Briar trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
O Briar wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Trautman manages to pass to side control.
Trautman is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so O Briar is just riding it out for now. Trautman eventually gives up the hold.
Trautman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Briar is not content to let Trautman control the position.
Trautman has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, O Briar works to full guard.
Trautman trying to control but O Briar is working from the bottom.
O Briar wants to sweep here but Trautman controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trautman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
O Briar is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Trautman wanted to stand there but O Briar had control of the position.
O Briar throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Trautman looking to sit in guard and control but O Briar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
O Briar trying to control the position from guard on top but Trautman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trautman looking to hit a scissor sweep but O Briar is one step ahead there.
O Briar trying to control the position from guard on top but Trautman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trautman had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. O Briar defends it easily.
Trautman keeping moving, preventing O Briar from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trautman looking for a guillotine here but O Briar defends easily.
Trautman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Trautman is looking for a triangle but O Briar pushes his legs off easily.
O Briar scoring with some ground and pound.
Trautman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willians Trautman dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Trautman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trautman shoots for a double leg takedown but O Briar sprawls well. He's pushed Trautman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Trautman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and O Briar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trautman tries to clinch there but O Briar circles away.
O Briar fails to land the takedown.
Trautman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trautman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Briar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
O Briar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Trautman.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trautman throws a left and a right that both miss
and O Briar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Briar throws a body kick that misses.
O Briar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trautman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willians Trautman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trautman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sloppy strikes from O Briar. Those never looked like landing.
O Briar instigates a clinch.
Trautman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
O Briar pulls guard successfully.
Trautman throws an elbow that misses. O Briar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Trautman's guard. Nice move by O Briar!
O Briar trying to control but Trautman is working from the bottom.
O Briar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trautman working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. O Briar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. O Briar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
O Briar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
O Briar trying to control the position from guard on top but Trautman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Willians Trautman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Briar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trautman is keeping the position for now.
Trautman is trying to control the position but O Briar postures up.
O Briar content to stall in guard here.
O Briar looking to pass the guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Trautman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Briar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Trautman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
O Briar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Trautman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Trautman keeping moving, preventing O Briar from controlling successfully.
Trautman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
O Briar trying to control the position from guard on top but Trautman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph O Briar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Trautman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willians Trautman!
Willians Trautman decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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