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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rusty Helber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Summers comes to the cage accompanied by Meatloaf: In The Land Of The Pigs. Helber comes into a darkened arena with his song building. War is coming kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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178 cm
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171 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
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174 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dylan Summers! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rusty Helber! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Summers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Helber manages to avoid it. Summers drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Summers wants to pass the guard but Helber is keeping the position. Helber had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Summers defends it easily. Summers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Helber preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Helber looking to control.
Helber might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Summers kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time. Summers throwing strikes but missing. Helber trying to keep a closed guard but Summers is proving a slippery customer.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Rusty Helber. Summers works over Helber's head and body with a nice combination. Summers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Helber manages to avoid it. Helber misses with a body shot.
Helber sizes up Summers with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round. Helber displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Summers. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Summers. Helber swings for the body but Summers moves out of range.
Helber stuffs the takedown attempt from Summers. Summers gets slowly back to his feet. Summers gets a double leg takedown into Helber's guard. Summers avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Summers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Summers 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. Helber has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Summers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Helber is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Summers stands up over Helber, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Summers lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Summers advances position into side control! Helber is looking to regain half guard here but Summers keeps moving and retains side control. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Helber manages to get back to half guard. Summers not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Helber misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Helber trying to control but Summers postures up.
Helber preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Rusty Helber has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet. Nice defenses there by Summers. Summers shoots for a takedown but Helber saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dylan Summers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Summers closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Summers thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Helber wants to get back to his feet.
Helber tries to roll over but Summers keeps him under control. Summers scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Summers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Helber taking some punishment here, with Summers in his half guard. Summers prevents Helber from improving his position. Summers content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. Summers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Helber keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Summers trying to pass the guard but Helber defending well. Helber tries to kick Summers off but Summers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. Helber is looking to control Summers's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Helber avoid being mounted? Summers scoring with strikes to the body and head. Summers with the ground and pound but Helber uses the opportunity to regain guard. Summers throwing strikes from guard but Helber blocks nicely. Summers stands and throws Helber's legs to the side, diving into side control. Helber is trying to get back to half guard. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Summers creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Summers throws a strike aimed at the side of Helber's head but Helber avoids it well. Helber can't do much from the bottom here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dylan Summers dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Summers drives through with a takedown into Helber's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Helber trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! Helber escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Summers gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Helber preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Helber looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Summers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Summers looking to sit in guard and control but Helber gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Summers pulls Helber in close to prevent any damage. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Helber distracts Summers with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Helber won't allow Summers to sweep him here. Summers manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's one minute gone in the round. Summers lands with some strikes. Helber wants to control but Summers is having none of it. Summers with the ground and pound from mount. Helber is working to get back to half guard.
Helber tries to lock up and control but Summers gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Summers with good strikes from the mount here! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Summers wants to control the pace but Helber is squirming around nicely. Summers lands a big shot there that rocks Helber but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Helber is rocked! Summers lands a big shot to the head and Helber winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Dylan Summers! After the fight, Dylan Summers was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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