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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Head Strong. Dawson has chosen Perfect Insanity as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawson wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young drops Dawson with a left right combo! Young follows him down to the ground into side control.
Dawson is rocked!
It looks like Richard Dawson has been cut.
Dawson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Young's best efforts.
Dawson is still in real trouble! Can Young finish him?
Dawson is looking for a sweep. Young is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Young trying to pass the guard but Dawson defending well.
Young is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Dawson seems to have recovered his senses.
Dawson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dawson throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Dawson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Dawson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Dawson.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dawson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dawson throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Dawson throws a head punch that misses.
Dawson misses with some punches.
Dawson misses with a body punch.
Young lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Dawson gets an underhook and turns Young into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Dawson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young lands an uppercut.
Dawson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Dawson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Young can't break the clinch.
Dawson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Young or not.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dawson has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Dawson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young lands a left hand.
Dawson lands a right hand.
Dawson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dawson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
Young is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Dawson.
Young is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Dawson.
Young is looking to break free of the clinch but Dawson has double underhooks.
Young fails to pull guard.
Dawson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Dawson.
Young fails to pull guard.
Dawson throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Dawson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dawson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dawson misses with some punches.
A short left from Dawson.
Dawson lands a shot to the body.
Young tries to pull guard but Dawson holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dawson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson lands with a light punch inside.
Dawson lands a right hand.
Young tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dawson smiles and moves away.
Dawson wants to clinch.
Young tries for a takedown but Dawson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dawson is looking to clinch.
Young scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dawson is trying to get back to half guard.
Young really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Young is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dawson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Young trying to control the position but Dawson is working away.
Young is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Dawson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Young tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Young has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Young tries to move to mount but Dawson blocks the move with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is working hard here to advance position.
Young wants to control but Dawson is keeping him busy.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dawson tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Young misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dawson blocks a low kick nicely.
Young shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dawson throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dawson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dawson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Young. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to pass the guard but Dawson is keeping the position.
Dawson can't keep his opponent in guard - Young advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Young wants to pass the guard but Dawson is defending well.
Dawson gets full guard.
Young slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Young tries for a kimura but Dawson is defending well.
Young wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dawson, who protects the arm well.
Young blocks the strikes from Dawson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Young has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Young works to advance to full mount. Dawson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Max Young will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Richard Dawson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dawson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Young jumps guard.
Young has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dawson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dawson with a nice head shot there.
Young looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dawson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Young looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Young looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dawson gets to his feet - Young follows without any prompting.
Young bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Dawson! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dawson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Young sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dawson's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young moves into full mount! Dawson won't be happy about that!
Dawson is breathing heavily.
Young fails to take his opponent's back.
Young has control of Dawson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Dawson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson is desperately trying to improve his position but Young has a good base and remains in mount.
Young is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Young tries to clinch up but Dawson circles away and keeps his distance.
Young tries for a takedown but Dawson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Dawson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dawson keeps the fight on the outside.
Max Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Dawson circles away.
Dawson tries to clinch but Young moves away
and Young counters with a one-two to the body.
Dawson tries to clinch up
and Young counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Young.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dawson has managed to clinch.
Young is trying to break free.
Dawson lands a body shot.
Dawson working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dawson.
Dawson has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dawson smiles and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young seems to be stalking Dawson here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Dawson drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Max Young!
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energy
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hype
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