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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pete Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Rice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Pete Mitchell has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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178 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pete Mitchell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenneth Rice!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitchell misses with a double jab.
Rice shoots in and drives through. Mitchell sprawls well.
Rice will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rice avoids the head kick by Mitchell.
Rice gets the takedown into side control.
Mitchell tries to improve position but can't.
Rice lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mitchell takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Rice scores with punches from side control.
Mitchell is looking to reverse the position.
Rice wants to control but Mitchell is keeping him busy.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mitchell is pushing Rice's head away, looking to escape. Rice manages to hold on to the position though.
Mitchell seems a little lost for a moment, as Rice dominates the positioning.
Rice working away.
Mitchell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rice wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rice has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mitchell struggling a bit here.
Rice lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rice slows the pace down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mitchell is trying to improve his position.
Mitchell taking a bit of punishment here - Rice scoring with strikes.
Mitchell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rice on the ground.
Mitchell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
You can see the frustration on Mitchell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rice takes a little break here. Mitchell wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Rice working the ground and pound.
Mitchell takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Rice controls the position from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rice's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rice is working Mitchell over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rice cracks Mitchell with an elbow. That is naaassty.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Mitchell gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rice is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rice works his foot free and advances to mount.
Rice connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rice is landing with some decent strikes but Mitchell is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rice connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rice cracks Mitchell with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell is trying desperately to improve position.
Mitchell is breathing heavily.
Rice landing punches.
Mitchell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rice with the ground and pound from mount.
Mitchell is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mitchell is in a horrible position here. Rice smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rice working the ground and pound effectively.
Rice has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mitchell's face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rice lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mitchell is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rice landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rice raining down shots from the mount!
Mitchell is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rice scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Mitchell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rice lands with some strikes.
Rice with the ground and pound from mount.
Rice lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mitchell hang on?
Rice looking to finish Mitchell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mitchell!
Rice dominating with strikes here.
Rice unloading with bombs!
Rice looking to finish Mitchell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mitchell!
Rice landing strikes from the mount and Mitchell is in trouble!
Rice blocks Mitchell's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rice unloading with bombs!
Rice postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mitchell looks a forlorn figure.
Rice takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rice fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rice with shots to the head and body - Mitchell looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenneth Rice dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rice closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mitchell seems to have got his legs back now.
Mitchell striking from half guard on the bottom.
Rice landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mitchell slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rice distracts Mitchell with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rice trying to control the position from guard on top but Mitchell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rice has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rice engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Rice throws a big right hand that misses.
Mitchell looking for a sweep. Not yet Mitchell, not yet.
Rice trying to control but Mitchell is working from the bottom.
Mitchell looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mitchell wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell keeping moving, preventing Rice from controlling successfully.
Kenneth Rice has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rice postures up and lands a big shot to Mitchell's brow.
Rice chips away with some ground and pound.
Rice distracts Mitchell with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rice connects with a couple of short punches.
Rice postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rice lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rice won't allow Mitchell to sweep him here.
Mitchell throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rice is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rice lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rice trying to control the position from guard on top but Mitchell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rice lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rice postures up and lands a big shot to Mitchell's brow.
Rice landing with the ground and pound.
Rice looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rice pushing down on Mitchell's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rice passes the guard and advances to mount!
Mitchell wants to hold on but Rice pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rice tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rice breaks from Mitchell's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rice landing punches.
Mitchell is in a horrible position here. Rice smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rice lands a big shot there that rocks Mitchell but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rice scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mitchell?
Mitchell can't escape the position.
Rice landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rice postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mitchell looks a forlorn figure.
Rice controlling the position easily from mount.
Rice postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mitchell looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rice tries to control but Mitchell wriggling away.
Mitchell working to try and regain half guard.
Rice fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mitchell is looking to improve his position but Rice isn't that keen on the idea.
Rice trying to control but Mitchell is having none of it.
Rice lands with some strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rice lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mitchell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rice landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenneth Rice showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mitchell leaves Rice with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mitchell is looking to clinch.
Mitchell fails with the takedown.
Mitchell tries to clinch there but Rice circles away.
Rice fails with the takedown.
Rice closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mitchell did well to prevent Rice getting side control.
Rice slips a nice elbow through Mitchell's hands, connecting with Mitchell's forehead.
Rice with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rice passes to side control.
Check out the look on Rice's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rice has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Mitchell!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rice landing punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rice landing strikes from the mount.
Mitchell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mitchell's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Rice landing strikes from the mount and Mitchell is in trouble!
Rice cracks Mitchell with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mitchell is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rice scoring with strikes but Mitchell is staying in there.
Mitchell taking shots to the head.
Rice postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mitchell looks a forlorn figure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rice is landing with some decent strikes but Mitchell is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
BOOM! Rice connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rice with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rice lands a nice shot to the head.
Rice landing shots from mount.
Rice landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mitchell taking shots to the head.
Rice working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mitchell is bucking up trying to escape but Rice cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rice loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Mitchell scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Rice land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Rice stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenneth Rice!
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energy
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hype
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