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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Noah Walburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Defying Gravity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walburn comes to the cage accompanied by Flirting with Disaster. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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165 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class boxer
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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
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Noah Walburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Defying Gravity!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walburn digs a good hook to Gravity's body.
Gravity throws a body punch but Walburn moves out of range.
Walburn wants to clinch
enabling Gravity to counter with a crisp jab.
Gravity connects with a right hand. Walburn shakes it off.
Defying Gravity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Walburn misses
and Gravity counters with a nice body shot.
No joy there for Gravity, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walburn tries to clinch
and Gravity counters with a right hand to the body.
Walburn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gravity pushes Walburn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walburn trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gravity.
Gravity on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gravity tries a body shot but Walburn blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gravity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gravity looking to slow down the pace here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravity is pushing Walburn up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Walburn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gravity fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Gravity fails to land.
Walburn misses with a punch to the body.
Gravity managing to block the knees to the body from Walburn.
Walburn lands an elbow inside that Gravity shrugs off.
Walburn missing with knees to the body.
Walburn tries to land knees in the clinch but Gravity avoids the damage to the body.
Walburn lands a body punch.
Walburn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gravity tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walburn scores with a shoulder strike.
Walburn lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walburn avoiding damage as Gravity throws knees to the body.
Gravity tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walburn misses with a body punch.
Walburn cracks Gravity with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravity has Walburn pressed against the cage.
Walburn blocking some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gravity.
Walburn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gravity up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gravity - that landed with a thud.
Gravity can't find room to land a body shot as Walburn controls the action.
Walburn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gravity wants to stall.
Gravity tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walburn's elbow.
Gravity lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravity is looking to control Walburn's arms but Walburn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gravity has his back to the cage.
A short right from Gravity.
Walburn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gravity lands a nice uppercut.
Gravity blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gravity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gravity misses with the head strike.
Gravity misses with a body punch.
Walburn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walburn lands a nice shot to the body.
Walburn lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Gravity scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gravity's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gravity lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Gravity.
Gravity misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity taking a breather.
Gravity working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Walburn tries a body shot but Gravity blocks it.
Gravity is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Walburn is keeping busy.
Gravity stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Defying Gravity.
Walburn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walburn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walburn is looking to control Gravity's arms but Gravity gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walburn has his back to the cage.
Gravity lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walburn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Defying Gravity dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Walburn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Walburn wants to clinch
and Gravity counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab lands there for Gravity.
Gravity throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Walburn on the side of the head.
A head kick from Gravity lands but Walburn takes it in his stride.
Noah Walburn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gravity lands a jab to the head.
Gravity uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walburn.
Gravity scores with a jab to the body.
Gravity circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gravity swats away the attempt to clinch by Walburn.
Walburn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravity. Walburn does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walburn tries to clinch but Gravity is having none of it.
Gravity scores with a hook to the body. Walburn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gravity keeps the fight on the outside.
Gravity swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walburn is looking to clinch but Gravity is avoiding it.
Gravity swats away the attempt to clinch by Walburn.
Walburn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Walburn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Walburn needs to keep his hands up - Gravity had a free shot at his head there.
A big left from Gravity misses.
A cross from Walburn lands.
Walburn wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Gravity finds it's target.
Gravity lands with a nice body punch.
Jab by Gravity.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walburn slips under a jab from Gravity.
Gravity just misses with a punch to the body.
Gravity throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walburn.
Walburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gravity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walburn was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravity.
Gravity lands a jab to Walburn's midsection.
Gravity moves out of range of the body kick.
Walburn tries to clinch
and Gravity counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravity looks to land a combination but Walburn avoids it well.
Gravity uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gravity is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walburn.
Walburn defending well as Gravity loads up on a big left hand.
Walburn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gravity.
Gravity swinging wildly here.
Walburn tries to close the distance and clinch but Gravity swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walburn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gravity manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walburn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Walburn moves out of range as Gravity strikes.
Gravity lands a head kick. Walburn smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Walburn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gravity.
Gravity tries to keep at a distance but Walburn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gravity is looking to control Walburn's arms but Walburn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gravity has his back to the cage.
Walburn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walburn wants to stall.
Gravity blocks a body shot from Walburn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravity taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walburn.
Gravity throws a head punch that misses.
Gravity lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gravity is trying to maintain a safe position but Walburn gets an underhook and turns Gravity into the cage.
Gravity misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Defying Gravity showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Walburn misses with a straight right.
Walburn tries to clinch but Gravity moves out of range.
Gravity scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Walburn tries to clinch there but Gravity circles away.
Gravity throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walburn avoids the body shot from Gravity.
Gravity has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Walburn.
Walburn ducks under a wild hook from Gravity.
Walburn misses with a series of wild punches.
Gravity throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Walburn throws a leg kick but Gravity sees it coming and moves out of range.
Walburn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gravity.
Gravity throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Walburn on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walburn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walburn misses with a hook to the body
and Gravity cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gravity avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gravity throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walburn.
Walburn misses with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walburn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walburn tries to clinch but Gravity moves out of range.
Walburn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Walburn rushes Gravity and presses him up against the cage.
Walburn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravity's elbow.
Gravity lands with a left to the head.
Noah Walburn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Defying Gravity is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walburn lands with a short shot to the head.
Gravity effectively controlling the action here.
Walburn blocks an uppercut.
Gravity blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gravity is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Walburn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Defying Gravity seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gravity throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gravity prevents a body shot from Walburn.
Walburn avoiding damage.
Gravity has Walburn pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walburn misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Gravity.
Gravity blocks a body shot from Walburn.
Gravity stalling in the clinch.
Gravity on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walburn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walburn tries a body shot but Gravity blocks it.
Gravity working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walburn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gravity lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity digs a right hand into Walburn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walburn's gas tank.
Walburn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gravity is defending well for now.
Walburn throws a punch but it's blocked by Gravity.
Walburn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
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!
Gravity tries to work over Walburn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gravity trying to control the position but instead, Walburn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gravity into the cage.
Walburn tries to work over Gravity's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walburn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walburn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walburn trying to land knees to the body.
Walburn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gravity lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Noah Walburn.
Well Gravity has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Defying Gravity!
Post fight, Defying Gravity took to the microphone: 'Just want to tell everyone, that Im going to take off, the past is the past, but I am a bad son of a bitch and you will all find out.'.
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