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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Backman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angel Aracelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aracelis has chosen God's Gonna Cut You Down as his entrance music. Angel Aracelis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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190 cm
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220 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Backman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Angel Aracelis!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aracelis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aracelis tries to clinch up but Backman circles away and keeps his distance.
Aracelis tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Backman counters with a stiff right hand.
Backman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aracelis circles away quickly and effectively.
Backman throws a right hand that Aracelis ducks under and follows up with a left that Aracelis also avoids with ease.
Aracelis wants to clinch up but Backman keeps it at a distance.
Aracelis is looking to clinch but Backman is avoiding it.
Aracelis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aracelis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Backman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aracelis moves in looking to clinch but Backman pushes him off.
Backman scores with a body shot.
Aracelis closes the distance but Backman moves to the side
and Backman counters with a straight right hand.
Backman works Aracelis's body with a nice hook.
Backman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aracelis tries to close the distance and clinch but Backman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aracelis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Backman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aracelis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Angel Aracelis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Backman looks to score with a jab to the body but Aracelis is just out of range.
Aracelis wants to clinch.
Aracelis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Ben Backman has been cut.
Aracelis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Backman keeps the fight on the outside.
Aracelis throws a nice looking combination but Backman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Backman.
Backman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Backman lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aracelis tries to clinch there but Backman circles away.
Backman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Aracelis closes the distance but Backman moves to the side
letting Backman counter with a right hand.
Backman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Aracelis slips a jab and a cross from Backman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Backman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Backman connects with a body shot that sends Aracelis's belly button to the back.
Aracelis wants to clinch up but Backman keeps it at a distance.
Aracelis doesn't manage to clinch there - Backman circles away.
Aracelis tries to clinch up
and Backman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aracelis thinking.
Aracelis tries to clinch up but Backman circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice cross by Aracelis.
Aracelis moves forwards but Backman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aracelis wants to clinch up but Backman keeps it at a distance.
Backman throws a series of punches but Aracelis avoids them all with ease.
Aracelis wants to clinch but Backman slips to the side
and Backman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aracelis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Backman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Backman throws a nice looking combination but Aracelis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Backman lands with a hook. Aracelis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Backman swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Backman misses with a looping left.
Backman tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab from Backman.
Aracelis scores with a push kick.
Aracelis tries to clinch but Backman moves out of range.
Aracelis wants to clinch.
Aracelis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Backman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aracelis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aracelis is looking to clinch but Backman is avoiding it.
Aracelis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Aracelis dodges the punch combination from Backman.
Aracelis doesn't manage to clinch there - Backman circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Backman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Backman throws a looping overhand right but Aracelis ducks down to avoid it.
Aracelis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Backman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Backman circles away from the clinch attempt
and Backman counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aracelis is looking to clinch but Backman is avoiding it.
Aracelis misses with a double jab.
Backman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Backman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aracelis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Aracelis tries to clinch but Backman is having none of it.
Aracelis instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aracelis can't break the clinch.
Backman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Aracelis prevents it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
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 Ben Backman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ben Backman's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Aracelis ducks under a wild hook from Backman.
Backman scores with a hook to the body. Aracelis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Backman throws a series of punches but Aracelis avoids them all with ease.
Aracelis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Backman lands with an overhand left.
Backman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ben Backman is winning the standup battle so far.
Aracelis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aracelis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Backman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Aracelis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Backman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Backman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aracelis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Backman thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Aracelis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aracelis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Backman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aracelis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Aracelis slips a jab from Backman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Backman scores with a jab to the head.
Backman loads up on a big right hand but Aracelis slips the punch.
Aracelis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Backman throws a nice looking combination but Aracelis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Backman circles away from the clinch attempt
and Backman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aracelis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Backman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aracelis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Backman.
Aracelis throws a poor cross that misses
and Backman counters with a nice body shot.
Aracelis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Backman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aracelis doesn't manage to clinch there - Backman circles away.
Ben Backman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aracelis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Backman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Backman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Backman scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aracelis tries to close the distance and clinch but Backman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Backman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aracelis looks to clinch
and Backman counters with a stiff right hand.
Aracelis moves into the clinch.
Aracelis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aracelis working Backman over with knees to the body.
Aracelis throws an elbow but it misses.
Backman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Backman takes a shot to the head.
Aracelis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Backmans head.
Backman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aracelis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aracelis looking to throw knees to the head but Backman is blocking nicely.
Aracelis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aracelis is trying to force a seperation but Backman has the dominant position.
Aracelis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aracelis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aracelis tries to clinch but Backman is having none of it.
Aracelis closes the distance but Backman moves to the side
and Backman counters with a stiff right hand.
Aracelis shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Backman cracks Aracelis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Aracelis needs to keep his hands up - Backman had a free shot at his head there.
Aracelis moves in looking to clinch but Backman pushes him off.
Backman throws a jab when Aracelis was well out of range.
Backman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aracelis.
Aracelis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Backman connects with the punch.
Aracelis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Backman clobbers Aracelis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aracelis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Backman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aracelis slips a jab and a cross from Backman.
Aracelis tries to clinch but Backman moves out of range.
Aracelis wants to clinch.
Backman's corner calls for a 1-2. Backman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Aracelis tries to clinch there but Backman circles away.
Backman throws a lazy right hand but Aracelis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aracelis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Backman lands a left and a right that send Aracelis crashing to the mat, dazed. Backman thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Aracelis is rocked!
Aracelis darts in trying to clinch
and Backman counters with a crisp right that sends Aracelis to the canvas! Backman follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Backman!
Ben Backman 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
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hype
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pop
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