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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Troy Naylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Dwan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Troy Naylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Dwan!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dwan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Naylor is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Naylor tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dwan laying and praying for a moment but Naylor takes advantage and regains half guard.
Naylor tries to kick Dwan off but Dwan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Naylor wants to improve his position but Dwan is controlling well.
Dwan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Naylor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dwan is working away from the top position though.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Naylor scores with a sloppy right hand. Dwan should have avoided that one.
Naylor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Dwan looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dwan looking for submissions off his back.
Dwan wants to control but Naylor is keeping busy.
Dwan gets back to full guard.
Naylor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Naylor wants to stand but Dwan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Naylor thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dwan had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Naylor is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Dwan Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Naylor's back instead.
Dwan is persistently looking for the submission but Naylor is defending it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naylor wants to control his opponent's hands but Dwan gets his hands free.
Naylor tries to roll but Dwan sticks to his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dwan working for a choke but Naylor is defending well.
Dwan is looking for the choke from the back position but Naylor is controlling his hands well.
Dwan looks gassed!
Naylor preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Dwan.
Dwan avoiding Naylor 's attempts to control his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dwan lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Naylor hold on?!
Naylor rolls, trying to escape but Dwan keeps control of the position.
Naylor trying to control but not successfully.
Naylor is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Dwan missing with punches from the back.
Dwan is persistently looking for the submission but Naylor is defending it well.
Naylor tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dwan controlling the pace for now.
Dwan landing punches.
Dwan tries to control but Naylor wriggling away.
Naylor is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dwan wants to finish this one by submission but Naylor is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dwan.
Dwan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dwan has control of Naylor's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Naylor regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dwan wants to control the pace but Naylor is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Dwan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Naylor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dwan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Naylor is not content to let Dwan control the position.
Naylor is trying to stand up here but Dwan is controlling him well.
Dwan trying to pass the guard but Naylor defending well.
Dwan moves nicely into side control.
Dwan tries for a kimura but Naylor is defending well.
Naylor is trying to control Dwan's posture but Dwan avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dwan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Naylor could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dwan working away.
Dwan advances to full mount.
Naylor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Naylor is working hard here to advance position.
Naylor tries to hold on but Dwan postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dwan is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Naylor is surviving well by controlling Dwan's body position as best he can.
Poor strikes thrown by Dwan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dwan is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Dwan extends the arm and Naylor is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tom Dwan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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