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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Bowens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxwell Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Bowens has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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145 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Bowens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maxwell Green!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Green connects with a right hand. Bowens shakes it off.
Green fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bowens gets tackled into the ropes by Green. Green maintains the clinch.
Green wants to get back to striking at distance but Bowens won't allow it.
Green tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Green lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Green wants to get back to striking at distance but Bowens won't allow it.
Bowens has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Green uses from the top position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bowens uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Green will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Green looks to clinch
and Bowens counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Green with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bowens breaks the clinch.
Green doesn't manage to clinch there - Bowens circles away.
Green tries to clinch
and Bowens counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bowens sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Green is wriggling around but Bowens manages to pass to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowens has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We're going to have a standup here because James Bowens wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Green tries to clinch up.
Green wants to clinch up but Bowens keeps it at a distance.
Bowens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Green is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Green fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bowens swats away the attempt to clinch by Green.
Green throws a body punch but Bowens moves out of range.
Bowens throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Green tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bowens is in Green's guard.
Bowens throwing strikes but missing.
Bowens controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowens throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Green pushes Bowens off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Bowens misses with a takedown attempt - Green sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Green misses with a few strikes there.
Green throws a series of punches but Bowens avoids them all with ease.
Bowens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Green tries to keep at a distance but Bowens has taken the fight into the clinch.
Green throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bowens blocks it with crossed arms.
Bowens lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowens working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bowens is struggling to control the position.
Green is looking to break free of the clinch but Bowens has double underhooks.
Bowens keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Green's efforts to push away.
Bowens really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bowens misses with an elbow over the top.
Bowens has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Green after a bit of a struggle.
Green breaks from the clinch.
Green gets caught napping as Bowens dives in and scores a takedown. Green manages to retain guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowens scoring with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bowens controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Bowens dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Green avoids the body shot from Bowens.
Bowens shoots in looking for a takedown but Green manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bowens's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Green swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Green.
Green tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Bowens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bowens throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Green's waist but Green gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bowens off to one side.
Bowens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Green.
Bowens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Green.
Green looks to score with a jab to the body but Bowens is just out of range.
Green tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Green avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bowens looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Bowens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowens tries to clinch but Green moves out of range.
Bowens fails with a takedown attempt.
Maxwell Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Green, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bowens shoots in for a takedown but Green shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Green connects with a crisp jab.
Green throws a right hand that Bowens ducks under and follows up with a left that Bowens also avoids with ease.
Green closes the distance and clinches.
Green gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bowens.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bowens looking to stall.
Green wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bowens pushes Green up against the ropes in a clinch.
Green manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Green looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Green throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bowens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Green pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Green with a hook.
Green throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bowens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Green throws a right and a left that Bowens avoids nicely.
Maxwell Green seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Green throws a hook but Bowens blocks it.
Green tries to close the distance and clinch but Bowens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Green misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowens dives in and grabs Green's left leg, looking for a takedown. Green pushes down on Bowens's head and hops out.
Bowens looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Green!
Bowens landing punches.
Bowens landing strikes from the mount and Green is in trouble!
The referee warns Green that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bowens controlling the pace for now.
Green squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowens looking to control but Green is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bowens with good strikes from the mount here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Green trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bowens looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bowens has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that James Bowens will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Bowens looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Green!
Bowens trying to control but Green is having none of it.
Bowens has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Green's face.
Green is squirming around, avoiding Bowens's attempts to control the action.
Bowens lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowens pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bowens controlling his opponent.
Green wants to get back to his feet.
Bowens takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Green is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowens scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Green?
Bowens working the ground and pound effectively.
Bowens working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bowens wants to control but instead Green manages to regain half guard.
Bowens looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowens wants to take a breather but Green is having none of it.
Bowens trying to control from Green's half guard. Green has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Bowens won't allow Green to get back to his feet.
Green takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bowens slips nicely into half guard.
Bowens working over Green with some ground and pound. Green looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowens sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bowens wants to control but Green is keeping him busy.
Bowens lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bowens is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowens sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Green defending well though.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Bowens showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bowens, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Bowens!
After the fight, James Bowens was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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