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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Garrett Hemingway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dearman Poppdog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poppdog is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by LOK - Hur många grisar är vi nu?. Dearman Poppdog acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Garrett Hemingway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dearman Poppdog!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemingway throws a head kick but Poppdog moves out of range.
Hemingway tries to clinch up but Poppdog circles away and keeps his distance.
Poppdog fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hemingway tries to close the distance and clinch up but Poppdog swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hemingway looks to land a body kick but Poppdog moved away.
Hemingway tries to close the distance and clinch but Poppdog swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poppdog looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hemingway is fending him off so far but Poppdog persists. Nope, Hemingway circles away and we're back to standing.
Poppdog fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Garrett Hemingway has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dearman Poppdog.
Poppdog circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hemingway tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Poppdog paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Poppdog keeps the fight on the outside.
Poppdog shoots for a takedown but Hemingway saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hemingway circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hemingway tries to clinch
and Poppdog counters with a nice body kick.
Poppdog throws a looping overhand right but Hemingway ducks down to avoid it.
Hemingway throws the kick towards the body but Poppdog avoids it.
Poppdog gets a takedown into half guard.
Hemingway on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hemingway tries to get out of the position.
Poppdog prevents Hemingway from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemingway is looking to control Poppdog's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hemingway avoid being mounted?
Hemingway regains full guard. Nicely done.
Poppdog tries to stand but Hemingway is controlling from the bottom.
Hemingway manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Poppdog tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Poppdog wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hemingway.
Poppdog is squirming around, avoiding Hemingway's attempts to control the action.
Hemingway landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemingway working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Poppdog wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hemingway.
Hemingway knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Poppdog on the ground.
Poppdog is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hemingway misses with a head shot.
Poppdog regains half guard.
Poppdog looks gassed!
Poppdog makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Poppdog.
Hemingway trying to control but Poppdog is working from the bottom.
Hemingway thows a big elbow that misses.
Hemingway trying to control the position from guard on top but Poppdog is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Poppdog is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemingway postures up in Poppdog's guard and throws a big left but Poppdog blocks it.
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.
Hemingway stands and throws Poppdog's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hemingway scores with a couple of short elbows.
An elbow from Hemingway crashes against the mat.
Poppdog is trying to get back to half guard.
Hemingway decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Hemingway tries to clinch
and Poppdog counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hemingway won't be happy with that.
Hemingway is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Poppdog's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hemingway slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Poppdog stands up and waves to Hemingway to follow him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poppdog changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hemingway looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
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!
Poppdog moves into full mount!
Poppdog postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hemingway looks a forlorn figure.
Poppdog lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Poppdog lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hemingway hang on?
Poppdog looking to control but Hemingway is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hemingway is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poppdog sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dearman Poppdog dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Poppdog fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Garrett Hemingway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hemingway tries to clinch but Poppdog is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Poppdog fails with a takedown attempt.
Poppdog will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garrett Hemingway has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dearman Poppdog.
Poppdog moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Hemingway throws an elbow but misses.
Poppdog misses with a knee strike.
Poppdog wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poppdog takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hemingway just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poppdog's brow.
Hemingway tries a knee to the head but Poppdog blocks it.
Hemingway lands a nice elbow.
Poppdog is breathing heavily.
Hemingway prevents Poppdog from breaking the clinch.
Hemingway misses with an elbow over the top.
Hemingway looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poppdog dodges an elbow strike from Hemingway.
Hemingway lands an elbow that stopped Poppdog in his tracks for a moment.
Hemingway prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemingway tries to land a knee to the head but Poppdog blocks with his arms.
Hemingway tries to land knees in the clinch but Poppdog avoids the damage to the body.
Hemingway misses with an elbow strike.
Poppdog drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hemingway throws an elbow but it misses.
Hemingway lands a damaging elbow.
Poppdog blocks an elbow strike from Hemingway.
Hemingway using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Poppdog takes an elbow to the forehead.
Poppdog is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hemingway pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Poppdog managing to block the knees to the body from Hemingway.
Hemingway keeps control of Poppdog as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Poppdog blocks an elbow strike.
Poppdog drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hemingway trying to land knees to the body.
Poppdog looking for a takedown.
Poppdog dodges an elbow strike from Hemingway.
Poppdog breaks the clinch.
Poppdog circles away from the clinch attempt
and Poppdog counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hemingway won't be happy with that.
Poppdog working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemingway manages to work his way to half guard, despite Poppdog's best efforts.
Hemingway works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hemingway not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Poppdog preventing the sweep.
Hemingway lands a decent shot there.
Hemingway trying to control the position.
Poppdog throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hemingway works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hemingway looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hemingway looks to clinch
and Poppdog counters with a shoot takedown. Hemingway fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hemingway is looking to sweep but instead, Poppdog has passed into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemingway is trying to get back to full guard.
Hemingway trying to control from the bottom.
Hemingway wants to get back to full guard but Poppdog has passed into side control.
Poppdog tries to control but Hemingway wriggling away.
Hemingway working to try and regain half guard.
Hemingway swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Poppdog working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hemingway can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Poppdog content just to control the position here.
Hemingway is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poppdog wants to control the pace but Hemingway is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Poppdog landing punches.
Poppdog lands a big elbow.
Hemingway is trying to escape the mount.
Poppdog with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poppdog is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hemingway is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dearman Poppdog 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 hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Poppdog looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hemingway!
Hemingway is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poppdog fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Poppdog prevents Hemingway from getting the reversal.
Hemingway is in a horrible position here. Poppdog smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Poppdog landing strikes, looking to finish!
Poppdog looking to control and managing it successfully.
Poppdog landing shots from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poppdog takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hemingway keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Poppdog working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hemingway is squirming around, avoiding Poppdog's attempts to control the action.
Hemingway is working to get back to half guard.
Poppdog landing strikes from the mount and Hemingway is in trouble!
Hemingway can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee warns Hemingway that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Poppdog lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hemingway hang on?
Poppdog lands a big shot there that rocks Hemingway but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Poppdog tries to control but Hemingway wriggling away.
Hemingway is working to get back to half guard.
Hemingway wants to hold on but Poppdog pushes him away.
Hemingway is trying to escape the mount.
Poppdog is landing with some decent strikes but Hemingway is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hemingway is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemingway is working hard here to advance position.
Poppdog trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hemingway is working to get back to half guard.
Hemingway sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hemingway is pressing down on Poppdog's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hemingway has control of Poppdog's left arm, preventing Poppdog from doing any damage.
Poppdog postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hemingway is looking to sweep but instead, Poppdog has passed into half guard.
Poppdog wants to take a breather but Hemingway is having none of it.
Hemingway slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dearman Poppdog has got the better of the ground game so far.
Poppdog cracks Hemingway with a solid left hand.
Poppdog has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Poppdog advances to half guard.
Poppdog decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Poppdog closes the distance and clinches up with Hemingway, looking for a takedown. Poppdog pushes Hemingway against the ropes but Hemingway circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Garrett Hemingway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hemingway wants to clinch but Poppdog slips to the side
and Poppdog counters with a nice double leg into guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dearman Poppdog comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Poppdog winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dearman Poppdog!
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