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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mason Capwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Capwell comes to the cage accompanied by The Haunted - 99. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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217 lbs
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186 cm
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224 lbs
18 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mason Capwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Norton!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Norton.
Norton misses with a kick to the body.
Norton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Capwell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Norton tries to close the distance and clinch but Capwell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Capwell rushes Norton and presses him up against the cage.
Norton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Capwell stalling in the clinch.
Norton lands a knee to the body.
Norton lands a nice uppercut.
Capwell taking a breather.
Norton throws an elbow that misses.
Capwell tries to work over Norton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Norton is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Norton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Norton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Norton is working Capwell over against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Norton.
Norton lands a right hand.
Norton can't find room to land a body shot as Capwell controls the action.
Norton blocks a body shot from Capwell.
Norton prevents Capwell from breaking the clinch.
Capwell prevents a body shot from Norton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norton.
Norton lands a damaging elbow.
Norton misses with a body punch.
Norton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Capwell has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Norton regains guard immediately.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Norton managing to control the position.
Norton looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capwell wants to control from the top but Norton keeps moving.
Capwell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Norton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Capwell is one step ahead there.
Capwell lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norton seems keen to control Capwell's posture.
Capwell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Norton keeping moving, preventing Capwell from controlling successfully.
Capwell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Capwell preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Norton is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Norton is trying to keep Capwell in close.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Taylor Norton hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Norton tries a head kick but it misses.
Capwell throws a jab when Norton was well out of range.
Capwell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Capwell instigates a clinch.
Capwell lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Norton.
Capwell tries a body shot but Norton blocks it.
Capwell swings wildly with an uppercut but Norton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Capwell holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Capwell goes for a takedown in the clinch but Norton prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Norton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norton lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Mason Capwell has been cut.
Capwell has Norton pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Capwell pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Norton tumbling to the mat - Capwell dives into Norton's guard.
Capwell trying to control the position from guard on top but Norton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capwell looking to sit in guard and control but Norton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Capwell is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Taylor Norton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mason Capwell's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Capwell scores with a jab. Norton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Capwell shoots in for a takedown but Norton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Capwell swings for the body but Norton moves out of range.
Capwell walks into a stiff left hand from Norton.
Capwell shoots in for a takedown but Norton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Norton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Capwell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Norton counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Capwell drives through and clinches with Norton against the cage.
Norton lands an uppercut.
Norton tries a body shot but Capwell blocks it.
Norton is working Capwell over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norton turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Norton takes a little break here. Capwell wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capwell is not content to let Norton control the position.
Capwell can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norton misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Capwell is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Norton is chipping away with strikes.
Capwell avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Norton.
Norton lands some shots froms side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capwell takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Capwell gets back to half guard.
Capwell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Norton.
Norton is thwarting Capwell's attempts to control the position.
Norton is controlling the pace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norton is thwarting Capwell's attempts to control the position.
Norton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Capwell tries to get to full guard but Norton has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capwell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Norton.
Norton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Norton working over Capwell with some ground and pound. Capwell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Capwell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Capwell is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Capwell is on top in guard.
Norton lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Capwell!
Norton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton trying to control but Capwell is having none of it.
Capwell is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Norton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Capwell?
Norton with the ground and pound from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big strike lands for Norton! That's really hurt Capwell and he's turned his back - Norton keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Norton jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taylor Norton!
A relieved looking Taylor Norton thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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FIGHT
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