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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Sydal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mir comes to the cage accompanied by Manowar Die For Metal. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
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279 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Sydal!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sydal throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Mir was covering up waiting for the punch and Sydal finishes the takedown easily into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sydal prevents Mir from getting back to his feet.
Sydal trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mir scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Mir gets a clinch.
Mir manages to break the clinch.
Mir throws a sloppy head kick and Sydal moves out of range easily.
Sydal slaps away a takedown attempt from Mir, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sydal circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sydal counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sydal is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sydal trying to control the position from guard on top but Mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mir can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sydal controls the pace.
Sydal must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sydal is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jason Sydal.
Sydal tries to clinch
and Mir counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mir closes the distance and clinches up with Sydal, looking for a takedown. Mir pushes Sydal against the cage but Sydal circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sydal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sydal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mir tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sydal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mir tries for a takedown but Sydal sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mir throws a head kick but Sydal moves out of range.
Mir looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mir is breathing heavily.
Sydal is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mir doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mir loads up on a big right hand but Sydal slips the punch.
Sydal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mir.
Sydal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sydal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mir paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mir fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sydal should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sydal blocks a head kick by Mir.
Mir throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sydal's waist but Sydal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mir off to one side.
Sydal connects with a high kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mir is trying to push Sydal away but Sydal has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sydal tries a knee to the head but Mir blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir avoiding damage as Sydal throws knees to the body.
Sydal avoiding damage as Mir throws knees to the body.
Mir wants to get back to striking at distance but Sydal won't allow it.
Sydal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sydal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mir's efforts to push away.
Sydal tries to break the clinch but Mir is controlling the position.
Mir is trying to push Sydal away but Sydal has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sydal trying to stall but Mir improves his position.
Mir wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sydal has him pressed against the cage.
Mir is trying to force a seperation but Sydal has the dominant position.
Mir prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sydal tries to pull guard but Mir won't allow it.
Mir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sydal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sydal shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mir sprawls well. Mir wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sydal gets slowly back to his feet.
Mir wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Frank Mir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by Mir misses
and Sydal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mir shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sydal sprawls well. Sydal wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mir gets slowly back to his feet.
Sydal doesn't manage to clinch there - Mir circles away.
Sydal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mir scores with a jab.
Sydal looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mir will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
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 Frank Mir 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.
Mir fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mir lands with a shot to the body.
Mir throws a head kick that misses.
Mir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sydal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mir breaks the clinch.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Sydal has eaten all the pies!
Mir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sydal darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
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!
Mir looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sydal tries to pass to full mount but Mir defends it.
Mir looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sydal looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mir pushes Sydal off looking to stand but Sydal dives back in and keeps control.
Sydal performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mir is trying to stand back up but Sydal is controlling him
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mir lands a head shot.
Sydal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mir is looking to clinch.
Mir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sydal misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Mir.
Frank Mir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sydal lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sydal lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sydal clinches with his opponent.
Sydal wants to get back to striking at distance but Mir won't allow it.
Sydal prevents Mir from breaking the clinch.
Sydal is trying to push Mir away but Mir has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mir fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sydal tries to clinch there but Mir circles away.
Sydal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sydal scores with a head kick.
Mir tries a head kick but it misses.
Sydal has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir wants to break free but Sydal has control.
Sydal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sydal prevents Mir from breaking the clinch.
Mir keeps control of Sydal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sydal just leaning against Mir, taking a breather.
Sydal is trying to stall.
Mir is trying to break the clinch but Sydal has him pressed against the cage.
Sydal taking a breather.
Mir looking to throw knees to the head but Sydal is blocking nicely.
Sydal misses with a knee strike.
Sydal taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mir is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mir has had enough of the clinch but Sydal keeps him there for the moment.
Mir pushes off an throws an elbow but Sydal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sydal breaks the clinch.
Mir misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sydal fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mir, pushing him back against the cage.
Sydal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sydal.
Sydal avoids the head kick by Mir.
Sydal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mir closes the distance and clinches up with Sydal, looking for a takedown. Mir pushes Sydal against the cage but Sydal circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sydal blocks a head kick by Mir.
Frank Mir is winning the standup battle so far.
Mir tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sydal sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mir somewhat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sydal decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sydal content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jason Sydal will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mir tries a head kick but it misses.
Sydal lands a body shot.
Mir takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sydal throws a front kick that sends Mir stumbling back into the cage.
Sydal has managed to clinch.
Mir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sydal instigates a clinch.
Sydal tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sydal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sydal taking a breather.
Mir manages to break the clinch.
Mir throws a head kick but Sydal moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mir closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sydal circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir keeps the fight on the outside.
Sydal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mir closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sydal circles away.
Sydal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sydal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mir takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mir throws a head kick that misses.
Sydal wants to clinch.
Sydal wants to clinch.
Mir shoots in for a takedown but Sydal shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sydal scores with a head kick. Mir tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A head kick by Mir misses
and Sydal counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sydal.
Sydal looking to slow down the pace here.
Jason Sydal seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sydal tries to throw a body punch but Mir avoids it by throwing Sydal back against the cage.
Mir has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sydal is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sydal tries to throw a body punch but Mir avoids it by throwing Sydal back against the cage.
Mir pushes off an throws an elbow but Sydal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sydal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sydal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mir as Sydal tries to tie him up.
Sydal has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mir uses from the top position.
Mir decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Mir swats away the attempt to clinch by Sydal.
Sydal shoots in for a takedown but Mir shows good takedown defense.
Mir tries to clinch up but Sydal circles away and keeps his distance.
Mir throws a nice looking combination but Sydal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sydal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mir.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mir.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir throws a nice looking combination but Sydal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mir has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mir there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mir tries to clinch up.
Sydal is looking to clinch but Mir is avoiding it.
Mir shoots in for a double leg but Sydal sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sydal manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Mir on his heels. He'll look to pass Mir's guard now, I'm sure.
Sydal slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sydal passes Mir's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sydal wants to pass the guard but Mir is defending well.
Mir wants to get back to his feet.
Sydal tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mir knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Sydal really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sydal defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mir.
Sydal looks to land a combination but Mir avoids it well.
Mir misses with a combination
and Sydal counters with an outside leg kick.
Mir tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sydal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sydal drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sydal engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mir is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Sydal trying to control the position from guard on top but Mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir kicks Sydal off and gets to his feet.
Mir misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sydal lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mir tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sydal counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mir is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mir shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sydal but Sydal pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sydal throws a head kick that half lands.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mir crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sydal - the referee stops the clock and Mir gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sydal. Mir manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sydal stuffs the takedown attempt from Mir. Mir gets slowly back to his feet.
Sydal tries to close the distance and clinch but Mir swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sydal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sydal.
Mir fails with the takedown
and Sydal counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mir!
Sydal controlling the position easily from mount.
Sydal has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mir's face.
Sydal content just to control the position here.
Mir trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sydal really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mir. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sydal landing shots from mount.
Sydal with the ground and pound from mount.
Sydal content just to control the position here.
Sydal lands a heavy elbow.
Mir is squirming around, avoiding Sydal's attempts to control the action.
Mir really wants to buck Sydal off and get back to his feet.
Sydal content just to control the position here.
Sydal working the ground and pound effectively.
Sydal controlling from the full mount.
Mir is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sydal controlling the position easily from mount.
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!
Sydal connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mir is squirming around, avoiding Sydal's attempts to control the action.
Mir trying desperately to get to his feet.
Jason Sydal has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sydal can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mir is looking to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sydal has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mir's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Sydal dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Mir scores with a decent looking hook.
Sydal tries to close the distance and clinch but Mir swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sydal gets caught napping as Mir dives in and scores a takedown. Sydal manages to retain guard.
Mir preventing the sweep.
Mir trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sydal's guard.
Mir has gone for a leg lock! Sydal slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mir's guard.
Sydal prevents Mir from getting back to his feet.
Mir pushes Sydal off and scrambles back to his feet.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sydal is looking to clinch.
Sydal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sydal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sydal.
Sydal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mir clinches up against the cage.
Mir keeps control of Sydal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sydal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mir's efforts to push away.
Mir breaks from the clinch.
Sydal drives through with a takedown into Mir's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mir wants to stand but Sydal is controlling the position.
Mir wriggles free and stands up.
Mir misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir throws an off balance right hand
and Mir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sydal keeps the fight on the outside.
Mir throws a jab when Sydal was well out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mir looks for a takedown but Sydal sprawls well.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sydal!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sydal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sydal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mir on the side of the head.
Sydal misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sydal misses with a body shot.
Sydal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice shot lands for Sydal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Mir. Those never looked like landing.
Sydal is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mir rather than just go for the knockout.
Sydal has closed the distance and engaged Mir in a clinch.
Mir is looking to break free of the clinch but Sydal has double underhooks.
Sydal breaks from the clinch.
Sydal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sydal shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mir sprawls well. Mir wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sydal gets slowly back to his feet.
Sydal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mir.
Sydal needs to keep his hands up - Mir had a free shot at his head there.
Sydal defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mir.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sydal displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mir.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mir keeps the fight on the outside.
Mir shoots for a takedown but Sydal saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sydal tries to clinch but Mir moves out of range.
Sydal dives in and scores a takedown into Mir's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sydal controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sydal working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mir's head.
Sydal trying to control the position from guard on top but Mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sydal is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sydal stops Mir from standing up.
Sydal looking to pass the guard.
Frank Mir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jason Sydal is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mir thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jason Sydal.
Well Sydal has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 46:49
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 47:49
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Sydal!
After winning the bout, Jason Sydal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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