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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Rousey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlton Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banks has chosen Carlton Dance Medley as his entrance music. Carlton Banks will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronald Rousey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlton Banks!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rousey avoids the head kick by Banks.
Banks takes the fight into the clinch.
Rousey with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rousey wants to take the fight to the mat but Banks manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Banks utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rousey has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Banks after a bit of a struggle.
Rousey is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Rousey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Banks throws an elbow but it misses.
Rousey avoiding damage as Banks throws knees to the body.
Rousey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rousey scores with a shoulder strike.
Banks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rousey wants a takedown.
Banks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Banks lands an elbow inside that Rousey shrugs off.
Banks lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Ronald Rousey has been cut.
Rousey avoids a wild elbow strike from Banks.
Banks creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rousey's defenses.
Banks throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Banks throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks lands a nice elbow.
Rousey takes an elbow to the temple.
Banks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rousey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Banks lands an elbow inside.
Rousey avoids a wild elbow strike from Banks.
Rousey goes for a takedown attempt but Banks pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Banks is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rousey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banks doesn't manage to clinch there - Rousey circles away.
No luck for Rousey with that takedown attempt.
Banks keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Banks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rousey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Banks tries to clinch there but Rousey circles away.
Banks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rousey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carlton Banks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rousey drives through with a takedown into Banks's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Banks wants to stand up but Rousey is controlling him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rousey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rousey stops Banks from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rousey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Banks avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rousey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Banks avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rousey sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Banks's guard.
Rousey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Banks wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rousey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Banks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Banks tries to kick Rousey off but Rousey keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rousey throwing shots but Banks is blocking nicely.
Banks is trying to stand back up but Rousey is controlling him
Rousey landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Banks is staying active underneath Rousey, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Banks is looking to escape.
Rousey thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Banks's head.
Banks tries to kick Rousey off but Rousey keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Banks looks gassed!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rousey lands a nice short elbow.
Rousey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousey stops Banks from getting back to his feet.
Banks is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Rousey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rousey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rousey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rousey seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Banks does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rousey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rousey is trying to control the action in half guard but Banks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Rousey there.
Rousey throwing shots but Banks is blocking nicely.
Rousey landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Banks has hold of Rousey's hands but Rousey slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Banks tries to kick Rousey off but Rousey keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rousey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rousey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
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 Ronald Rousey will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ronald Rousey's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rousey gets the takedown into side control.
Rousey lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rousey scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Banks to see if he's OK.
Banks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rousey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rousey scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rousey throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Rousey is working Banks over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rousey stands up.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Banks enables Rousey to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Banks manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rousey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rousey stops Banks from standing up.
Rousey throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Banks can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rousey works over Banks with some ground and pound from guard.
Rousey prevents Banks from getting back to his feet.
Rousey distracts Banks with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Banks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rousey throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rousey pushes down on Banks's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rousey lands with a punch from half guard.
Rousey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rousey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rousey trying to control from half guard but Banks is working away.
Banks wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rousey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rousey missing with some ground and pound from the 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!
Banks is in trouble now - Rousey has advanced to mount!
Rousey dominating with strikes here.
Rousey landing shots from mount.
Rousey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rousey breaks from Banks's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rousey lands a big elbow.
Banks's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Banks is breathing heavily.
Rousey in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Banks is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Rousey raining down shots from the mount!
Rousey is landing with some decent strikes but Banks is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousey is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Banks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rousey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Banks is rocked!
Rousey with good strikes from the mount here!
Banks is still in real trouble! Can Rousey finish him?
Banks is in a horrible position here. Rousey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rousey connects with a bit shot that sees Banks covering up! More strikes from Rousey and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Rousey is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronald Rousey!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ronald Rousey waved his t-shirt featuring Condemned's logo in front of the cameras.
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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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