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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stem Cell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Messinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Messinger comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Huckleberry by Ichabod kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
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148 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stem Cell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Will Messinger!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messinger keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice body punch from Cell.
Messinger looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cell is fending him off so far but Messinger persists. Nope, Cell circles away and we're back to standing.
Will Messinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cell takes a swing at Messinger's ribcage but misses.
Cell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Messinger.
Messinger tries to clinch there but Cell circles away.
Messinger drives through and clinches with Cell against the cage.
Messinger is working for takedown but Cell is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stem Cell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Messinger.
Cell pushes Messinger back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Messinger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cell blocks it with crossed arms.
Cell is pressed up against the cage. Messinger has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cell down to the mat. Cell avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cell thows a body kick. Messinger tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Messinger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cell swivels and escapes.
Messinger tries to move into range but Cell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cell thows a body kick. Messinger tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Messinger looks gassed!
Cell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Messinger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cell looks to score with a jab to the body but Messinger is just out of range.
Cell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Messinger is looking for a sweep. Cell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Cell there.
Messinger looking for submissions off his back.
Cell perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Messinger won't allow Cell to pass to mount.
Cell seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Cell has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Cell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cell slows the pace down in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Stem Cell wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Cell throws a body kick that misses.
Cell lands a nice shot that snaps Messinger's head back.
Cell connects with a body shot that sends Messinger's belly button to the back.
Cell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cell has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cell blocks the elbow strike.
Cell stalling in the clinch.
Cell tries a body shot but Messinger blocks it.
Cell content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Messinger misses with an elbow strike.
Messinger is trying to pull guard but Cell turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cell misses with some punches.
Cell trying to control the position but instead, Messinger has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cell into the cage.
Cell tries to throw a body punch but Messinger avoids it by throwing Cell back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Messinger drags the fight down to the ground.
Messinger wants to sweep but no luck.
Cell looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Messinger keeping full guard, as Cell tries to pass.
Cell wants to control from the top but Messinger keeps moving.
We're going to have a standup here because Stem Cell wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Cell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Messinger.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Messinger doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cell counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Messinger fails to land the takedown.
Cell is looking to wear down Messinger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cell scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cell moves into the clinch.
Cell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cell content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cell has Messinger pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Messinger manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Messinger prevents a body shot from Cell.
Cell lands a left hand.
Messinger is trying to drag Cell to the mat but Cell just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Cell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Messinger being controlled against the cage.
Messinger avoiding damage as Cell throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stem Cell dominated that round.
That's time! Cell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Messinger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Messinger manages to avoid it.
Cell lands a nice looking body shot.
Messinger tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cell sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Messinger somewhat.
Cell scores with a jab. Messinger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cell darts in and clinches Messinger up against the cage.
Cell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Messinger successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Messinger had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cell defends it easily.
Messinger being controlled here, momentarily.
Messinger is trying to control the position but Cell postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cell with a nice head shot there.
Cell won't allow Messinger to sweep him here.
Messinger keeping moving, preventing Cell from controlling successfully.
Cell is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cell lands a nice hook to Messinger's body. Messinger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Messinger needs to keep his hands up - Cell had a free shot at his head there.
Messinger tries to clinch up.
Messinger moves in looking to clinch but Cell pushes him off.
Cell throws a head kick that half lands.
Messinger tries to close the distance and clinch but Cell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Messinger looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Messinger is breathing heavily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cell lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Messinger has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Messinger and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cell looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Cell is looking to advance position but Messinger won't allow it.
Messinger is looking for a sweep. Cell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cell content to control rather than advance.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cell is trying to control. Messinger wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We're going to have a standup here because Stem Cell wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Messinger shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cell but Cell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stem Cell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Messinger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Messinger's calf.
Messinger shoots in but Cell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Will Messinger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cell just misses with a punch to the body.
Cell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cell lands a really nice looking cross but Messinger seems unphased.
Cell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Messinger can do to turn this around?
Cell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cell.
Cell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cell explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Messinger is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Messinger blocks a head kick by Cell.
Messinger is still on wobbly legs! Can Cell finish him?
and Cell counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Messinger! He's just covering up as Cell starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stem Cell!
A very excited looking Stem Cell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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