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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Troy Slamen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Drexler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slamen comes into the arena with Jaws Theme blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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163 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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162 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Slamen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Drexler!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slamen dives in and scores a takedown into Drexler's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Slamen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Slamen scoring with some ground and pound.
Drexler trying to control the position.
Slamen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Slamen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Drexler escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Slamen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Slamen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Slamen pushes down on Drexler's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Drexler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Slamen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Drexler trying to control but Slamen postures up.
Drexler is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Slamen is staying active.
Drexler is trying to get back to full guard.
Slamen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drexler trying to control here.
Drexler has hold of Slamen's hands but Slamen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Slamen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Drexler trying to control but Slamen postures up.
Slamen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Slamen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slamen working Drexler over with strikes.
Slamen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Slamen lands with a punch from half guard.
Drexler trying to control here.
Slamen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drexler tries to get to full guard but Slamen has control of the leg.
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!
Slamen lands with a punch from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Drexler can do anything to dispel that myth.
Slamen drops an elbow to the side of Drexler's head.
Slamen lands with a punch from half guard.
Drexler tries to get to full guard but Slamen has control of the leg.
Slamen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Drexler has hold of Slamen's hands but Slamen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Slamen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Drexler keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Slamen.
Drexler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Slamen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Drexler gets full guard.
Slamen postures up and lands a big shot to Drexler's brow.
Slamen postures up.
Slamen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drexler works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slamen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Slamen lands a couple of elbows.
Slamen postures up in Drexler's guard and throws a big left but Drexler blocks it.
Slamen wants to control from the top but Drexler keeps moving.
Drexler has momentary wrist control but Slamen slips an elbow through the middle.
Drexler looking to hit a scissor sweep but Slamen is one step ahead there.
Slamen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Drexler tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Drexler not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drexler keeping moving, preventing Slamen from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drexler escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Slamen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Drexler keeping moving, preventing Slamen from controlling successfully.
Slamen is looking to work some ground and pound but Drexler has wrist control.
Slamen landing with the ground and pound.
Drexler looking for a guillotine here but Slamen defends easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drexler escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Slamen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Slamen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Drexler lands a nice shot that snaps Slamen's head back.
Slamen takes one to the chin there.
Slamen closes the distance and clinches up with Drexler, looking for a takedown. Slamen pushes Drexler against the cage but Drexler circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Slamen looks for a takedown but Drexler sprawls well.
Drexler throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Slamen was covering up waiting for the punch and Drexler finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Drexler must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Drexler looking to sit in guard and control but Slamen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Slamen throwing strikes but missing.
Drexler trying to keep a closed guard but Slamen is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slamen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slamen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Slamen trying to control the position but Drexler is working away.
Troy Slamen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Slamen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Drexler is looking for a sweep.
Drexler is trying to control Slamen's posture but Slamen avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slamen just content to control the position.
Slamen lands an elbow.
Slamen is putting a hurting on Drexler here, landing some big shots from side control.
Slamen landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slamen lands some shots froms side control.
Drexler is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Check out the look on Slamen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Drexler can't do much from the bottom here.
Drexler is looking to reverse the position.
Slamen lands a nice forearm strike.
Slamen is chipping away with strikes.
Slamen wants to control but Drexler is keeping him busy.
Slamen cracks Drexler with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Drexler is rocked!
Slamen in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Drexler looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Slamen turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy Slamen!
A very excited looking Troy Slamen 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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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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