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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Poppins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poppins comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mama Said Knock You Out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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220 lbs
5 - 3 - 1 |
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218 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Improved boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gregory Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Poppins!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poppins wants to clinch.
Bell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Harry Poppins has been cut.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch but Bell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poppins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poppins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Poppins wants to clinch.
Poppins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bell swats away the attempt to clinch by Poppins.
Harry Poppins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bell shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bell showed some decent athleticism there.
Bell lands with a punch from half guard.
Bell 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell wants to pass the guard but Poppins is defending well.
Bell thows a huge punch but Poppins dodges it nicely.
Bell is working for a submission of some sort.
Bell trying to mount his opponent but Poppins defends it.
Bell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Poppins has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bell is working away from the top position though.
Poppins wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bell misses with a hook. Poppins ducked under it nicely.
Bell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bell throws a shot to the body.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bell misses the shot to the body.
Poppins tries to clinch but Bell moves out of range.
Bell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poppins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bell shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bell showed some decent athleticism there.
Ground and pound from Bell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell uses his free foot to push down on Poppins's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Poppins.
Bell throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poppins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bell looking to ground and pound but Poppins is blocking nicely.
Bell swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Poppins is now in Bell's guard. A big mistake from Bell there, giving up the dominant position!
Poppins preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Poppins tries to stand but Bell is controlling from the bottom.
Bell throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bell doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bell is on top in guard.
Bell is looking to advance position but Poppins has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Bell is looking to improve his position but Poppins isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregory Bell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harry Poppins's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch but Bell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poppins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice takedown defense from Poppins. No joy for Bell on that attempt.
Bell lands with an uppercut that bounces Poppins off the cage and back into rage.
Poppins is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Poppins.
Bell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Poppins. Poppins obviously looking to wear him down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poppins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Poppins dodges the punch combination from Bell.
Bell throws a looping overhand right but Poppins ducks down to avoid it.
Poppins on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poppins avoids the body shot from Bell.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Poppins clinches up against the cage.
Poppins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bell backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poppins landing knees to the body.
Poppins misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poppins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bell blocking some punches.
Poppins connects with a knee to the head.
Poppins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poppins lands a shot to the body.
Poppins tries to work over Bell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bell takes an elbow to the temple.
Poppins lands an elbow just above Bell 's eye.
Poppins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poppins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Poppins has a couple of punches blocked by Bell.
Poppins lands a nice knee to the body.
Poppins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Poppins lands an uppercut.
Poppins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poppins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Poppins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Poppins.
Knees to the body from Poppins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poppins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Poppins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Poppins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bell tries for a takedown but Poppins manages to get underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Poppins.
Knees to the body from Poppins.
Bell drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Poppins gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gregory Bell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poppins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poppins working aggressively here.
Poppins lands a left hand.
Poppins struggles to land a body shot inside as Bell controls his hands.
Bell blocks an elbow strike from Poppins.
Poppins tries a body shot but Bell blocks it.
Poppins lands a body punch.
Poppins misses with a knee to the head.
Poppins trying to land knees to the body.
Bell lands with a short shot to the head.
Bell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harry Poppins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Poppins walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Bell.
Bell tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bell has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bell in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bell tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bell has hold of Poppins's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Poppins tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Bell cranks the arm and Poppins screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Poppins, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Gregory Bell!
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hype
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