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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bartosz Buby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Reverend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Reverend acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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300 lbs
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285 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartosz Buby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, The Reverend!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Buby.
Buby tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reverend is able to avoid easily.
Reverend fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reverend shoots and misses
and Buby counters with an inside leg kick.
Reverend looks gassed!
Buby fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Reverend to the ground. Buby is now in Reverend's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reverend preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reverend has his foot on Buby's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Buby works his way back into a safe position though.
Buby tries to free his leg and advance position but Reverend is retaining full guard.
Buby scoring with punches to the head and body.
Buby with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buby postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Buby lands a couple of digs.
Buby scoring with some ground and pound.
Buby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Buby lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buby is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Buby trying to control but Reverend is working from the bottom.
Reverend utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Buby wants to pass the guard but Reverend is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reverend has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Buby can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Buby trying to control but Reverend is working from the bottom.
Reverend keeping full guard, as Buby tries to pass.
Buby throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buby slips nicely into half guard.
Reverend wants to get back to full guard.
Buby looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Reverend works his way to full guard. Good work.
Reverend working for a triangle but Buby defends it easily.
Reverend working for a triangle but Buby defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buby connects with a couple of short punches.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Reverend can do anything to dispel that myth.
Buby trying to control the position from guard on top but Reverend is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Buby gets to his feet. Reverend looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Buby lands a nice looking body kick.
Buby looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Buby trying to control the position from guard on top but Reverend is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reverend has a closed guard, preventing Buby from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reverend is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reverend is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reverend is stalling here. Buby is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Reverend seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Buby has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Reverend tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Buby easily slips into full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reverend working to try and regain half guard.
Buby can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reverend is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartosz Buby dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Buby keeps the fight on the outside.
Buby scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like The Reverend has been cut.
Buby will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Buby tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reverend paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Buby scores with a shot to the body.
Buby throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reverend's waist but Reverend gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Buby off to one side.
Reverend leaves Buby with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reverend avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reverend dodges the punch combination from Buby.
Buby shoots in and drives through. Reverend sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bartosz Buby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reverend closes the distance and clinches.
Reverend drags the fight down to the ground.
Bartosz Buby overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Reverend looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reverend had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Buby defends it easily.
Buby is working Reverend over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Reverend is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reverend working for a triangle but Buby defends it easily.
Buby stopping the sweep attempt from Reverend.
Buby working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Buby trying to stand up but can't free himself from Reverend's guard.
Buby has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Reverend escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Buby gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Buby wants to control from the top but Reverend keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buby lands a couple of elbows.
Buby trying to control the position from guard on top but Reverend is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Buby prevents Reverend from getting back to his feet.
Buby lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Buby is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Buby wanted to stand there but Reverend had control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reverend is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Reverend trying to control the pace.
Buby is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Reverend.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reverend passes the guard and advances to mount!
Buby takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bartosz Buby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on The Reverend's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Reverend avoids the head kick by Buby.
Reverend defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Buby.
Buby throws a right and a left that Reverend avoids nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Buby misses with a punch to the body.
Buby has had enough of the clinch but Reverend keeps him there for the moment.
Buby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reverend jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Buby walks away with a smile on his face. Reverend gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A head kick misses from Reverend.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Buby misses with a body shot.
Buby circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buby tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reverend paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buby.
Reverend tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Buby ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Buby misses with a jab, cross combination.
Buby throws a head kick but Reverend moves out of range.
Buby instigates a clinch.
Reverend gets control of Buby's arms and successfully pulls guard. Reverend will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Reverend is trying to keep Buby in close.
Reverend is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Buby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reverend trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Buby working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Reverend's head.
Buby working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reverend throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Reverend is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buby wants to stand but Reverend is controlling his posture from full guard.
Reverend manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Buby manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reverend drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Reverend jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Reverend sitting in guard here, content to control.
Buby lands an upkick as Reverend stands over him.
Reverend trying to control but Buby is working from the bottom.
Reverend slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Reverend postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reverend trying to control but Buby is working from the bottom.
Reverend with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reverend works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Reverend is trying to control. Buby wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Reverend throwing shots but Buby is blocking nicely.
Reverend wants to advance to full mount but Buby doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buby keeping moving, preventing Reverend from controlling successfully.
The Reverend has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bartosz Buby is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reverend landing with the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
The Reverend comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Buby has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bartosz Buby!
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energy
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hype
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