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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stan Van Gundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Fatts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fatts has chosen Hit Em Up by Tupac as his entrance music. Stan Van Gundy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jay Fatts's chin.
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stan Van Gundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Fatts!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fatts fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Van Gundy avoids it really well and circles away.
Fatts darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Fatts thows a huge punch but Van Gundy dodges it nicely.
Fatts missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Van Gundy regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Fatts.
Van Gundy keeping moving, preventing Fatts from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatts missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fatts is looking to work some ground and pound but Van Gundy has wrist control.
Fatts loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Van Gundy wants to sweep but no luck.
Fatts trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Gundy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fatts postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fatts controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fatts postures up in Van Gundy's guard and throws a big left but Van Gundy blocks it.
Van Gundy keeping moving, preventing Fatts from controlling successfully.
Fatts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fatts loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fatts sitting in guard here, content to control.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Jay Fatts hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Fatts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Gundy.
Fatts dives in and grabs Van Gundy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Van Gundy pushes down on Fatts's head and hops out.
Van Gundy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Fatts or perhaps it was just good defense by Van Gundy which made him look bad.
Stan Van Gundy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Fatts.
Van Gundy scoring well with a low kick there.
Van Gundy throws a leg kick but Fatts sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fatts throws a jab when Van Gundy was well out of range.
Fatts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Gundy tries to clinch but Fatts is having none of it.
Van Gundy lands a jab to the nose.
Van Gundy throws a head kick but Fatts moves out of range.
Van Gundy fails in his attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick there by Van Gundy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fatts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Gundy manages to avoid it.
Van Gundy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fatts is out of range and Van Gundy settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Fatts dominated that round.
That's time! Van Gundy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fatts misses the shot to the body.
Van Gundy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Gundy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fatts stays in close to Van Gundy's body and controls the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fatts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Van Gundy wants to sweep here but Fatts controlling him for the moment.
Van Gundy keeping moving, preventing Fatts from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jay Fatts has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Fatts misses with an uppercut. Van Gundy saw that one coming.
Fatts shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Van Gundy as he jumps to the side.
Fatts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Gundy.
Van Gundy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Gundy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatts throws out a loose jab but Van Gundy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fatts closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Van Gundy to the mat! Van Gundy manages to get full guard.
Van Gundy looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Van Gundy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Van Gundy keeping moving, preventing Fatts from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy is pulling down on Fatts's head. It's preventing any offense from Fatts, at least for the moment.
Fatts is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fatts avoids the body shot from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy is looking to land body kicks.
Fatts swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Gundy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fatts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Gundy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fatts is able to avoid easily.
Van Gundy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fatts will feel that in the morning.
A jab from Van Gundy misses.
Van Gundy tests Fatts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Van Gundy throws a hook but Fatts avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Gundy fakes the leg kick and cracks Fatts in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Gundy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fatts moves away.
Fatts moves out of range as Van Gundy throws a body kick.
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 Stan Van Gundy will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fatts fails with the takedown.
Van Gundy throws out a loose jab but Fatts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fatts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Gundy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fatts has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Van Gundy lands a jab to Fatts's midsection.
Van Gundy missing with a left hand there. Fatts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Gundy slips under a jab from Fatts.
Van Gundy throws a jab when Fatts was well out of range.
A jab from Fatts misses.
Fatts has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatts takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A nice combination there by Van Gundy.
Fatts misses with a lunging right hand
and Van Gundy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fatts blocks the body kick.
Fatts misses the jab.
Van Gundy lands a leg kick that knocks Fatts off balance momentarily.
Fatts throws a big shot that misses.
Van Gundy throws a body punch but Fatts moves out of range.
Fatts scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
What's Van Gundy going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Fatts creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Van Gundy sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Fatts wants to control but Van Gundy is keeping him busy.
Fatts fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Van Gundy taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy taking a bit of punishment here - Fatts scoring with strikes.
Van Gundy is not content to let Fatts control the position.
Van Gundy taking a bit of punishment here - Fatts scoring with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Fatts.
An elbow from Fatts crashes against the mat.
Fatts trying to control the position but Van Gundy is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fatts throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Van Gundy works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Nice strikes from Fatts there.
Van Gundy wants to control but Fatts passes into side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fatts wants to control but Van Gundy is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Fatts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fatts has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Fatts!
A very excited looking Jay Fatts 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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hype
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