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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mac Danzig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Bloom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danzig comes to the cage accompanied by the Smiths - Meat Is Murder. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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146 lbs
12 - 12 - 0 |
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140 lbs
20 - 19 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mac Danzig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Orlando Bloom!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danzig avoids the head kick by Bloom.
Danzig takes the fight into the clinch.
Danzig avoids the elbow strike from Bloom, against the cage.
Bloom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Danzig gets through Bloom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Danzig has Bloom pressed against the cage.
Bloom lands an elbow just above Danzig 's eye.
Danzig lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Danzig breaks from the clinch.
Danzig tries a head kick but it misses.
Bloom tries to clinch up but Danzig circles away and keeps his distance.
Danzig darts in and clinches Bloom up against the cage.
Bloom tries to pull guard but Danzig holds him up against the cage and eventually Bloom drops back down to his feet.
Bloom has Danzig pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Danzig manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A head punch on the inside from Bloom fails to land.
Danzig is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Danzig trying to stall but Bloom improves his position.
Danzig escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danzig clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bloom lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danzig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bloom clinches up with Danzig and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Danzig.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bloom.
Come on Danzig - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Danzig lands a shoulder strike.
Danzig wants to stall.
Bloom misses with the head strike.
Danzig avoids the elbow strike from Bloom, against the cage.
Bloom lands an uppercut.
Bloom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danzig's elbow.
Danzig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danzig throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Danzig looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Danzig gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bloom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danzig's elbow.
Danzig's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Danzig takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Mac Danzig has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloom working Danzig over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Danzig.
Bloom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Danzig is trying to break free.
Danzig lands with a right to the head.
Bloom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloom tries a body shot but Danzig blocks it.
Bloom stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Danzig.
Danzig breaks from the clinch.
Bloom is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danzig rushes Bloom and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bloom lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Danzig scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bloom creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Danzig's defenses.
Danzig is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bloom is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danzig pressing his opponent against the cage.
Danzig lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Danzig lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Danzig.
Danzig blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bloom tries a body shot but Danzig blocks it.
Danzig lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Danzig lands a nice shot to the body.
Danzig dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Danzig avoids a wild elbow strike from Bloom.
Bloom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Danzig breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bloom clinches up with Danzig and pushes him back against the cage.
Danzig lands with a short shot to the head.
Bloom misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bloom trying to stall but Danzig improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloom throws a punch but it's blocked by Danzig.
Bloom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bloom as Danzig tries to tie him up.
Danzig breaks from the clinch.
Danzig shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bloom eats them both and turns towards Danzig to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Danzig gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bloom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Danzig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Danzig blocking some punches.
Bloom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Danzig is defending well for now.
Danzig lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bloom backwards.
Danzig gets through Bloom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bloom drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Danzig gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mac Danzig has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orlando Bloom.
A nice left hand lands by Danzig.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danzig presses Bloom against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Danzig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danzig throws a head kick but Bloom moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Danzig dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mac Danzig's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bloom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Danzig manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Danzig closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Danzig is looking to control Bloom's arms but Bloom gets an underhook and turns him. Now Danzig has his back to the cage.
Danzig is trying to push Bloom away but Bloom has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Danzig scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bloom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danzig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danzig clinches with his opponent.
Danzig is trying to maintain a safe position but Bloom gets an underhook and turns Danzig into the cage.
Nice body punch from Danzig - that landed with a thud.
Bloom lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bloom scores with a shoulder strike.
Danzig looking to slow down the pace here.
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!
Danzig escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bloom rushes Danzig and presses him up against the cage.
Danzig escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danzig clinches up against the cage.
Bloom scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danzig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danzig has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bloom misses with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Bloom.
Danzig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Danzig!
Danzig rushes Bloom and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Danzig lands an uppercut.
Bloom wants a takedown but no success here.
Bloom pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Danzig gets through Bloom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bloom misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bloom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Danzig as Bloom tries to tie him up.
Danzig lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bloom throws a punch but it's blocked by Danzig.
Bloom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bloom is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloom tries to pull guard but Danzig won't allow it.
Mac Danzig has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orlando Bloom.
A shot in the inside from Danzig.
Bloom jumps guard but Danzig stands there with Bloom around his waist. Bloom gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Danzig escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Danzig lands with a light punch inside.
Danzig lands a shoulder strike.
Bloom looking to throw knees to the head but Danzig is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Bloom.
Danzig lands a right hand.
Bloom is rocked!
Bloom tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Danzig just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bloom is still on wobbly legs! Can Danzig finish him?
Bloom is breathing heavily.
Bloom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bloom seems to have recovered his senses.
Danzig prevents a takedown attempt there.
Danzig lands a nice uppercut.
Bloom drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Danzig pushes Bloom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Danzig.
Danzig lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Danzig.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Danzig.
Bloom tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Danzig just stands there and leans against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Danzig breaks from the clinch.
Danzig takes the fight into the clinch.
Danzig lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bloom backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Danzig.
Bloom misses with some punches.
Bloom looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Danzig.
Danzig working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Danzig lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Come on Danzig - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bloom fails to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danzig scores with a shot to the side of Bloom's head.
Danzig breaks the clinch.
Danzig moves into the clinch.
Danzig works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mac Danzig has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Danzig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice combo by Danzig! Oh, that's hurt him - Bloom falls to the canvas and Danzig follows him into side control.
It looks like Orlando Bloom has been cut.
Danzig decides to stand back up.
Mac Danzig is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Danzig lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Danzig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Danzig! Bloom is out on his feet! Danzig rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Bloom is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Bloom is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mac Danzig!
A victorious Mac Danzig thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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