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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dixon Manners (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manners comes to the cage accompanied by Lonely Boy. Duke Riley acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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190 cm
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270 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
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265 lbs
13 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dixon Manners! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Duke Riley! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Riley misses with a wild combination.
Manners misses with a takedown attempt - Riley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Manners throws a body punch but Riley moves out of range. Manners fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Riley to the ground. Manners is now in Riley's guard. Manners trying to control the position from guard on top but Riley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Manners looking to sit in guard and control but Riley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Manners is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Riley is aware though and is defending well. Riley trying to control but Manners is working from the bottom. Riley gets to his feet - Manners follows without any prompting. Manners swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Manners takes a swing at Riley's ribcage but misses. Manners lands with a shot to the body. Riley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manners manages to avoid it. Manners moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Duke Riley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Manners scores with a punch to the head. Manners fails to land with a series of punches.
Manners will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Dixon Manners seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Manners misses with a wild body shot. That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Manners crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Riley - the referee stops the clock and Manners gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Riley. Manners manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Riley jabs Manners to the body, keeping him at a distance. Riley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Dixon Manners has been cut. Riley scores with a punch to the head. Manners takes a body punch but keeps moving. Manners is breathing heavily. Riley throws a head kick but Manners moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A punch combination from Riley misses. Manners fails to land the takedown. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dixon Manners. That's going to take a lot out of him. Manners throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Manners ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riley moves away. Riley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Manners connects with a body shot. Manners is looking to wear down Riley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Manners swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Manners scores with a jab to the body. Riley moves out of range of the strikes. Manners misses with a body shot.
Riley thows a left - swing and a miss! Riley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Manners misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Riley just misses with a punch to the body.
Riley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Manners throws out the jab. Manners fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riley manages to avoid it. Riley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Riley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riley scores with a decent looking hook. Riley misses with a kick to the body.
Riley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manners.
Manners lands with a shot to the body. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Riley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manners.
Riley stuffs the takedown attempt from Manners. Manners gets slowly back to his feet. Manners throws a hook but Riley blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Riley defending well as Manners loads up on a big left hand. Riley lands a nice shot to the body.
Manners scores with the left hand. Riley knows he should have avoided that one. Nice body punch from Manners. Riley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Manners on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Manners swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manners walks into a stiff left hand from Riley. Manners lands with a nice body punch. Manners will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Riley throws a right and a left that Manners avoids nicely. A slow jab from Manners misses its intended target. Manners scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Duke Riley will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Dixon Manners's cut. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Manners tests Riley's chin there with a solid looking shot. Manners throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riley throws a wild body kick that Manners sees coming a mile off. Riley lands a really nice looking cross but Manners seems unphased.
Dixon Manners is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Manners throws a body punch but Riley moves out of range. Riley tries a head kick but it misses.
Riley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Manners doesn't seem bothered though. Manners throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manners swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manners throws an off balance right hand
and Manners takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Manners tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riley was well out of range. Poor timing from Manners. Sloppy strikes from Riley. Those never looked like landing. Riley looks to throw the jab but Manners is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Riley just misses with a punch to the body.
Riley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manners manages to avoid it. Manners looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Manners misses with a wild body shot. Riley misses with a head kick.
Riley slaps away a takedown attempt from Manners, before circling back to the center of the mat. Riley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Riley getting the better of the striking in that exchange. A right-left combo lands from Riley. The crowd cheers as Riley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Manners doesn't seem phased though. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Manners looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Riley! Manners tries to control but Riley wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Manners working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet. Riley defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Manners. Manners is in the full mount, landing strikes. Manners manages to capitalize on a mistake by Riley to take his back! Manners is working for a rear naked choke. Riley is not defending it well and Manners has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Riley refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Riley's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dixon Manners! Dixon Manners decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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