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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Gutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puff Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutz's entrance music is Everyday. A fine choice. Puff Dragon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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187 lbs
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200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Gutz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Puff Dragon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dragon throws an overhand right that lands on Gutz's shoulder, as Gutz tries to avoid the shot.
Dragon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gutz counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Puff Dragon has been cut.
Dragon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dragon swings widly with a right hand
and Gutz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gutz is looking to land body kicks.
Gutz tries to clinch but Dragon moves out of range.
Gutz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dragon.
A low kick from Dragon misses
and Gutz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gutz takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gutz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dragon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dragon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dragon misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gutz checks a leg kick.
Dragon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dragon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gutz.
Gutz misses with an uppercut
and Dragon counters with a nice leg kick.
Dragon cracks the inside of Gutz's front leg.
A shot to the liver by Dragon. Beautiful body shot.
Dragon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gutz is looking to clinch.
Gutz throws a sloppy head kick and Dragon moves out of range easily.
Dragon throws a leg kick but Gutz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dragon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Dragon.
Dragon throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gutz moves out of range of the body kick from Dragon.
Dragon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dragon blocks a leg kick.
Dragon connects with a looping right hand.
Dragon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dragon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dragon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dragon scores with a body shot.
Puff Dragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dragon walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gutz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dragon motions for Gutz to come forward. Dragon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gutz misses with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Gutz.
Dragon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gutz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragon scores with a jab to the body.
Dragon avoids the body shot from Gutz.
Gutz scores with a decent looking hook.
Gutz misses with a straight right.
Dragon slips under a jab from Gutz.
Dragon misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dragon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dragon scores with a nice head shot.
Dragon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dragon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gutz avoids the body shot from Dragon.
Dragon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gutz throws out the jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dragon, right into the meat.
Dragon thows a leg kick but Gutz checks it
and Gutz counters by clinching up.
Stalling in the clinch from Dragon.
Dragon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragon cracks Gutz with a nice body shot.
Dragon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dragon breaks from the clinch.
Gutz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Puff Dragon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Puff Dragon's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dragon thows a leg kick but Gutz checks it
and Gutz counters with a leg kick.
Dragon tries a head kick but it misses.
Dragon throws a hook but Gutz blocks it.
Gutz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gutz tries to clinch there but Dragon circles away.
Gutz checks a low kick from Dragon.
Gutz misses with a wild body shot.
Dragon throws a chopping leg kick but Gutz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gutz misses with a head kick.
Dragon throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gutz.
Gutz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gutz avoids a kick to the body.
Gutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon throws a sloppy head kick and Gutz moves out of range easily.
Dragon misses with a looping left.
Gutz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gutz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dragon misses with a head kick.
Dragon throws a low kick but Gutz avoids it.
Dragon throws a solid leg kick but Gutz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dragon.
Dragon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gutz checks it well.
Gutz blocks a low kick nicely.
Dragon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gutz loads up on a big right hand but Dragon slips the punch.
Dragon misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutz defending well as Dragon loads up on a big left hand.
Dragon throws a jab when Gutz was well out of range.
Dragon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dragon throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dragon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gutz counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dragon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gutz tries to clinch there but Dragon circles away.
Dragon misses with a kick to the body.
Dragon looks for the body kick but Gutz saw that one coming.
Dragon lands a really nice looking cross but Gutz seems unphased.
A leg kick checked by Dragon.
Gutz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dragon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dragon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dragon.
Gutz gets through Dragon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gutz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gutz is struggling to control the position.
Gutz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gutz lands a left hand.
Gutz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gutz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gutz avoids a wild elbow strike from Dragon.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gutz misses with a punch to the body.
Dragon prevents a body shot from Gutz.
Dragon working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gutz is keeping busy.
Dragon pushes off an throws an elbow but Gutz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dragon lands an elbow inside.
Dragon pushes off an throws an elbow but Gutz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dragon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gutz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dragon backwards.
Gutz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dragon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gutz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gutz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dragon's efforts to push away.
Dragon throws an elbow that misses.
Gutz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragon has Gutz pushed against the cage.
Dragon lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
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 Cormac Gutz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Puff Dragon'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. This is the final round!
A solid leg kick lands there for Gutz.
Gutz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gutz throws a good cross that connects.
That has opened up Puff Dragon's cut even more.
Dragon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gutz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gutz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gutz throws a solid leg kick but Dragon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gutz.
Dragon throws a hook to the side of Gutz's head but Gutz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gutz swings for the body but Dragon moves out of range.
Dragon throws a head kick that misses.
Gutz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dragon moves away from the strike by Gutz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutz moves into the clinch.
Gutz holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gutz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gutz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gutz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dragon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dragon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gutz's brow.
Gutz has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Dragon lands an uppercut.
Dragon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dragon.
Dragon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dragon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragon throws a poor cross that misses
and Gutz counters with an outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dragon drops his hands momentarily and Gutz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gutz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dragon.
Gutz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gutz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dragon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gutz's calf.
A leg kick checked by Gutz.
Jab by Dragon.
Gutz moves out of range of the body kick.
Gutz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dragon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gutz.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dragon.
Gutz moves into the clinch.
Gutz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gutz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dragon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gutzs head.
A short right from Dragon on the inside.
Gutz working aggressively here.
Dragon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gutz.
Dragon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dragon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gutz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dragon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gutz taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dragon throws an elbow but misses.
Dragon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dragon is trying to push Gutz away but Gutz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dragon swings wildly with an uppercut but Gutz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dragon obliges.
Gutz taking a breather.
Gutz scores with a shot to the side of Dragon's head.
Gutz misses with a punch to the body.
Dragon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragon lands a left hand.
Gutz pushes Dragon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gutz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cormac Gutz.
I think Gutz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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