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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trey Anastasio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Travolta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anastasio kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tweezer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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201 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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192 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Basic striking
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trey Anastasio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Travolta!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anastasio throws a sloppy head kick and Travolta moves out of range easily.
Travolta closes the distance and clinches.
Travolta stalling the fight.
Anastasio tries to score a body lock takedown but Travolta shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Travolta pushes off an throws an elbow but Anastasio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Travolta is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Travolta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anastasio's efforts to push away.
Travolta lands an elbow inside that Anastasio shrugs off.
Anastasio can't break the clinch.
Travolta is stalling here.
Travolta pushes Anastasio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Travolta has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Anastasio uses from the top position.
Travolta controls Anastasio momentarily but Anastasio frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio trying to control the position from guard on top but Travolta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Travolta looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Travolta bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Anastasio's guard.
Anastasio is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Travolta is controlling him.
Anastasio pushes Travolta off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Anastasio shoots for a takedown but Travolta saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Anastasio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Travolta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Travolta shoots in and gets a takedown into Anastasio's guard.
Travolta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Travolta working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Travolta is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anastasio is looking to stand up but Travolta isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Anastasio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Travolta tries to free his leg and advance position but Anastasio is retaining full guard.
Anastasio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Travolta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Travolta postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Travolta trying to control but Anastasio is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Trey Anastasio wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Anastasio shoots for a double leg takedown but Travolta sprawls well. He's pushed Anastasio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Travolta closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Anastasio to the mat! Anastasio manages to get full guard.
Travolta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Anastasio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Travolta scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travolta wants to pass the guard but Anastasio is keeping the position.
Anastasio manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Travolta is looking to get to half guard.
Travolta gets back to half guard.
Anastasio passes the guard and advances to mount!
Anastasio thowing shots but they're missing.
Travolta slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Travolta is pressing down on Anastasio's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio trying to control but Travolta is working from the bottom.
Travolta keeping full guard, as Anastasio tries to pass.
Anastasio throws a big elbow that misses.
Anastasio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Travolta is adopting a defensive guard.
Travolta not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Travolta is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. John Travolta wasn't active enough on the ground.
Anastasio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Travolta prevents Anastasio from moving into mount.
Travolta looks to move to half guard but instead Anastasio has passed into mount! Damn!
Anastasio dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Travolta dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Travolta stuffs the takedown.
Anastasio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Travolta is out of range and Anastasio settles back down.
Anastasio tries to keep at a distance but Travolta has taken the fight into the clinch.
Anastasio working hard to break the clinch.
Travolta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anastasio's defenses.
It looks like Trey Anastasio has been cut.
Travolta is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Travolta.
Travolta lands a hook that snaps the head of Anastasio backwards.
Travolta taking a breather.
Anastasio is fighting off a takedown attempt but Travolta is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Anastasio to the mat. Anastasio regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anastasio wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Travolta is now in half guard.
Travolta stalling.
Anastasio trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Travolta is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Travolta working over Anastasio with some ground and pound. Anastasio looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Travolta landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Travolta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Travolta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Travolta lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Travolta is looking to advance position but Anastasio won't allow it.
Travolta is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Anastasio has managed to free his arm - good work.
Travolta wants to control but Anastasio is keeping him busy.
Anastasio is trying to control but can't.
Travolta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Anastasio defending well though.
Anastasio is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Travolta scores with a couple of nice shots.
Travolta scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Anastasio is rocked!
Travolta lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Anastasio quite badly. Anastasio pulls Travolta in close trying to recover. Travolta postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Anastasio on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Anastasio doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Travolta!
John Travolta took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « ONI ↑ 5x160Q for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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