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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phantom Menace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Braylon Beswicke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menace comes to the cage accompanied by Leroy Brown. Beswicke has chosen Kick in the teeth as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
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186 cm
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198 lbs
21 - 13 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
32 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Phantom Menace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Braylon Beswicke!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menace slips a jab from Beswicke.
Beswicke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Menace was well out of range. Poor timing from Beswicke.
Menace punishes Beswicke's body with a nice straight punch.
Menace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beswicke.
Menace lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Menace fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beswicke scores with a hook to the body. Menace takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Menace lands a slapping body shot.
Beswicke misses with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beswicke misses with a kick to the body.
Beswicke takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Menace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Menace lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beswicke's sensitive parts.
Menace is looking to land body kicks.
Beswicke lands a jab to Menace's midsection.
Beswicke just misses with a punch to the body.
Menace connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Beswicke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Menace rather than just go for the knockout.
Menace scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beswicke throws a jab when Menace was well out of range.
Menace takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beswicke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Menace swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Menace misses with a wild body shot.
Menace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Menace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beswicke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Menace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beswicke.
Beswicke connects with a looping right hand.
Beswicke looks to score with a jab to the body but Menace is just out of range.
Braylon Beswicke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Menace shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Beswicke as he avoids it easily.
Beswicke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Menace was well out of range. Poor timing from Beswicke.
Menace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beswicke moves away.
Menace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beswicke jabs at Menace's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke looks to land a right hand but Menace moved out of range.
Menace throws a front kick that sends Beswicke stumbling back into the cage.
Menace throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Menace misses with a series of wild punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beswicke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Menace on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A leg kick checked by Menace.
Menace ducks under a wild hook from Beswicke.
Beswicke misses with a kick to the body.
Menace throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beswicke stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Menace checks a low kick from Beswicke.
Menace takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Menace misses with an uppercut.
Menace ducks under a wild hook from Beswicke.
A bone on bone clash there as Beswicke blocks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menace avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beswicke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beswicke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Menace takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Beswicke tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beswicke connects with a body shot that sends Menace's belly button to the back.
Menace on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Menace checks a low kick from Beswicke.
Menace lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Menace with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Menace loads up on a big right hand but Beswicke slips the punch.
Beswicke throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Beswicke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Menace cracks the inside of Beswicke's front leg.
Menace misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menace sizes up Beswicke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Beswicke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Menace is looking to chop away at Beswicke's legs.
Sloppy strikes from Beswicke. Those never looked like landing.
Beswicke lands a slapping body shot.
Beswicke swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Menace looks to score with a jab to the body but Beswicke is just out of range.
Beswicke lands a leg kick that knocks Menace off balance momentarily.
Menace throws a nice inside leg kick.
Beswicke digs a good hook to Menace's body.
Beswicke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A clash of legs there as Beswicke blocks the low kick.
Beswicke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Menace scores with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phantom Menace dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A cross from Menace lands.
Menace shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Beswicke defends it nicely.
Menace looks to land a left hand but Beswicke moved out of range nicely.
Beswicke swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Menace misses with a low kick.
Menace scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beswicke doesn't seem bothered though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Menace. Beswicke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beswicke lands with a shot to the body.
Beswicke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Menace looks to score with a jab to the body but Beswicke is just out of range.
Beswicke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Menace stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beswicke stuffs the takedown attempt from Menace. Menace gets slowly back to his feet.
Menace throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menace scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Menace wants to slow Beswicke down by chopping away at his legs.
Beswicke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Menace moves away.
Menace shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Beswicke sprawls well. Beswicke wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Menace gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phantom Menace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Menace motions for Beswicke to come forward. Menace throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beswicke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beswicke tries to work over Menace's front leg with a kick but Menace checks it.
A shot to the body from Beswicke misses
letting Menace counter with a right hand.
Beswicke staying out of range there.
Beswicke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beswicke tries to clinch up.
Beswicke connects with a looping right hand.
Menace misses with an uppercut. Beswicke saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menace moves out of range of the body kick from Beswicke.
Beswicke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Menace.
Beswicke throws a leg kick but Menace sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beswicke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Beswicke takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left lands for Beswicke.
Beswicke moves out of range of the strikes.
Beswicke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beswicke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Menace misses with a head kick.
Beswicke lands the left hand.
Beswicke missing with a left hand there. Menace was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Menace. Beswicke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beswicke throws a head kick but Menace moves out of range.
Menace will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menace shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Menace throws a leg kick
and Beswicke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Menace throws a sloppy head kick
and Beswicke counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beswicke just misses with a punch to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Beswicke blocks the leg kick.
Beswicke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Menace at a distance.
Beswicke lands a jab to the head.
Beswicke punishes Menace's body with a nice straight punch.
Beswicke stuns Menace with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A good leg kick by Beswicke.
Beswicke lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beswicke throws a right hand that Menace ducks under and follows up with a left that Menace also avoids with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beswicke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Beswicke thows a body kick. Menace tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Beswicke misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Beswicke.
Menace throws a right and a left that Beswicke avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Beswicke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Menace misses with a body shot.
Beswicke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beswicke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Menace moves away from the strike by Beswicke.
Beswicke moves away from the strike by Menace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Menace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beswicke moves away.
Beswicke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Menace.
Beswicke blocks a head kick by Menace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Braylon Beswicke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Menace lands with a thumping leg kick.
Menace shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Beswicke pinned against the cage. Beswicke gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Beswicke lands with an uppercut that bounces Menace off the cage and back into range.
Menace shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Beswicke moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Beswicke not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Beswicke being controlled here, momentarily.
Beswicke pulls Menace in to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beswicke looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Menace passes into side control.
Menace trying to control the position but Beswicke is working away.
Beswicke is looking for a sweep.
Menace wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beswicke keeps working.
Beswicke is trying to control Menace's posture but Menace avoids it.
Beswicke is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menace cracks Beswicke with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on Beswicke's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Menace wants to control but Beswicke is keeping him busy.
Beswicke is looking to regain half guard here but Menace keeps moving and retains side control.
Beswicke can't do much from the bottom here.
Menace landing a few strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beswicke is trying to control Menace's posture but Menace avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Menace just content to control the position.
Menace misses with the ground and pound.
Menace wants to take a breather but Beswicke manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Menace.
Beswicke trying to keep a closed guard but Menace is proving a slippery customer.
Beswicke is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Menace defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Beswicke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Menace missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Menace is in close to Beswicke's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Beswicke controlling the position.
Beswicke looking to control but Menace passes into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Menace throwing shots but Beswicke is blocking nicely.
Beswicke looks like he's trying to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beswicke trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Menace with good strikes from the mount here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Phantom Menace showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Menace 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phantom Menace!
Our winner, Phantom Menace, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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