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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Staale Dal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrus The Virus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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266 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Staale Dal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cyrus The Virus!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Virus throws the left hand but Dal avoids the punch easily.
The Virus changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dal looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The Virus working the ground and pound but Dal is defending the strikes.
The Virus working the ground and pound but Dal is defending the strikes.
Dal is not content to let The Virus control the position.
Dal avoids any damage from the ground and pound of The Virus.
The Virus in side control, throwing shots but Dal defends.
The strikes coming from The Virus are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The Virus in side control, throwing shots but Dal defends.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dal dodges the ground and pound from The Virus.
The Virus fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The Virus in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Dal really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The Virus looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dal is avoiding damage well.
Dal pushes The Virus away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, The Virus gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The Virus postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dal wants to get back to his feet.
Dal is trying to escape the position but The Virus is controlling the position.
Dal parries the strikes from The Virus easily there. The Virus is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dal to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Virus misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The Virus prevents Dal from escaping the position.
The Virus sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dal is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The Virus has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Dal!
The Virus misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The Virus throws some wild stikes that Dal manages to avoid easily.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
Dal is breathing heavily.
Dal holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as The Virus tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Virus controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dal blocking the ground and pound.
The Virus looking to finish with strikes here!
The Virus throws some wild stikes that Dal manages to avoid easily.
The Virus misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The Virus can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dal is looking to escape.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The Virus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Virus misses with a head shot.
The Virus throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The Virus looking to ground and pound but Dal is blocking nicely.
The Virus throws some wild stikes that Dal manages to avoid easily.
The Virus punching from mount but Dal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The Virus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The Virus throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The Virus throwing strikes here but Dal is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Virus controlling his opponent.
The Virus wants to control the pace but Dal is squirming around nicely.
The Virus throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The Virus throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The Virus misses with a head shot.
The Virus punching from mount but Dal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Virus throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The Virus throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dal is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The Virus throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The Virus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dal avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Virus.
The Virus looking to finish with strikes here!
The Virus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The Virus looking to finish with strikes here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Virus looking to ground and pound but Dal is blocking nicely.
The Virus misses with a head shot.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The Virus misses with a head shot.
The Virus punching from mount but Dal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The Virus throwing strikes here but Dal is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dal wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by The Virus.
Dal is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Virus controlling from mount.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
Dal blocking the ground and pound.
The Virus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
Dal blocking the ground and pound.
The Virus throws some wild stikes that Dal manages to avoid easily.
Dal wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by The Virus.
Dal avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Virus.
The Virus unloads with some shots from mount but Dal bucks and avoids them well.
Dal avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Virus.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dal blocking the ground and pound.
The Virus misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cyrus The Virus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The Virus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dal tries to keep at a distance but The Virus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Virus is leaning against Dal and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The Virus breaks the clinch.
Dal slips a jab and a cross from The Virus.
Dal misses with a combination
and The Virus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Virus.
Dal misses with a two punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Dal.
Dal throws a right hand that The Virus ducks under and follows up with a left that The Virus also avoids with ease.
The Virus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Virus throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Dal tumbling to the canvas!
Dal is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Virus is looking to work some ground and pound but Dal has wrist control.
Oh Dal is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Virus throws a big elbow that misses.
Dal seems to have got his legs back now.
The Virus trying to control but Dal is working from the bottom.
Dal knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Virus on the ground.
The Virus is looking to work some ground and pound but Dal has wrist control.
The Virus trying to control but Dal is working from the bottom.
The Virus throwing strikes from guard but Dal blocks nicely.
Cyrus The Virus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dal working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Virus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Virus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Virus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dal works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Virus is looking to work some ground and pound but Dal has wrist control.
The Virus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dal works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Virus passes Dal's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The Virus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dal defending well though.
The Virus performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The Virus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The Virus thows a huge punch but Dal dodges it nicely.
The Virus thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The Virus is trying to control. Dal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The Virus throwing shots but Dal is blocking nicely.
The Virus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The Virus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Virus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dal's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Virus trying to control from half guard but Dal is working away.
The Virus trying to pass the guard but Dal defending well.
The Virus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Virus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dal blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Virus.
The Virus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Virus trying to control from half guard but Dal is working away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Virus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Virus.
The Virus looks to land a strike but Dal avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The Virus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dal will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The Virus throws a big elbow that misses.
The Virus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The Virus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The Virus wants to control from the top but Dal keeps moving.
The Virus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Virus sitting in guard here, content to control.
The Virus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Virus with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Virus trying to control the position from guard on top but Dal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Virus throws a big right hand that misses.
The Virus with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Virus postures up in Dal's guard and throws a big left but Dal blocks it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Virus passes Dal's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The Virus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Virus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Virus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Virus not doing much here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Virus thows a huge punch but Dal dodges it nicely.
The Virus wants to take a breather but Dal is having none of it.
Dal blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Virus.
The Virus wants to control but Dal is keeping him busy.
The Virus thows a huge punch but Dal dodges it nicely.
The Virus works his way into full mount!
The Virus punching from mount but Dal doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Cyrus The Virus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The Virus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dal because The Virus loaded up on that one.
Dal holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as The Virus tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The Virus looking to control and managing it successfully.
The Virus throwing strikes here but Dal is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cyrus The Virus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Virus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Cyrus The Virus!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Cyrus The Virus!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Cyrus The Virus!
Cyrus The Virus wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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