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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephan Bonnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dick's entrance music is Juelz Santana- The Second Coming. A fine choice. The key to victory for Jordan Dick has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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205 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jordan Dick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stephan Bonnar!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonnar gets the takedown into side control.
Bonnar working the ground and pound.
It looks like Jordan Dick has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bonnar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jordan Dick's cut is getting worse.
Bonnar misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Bonnar working the head with strikes.
Bonnar tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bonnar looks up at the clock and then as Dick takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bonnar smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jordan Dick's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dick is looking for a sweep.
Bonnar creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dick sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dick is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bonnar off and has taken his back!
Bonnar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bonnar rolls, trying to escape but Dick keeps control of the position.
Bonnar turns into Dick and is now in his guard.
Bonnar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnar tries to free his leg and advance position but Dick is retaining full guard.
Bonnar is looking to work some ground and pound but Dick has wrist control.
Dick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bonnar.
Bonnar sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dick's guard.
Bonnar thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Dick to regain full guard.
Bonnar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dick swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bonnar slips nicely into half guard.
Dick has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bonnar is working away from the top position though.
Bonnar wants to pass the guard but Dick is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bonnar throwing shots but Dick is blocking nicely.
Dick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bonnar.
Dick trying to control but Bonnar postures up.
Dick keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Dick. No joy for Bonnar on that attempt.
Bonnar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bonnar looks gassed!
Dick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dick misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dick swings for the body but Bonnar moves out of range.
Bonnar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dick throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bonnar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dick is fending him off so far but Bonnar persists. Nope, Dick circles away and we're back to standing.
Dick stuffs the takedown.
Jordan Dick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephan Bonnar.
Bonnar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bonnar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dick lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Bonnar sprawling to the canvas. Dick follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Bonnar hang on?
Bonnar is rocked!
It looks like Stephan Bonnar has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dick sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bonnar is still in real trouble! Can Dick finish him?
Bonnar seems to have recovered his senses.
Dick is tying to control. Bonnar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dick keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dick trying to control from half guard but Bonnar is working away.
Dick tries to pass to full mount but Bonnar defends it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonnar throws a strike from the bottom but Dick passes into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Dick dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bonnar slips a straight right by Dick.
Bonnar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bonnar throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Dick defending against the ground and pound.
Dick can't do much from the bottom here.
Bonnar moves into full mount!
Bonnar landing strikes from the mount and Dick is in trouble!
Dick tries to lock up and control but Bonnar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dick is looking to improve his position but Bonnar isn't that keen on the idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonnar raining down shots from the mount!
Bonnar with the ground and pound from mount.
Bonnar throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dick is in a horrible position here. Bonnar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dick wants to hold on but Bonnar pushes him away.
Dick is trying to escape the mount.
Dick avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bonnar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dick wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bonnar looking to finish Dick with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dick!
Bonnar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bonnar throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bonnar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dick looks a forlorn figure.
Bonnar is breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by Bonnar.
Jeez, Jordan Dick's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jordan Dick's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Stephan Bonnar!
Stephan Bonnar is the new light heavyweight champion!
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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
RATING
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