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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Spears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JJ Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronald Spears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, JJ Slaughter!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spears shoots in looking for a takedown. Slaughter tries to sprawl out of it but Spears keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Slaughter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Slaughter throws the kick towards the body but Spears avoids it.
Slaughter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spears moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Slaughter misses with a combination
letting Spears counter with a right hand.
Slaughter looks to land a combination but Spears avoids it well.
Slaughter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Spears counters with a shoot takedown. Slaughter fights it but they end up in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Spears looking to pass the guard.
Spears trying to control the position from guard on top but Slaughter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slaughter looking for a guillotine here but Spears defends easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spears wants to control from the top but Slaughter keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Slaughter has Spears pulled in close to control his posture.
Slaughter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Spears is one step ahead there.
Spears might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Slaughter trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears trying to stand up but can't free himself from Slaughter's guard.
Spears trying to control but Slaughter is working from the bottom.
Spears trying to stand up but can't free himself from Slaughter's guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Slaughter's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Slaughter duly obliges.
Slaughter misses with a double jab
and Spears counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Spears.
Slaughter looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spears distracts Slaughter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Spears throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter working a defensive guard here.
Spears would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Spears won't allow Slaughter to sweep him here.
Slaughter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Slaughter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Spears knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Slaughter on the ground.
Slaughter keeping full guard, as Spears tries to pass.
Spears wants to control from the top but Slaughter keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spears looking to pass the guard.
Slaughter keeping moving, preventing Spears from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick misses from Spears.
Slaughter fails to land with a series of punches.
Spears on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Spears looking to score a takedown here. Slaughter is defending well but Spears drives through and ends up in Slaughter's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spears looking to pass the guard.
Spears looking to sit in guard and control but Slaughter gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronald Spears dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Spears shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Slaughter's guard.
Slaughter manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Slaughter unloading with bombs!
Slaughter controlling the pace for now.
Spears is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Spears flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Slaughter controlling from the full mount.
Spears avoids a series of strikes thrown by Slaughter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slaughter is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Spears can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Slaughter throws some wild stikes that Spears manages to avoid easily.
Spears tries to hold on but Slaughter postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Spears tries to hold on but Slaughter postures up.
Spears is trying desperately to improve position.
Slaughter unloads with some shots from mount but Spears bucks and avoids them well.
Spears tries to hold on but Slaughter pushes him away.
Slaughter looking to control but Spears is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Slaughter is breathing heavily.
Slaughter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spears lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Spears.
JJ Slaughter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spears shoots in and drives through. Slaughter sprawls well.
Slaughter swinging wildly here.
Spears tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slaughter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slaughter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spears decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Spears scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Slaughter controlling the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spears is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Spears looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Slaughter is looking to control Spears's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Slaughter avoid being mounted?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spears looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spears blocks the strikes from Slaughter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but JJ Slaughter will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Slaughter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spears closes the distance and clinches up with Slaughter, looking for a takedown. Spears pushes Slaughter against the cage but Slaughter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Spears throws a sloppy head kick and Slaughter moves out of range easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Spears.
Slaughter misses with a wild combination.
Slaughter throws a jab when Spears was well out of range.
Spears fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Spears. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slaughter misses the shot to the body.
Slaughter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Slaughter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spears slips under a jab.
Slaughter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Slaughter. Those never looked like landing.
Slaughter scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Slaughter keeps the fight on the outside.
Slaughter misses with a double jab.
Spears tries to clinch but Slaughter is having none of it.
Slaughter gets caught napping as Spears dives in and scores a takedown. Slaughter manages to retain guard.
Slaughter keeping moving, preventing Spears from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Spears wants to pass the guard but Slaughter is keeping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ronald Spears.
Spears shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Slaughter's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spears avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Slaughter looking for a guillotine here but Spears defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Spears is looking to work some ground and pound but Slaughter has wrist control.
Spears wants to stand but Slaughter is controlling his posture from full guard.
Spears trying to control but Slaughter is working from the bottom.
Slaughter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Spears is one step ahead there.
Ronald Spears overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spears tries to stand but Slaughter is controlling from the bottom.
Spears lands a couple of digs.
Spears has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Slaughter wants to stand up but Spears is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spears wants to control from the top but Slaughter keeps moving.
Slaughter working a defensive guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to JJ Slaughter.
I think Slaughter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JJ Slaughter!
JJ Slaughter bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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