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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Fletcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urijah Klein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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203 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Fletcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Urijah Klein!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fletcher closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Klein to the mat! Klein manages to get full guard.
Fletcher lands a couple of elbows.
Klein working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fletcher doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fletcher manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Klein is looking for a triangle but Fletcher pushes his legs off easily.
Fletcher sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Klein looking to control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fletcher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fletcher scoring with some ground and pound.
Fletcher working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Klein's head.
Klein escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fletcher gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Klein has momentary wrist control but Fletcher slips an elbow through the middle.
Fletcher knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Klein on the ground.
Klein looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fletcher working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Klein is looking for a triangle but Fletcher pushes his legs off easily.
Klein looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fletcher connects with a couple of short punches.
Klein working for a triangle but Fletcher defends it easily.
Fletcher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fletcher won't allow Klein to sweep him here.
Fletcher content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fletcher pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Klein is keeping the position for now.
Fletcher content to stall in guard here.
Fletcher with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fletcher trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fletcher avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fletcher wants to pass the guard but Klein is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klein keeping moving, preventing Fletcher from controlling successfully.
Klein is looking for a triangle but Fletcher pushes his legs off easily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Fletcher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Fletcher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fletcher misses with a two punch combination.
Klein fails with the takedown
and Fletcher counters with a one-two to the body.
Fletcher throws a series of punches but Klein avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klein.
Klein changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fletcher looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fletcher is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Klein is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fletcher has escaped the position, nice work there.
Klein is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fletcher knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fletcher stops Klein from passing to mount.
Fletcher tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Klein is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fletcher is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher can't do much from the bottom here.
Klein tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Klein has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Klein looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fletcher tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Klein wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Klein advances to mount.
Klein blocks Fletcher's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urijah Klein dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fletcher gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fletcher swinging wilding here.
Fletcher throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A combination from Fletcher does no damage.
Klein throws a right and a left that both miss.
Klein throws a right and a left that Fletcher avoids nicely.
Fletcher keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klein fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Klein shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fletcher pinned against the cage. Fletcher gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Steve Fletcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urijah Klein.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fletcher shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Klein's guard.
Fletcher is looking to stand up but Klein won't let him.
Klein looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Klein lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fletcher!
Fletcher wants to control but Klein is having none of it.
Klein prevents Fletcher from getting the reversal.
Urijah Klein has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klein jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Fletcher manages to avoid the submission attempt.
You can see the frustration on Fletcher's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Klein is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fletcher is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fletcher on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fletcher tries to get out of the position.
Fletcher is trying to get back to half guard.
Fletcher gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Klein avoids the attempt from Fletcher to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klein tries to control but Fletcher wriggling away.
Klein is working for a guillotine from mount but Fletcher frees his head quite easily.
Klein quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Klein but it's paid off an Fletcher is forced to tap! Nice work by Klein.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Urijah Klein!
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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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