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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Herzog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herzog comes to the cage accompanied by Takida - Curly Sue. Bull comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Label Society - Fire It Up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
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157 lbs
36 - 26 - 3 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Herzog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 26 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roy Bull!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bull finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Herzog scores with a body shot.
Bull chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Herzog can pounce on him.
Bull swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bull jabs Herzog right on the nose. Herzog blinks but takes it well.
Nice cross by Bull.
Bull jabs Herzog to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bull jabs at Herzog's body.
Nice sprawl there from Bull as Herzog shoots in.
Bull with a lazy takedown attempt
and Herzog counters with a nice leg kick.
Herzog cracks Bull with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Herzog feints and as Bull raises his hands in defense, Herzog changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Herzog's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Herzog works over Bull with some ground and pound from guard.
Herzog wants to control from the top but Bull keeps moving.
Bull throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bull is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bull wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull keeping moving, preventing Herzog from controlling successfully.
Bull tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bull looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bull preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bull is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Herzog defends well.
Herzog scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Herzog works over Bull with some ground and pound from guard.
Bull working for a triangle but Herzog defends it easily.
Herzog trying to control the position from guard on top but Bull is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herzog stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bull swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Herzog distracts Bull with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bull looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bull is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Herzog trying to control the position from guard on top but Bull is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Herzog landing some decent shots from guard.
Herzog wants to control from the top but Bull keeps moving.
Herzog is really struggling to control Bull but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bull controls Herzog momentarily but Herzog frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Herzog haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Herzog postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Herzog is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Herzog has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bull throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bull bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Herzog's guard.
Bull loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Herzog looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bull drops back, looking for a kneebar! Herzog looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Herzog looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Herzog!
Bull regains half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bull won't allow Herzog to pass to mount.
Herzog throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Herzog passes to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herzog lands a nice forearm strike.
Herzog creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bull tries to bench press Herzog off him but Herzog keeps the position.
Bull is trying to buck Herzog off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Herzog cracks Bull with a big right hand but Bull just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Herzog works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bull manages to get back to half guard.
Herzog working the head and body with strikes.
Bull is rocked!
Bull wants to control but Herzog is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Herzog is looking for a kimura here.
Bull on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bull is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Herzog 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. And we move into the final round!
Herzog cracks the inside of Bull's front leg.
Herzog throws a good cross that connects.
Bull missing with a left hand there. Herzog was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bull throws a big shot that misses.
Herzog lands with a thumping leg kick.
Herzog keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bull throws a big shot that misses.
Herzog fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bull has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bull throws a chopping leg kick but Herzog manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bull connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bull moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Herzog is looking to slow Bull down with leg kicks.
Bull misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bull moves out of range as Herzog strikes.
Bull closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Herzog quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bull scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Herzog wants to control but Bull is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull throwing shots but Herzog is blocking nicely.
Bull missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Herzog moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bull postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Herzog is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Bull, into his guard.
Herzog is working Bull over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Herzog won't allow Bull to sweep him here.
Herzog lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Herzog is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bull throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herzog postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Herzog with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Herzog landing with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bull is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Herzog lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bull looking for a sweep. Not yet Bull, not yet.
Bull working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Herzog doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Herzog manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bull is breathing heavily.
Bull keeping moving, preventing Herzog from controlling successfully.
Chris Herzog is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Herzog working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bull's head.
Roy Bull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull keeping moving, preventing Herzog from controlling successfully.
Herzog loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Herzog trying to control the position from guard on top but Bull is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Herzog passes Bull's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bull is looking to improve his position.
Herzog winds up and cracks Bull with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Herzog throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bull actively working from the bottom here.
Bull manages to get to full guard.
Herzog throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Herzog accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Herzog with a flurry of punches that miss.
Herzog wants to control from the top but Bull keeps moving.
Herzog passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Herzog lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bull down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herzog lands a few punches from side control.
Herzog in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Herzog is looking to take a break and control but Bull is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bull is looking for a sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herzog lands a nice forearm strike.
Herzog landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Chris Herzog overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Herzog scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Herzog showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Herzog has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 20:18
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 20:18
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 20:18
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Herzog!
A very excited looking Chris Herzog made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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