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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Hill has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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170 cm
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143 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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179 cm
28
145 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Luiz! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Hill! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hill shoots in for a takedown but Luiz shows good takedown defense. Hill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Hill fails miserably with a takedown attempt. David Luiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Hill. Luiz drives through with a takedown into Hill's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Hill wants to sweep here but Luiz controlling him for the moment. Luiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Hill is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hill wants to sweep here but Luiz controlling him for the moment. Luiz is looking to work some ground and pound but Hill has wrist control. Hill is trying to keep Luiz in close.
Luiz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hill swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Luiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Luiz chips away with some ground and pound. Hill keeping moving, preventing Luiz from controlling successfully. Hill 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. Hill looking to control.
Luiz looking to pass the guard. Luiz with a flurry of punches that miss. Luiz throwing strikes from guard but Hill blocks nicely. Hill looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luiz is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Luiz content to stall in guard here. Hill trying to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Hill fails to land the takedown. Hill shoots in for a takedown but Luiz shows good takedown defense.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hill shoots for a double leg takedown but Luiz sprawls well. He's pushed Hill's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Luiz misses with a double jab.
Luiz throws a shot to the body.
Hill shoots in looking for a takedown. Luiz tries to sprawl out of it but Hill keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Luiz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Luiz lands a jab. No luck with that takedown attempt from Luiz. Luiz moves in looking to clinch but Hill pushes him off. Luiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Luiz as Hill shoots in.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hill takes one to the side of the head.
Luiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Hill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Luiz cracks Hill with a big right hand and Hill goes down!
Hill is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Hill looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luiz is one step ahead there. Hill is still in real trouble! Can Luiz finish him? Luiz stands up over Hill, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Hill controls Luiz momentarily but Luiz frees himself. Luiz showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Luiz throwing strikes from guard but Hill blocks nicely. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Luiz is working Hill over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Luiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Luiz's corner is telling him to maintain position. Hill avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Luiz scoring with punches to the head and body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Luiz dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hill moves out of range of the strikes. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Luiz, as that shot connected.
Luiz has closed the distance and engaged Hill in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz's face as he tries to break the clinch. Luiz lands a takedown into guard.
Hill seems to have recovered his senses. Luiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Luiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Luiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Hill controlling the position. Luiz trying to control but Hill is working from the bottom. Luiz stopping the sweep attempt from Hill. Hill manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Luiz manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hill trying to move into half guard but instead Luiz has managed to sweep! Luiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Luiz postures up.
Hill keeping moving, preventing Luiz from controlling successfully. Hill escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Luiz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Luiz throwing strikes from guard but Hill blocks nicely. Luiz throws a strike but Hill rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hill won't allow Luiz to sweep him here. Hill loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Hill postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Luiz seems keen to control Hill's posture. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Luiz pushes Hill off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there. A telegraphed right hand from Luiz misses the target. Hill avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jab from Luiz. Luiz lands with a straight right. Hill didn't see that one coming. Luiz looking to score a takedown here. Hill is defending well but Luiz drives through and ends up in Hill's guard. Luiz lands a couple of decent looking shots. Hill has momentary wrist control but Luiz slips an elbow through the middle. Luiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hill works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Luiz trying to control but Hill is working from the bottom. Hill seems keen to control Luiz's posture. Luiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Hill trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Luiz throws a big right hand that misses. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Hill working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Luiz. Luiz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Luiz lands a couple of elbows. Hill is trying to control the position but Luiz postures up. Luiz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Hill looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Luiz puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Luiz is trying to control. Hill wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Luiz controlling the action here. Luiz throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hill to regain full guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Luiz dominated that second round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Luiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luiz closes the distance and clinches. Luiz has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hill clear over his head and slammed him to the mat! Hill tries to escape but Luiz has the hooks in and won't let him break free. Luiz landing with strikes. Luiz misses with punches from the back. Luiz trying to control. Luiz is hanging on to Hill's back as he tries to escape.
Hill covering up well under a series of strikes from Luiz. Luiz throwing wild punches that miss their target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Luiz avoiding Hill 's attempts to control his hands. Luiz misses with a punch to the head. Hill trying to control the hands but Luiz won't let him. Oooh a big shot gets through from Luiz. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Hill covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Luiz is not going to allow Hill to sit and survive in this position. Luiz throwing damaging strikes from the back! Hill could be in trouble here!
Hill tries to escape the position.
Hill covering up well under a series of strikes from Luiz. Hill looking very determined here, making life difficult for Luiz.
Luiz cracks Hill with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Hill from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Luiz punches Hill on the ear. David Luiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Hill is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Luiz.
Luiz wants to control but Hill is keeping busy. Luiz is really struggling to control Hill but he's trying to hold on to the position. Luiz misses with a punch to the head. Bobby Hill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Luiz lands punches and elbows. Hill wants to escape the position.
Luiz is trying to stick to Hill's back but Hill is turning into Luiz. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Luiz's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Hill. Hill is looking to advance position but Luiz has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Luiz landing shots from mount. David Luiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hill is desperately trying to improve his position but Luiz has a good base and remains in mount. Luiz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hill can do to turn this around? Hill tries to hold on but Luiz postures up. Luiz with shots to the head and body - Hill looks very uncomfortable down there. Luiz landing punches. Luiz prevents Hill from getting the reversal. Luiz looking to control and managing it successfully. Luiz postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Hill bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Luiz and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Luiz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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