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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chad Dillon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love has chosen You ready as his entrance music. Mister Love is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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175 cm
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153 lbs
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175 cm
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Dillon! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mister Love! The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dillon gets tackled into the cage by Love. Love maintains the clinch. Dillon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Love gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dillon is looking to break free of the clinch but Love has double underhooks. Love scores a nice knee to the body.
Love breaks from the clinch.
Love avoids the body shot from Dillon.
Dillon misses with a wild body shot. Dillon thows a body shot but no joy. Love throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dillon. Dillon tries to clinch up and Love counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love forces Dillon back against the cage and clinches. Love has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dillon uses from the top position. The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Love holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mister Love was stalling too much, according to the referee. Love tries to clinch but Dillon moves out of range. Love is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Love fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dillon avoids it really well and circles away. Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dillon shoots in but no luck this time. Love tries to clinch up. Love fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dillon, pushing him back against the cage. Love lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Love breaks from the clinch.
Love is looking to clinch but Dillon is avoiding it.
Dillon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's four minutes gone in the round. Dillon doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.
Love displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dillon. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad Dillon. That's going to take a lot out of him. Love throws a combination that misses and Dillon counters with a crisp one two that drops Love! Dillon thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Love to his feet! Love is in big trouble! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Dillon swats away the attempt to clinch by Love. Dillon looks to clinch and Love moves into the clinch. Love lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Love is struggling to control the position. Dillon is trying to break the clinch but Love has him pressed against the cage. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chad Dillon will probably get the nod. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dillon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Love under the eye. Chad Dillon is winning the standup battle so far. Dillon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away. Dillon keeps the fight on the outside. Love slips a jab and a cross from Dillon.
Love moves into the clinch. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Love. Knees in the clinch landing for Love.
Love stalls. Dillon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dillon is trying to break the clinch but Love is controlling him. Love pulls guard effortlessly. Love is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dillon is aware though and is defending well. Dillon prevents Love from getting back to his feet. Love keeping moving, preventing Dillon from controlling successfully. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Chad Dillon wasn't doing enough on the ground. Dillon swats away the attempt to clinch by Love. Nice cross by Love. Dillon tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Love moves in looking to clinch but Dillon pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dillon closes the distance but Love moves to the side and Love counters with an outside leg kick.
Love tries to clinch up. Dillon misses the body punch and Love counters with a stiff right hand. Dillon throws a leg kick and Love counters with a lovely shot to the body. Love tries to clinch but Dillon moves out of range. Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world. Dillon looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Love is fending him off so far but Dillon persists. Nope, Love circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Dillon takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses. Love tries to clinch up. Dillon stuns Love with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Love tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dillon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Dillon is looking to wear down Love with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Love fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dillon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dillon paws at him with a jab and circles away. Love is looking to take this fight into the clinch. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mister Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Dillon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center. Dillon tries to clinch and Love holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Dillon drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Love lands a knee to the body.
Love unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dillon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Love wants a takedown but no success here.
Love landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love lands a nice elbow. Love unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dillon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love dodges the punch combination from Dillon.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dillon as he avoids it easily. Dillon tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance. Dillon wants to clinch and Love holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dillon thows a body shot but no joy. Love tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dillon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Love throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dillon. Dillon swats away the attempt to clinch by Love. Dillon keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dillon paws at him with a jab and circles away. Love fails in his attempt to clinch. The fight stays on the outside here - Dillon looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Love is looking to clinch. Love has managed to clinch.
Love is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Love unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dillon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Love landing knees to the body.
Dillon wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.
Love is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Dillon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Love fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dillon tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight! Mister Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Love 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29 Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:30 Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Love! After the fight, Mister Love was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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