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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Tamad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamad comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Joker kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Juan Tamad has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, David Byrne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Tamad!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrne connects with a single shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Byrne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Byrne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tamad throws a head kick that misses
and Byrne counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Byrne.
Byrne tries a body shot but Tamad blocks it.
Byrne taking a breather.
Tamad takes an elbow to the temple.
Tamad taking a breather.
Tamad throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Byrne.
Tamad tries to work over Byrne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tamad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tamad breaks the clinch.
Byrne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tamad misses with a body shot.
Tamad lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byrne cracks the inside of Tamad's front leg.
Tamad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Byrne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamad looks to land a right hand but Byrne moved out of range.
Byrne takes one to the chin there.
Tamad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Byrne was well out of range. Poor timing from Tamad.
Byrne throws a shot from downtown. Tamad moves away and avoids it.
Tamad scores with a nice right hand.
Byrne tries to land a leg kick but Tamad saw it coming and moves away.
Nice body punch from Byrne.
Byrne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Byrne scores with a decent looking hook.
Byrne is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tamad cracks Byrne with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tamad walks into a jab.
Tamad is looking to land body kicks.
Tamad is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Byrne's half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Byrne blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tamad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Byrne makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Byrne.
Byrne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tamad trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tamad sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Byrne's guard.
Byrne keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tamad has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tamad throwing shots but Byrne is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad is looking to advance position but Byrne won't allow it.
It looks like Tamad is going to stand back up.
Tamad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Byrne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tamad.
Nice strikes from Tamad there.
Tamad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Byrne trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamad winds up and cracks Byrne with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Byrne works his way to full guard. Good work.
Byrne not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tamad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Byrne is keeping the position for now.
Tamad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tamad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Byrne is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tamad is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Tamad dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A shot to the body from Tamad misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tamad tries to keep at a distance but Byrne has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tamad has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Byrne regains guard immediately.
Tamad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tamad is fighting to break Byrne's control of his arms but Byrne is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Byrne looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Byrne not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Byrne has control of Tamad's left arm, preventing Tamad from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. David Byrne wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Tamad throws a quick inside leg kick.
No joy there for Tamad, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tamad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Juan Tamad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tamad sizes up Byrne with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Byrne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tamad cracks Byrne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Byrne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tamad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tamad throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Byrne stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Byrne swinging wildly here.
Tamad connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tamad cracks the inside of Byrne's front leg.
Tamad throws a body punch but Byrne moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Byrne.
Byrne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tamad.
Tamad keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tamad gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tamad, right into the meat.
Tamad scoring well with a low kick there.
Byrne tries to clinch there but Tamad circles away.
Byrne doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Byrne lands with a thumping leg kick.
Byrne throws a body punch but Tamad moves out of range.
Byrne tries to close the distance and clinch but Tamad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Byrne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tamad.
Byrne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tamad. That did some damage!
Byrne tries to land a leg kick but Tamad saw it coming and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne takes one on the button.
Tamad misses with a body shot.
Tamad shoots in and gets a takedown into Byrne's guard.
Tamad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tamad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Byrne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tamad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Byrne pulls Tamad in to control the position.
Byrne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tamad loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tamad trying to control the position from guard on top but Byrne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tamad is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tamad postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tamad postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tamad stopping the sweep attempt from Byrne.
Byrne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Tamad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Tamad avoids the body shot from Byrne.
Byrne misses with the combination.
Tamad lunges at Byrne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Byrne's hand.
Tamad looks to land a right hand but Byrne moved out of range.
Tamad turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tamad throws a leg kick which misses Byrne's front leg but catches the back leg as Byrne tries to avoid it.
Byrne checks the leg kick.
Byrne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tamad has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tamad ducks under a wild hook from Byrne.
Byrne takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tamad lands a slapping body shot.
Byrne misses with a leg kick
and Tamad counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tamad wants to take a breather but Byrne is having none of it.
Tamad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tamad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tamad trying to pass the guard but Byrne defending well.
Tamad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tamad is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Byrne!
Tamad lands a big elbow.
Tamad cracks Byrne with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tamad looking to ground and pound but Byrne is blocking nicely.
Byrne holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tamad tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tamad is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Byrne can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamad breaks from Byrne's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Byrne holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tamad tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tamad throwing strikes here but Byrne is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tamad dominating with strikes here.
Byrne working to try and regain half guard.
David Byrne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tamad has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oooh a big shot lands for Tamad! Byrne is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Juan Tamad!
After winning the bout, Juan Tamad thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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