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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between French Toast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumble Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toast comes to the cage accompanied by EAZY-E - Real Muthaphuckkin' G's. French Toast has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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195 cm
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250 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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176 cm
28
260 lbs
16 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, French Toast! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rumble Lord! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lord misses with a takedown attempt - Toast sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Nice takedown defense from Toast. No joy for Lord on that attempt. Lord closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Toast quickly recovers to half guard. Lord trying to control from half guard but Toast is working away. Lord missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Toast keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. Lord is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Toast has managed to free his arm - good work. Toast is looking to escape. Lord tries to pass the half guard into mount. Toast knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Lord missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Lord tries to pass the half guard into mount. Toast knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Toast keeping hold of Lord's head, controlling as best he can. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Lord is trying to control. Toast wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Lord throwing shots but Toast is blocking nicely. Toast is trying to control but can't.
Toast is not content to let Lord control the position. The fighters are battling for position here. Toast manages to regain full guard. Nice work. Toast seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission. Toast is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Toast looking for a guillotine here but Lord defends easily.
Lord postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lord stopping the sweep attempt from Toast. Lord is looking to pass into half guard but Toast pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Toast is in guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Lord being controlled here, momentarily. Lord escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Toast gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Toast sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Toast stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lord swivels though and keeps the full guard. Toast won't allow Lord to get back to his feet. Lord keeping moving, preventing Toast from controlling successfully. Toast tries to free his leg and advance position but Lord is retaining full guard. Toast trying to control the position from guard on top but Lord is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
French Toast has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet. Horrible takedown by Lord or perhaps it was just good defense by Toast which made him look bad. French Toast has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rumble Lord. Toast looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Toast shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lord as he avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Toast throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lord tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Toast is in Lord's guard. Lord tries to land a sweep but no joy. Lord bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Toast's guard. Lord looking to pass the guard. Lord looking to sit in guard and control but Toast gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Toast showing good wrestling skills to control the position. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
French Toast dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Toast throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lord's waist but Lord gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Toast off to one side. Lord darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Toast manages to get to full guard.
Lord trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Toast looking to control.
Toast is adopting a defensive guard. Lord postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lord throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Lord working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Toast looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lord is one step ahead there. Lord throws a big elbow that misses. Lord throws a big right hand that misses. Lord throwing strikes but missing. Lord must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Toast looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lord is one step ahead there. Lord trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Toast being controlled here, momentarily. Toast pulls Lord in close to prevent any damage. Lord avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lord throws an elbow that misses. Toast uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lord's guard. Nice move by Toast! Toast postures up.
Lord looking for a guillotine here but Toast defends easily.
Toast trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Toast controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Toast wants to control from the top but Lord keeps moving. French Toast overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. French Toast wasn't doing enough on the ground. No luck with that takedown attempt from Toast. Lord tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Toast swivels and escapes. Toast changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lord tries to avoid it but Toast manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lord to the ground. Lord escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for French Toast. That's going to take a lot out of him. Nice sprawl there from Toast as Lord shoots in. A punch combination from Lord misses. Toast shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. Lord is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Well, if Toast is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lord is trying to get back to full guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that French Toast will probably get the nod. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Lord shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Toast's guard. Lord postures up in Toast's guard and throws a big left but Toast blocks it. Toast is trying to keep Lord in close.
Lord throwing strikes from guard but Toast blocks nicely. Toast working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lord. Lord postures up.
Toast working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lord doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lord manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Toast had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lord defends it easily. Lord working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lord postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lord accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Lord passes into half guard. Toast blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lord. Lord throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Lord throwing shots but Toast is blocking nicely. Lord is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Lord throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Lord is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Toast moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Rumble Lord has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Toast looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lord is one step ahead there. Lord makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Lord looking to pass the guard. Toast is adopting a defensive guard. Lord in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Toast bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lord's guard. Toast stops Lord from standing up. Lord is looking for a triangle but Toast pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Toast stands and throws Lord's legs to the side, diving into side control. Toast taking a breather here. Toast tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Toast has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Toast tries to move to mount but Lord blocks the move with his legs. Toast controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Toast prevents Lord from escaping the position. Lord prevents Toast from moving into mount. Toast will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Toast controls the position from side control. Lord prevents Toast from improving position. Toast wants to control but Lord is keeping him busy. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Lord wants to control but Toast postures up.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Rumble Lord. I think Toast has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28 Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28 Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... French Toast! Our winner, French Toast, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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