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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between herbert mankow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spencer Bassey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, herbert mankow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Spencer Bassey!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mankow closes the distance and clinches up with Bassey, looking for a takedown. mankow pushes Bassey against the cage but Bassey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
mankow clinches.
mankow tries to pull guard but Bassey holds him up against the cage and eventually mankow drops back down to his feet.
mankow has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bassey clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
mankow softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Bassey tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
mankow raining down shots from the mount!
mankow could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bassey is looking to improve his position but mankow isn't that keen on the idea.
mankow has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bassey's face.
Bassey is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bassey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
mankow scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bassey?
Bassey is still in real trouble! Can mankow finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
mankow landing strikes from the mount and Bassey is in trouble!
That's one minute gone in the round.
mankow trying to control but Bassey is having none of it.
Bassey is trying desperately to improve position.
Bassey seems to have recovered his senses.
BOOM! mankow connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bassey is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bassey is wriggling around trying to escape.
mankow lands a nice shot to the head.
mankow looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bassey looks gassed!
Bassey squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
mankow 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.
Bassey is in all sorts of trouble here.
mankow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
mankow lands a heavy elbow.
Bassey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Bassey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
mankow with good strikes from the mount here!
mankow looking to finish Bassey with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bassey!
Bassey is in all sorts of trouble here.
mankow scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bassey is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bassey is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bassey can do anything to dispel that myth.
mankow landing strikes, looking to finish!
mankow prevents Bassey from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
mankow working Bassey over with strikes here.
Bassey keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by mankow.
mankow landing strikes from the mount and Bassey is in trouble!
Bassey taking shots to the head.
Bassey manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bassey throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
mankow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
mankow is keen to just control but Bassey is a slippery customer.
mankow drops an elbow to the side of Bassey's head.
Ground and pound from mankow.
Bassey tries to kick mankow off but mankow keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bassey slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
mankow is looking to advance position but Bassey has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
mankow tries to reverse the position but Bassey maintains control.
Bassey throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
mankow is trying desperately to improve position.
mankow is working hard here to advance position.
mankow is mounted and he's throwing punches. Is that wise?
Bassey avoids the attempt from mankow to control.
mankow holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Bassey tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
mankow really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
herbert mankow dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
mankow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
mankow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bassey has his takedown stuffed
and mankow counters by moving into the clinch.
Bassey gets underhooks to prevent mankow's takedown attempt.
Bassey wants to break the clinch but can't.
mankow has hold of one of Bassey's legs. Bassey is fighting the takedown attempt but mankow gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Bassey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
mankow stands up and waves to Bassey to follow him.
mankow has his takedown stuffed
and Bassey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for herbert mankow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
mankow wants a takedown.
Bassey can't break the clinch.
mankow scores with a shoulder strike.
mankow tries to score a body lock takedown but Bassey shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bassey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
mankow changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bassey fights it off and pushes away nicely.
mankow misses with a takedown attempt
and Bassey counters with a single leg into guard. mankow didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
mankow throws a couple of heel strikes.
Bassey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now mankow is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bassey striking from the bottom here.
Bassey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. mankow manages to get himself to full guard.
mankow has momentary wrist control but Bassey slips an elbow through the middle.
Bassey chips away with some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now mankow is on top in guard.
Bassey throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bassey striking from the bottom here.
herbert mankow overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bassey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bassey is breathing heavily.
mankow content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
mankow preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
mankow fails to land the takedown.
mankow scores with a takedown into Bassey's guard.
mankow trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bassey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. mankow manages to get himself to full guard.
Bassey stopping the sweep attempt from mankow.
Bassey pushing down on mankow's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bassey works his foot free and advances to mount.
mankow is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bassey loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have mankow scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Bassey land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Bassey stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spencer Bassey!
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