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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Duhrover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Myers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duhrover kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Doggystyle. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Duhrover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Myers!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duhrover takes a swing at Myers's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the liver by Duhrover. Beautiful body shot.
Myers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duhrover darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Duhrover looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Myers with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duhrover thows a huge punch but Myers dodges it nicely.
Duhrover looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Duhrover throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Myers keeping control of the position.
Duhrover prevents Myers from improving his position.
Myers wants to control the action here but instead Duhrover manages to pass to full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duhrover putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Duhrover working away from the top, dropping strikes.
It looks like Martin Myers has been cut.
We've been hearing good reports from Duhrover's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Duhrover lands a big elbow.
Duhrover with the ground and pound from mount.
Myers is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duhrover avoids the attempt from Myers to control.
Myers sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Myers trying to control here.
Duhrover lands with a punch from half guard.
Myers wants to improve his position but Duhrover is controlling well.
Duhrover thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Myers's head.
Duhrover working Myers over with strikes.
Duhrover missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Duhrover is looking for a kimura here.
Duhrover missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duhrover trying to pass the guard but Myers defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers is looking to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duhrover wants to free his trapped foot but Myers is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Duhrover thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Myers's head.
Duhrover is looking to advance position but Myers won't allow it.
Myers tries to roll over but Duhrover keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duhrover is working for a kimura but Myers is defending it quite comfortably.
Duhrover lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myers wants to control but Duhrover is keeping busy.
Myers actively working from the bottom here.
Myers is looking to improve his position.
Duhrover is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Myers has managed to free his arm - good work.
Duhrover is keen to just control but Myers is a slippery customer.
Myers is looking for a sweep. Duhrover is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duhrover is thwarting Myers's attempts to control the position.
Duhrover 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.
Duhrover working over Myers with some ground and pound. Myers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Myers is trying to maintain the position but Duhrover is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Duhrover lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myers is trying to control but can't.
Myers keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Duhrover wants to lay and pray for a moment but Myers keeps working.
Myers is trying to get back to full guard.
Duhrover landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Duhrover seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Myers tries to roll over but Duhrover keeps him under control.
Duhrover works his way into full mount!
Myers is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Myers that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That has opened up Martin Myers's cut even more.
Duhrover is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Myers can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Duhrover dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martin Myers's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Duhrover tries to land knees in the clinch but Myers avoids the damage to the body.
Myers has a couple of punches blocked by Duhrover.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duhrover.
Myers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Myers is trying to force a seperation but Duhrover has the dominant position.
Myers missing with knees to the body.
Duhrover lands with a right to the head.
Duhrover tries for a takedown. No joy.
Myers gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Duhrover.
Duhrover lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Myers.
Myers misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Myers misses with the head strike.
Duhrover doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duhrover blocks an elbow strike.
Duhrover misses with a punch to the body.
Duhrover slows down the pace here.
Duhrover gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Duhrover lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Duhrover.
Duhrover blocking some punches.
Myers misses with a knee strike.
Duhrover just leaning against Myers, taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duhrover escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Myers loads up on a big right hand but Duhrover slips the punch.
Duhrover dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Myers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Martin Myers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Myers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duhrover looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Myers is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duhrover scores with a couple of nice shots.
Myers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Duhrover.
Myers manages to get to full guard.
Myers has control of Duhrover's left arm, preventing Duhrover from doing any damage.
Myers controls Duhrover momentarily but Duhrover frees himself.
Myers is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duhrover stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Myers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Myers trying to control the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Duhrover missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Martin Myers.
Myers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duhrover.
Duhrover swings for the body but Myers moves out of range.
Duhrover thows a body shot but no joy.
Duhrover ducks under a wild hook from Myers.
Myers cracks Duhrover with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Myers digs a good hook to Duhrover's body.
Myers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duhrover.
Duhrover takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martin Myers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Myers lands with a cross.
Duhrover is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duhrover uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Myers.
Duhrover goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Duhrover tries to clinch there but Myers circles away.
Duhrover misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Myers.
Duhrover darts in trying to clinch
and Myers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duhrover ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Myers moves away.
Myers connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick misses from Myers.
Myers throws a wild body kick that Duhrover sees coming a mile off.
Duhrover moves out of range as Myers strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Myers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duhrover moves away.
Myers takes one to the side of the head.
Myers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duhrover clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Martin Myers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Martin Myers's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Duhrover closes the distance and clinches.
Duhrover is looking for a takedown.
Duhrover blocks an uppercut.
Myers misses with a punch on the inside.
Duhrover blocks an uppercut.
Duhrover will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Myers up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duhrover.
Duhrover will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Myers up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Myers fails to land.
Myers misses with some punches.
Duhrover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Myers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duhrover blocks an uppercut.
Myers misses with a punch on the inside.
Duhrover tries to work over Myers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duhrover tries for a takedown. No joy.
Myers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Myers misses with a body punch.
Myers swings wildly with an uppercut but Duhrover uses good head movement to avoid it.
Myers with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Myers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Myers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Myers has a couple of punches blocked by Duhrover.
Myers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duhrover blocks it with crossed arms.
Myers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Myers can't find room to land a body shot as Duhrover controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Duhrover.
Duhrover gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Myers wants to control but Duhrover is keeping busy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Myers makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Myers.
Duhrover chips away with some ground and pound.
Myers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duhrover scoring with punches to the head and body.
Duhrover wants to control from the top but Myers keeps moving.
Duhrover throwing strikes but missing.
Duhrover trying to control the position from guard on top but Myers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myers looking for a sweep. Not yet Myers, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duhrover accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Duhrover chips away with some ground and pound.
Duhrover wants to pass the guard but Myers is keeping the position.
Duhrover scoring with some ground and pound.
Duhrover trying to control but Myers is working from the bottom.
Duhrover postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Myers wants to sweep here but Duhrover controlling him for the moment.
Duhrover might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Duhrover pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Myers is keeping the position for now.
Myers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Myers is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myers looking for a sweep. Not yet Myers, not yet.
Myers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Duhrover.
Myers working for a triangle but Duhrover defends it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duhrover is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Duhrover landing some decent shots from guard.
Myers is trying to keep Duhrover in close.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duhrover makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Myers is trying to control the position but Duhrover postures up.
Duhrover loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Myers controls Duhrover momentarily but Duhrover frees himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Duhrover showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Duhrover 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Duhrover!
Ben Duhrover seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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