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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Melekh David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vanilla Ice Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ice Cold's choice of entrance music: Adrenaline!. Vanilla Ice Cold has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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141 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
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169 cm
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143 lbs
21 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Melekh David!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vanilla Ice Cold!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Ice Cold darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A low kick from Ice Cold misses
and David counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by David.
Ice Cold keeping full guard, as David tries to pass.
Ice Cold keeping moving, preventing David from controlling successfully.
Ice Cold controls David momentarily but David frees himself.
Ice Cold keeping moving, preventing David from controlling successfully.
David tries to free his leg and advance position but Ice Cold is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ice Cold pulls David in to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Melekh David.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ice Cold looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
David swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ice Cold is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by David.
Ice Cold throws a leg kick but David moved away.
Ice Cold moves into range and clinches up with David.
Ice Cold trying to stall but David improves his position.
David prevents a body shot from Ice Cold.
David blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
David drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ice Cold gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ice Cold tries to throw a body punch but David avoids it by throwing Ice Cold back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ice Cold's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ice Cold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
David wants a takedown.
Ice Cold is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Melekh David. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short left from Ice Cold.
Ice Cold misses with the head strike.
David drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ice Cold gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ice Cold misses with a short punch on the inside.
David jumps guard but Ice Cold stands there with David around his waist. David gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ice Cold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
David wants a takedown but no success here.
Ice Cold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ice Cold misses with some punches.
Ice Cold lands a hook that snaps the head of David backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ice Cold has a couple of punches blocked by David.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ice Cold.
Ice Cold throws a head punch that misses.
Ice Cold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ice Cold lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
David is trying to pull guard but Ice Cold has him pressed against the cage.
David is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ice Cold to keep the fight standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ice Cold swings wildly with an uppercut but David uses good head movement to avoid it.
David blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
David fails to pull guard.
David gets control of Ice Cold's arms and successfully pulls guard. David will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
David looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ice Cold is one step ahead there.
David looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vanilla Ice Cold dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ice Cold with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
David throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ice Cold takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ice Cold tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but David paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ice Cold gets off balance looking for a body kick
so David counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
David throwing strikes but missing.
David working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
David wants to control from the top but Ice Cold keeps moving.
David passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ice Cold stops David from passing to mount.
David fails to land a wild elbow strike.
David in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
David tries to move to full mount but Ice Cold actually manages to regain half guard.
David is thwarting Ice Cold's attempts to control the position.
Ice Cold has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ice Cold is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
David is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
David postures up.
We've been hearing that David has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
David wants to control from the top but Ice Cold keeps moving.
David working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ice Cold swivels though and keeps the full guard.
David drops back looking for a leg! Ice Cold is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ice Cold manages to kick David off! David jumps back into Ice Cold's guard.
David is fighting to break Ice Cold's control of his arms but Ice Cold is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
David pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ice Cold is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ice Cold is controlling David's posture.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ice Cold preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
David throwing strikes but missing.
David 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ice Cold has his hands on David's head, controlling the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Vanilla Ice Cold.
Ice Cold lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melekh David dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
David connects with a single shot there.
That kick from Ice Cold tenderised David's leg. David is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ice Cold tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
David throws a leg kick but Ice Cold sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ice Cold moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ice Cold is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ice Cold!
Vanilla Ice Cold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ice Cold lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ice Cold scores with a jab. David acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
David is rocked!
It looks like Melekh David has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Ice Cold misses.
Oh David is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
David is holding his hands too far apart here. Ice Cold throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! David is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vanilla Ice Cold!
Vanilla Ice Cold is the new bantamweight champion!
Our winner, Vanilla Ice Cold, 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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