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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Redban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Redban comes into a darkened arena with his song building. M83 - Midnight City kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Brian Redban has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gordon Freeman's chin.
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gordon Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Redban!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redban takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've been hearing reports that Freeman has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Redban cracks Freeman with an open hand slap.
Freeman misses with a hook to the body
and Redban counters with an inside leg kick.
Freeman slips a jab from Redban.
Freeman scores with a nice right hand.
Freeman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Redban throws a shot from downtown. Freeman moves away and avoids it.
Redban lands with a slapping head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Freeman drops his hands momentarily and Redban takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Redban misses with a hook
and Freeman counters with a shoot takedown. Redban fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Redban has his foot on Freeman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Freeman works his way back into a safe position though.
Freeman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Freeman stopping the sweep attempt from Redban.
Freeman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Redban is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Freeman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman trying to control the position from guard on top but Redban is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Freeman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Redban lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Freeman!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Freeman wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Redban.
Redban sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Freeman is wriggling around trying to escape.
Freeman regains half guard.
Redban is looking to take a break and control but Freeman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Redban tries to pass to full mount but Freeman defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redban wants to control but Freeman is keeping him busy.
Redban looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Freeman punching from the bottom.
Freeman works his way to full guard. Good work.
Redban wants to control from the top but Freeman keeps moving.
Freeman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Redban is trying desperately to improve position.
Redban manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Freeman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Freeman is controlling the pace.
Freeman is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman throwing shots but Redban is blocking nicely.
Freeman 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.
Redban moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Redban working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Freeman.
Freeman throws a big right hand that misses.
Freeman throwing strikes from guard but Redban blocks nicely.
Freeman won't allow Redban to sweep him here.
Freeman throwing strikes but missing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Redban is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freeman postures up in Redban's guard and throws a big left but Redban blocks it.
Redban trying to keep a closed guard but Freeman is proving a slippery customer.
Freeman wants to control from the top but Redban keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gordon Freeman will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Redban pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Freeman back to the cage. Redban follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Freeman moves out of range as Redban strikes.
Redban swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Redban takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A swing and a miss from Redban.
Redban jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Redban fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Freeman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Redban tries to avoid it but Freeman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Redban to the ground. Redban escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Redban connects with a high kick.
Freeman scores with a shot to the body.
Freeman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Redban throws a wild body kick that Freeman sees coming a mile off.
Redban scores with a kick to the body.
Redban takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Redban tries to land a leg kick but Freeman saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Freeman scores with a jab to the jaw.
Freeman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Freeman slips under a jab.
Freeman misses with a double jab.
Freeman is looking to wear down Redban with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Redban with a hook.
Freeman lands a glancing blow to the side of Redban's head.
Brian Redban seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Freeman. Beautiful body shot.
Freeman swinging wildly here.
Redban misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Freeman.
Freeman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Redban lands with a kick to the temple. Freeman shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freeman sizes up Redban with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Redban missing with a left hand there. Freeman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Redban back to the cage. Freeman follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Brian Redban has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Redban misses the target.
Freeman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Redban misses with a looping left.
Redban throws a low kick but Freeman moves out of range easily.
Freeman just misses with a punch to the body.
Freeman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Redban cracks Freeman with a good jab.
A big left from Redban misses.
Freeman blocks a head kick by Redban.
Redban misses with an attempted mid kick.
Freeman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Redban missing with a left hand there. Freeman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Freeman throws a leg kick but Redban sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redban throws a body punch but Freeman moves out of range.
Redban looks to land a left hand but Freeman moved out of range nicely.
Freeman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Redban ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brian Redban seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Redban waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Freeman.
Redban wants to slow Freeman down by chopping away at his legs.
Freeman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Freeman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Redban was well out of range. Poor timing from Freeman.
A punch combination from Redban misses.
Redban scores with a jab to the body.
Redban throws a body kick that misses.
A big left from Redban misses.
Nice defenses there by Freeman.
Freeman is trying hard to land a takedown here. Redban sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gordon Freeman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Freeman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Redban lands a jab to Freeman's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freeman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Redban sprawls well. Redban wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Freeman gets slowly back to his feet.
Redban thows a body shot but no joy.
Freeman takes a swing at Redban's ribcage but misses.
Freeman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Freeman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Freeman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Redban manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freeman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Redban manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Freeman thows a body shot but no joy.
Redban misses with a hook
and Freeman counters with a takedown into side control.
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 Gordon Freeman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brian Redban's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Redban looks to land a body kick but Freeman moved away.
Freeman defending well as Redban loads up on a big left hand.
Redban swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Redban misses with a wild body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Freeman!
Freeman slips a straight right by Redban.
Redban tries to land a front kick but Freeman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Redban misses with a two punch combination.
Redban swings widly with a right hand
and Freeman counters with a straight right hand.
Redban lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Redban.
Freeman slips a straight right by Redban.
Freeman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Redban can pounce on him.
Freeman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Redban manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Redban takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freeman wants to control from the top but Redban keeps moving.
Freeman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Redban works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redban working a defensive guard here.
Redban working for a triangle but Freeman defends it easily.
Freeman is working Redban over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Redban working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Freeman.
Freeman distracts Redban with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Freeman wants to pass the guard but Redban is keeping the position.
Freeman distracts Redban with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Freeman won't allow Redban to sweep him here.
Redban striking off his back but it's not causing Freeman any problems.
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.
Freeman preventing the sweep.
Freeman prevents Redban from getting back to his feet.
Redban wants to sweep here but Freeman controlling him for the moment.
Freeman wants to pass the guard but Redban is keeping the position.
Freeman wants to control from the top but Redban keeps moving.
Freeman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redban wants to sweep but no luck.
Freeman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Gordon Freeman wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Redban scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brian Redban has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redban throws out a loose jab but Freeman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redban walks into a straight right hand from Freeman.
Freeman works the jab nicely.
Freeman lands with a hook. Redban tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Redban thows a left - swing and a miss!
Freeman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Freeman misses with a straight right.
Freeman shoots in but no luck this time.
Redban scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Redban swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Redban enables Freeman to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Redban manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Freeman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Redban looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman stands up over Redban, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Freeman connects with a couple of short punches.
Freeman with a nice head shot there.
Freeman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Freeman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Redban is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Redban is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Freeman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Freeman working some strikes from top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Redban keeping moving, preventing Freeman from controlling successfully.
Redban looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gordon Freeman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Freeman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gordon Freeman!
During a confident post fight interview, Gordon Freeman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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