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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damon Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Piltz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierce comes to the cage accompanied by Eve 6 - Inside Out. Piltz has chosen Don't Stop Me Now as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
27 - 18 - 0 |
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180 cm
28
192 lbs
17 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damon Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Piltz!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piltz scores with a spinning back kick!
Piltz misses with a wild body shot.
Damon Pierce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piltz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A solid body kick from Pierce.
Pierce scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pierce. Piltz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pierce scores with a body shot.
Pierce has managed to clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Piltz.
Piltz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Piltz stops a takedown attempt from Pierce.
Pierce gets control of Piltz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pierce will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Pierce is trying to control the position but Piltz postures up.
Piltz drops back looking for a leg! Pierce is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pierce manages to kick Piltz off! Piltz jumps back into Pierce's guard.
Piltz has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pierce is proving hard to escape from.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce is adopting a defensive guard.
Piltz postures up in Pierce's guard and throws a big left but Pierce blocks it.
Pierce has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pierce bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Piltz's guard.
Piltz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pierce is aware though and is defending well.
Piltz looking to control.
Pierce trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Piltz looking to control.
Piltz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pierce avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Piltz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pierce can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piltz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Pierce stacks Piltz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Pierce!
Pierce is looking to take a break and control but Piltz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pierce in side control lands a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Piltz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pierce lands a few punches from side control.
Piltz felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Piltz is looking to reverse the position.
Pierce slows the pace down.
Pierce has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Piltz is looking for a sweep.
Piltz trying to remain calm as Pierce controls from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piltz is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pierce connects with a decent elbow.
Piltz is looking to reverse the position.
Pierce is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Piltz will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Pierce scoring with punches and elbows.
Pierce advances nicely into full mount.
Piltz can't escape the position.
Pierce landing strikes from the mount and Piltz is in trouble!
Piltz is trying to escape the mount.
Pierce with a couple of short strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pierce tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Piltz is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce unloading with bombs!
Pierce content just to control the position here.
Pierce tries to control but Piltz wriggling away.
Piltz can't escape the position.
Piltz is still trying to improve position.
BOOM! Pierce connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pierce with the ground and pound from mount.
Piltz is in a horrible position here. Pierce smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pierce raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damon Pierce dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A punch combination from Piltz misses.
Crunch! Pierce slams his shin into Piltz's torso.
Piltz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pierce showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Piltz.
Piltz misses with the combination.
A clash of legs there as Pierce blocks the low kick.
Pierce scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pierce connects with a leg kick. Piltz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pierce throws a leg kick which misses Piltz's front leg but catches the back leg as Piltz tries to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pierce, right into the meat.
Pierce lands a jab to the nose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piltz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pierce swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Piltz.
Piltz throws a right hand that Pierce ducks under and follows up with a left that Pierce also avoids with ease.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Piltz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pierce - the referee stops the clock and Piltz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pierce. Piltz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mark Piltz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pierce tries to work over Piltz's front leg with a kick but Piltz checks it.
Pierce lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pierce connects with an inside leg kick.
Pierce misses with a body kick.
Piltz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pierce tries to clinch up but Piltz circles away and keeps his distance.
Pierce misses with a body kick.
Piltz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pierce manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Piltz throws a series of punches but Pierce avoids them all with ease.
Piltz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pierce.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pierce is looking to land body kicks.
Piltz misses with a kick to the body.
Pierce explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Piltz throws a right hand that Pierce ducks under and follows up with a left that Pierce also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Piltz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pierce scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pierce avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pierce throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Piltz's head.
Pierce misses with a body kick.
Pierce dodges the punch combination from Piltz.
Piltz misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piltz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pierce looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Piltz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pierce.
Pierce misses with a body shot.
Piltz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pierce.
Piltz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Piltz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pierce counters with a nice double leg into side control. Piltz won't be happy with that.
Pierce wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Piltz, who protects the arm well.
Pierce working away.
Piltz is trying to get back to half guard.
Pierce is looking to take a break and control but Piltz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
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!
Piltz being controlled for a moment.
Pierce wants to control but Piltz is keeping him busy.
Piltz is looking to reverse the position.
Pierce scores with punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Piltz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Pierce off and has taken his back!
Will Piltz go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Piltz controlling well, preventing Pierce from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damon Pierce dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A big left from Piltz misses.
Piltz blocks a head kick by Pierce.
Piltz tries to bum rush Pierce with a series of wild strikes but Pierce uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pierce throws an overhand right that lands on Piltz's shoulder, as Piltz tries to avoid the shot.
Piltz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Piltz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pierce dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Piltz. That did some damage!
Pierce misses with the combination.
Pierce showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Piltz.
Pierce is looking to wear down Piltz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Piltz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pierce.
Pierce takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Piltz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pierce - the referee stops the clock and Piltz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pierce. Piltz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pierce is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce thuds his right hand into Piltz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pierce gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pierce keeps control of Piltz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pierce is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Piltz is defending well.
Pierce has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Piltz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pierce displaying some good clinch control by pressing Piltz up against the cage.
Piltz tries to throw a body punch but Pierce avoids it by throwing Piltz back against the cage.
Piltz has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pierce.
Pierce tries to score a body lock takedown but Piltz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damon Pierce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierce is looking to take this one to the mat.
Pierce is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Piltz is defending well.
Pierce keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Piltz's efforts to push away.
Piltz gets underhooks to prevent Pierce's takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Piltz keeps control of Pierce as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piltz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pierce.
Piltz misses with some punches.
Pierce has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Piltz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pierce lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pierce has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Piltz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pierce is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Piltz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pierce tries for a takedown but Piltz manages to get underhooks.
Pierce is trying to push Piltz away but Piltz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Piltz avoiding damage.
Piltz struggles to land a body shot inside as Pierce controls his hands.
Pierce looking to slow down the pace here.
Piltz missing with knees to the body.
Piltz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Damon Pierce has been cut.
Pierce tries to break free but Piltz pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piltz misses with an elbow strike.
Pierce jumps guard but Piltz stands there with Pierce around his waist. Pierce gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Piltz gets through Pierce's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pierce.
Piltz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Piltz working aggressively here.
Piltz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pierce landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Piltz lands a body punch.
Piltz trying to control the position but instead, Pierce has worked for underhooks and has pushed Piltz into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Piltz.
Pierce has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Piltz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pierce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mark Piltz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Piltz misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crunch! Pierce slams his shin into Piltz's torso.
Piltz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pierce swings for the body but Piltz moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pierce doesn't manage to clinch there - Piltz circles away.
Piltz rushes Pierce and presses him up against the cage.
Pierce has Piltz pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Piltz manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Piltz misses with the head strike.
Piltz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pierce takes an elbow to the forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Piltz swings wildly with an uppercut but Pierce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierce is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Piltz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Damon Pierce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Piltz fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mark Piltz.
I think Pierce 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damon Pierce!
Damon Pierce decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Mark Piltz was interviewed post fight and said 'It's a hard lot of fighters out here in Steel Penn. I'll be back in a ring soon enough.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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