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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pollux Ulysses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and War Machine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pollux Ulysses has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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178 cm
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195 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pollux Ulysses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, War Machine!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulysses clinches with his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Machine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ulysses lands with a light punch inside.
Ulysses is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Machine looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Machine has had enough of the clinch but Ulysses keeps him there for the moment.
Ulysses tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ulysses misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ulysses lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ulysses scores with a nice hook to the head.
Machine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ulysses pressing his opponent against the cage.
Machine wants to break free but Ulysses has control.
Ulysses misses with a body punch.
Ulysses breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Machine swings widly with a right hand
and Ulysses counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Machine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machine takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pollux Ulysses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machine keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Machine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ulysses sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulysses scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ulysses tries to close the distance and clinch but Machine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ulysses looks to clinch
and Machine counters with a straight right hand.
Ulysses tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulysses wants to clinch up but Machine keeps it at a distance.
Machine swats away the attempt to clinch by Ulysses.
A slow jab from Machine misses its intended target.
Ulysses wants to clinch
and Machine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ulysses on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ulysses tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulysses slips under a jab.
Ulysses wants to clinch but Machine slips to the side
enabling Machine to counter with a crisp jab.
Ulysses tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Machine to counter with a crisp jab.
Ulysses displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Machine throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machine swings widly with a right hand
letting Ulysses counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ulysses tries to clinch up but Machine circles away and keeps his distance.
Ulysses uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Machine.
Jab, jab by Machine - just one landing.
Machine misses with a hook. Ulysses ducked under it nicely.
Ulysses fails in his attempt to clinch.
Machine might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Machine throws a big shot that misses.
Ulysses moves to clinch but Machine breaks away
and Machine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ulysses tries to clinch
and Machine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Machine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ulysses moves in looking to clinch but Machine pushes him off.
Ulysses tries to clinch there but Machine circles away.
Ulysses tries to clinch
and Machine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ulysses clinches up with Machine and pushes him back against the cage.
Ulysses makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulysses lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ulysses scores with a shot to the side of Machine's head.
Ulysses scores with a shoulder strike.
Machine is trying to force a seperation but Ulysses has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ulysses creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ulysses is working Machine over against the cage.
Ulysses throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Machines head.
A shot in the inside from Ulysses.
Machine looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Machine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ulysses has him pressed against the cage.
Ulysses is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ulysses swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ulysses working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Machine breaks the clinch.
Ulysses doesn't manage to clinch there - Machine circles away.
Ulysses tries to clinch but Machine is having none of it.
Machine misses with a wild body shot.
Ulysses tries to clinch but Machine moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ulysses is looking to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ulysses fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ulysses tries to clinch but Machine is having none of it.
Ulysses tries to close the distance and clinch but Machine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machine looks to throw the jab but Ulysses is out of range.
Machine throws a poor cross that misses
and Ulysses counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Machine thinking.
Ulysses gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ulysses gets through Machine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ulysses lands a right hand that snaps the head of Machine backwards.
Machine tries to circle away but Ulysses has him pinned against the cage.
Ulysses lands an uppercut.
Machine breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ulysses tries to clinch
and Machine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Ulysses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ulysses looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ulysses lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pollux Ulysses dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Machine on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Machine throws a hook but Ulysses blocks it.
Machine circles away from the clinch attempt
and Machine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pollux Ulysses is winning the standup battle so far.
Ulysses tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Machine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Machine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ulysses moves in looking to clinch but Machine pushes him off.
Machine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Machine there as he acknowledges the shot.
Machine circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Machine to counter with a crisp jab.
Ulysses tries to close the distance and clinch up but Machine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ulysses looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ulysses tries to clinch up
and Ulysses takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulysses tries to clinch but Machine moves out of range.
Ulysses looks to clinch
and Machine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ulysses moves into range and clinches up with Machine.
Machine blocking some punches.
Ulysses lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Ulysses.
Ulysses prevents Machine from breaking the clinch.
Ulysses lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Ulysses.
Machine is rocked!
Machine tries to break the clinch but Ulysses is controlling the position.
Machine is still on wobbly legs! Can Ulysses finish him?
A frustrated look appears on Machine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Machine seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ulysses lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ulysses lands a hook that snaps the head of Machine backwards.
Ulysses is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ulysses digs a right hand underneath Machine's ribcage. Machine let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Machine is trying to break free.
Machine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ulysses takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulysses moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ulysses tries to close the distance and clinch but Machine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Machine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Machine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ulysses is looking to clinch but Machine is avoiding it.
Ulysses fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ulysses is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Machine takes a swing at Ulysses's ribcage but misses.
Ulysses fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ulysses pushes Machine up against the cage in a clinch.
Ulysses has Machine pressed against the cage, preventing Machine from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ulysses lands a body shot in the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Machine in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ulysses breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ulysses ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Machine misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulysses is looking to clinch but Machine is avoiding it.
Ulysses closes the distance looking to clinch
and Machine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ulysses moves in looking to clinch but Machine pushes him off.
Ulysses tries to close the distance and clinch up but Machine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ulysses tries to clinch there but Machine circles away.
Ulysses tries to clinch up but Machine circles away and keeps his distance.
Ulysses is looking to clinch.
Ulysses tries to clinch but Machine moves out of range.
Machine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Machine there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ulysses takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Machine looks to land a right hand but Ulysses moved out of range.
Machine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A big right from Machine misses.
Ulysses tries to clinch there but Machine circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ulysses counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ulysses keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BOOM! Ulysses lands a beautiful left hook that drops Machine. Machine tries to recover but Ulysses is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Machine lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pollux Ulysses!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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