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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Steele has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bo Malone!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Malone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Steele is keeping the position for now.
Steele wants to sweep but no luck.
Steele keeping full guard, as Malone tries to pass.
Steele keeping moving, preventing Malone from controlling successfully.
Malone preventing the sweep.
Steele is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steele missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Malone has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Steele is working away from the top position though.
Steele thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone is looking for a sweep. Steele is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Malone trying to control here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Steele lands a nice short elbow.
Steele thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Malone to regain full guard.
Malone 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.
Malone is trying to keep Steele in close.
Malone working for a triangle but Steele defends it easily.
Malone keeping moving, preventing Steele from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele advances to half guard.
Malone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Steele working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Steele thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Malone's head.
Malone moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Steele trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Malone is looking for a triangle but Steele pushes his legs off easily.
Malone throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Malone looks gassed!
Steele tries to free his leg and advance position but Malone is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone keeping moving, preventing Steele from controlling successfully.
Steele is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Malone keeping full guard, as Steele tries to pass.
Malone is trying to keep Steele in close.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Malone misses with a takedown attempt - Steele sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Malone will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steele shoots in and bounces Malone off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Steele preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malone lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Steele!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Malone goes for an armbar but Steele turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Steele.
Steele passes Malone's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Malone trying to control but Steele postures up.
Steele trying to control the action but Malone is working from the bottom.
Malone wants to improve his position but Steele is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Steele dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Steele decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Malone gets back to full guard.
Steele is looking to work some ground and pound but Malone has wrist control.
Steele sitting in guard here, content to control.
Malone looking to hit a scissor sweep but Steele is one step ahead there.
Steele drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Malone dives on top into guard.
Steele keeping moving, preventing Malone from controlling successfully.
Steele trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele trying to control the position.
Steele trying to strike off his back.
Steele keeping full guard, as Malone tries to pass.
Malone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Malone is looking to work some ground and pound but Steele has wrist control.
Steele throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Malone must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Steele 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Malone stands and throws Steele's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malone is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Steele has escaped the position, nice work there.
Steele is trying to get back to half guard.
Malone scoring with punches from side control.
Steele is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Malone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Steele keeps working.
Steele wants to get back to full guard.
Steele is working hard here to advance position.
Malone 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele is not content to let Malone control the position.
Steele regains full guard. Nicely done.
Malone wants to control from the top but Steele keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Malone connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Malone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steele manages to avoid it.
Steele tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Malone fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Steele sprawls well initially but Malone persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Steele is trying to control but can't.
Steele tries to roll over but Malone keeps him under control.
Bo Malone has got the better of the ground game so far.
Malone is looking for a kimura here.
Steele trying to control from the bottom.
Steele slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bo Malone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Steele's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Steele.
Steele doesn't manage to clinch there - Malone circles away.
Steele has his takedown stuffed
and Malone counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Ben Steele has been cut.
Steele misses with a takedown attempt
and Malone counters with a nice double leg into side control. Steele won't be happy with that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Steele. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malone cracks Steele with a big elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malone trying to control the position but Steele is working away.
Malone cracks Steele with a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steele wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Steele is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Malone is chipping away with strikes.
Steele is looking to reverse the position.
Steele can't do much from the bottom here.
Malone controls the position from side control.
Steele tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Malone wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Malone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Steele some visible discomfort.
Steele tries to improve position but can't.
Malone controlling from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Steele stops Malone from passing to mount.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No luck for Malone with that takedown attempt.
Steele shoots and misses
and Malone counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Steele looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Malone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Steele trying to hold on to Malone's head to control him but Malone postures up.
Steele is looking for a sweep. Malone is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Steele does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Steele misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Malone seems to be working for a kimura but Steele defends the submission attempt.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Steele shoots in and bounces Malone off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Malone manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Steele manages to get himself to full guard.
Steele looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Malone puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Malone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malone is nestled in close to Steele, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Malone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Steele keeps working.
The fighters are battling for position here. Steele manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Steele tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Malone trying to control the position from guard on top but Steele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Steele looking for a sweep. Not yet Steele, not yet.
Malone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Steele is keeping the position for now.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Some wild striking there from Steele.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malone shoots and misses
and Steele counters with a takedown into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bo Malone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Malone has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bo Malone!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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