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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douglas MacArthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas MacArthur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Judah!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacArthur fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Judah to the ground. MacArthur is now in Judah's guard.
MacArthur engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Judah wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
MacArthur trying to control but Judah is working from the bottom.
Judah told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
MacArthur postures up in Judah's guard and throws a big left but Judah blocks it.
MacArthur is pushing down on Judah's leg trying to pass to half guard. Judah is fighting to maintain full guard but MacArthur has managed to sneak the leg through.
MacArthur is trying to control the action in half guard but Judah is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
MacArthur lands with a punch from half guard.
Judah tries to roll over but MacArthur keeps him under control.
Judah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from MacArthur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah is looking to improve his position.
Judah gets back to full guard.
MacArthur drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Judah manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now MacArthur has Judah in his guard.
MacArthur trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah wants to control from the top but MacArthur keeps moving.
MacArthur looking for a sweep. Not yet MacArthur, not yet.
MacArthur looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Judah puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
MacArthur tries to roll over but Judah keeps him under control.
MacArthur has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Judah is working away from the top position though.
MacArthur keeping control of the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Judah in particular looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Douglas MacArthur wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Judah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judah misses with a series of wild punches.
MacArthur looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Judah scores with a sloppy right hand. MacArthur should have avoided that one.
Douglas MacArthur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacArthur shoots in looking for a takedown. Judah tries to sprawl out of it but MacArthur keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Judah manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
MacArthur tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Judah defends well and MacArthur ends up having to push Judah into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Judah digs a right hand underneath MacArthur's ribcage. MacArthur let out a lung full of air as it connected.
MacArthur blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
MacArthur works on Judah's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses with a punch on the inside.
Judah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of MacArthur backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
Judah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judah tries to clinch up but MacArthur circles away and keeps his distance.
MacArthur avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
MacArthur shoots in for a takedown but Judah shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Douglas MacArthur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
MacArthur misses with a straight right.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Judah moves out of range of the strikes.
Judah lands a jab to the head.
MacArthur tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
MacArthur dodges the punch combination from Judah.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
MacArthur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.
MacArthur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Judah counters with a nice uppercut.
Judah works over MacArthur's head and body with a nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but David Judah will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A clash of legs there as Judah blocks the low kick.
MacArthur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Judah moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
MacArthur motions for Judah to come forward. MacArthur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Judah cracks MacArthur with a right hand to the side of the head.
Judah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Judah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of MacArthur's head.
MacArthur shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
MacArthur missing with a left hand there. Judah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Judah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Judah lands a shoulder strike.
Judah creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends MacArthur's eyes rolling into the back of his head! MacArthur drops to his knees and Judah pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Judah!
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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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