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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gauss Elimination (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Draven Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Techno Viking . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 cm
24
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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182 cm
24
185 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gauss Elimination! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Draven Lucas! The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lucas looks to land a combination but Elimination avoids it well. Elimination closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lucas quickly recovers to half guard. Elimination throwing shots but Lucas is blocking nicely. Elimination prevents Lucas from improving his position. Ground and pound from Elimination. Elimination seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Elimination working the head and body with strikes. Elimination thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lucas's head. Elimination throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Elimination sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lucas defending well though. Lucas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Elimination.
That's one minute gone in the round. Elimination not landing any meaningful shots this time. Elimination is nestled in close to Lucas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Lucas looking for submissions off his back. Elimination missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Elimination sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lucas defending well though. Elimination not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Lucas is looking to control Elimination's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lucas avoid being mounted? Lucas is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Elimination thows a huge punch but Lucas dodges it nicely.
Elimination landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Elimination works his way into side control. Elimination landing strikes. Lucas is looking to regain half guard here but Elimination keeps moving and retains side control. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Elimination throwing strikes but Lucas manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control! Lucas trying to control the action but Elimination is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Elimination is being controlled here. Elimination keeping his opponent close. Elimination tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Elimination stops Lucas from passing to mount. Lucas staying calm. Elimination is not content to let Lucas control the position. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Elimination sneaks back into half guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gauss Elimination dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lucas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Elimination keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Elimination shoots in and gets a takedown into Lucas's guard. Elimination has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Elimination tries to free his leg and advance position but Lucas is retaining full guard. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Elimination's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Elimination missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Elimination is looking to advance position but Lucas has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Elimination tries to reverse the position but Lucas maintains control. Elimination is squirming around, avoiding Lucas's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lucas looking to control and managing it successfully. Elimination wants to hold on but Lucas pushes him away. We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Elimination keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lucas throwing strikes here but Elimination is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Elimination is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lucas has hold of Elimination's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Elimination manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Elimination wants to hold on but Lucas pushes him away. Lucas working for a submission but Elimination is keeping him at bay. Elimination wants to control but Lucas is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Elimination is trying desperately to improve position. Lucas content just to control the position here. Lucas trying to control but he's not successful this time. Elimination prevents Lucas from taking his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Elimination tries to hold on but Lucas postures up. Elimination can't escape the position.
Elimination tries to hold on but Lucas pushes him away. Lucas trying to control but he's not successful this time. Elimination working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Lucas looking to control but Elimination is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. 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 Gauss Elimination will probably get the nod. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Elimination gets a double leg takedown into Lucas's guard. Elimination throws a strike but Lucas rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. Elimination is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. Elimination keeping moving, preventing Lucas from controlling successfully. Elimination tries to land a sweep but no joy. Elimination is trying to keep Lucas in close.
That's one minute gone in the round. Elimination looking for a sweep. Not yet Elimination, not yet. Elimination is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Elimination working a defensive guard but Lucas passes into half guard.
Elimination trying to control but Lucas postures up.
Elimination is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at MMA Gods - 16 Elites! + Roger Gracie, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gauss Elimination. Elimination bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Lucas has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lucas is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Elimination misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Lucas struggling a bit here. Lucas dodges the ground and pound from Elimination. Lucas is working to avoid the ground and pound but Elimination connects with a decent elbow. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Elimination scores with a couple of short elbows. Lucas takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Lucas looks to move to half guard but instead Elimination has passed into mount! Damn!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lucas is looking to get to half guard. Elimination scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lucas?
Lucas regains half guard. Lucas manages to get to full guard.
Elimination postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Gauss Elimination overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lucas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Elimination is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Lucas working for a triangle but Elimination defends it easily.
Elimination trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Draven Lucas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! This has been an exciting period of action! As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Elimination throws a big elbow that misses. Lucas looking for a guillotine here but Elimination defends easily.
Elimination throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that's the end of the fight! Gauss Elimination showed his dominance in that final round. Well Elimination has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27 Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27 Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gauss Elimination!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
54% |
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