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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Bashor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesse Bashor has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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172 cm
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202 lbs
8 - 6 - 1 |
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160 cm
26
191 lbs
10 - 12 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful |
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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
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jesse Bashor! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steven Lewis! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bashor looking to score a takedown here. Lewis is defending well but Bashor drives through and ends up in Lewis's guard. We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace. Bashor drops back looking for a leg! Lewis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lewis manages to kick Bashor off! Bashor jumps back into Lewis's guard. Lewis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bashor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Bashor avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bashor drops back looking for a leg! Lewis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lewis manages to kick Bashor off! Bashor jumps back into Lewis's guard. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Bashor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Bashor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Bashor landing with the ground and pound. Bashor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Bashor scores with a decent looking elbow strike. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bashor cracks Lewis with a solid left hand. Bashor with a nice head shot there. Bashor chips away with some ground and pound. Bashor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Bashor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Lewis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lewis looks winded! Bashor drops back looking for a leg! Lewis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lewis manages to kick Bashor off! Bashor jumps back into Lewis's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bashor is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Lewis looking for a guillotine here but Bashor defends easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Bashor working some strikes from top position. Bashor thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Lewis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bashor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lewis's head. Bashor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Bashor thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Bashor drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bashor jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lewis working for a triangle but Bashor defends it easily.
Bashor scoring with some ground and pound. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bashor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lewis is rocked! Lewis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lewis is still in real trouble! Can Bashor finish him? Bashor loads up on a big left hand. Lewis felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Bashor looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Lewis can't hide his disappointment, as Bashor celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Bashor!
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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
86% |
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