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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Pleasures (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blaze Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eminem - Lose Yourself kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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158 lbs
30 - 18 - 0 |
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180 lbs
26 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, John Pleasures!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blaze Bailey!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pleasures misses with an uppercut.
Bailey scoring well with a low kick there.
Pleasures takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bailey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bailey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bailey looks for the body kick but Pleasures saw that one coming.
Pleasures throws a lazy right hand but Bailey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bailey blocks a jab.
Bailey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pleasures counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bailey clinches.
Bailey blocks a body shot from Pleasures.
Pleasures takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pleasures throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bailey throws an elbow that misses.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pleasures can't find room to land a body shot as Bailey controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pleasures's brow.
Pleasures lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Pleasures.
Bailey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Pleasures.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Bailey prevents a body shot from Pleasures.
A head punch on the inside from Pleasures fails to land.
A short uppercut from Pleasures.
Bailey stalling in the clinch but Pleasures improves position.
Bailey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
Pleasures tries a body shot but Bailey blocks it.
A knee to the head by Bailey.
Pleasures lands a shot to the body.
Bailey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bailey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like John Pleasures has been cut.
Pleasures has Bailey pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bailey manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pleasures has been working on his balance at Soul Supremacy - UK, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Bailey.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bailey.
Pleasures is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that Pleasures shrugs off.
Bailey is pressed up against the cage. Pleasures has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bailey down to the mat. Bailey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A big left from Pleasures misses.
Bailey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pleasures manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pleasures checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bailey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bailey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bailey. That's going to slow Pleasures down.
The fighters circling - Pleasures throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bailey connects with a solid leg kick.
Bailey goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bailey checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab from Bailey misses.
Bailey clinches.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Pleasures is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bailey's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pleasures prevents a body shot from Bailey.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
Pleasures lands a nice uppercut.
Pleasures lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pleasures lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pleasures wants to take the fight to the mat but Bailey manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Pleasures. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
A hook to the body from Pleasures.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands an elbow just above Pleasures 's eye.
Pleasures lands with a left to the head.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pleasures avoids it.
Pleasures swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pleasures backwards.
Bailey scores with a shoulder strike.
Bailey blocks a body shot from Pleasures.
Pleasures fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pleasures misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Bailey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pleasures misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bailey lands an elbow inside.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Pleasures working aggressively here.
Pleasures misses with some punches.
Pleasures goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands a nice knee to the body.
Bailey working Pleasures over with knees to the body.
Bailey pushes Pleasures back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pleasures is rocked!
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Pleasures is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bailey pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Pleasures! Bailey unloads with more strikes and Pleasures sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blaze Bailey!
Our winner, Blaze Bailey, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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