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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter High (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Deans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Walter High has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Walter High!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Danny Deans!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deans bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from High misses.
Deans has closed the distance and engaged High in a clinch.
High tries to stall but Deans uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Deans prevents a body shot from High.
Deans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from High misses.
Deans avoids the body shot from High.
High stuffs the takedown.
Deans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
High clobbers Deans with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Deans dives in and grabs High's left leg, looking for a takedown. High pushes down on Deans's head and hops out.
Deans fails with a takedown attempt.
Walter High has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Deans.
Deans moves into range and clinches up with High.
High on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on High's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deans manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for High.
Deans shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with High but High pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Walter High is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Deans has managed to clinch.
Deans is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but High is defending well.
Deans leaning his opponent against the cage.
High taking a breather.
A short right hand to the side of the head by High.
Deans content to slow the pace in the clinch.
High wants to break free but Deans has control.
Deans tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. High just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
High swings wildly with an uppercut but Deans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deans will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning High up against the cage.
High tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Deans fails to pull guard.
Deans blocking some punches.
Deans decides to pull guard.
Deans keeping moving, preventing High from controlling successfully.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
High scoring with some ground and pound.
Deans is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
High throwing strikes from guard but Deans blocks nicely.
High postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
High postures up.
High throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Deans works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Deans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Deans wants to sweep but no luck.
Deans looks winded!
High trying to control but Deans is working from the bottom.
Deans manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
High wants to get back to his feet.
Deans controlling from the full mount.
Deans looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
High's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Walter High will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
High waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Deans.
High displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Deans.
High misses with an uppercut.
High throws a right hand that Deans ducks under and follows up with a left that Deans also avoids with ease.
Deans misses with a takedown attempt - High sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Deans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from High.
High ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Deans has High up against the cage in a clinch.
High is working for takedown but Deans is calmly controlling the position for now.
Deans gets control of High's arms and successfully pulls guard. Deans will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Deans kicks High off and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
High lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Deans backs up against the cage.
High misses with a few strikes there.
Walter High seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deans darts in looking for a takedown but High gets double underhooks and turns Deans into the cage.
Walter High has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Deans.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for High.
High gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Deans.
High wants to get back to striking at distance but Deans won't allow it.
Deans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deans throws a lazy right hand but High sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Deans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from High misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
High circles away from the clinch attempt.
High swings widly with a right hand
and Deans counters with a head kick.
Deans throws a head kick that half lands.
High lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
High scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
High lands a head shot.
Deans takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Deans drives through with a takedown into High's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
High kicks Deans off and gets to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Deans.
High throws out a loose jab but Deans uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deans looks to score with a jab to the body but High is just out of range.
Walter High is winning the standup battle so far.
High tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Deans was well out of range. Poor timing from High.
High throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Deans moves out of range as High strikes.
High misses with a wild body shot.
High throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Deans counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Deans decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on High, up you get!
High tries to keep at a distance but Deans has taken the fight into the clinch.
Deans is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
High wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
High tries to work over Deans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
High has been working on his balance at Basics -LOD- , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Deans.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deans fails to pull the fight into his guard.
High taking a breather.
High struggles to land a body shot inside as Deans controls his hands.
Deans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
High connects with the punch.
Deans clinches.
Deans lands a knee to the body.
Deans is trying to pull guard but High has him pressed against the cage.
Deans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
High dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Deans takes a shot right to the bread basket.
High keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Danny Deans will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
High scores with a sloppy right hand. Deans should have avoided that one.
The fighters circling - High throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Danny Deans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Deans moves into the clinch successfully.
Deans ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Deans no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Deans trying to keep a closed guard but High is proving a slippery customer.
Danny Deans has got the better of the ground game so far.
High throwing strikes from guard but Deans blocks nicely.
High postures up in Deans's guard and throws a big left but Deans blocks it.
Deans looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Deans looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
High with a flurry of punches that miss.
High postures up in Deans's guard and throws a big left but Deans blocks it.
Deans is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
High lands a couple of elbows.
High is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
High loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Deans is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Deans being controlled here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deans looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! High has picked Deans up and slammed him! Deans can't keep hold of the triangle and High manages to pass to side control!
Deans wants to control but High postures up.
High decides to take the fight back to the feet.
High lands a head shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Danga de danga de dang - High scores with a four punch combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as High lands an impressive looking overhand right. Deans doesn't seem phased though.
High displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Deans forces High back against the cage and clinches.
Deans stalls.
High stalling in the clinch but Deans improves position.
Deans blocking some punches.
Deans tries to pull guard but High won't allow it.
Deans blocks a body shot from High.
High stops a takedown attempt from Deans.
Deans prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deans is trying to maintain a safe position but High gets an underhook and turns Deans into the cage.
High wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Deans looking to stall.
High tries to circle away but Deans has him pinned against the cage.
Deans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Deans blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Deans.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Deans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
High scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
High throws a right and a left that Deans avoids nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Walter High showed his dominance in that final round.
I think High has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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hype
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