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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roy Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Flanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flanders has chosen Jaw of Glass - Blondie as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Todd Flanders enters the cage!
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152 lbs
23 - 12 - 1 |
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195 cm
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155 lbs
17 - 11 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Pitbull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Todd Flanders!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flanders lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Flanders tries to clinch but Pitbull moves out of range.
Pitbull throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Todd Flanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pitbull ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Flanders has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Flanders wants to slow Pitbull down by chopping away at his legs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Flanders.
Pitbull checks the leg kick nicely there.
Flanders moves away from the strike by Pitbull.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Flanders.
Pitbull throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flanders misses with a low kick.
Flanders slips under a jab from Pitbull.
Flanders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pitbull misses with a body shot.
Pitbull misses with an uppercut.
Flanders darts in and clinches Pitbull up against the cage.
Pitbull blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanders tries a body shot but Pitbull blocks it.
Flanders swings wildly with an uppercut but Pitbull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flanders has a couple of punches blocked by Pitbull.
Pitbull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flanders's elbow.
Flanders tries to throw a body punch but Pitbull avoids it by throwing Flanders back against the cage.
Pitbull works on Flanders's body with a couple of short punches.
Flanders misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pitbull has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A short uppercut from Pitbull.
Flanders's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pitbull blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flanders misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flanders throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pitbulls head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pitbull.
Flanders is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pitbull lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pitbull is trying to stall.
Flanders misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Flanders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flanders lands an uppercut.
Pitbull pushes Flanders back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flanders swings wildly with an uppercut but Pitbull uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull throws a head punch that misses.
Pitbull misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pitbull.
A hook to the body from Flanders.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pitbull.
Pitbull prevents a body shot from Flanders.
Flanders has a couple of punches blocked by Pitbull.
Pitbull's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pitbull has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Flanders uses from the top position.
Flanders is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Flanders can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Flanders slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Todd Flanders.
Pitbull scores with the left hand. Flanders knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Flanders.
Pitbull uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flanders.
Flanders is looking to slow Pitbull down with leg kicks.
Pitbull takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pitbull staying out of range there.
Pitbull throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pitbull checks the leg kick nicely there.
Flanders is looking to land body kicks.
Todd Flanders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice jab there from Flanders.
Pitbull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flanders.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flanders lands a nice hook to Pitbull's body. Pitbull takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pitbull swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pitbull ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flanders moves away.
A jab from Pitbull misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Todd Flanders dominated that round.
That's time! Pitbull's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pitbull doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Flanders lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pitbull takes a step back to recover.
Pitbull fails with the takedown.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Flanders, right into the meat.
Pitbull showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flanders.
Pitbull takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pitbull ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flanders moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Flanders lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pitbull has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pitbull and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pitbull takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Flanders swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flanders throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pitbull sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pitbull throws a hook but Flanders avoids it easily.
Pitbull is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Flanders's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanders throws the left hand but Pitbull avoids the punch easily.
Flanders lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pitbull moves out of range as Flanders strikes.
Flanders throws a jab when Pitbull was well out of range.
Flanders pushes Pitbull away with a front kick.
Flanders misses with a body kick.
Todd Flanders seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pitbull throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pitbull throws a series of punches but Flanders moves out of range.
Pitbull walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Flanders scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pitbull throws a looping overhand right but Flanders ducks down to avoid it.
Flanders throws a sloppy head kick and Pitbull moves out of range easily.
Flanders connects with a leg kick. Pitbull looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Flanders connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flanders doesn't manage to clinch there - Pitbull circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Pitbull as he connects with a hook.
Pitbull takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pitbull misses with a series of wild punches.
Pitbull misses with a double jab
and Flanders moves into the clinch.
Flanders throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pitbulls head.
Flanders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pitbull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flanders's elbow.
Flanders scores with a shoulder strike.
Flanders tries a body shot but Pitbull blocks it.
Flanders lands a left hand.
Pitbull scores with a nice hook to the head.
Flanders has a couple of punches blocked by Pitbull.
Pitbull throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Flanderss head.
Pitbull lands a shoulder strike.
Flanders has a couple of punches blocked by Pitbull.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanders misses with a punch on the inside.
Pitbull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flanders's elbow.
Flanders misses with a punch on the inside.
Flanders scores with a shoulder strike.
Flanders blocks a body shot from Pitbull.
Flanders misses with some punches.
Pitbull blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pitbull tries to throw a body punch but Flanders avoids it by throwing Pitbull back against the cage.
Flanders working aggressively here.
Flanders lands a body punch in the clinch.
Flanders lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Flanders misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flanders misses with a body punch.
Flanders struggles to land a body shot inside as Pitbull controls his hands.
Pitbull tries to throw a body punch but Flanders avoids it by throwing Pitbull back against the cage.
Todd Flanders seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Flanders fails to land.
Pitbull taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Flanders scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pitbull.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flanders tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pitbull's elbow.
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!
Flanders misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flanders scores with a shoulder strike.
Flanders lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pitbull.
Pitbull has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Flanders uses from the top position.
Pitbull keeping moving, preventing Flanders from controlling successfully.
Flanders is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Flanders stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pitbull swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Todd Flanders showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Pitbull throws a big shot that misses.
Pitbull keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Flanders throws a body punch but Pitbull moves out of range.
Pitbull fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pitbull darts in looking for a takedown but Flanders gets double underhooks and turns Pitbull into the cage.
Pitbull lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pitbull blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flanders lands with a light punch inside.
Pitbull manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Flanders is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pitbull has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Flanders is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Pitbull.
Pitbull managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Flanders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanders working away.
Pitbull manages to work his way to half guard, despite Flanders's best efforts.
Flanders trying to control from Pitbull's half guard. Pitbull has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Flanders is fighting to break Pitbull's control of his arms but Pitbull is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Flanders preventing the sweep.
Todd Flanders is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flanders stays in close to Pitbull's body and controls the position.
Pitbull has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Flanders doesn't defend quickly enough and Pitbull has managed to lock this one up! Can Flanders escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Pitbull on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Roy Pitbull!
A relieved looking Roy Pitbull thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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