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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gigantor Ubereem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ubereem has chosen - as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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212 lbs
16 - 17 - 0 |
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200 cm
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276 lbs
18 - 19 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gigantor Ubereem!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ubereem scores with a jab. James acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
James manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ubereem on his heels. He'll look to pass Ubereem's guard now, I'm sure.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
James postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
James is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as James accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
James throws a strike but Ubereem rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Ubereem is looking to slow James down with leg kicks.
James throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ubereem was covering up waiting for the punch and James finishes the takedown easily into guard.
James looking to pass the guard.
James is looking to work some ground and pound but Ubereem has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James is working Ubereem over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ubereem avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
James with a nice head shot there.
Ubereem is looking for a triangle but James pushes his legs off easily.
James in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
James throws a strike but Ubereem rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ubereem postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
James wants to stand up but Ubereem is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ubereem preventing the sweep.
James 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.
James has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Ubereem has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
James wants the takedown. Ubereem is fighting it off but James persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Ubereem's guard against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James throws a strike but Ubereem rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
James keeping moving, preventing Ubereem from controlling successfully.
James is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ubereem stops James from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ubereem throws a big right hand that misses.
James manages to escape and get back to his feet.
James fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ubereem sprawls well initially but James persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ubereem avoiding damage under a succession of punches from James.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James seems to be working for a kimura but Ubereem defends the submission attempt.
Ubereem looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
James sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ubereem defending well though.
James thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ubereem's head.
James with the ground and pound but Ubereem uses the opportunity to regain guard.
James is in close to Ubereem's body, working some short punches and elbows.
James tries to free his leg and advance position but Ubereem is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throwing strikes but missing.
James working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ubereem's head.
James throws a strike but Ubereem rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
James wants to stand and escape but Ubereem is having none of it.
James pushes Ubereem off and scrambles back to his feet.
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!
James moves out of range as Ubereem strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ubereem comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A punch combination from James misses.
Ubereem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ubereem throws a sloppy body shot
and James counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex James dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ubereem scores with a nice body kick.
James darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting James here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
James not landing any meaningful shots this time.
James is looking for a kimura but Ubereem is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for James to get the leverage.
James is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
James looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James throwing shots but Ubereem is blocking nicely.
James is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
James seems to be working for a kimura but Ubereem defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubereem regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from James.
James might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
James stands up over Ubereem, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alex James overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
James working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
James looking to pass the guard.
James is working Ubereem over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ubereem avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem is trying to control the position but James postures up.
James throwing strikes from guard but Ubereem blocks nicely.
James throws a strike but Ubereem rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
James pushes Ubereem off and scrambles back to his feet.
Ubereem gets caught flat footed, as James shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James throws a strike but Ubereem rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
James not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ubereem trying to control but James is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James wants to stand and escape but Ubereem is having none of it.
Ubereem throws a big elbow that misses.
James pushes Ubereem off and scrambles back to his feet.
Ubereem has managed to clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Ubereem.
James gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ubereem is trying to stand back up but James is controlling him
James is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
James not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James wants to pass to mount but Ubereem is defending the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James prevents Ubereem from standing back up.
James throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
James looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ubereem is trying to stand back up but James is controlling him
James lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. James lands a nice short elbow.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex James dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Ubereem misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ubereem. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Excellent takedown into side control there by James.
James lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
James wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ubereem, who protects the arm well.
James misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
James is working Ubereem over with some ground and pound from side control.
James misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
James tries to score with some ground and pound. Ubereem controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James has knee on belly and moves into mount.
James punching from mount but Ubereem doing a good job of avoiding damage.
James looking to finish Ubereem with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ubereem!
It looks like Gigantor Ubereem has been cut.
James scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ubereem?
Ubereem is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James lands with some strikes.
Ubereem is still in real trouble! Can James finish him?
James loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ubereem scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from James land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. James stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex James!
An out of breath Alex James thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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