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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adam Ash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Felder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Felder has chosen cat man will ef you up as his entrance music. James Felder told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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161 lbs
8 - 6 - 1 |
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167 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Adam Ash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Felder!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ash is looking to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Ash. Those never looked like landing.
Ash ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ash scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ash content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Felder avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ash.
Ash thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Felder's head.
Ash wants to take a breather but Felder is having none of it.
Ash thows a huge punch but Felder dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Ash.
Ash is stalling here. Felder is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ash seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Felder has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Felder is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ash has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ash struggling a bit here.
Felder lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ash is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Felder is controlling him well.
Felder stands up and beckons Ash to his feet.
Felder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ash shoots in for a takedown but Felder shows good takedown defense.
Ash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Felder moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ash has closed the distance and engaged Felder in a clinch.
Ash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Felder does no damage.
James Felder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Felder enables Ash to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Felder manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ash chips away with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ash in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ash throws a big right hand that misses.
Ash content to stall in guard here.
Ash tries to free his leg and advance position but Felder is retaining full guard.
Ash with a flurry of punches that miss.
Felder preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Felder keeping moving, preventing Ash from controlling successfully.
Felder is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ash throws an elbow that misses. Felder uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ash's guard. Nice move by Felder!
Felder seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Felder gets to his feet. Ash looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Felder tries to clinch but Ash moves out of range.
Felder throws a series of punches but Ash moves out of range.
Ash moves into the clinch.
Ash is pushing Felder up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ash throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Felder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Ash.
Felder stuffs the takedown.
Felder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ash misses the jab.
Ash throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Felder stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ash moves away from the strike by Felder.
Ash on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice takedown defense from Felder. No joy for Ash on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Ash. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Felder throws a series of punches but Ash avoids them all with ease.
Ash looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Some wild striking there from Felder.
A punch combination from Felder misses.
Felder leaves Ash with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ash misses with the combination.
Felder pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ash back to the cage. Felder follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ash fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Ash dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ash looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Felder wants to improve his position but Ash is controlling well.
Ash drops an elbow to the side of Felder's head.
Ash prevents Felder from improving his position.
Felder works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ash stopping the sweep attempt from Felder.
Ash advances to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ash is trying to control the action in half guard but Felder is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ash is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Felder!
Ash controlling the pace for now.
Felder suckers Ash into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Felder is now in Ash's guard!
Felder lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Felder tries to stand but Ash is controlling from the bottom.
Ash is trying to control the position but Felder postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felder trying to control but Ash is working from the bottom.
Ash controls Felder momentarily but Felder frees himself.
Adam Ash overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ash has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Felder can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ash has control of Felder's left arm, preventing Felder from doing any damage.
Felder wants to stand but Ash has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Felder pushes down on Ash's leg and manages to get into half guard.
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!
Ash has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Felder is working away from the top position though.
Felder prevents Ash from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felder is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Ash regains full guard. Nicely done.
Felder is looking to stand up but Ash won't let him.
Ash looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Felder preventing the sweep.
Felder trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ash throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ash is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Felder trying to control but Ash is working from the bottom.
Felder tries to stand but Ash is controlling from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ash striking from the bottom here.
Felder wants to stand but Ash is controlling his posture from full guard.
Felder works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ash avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Felder.
Ash wants to improve his position but Felder is controlling well.
Felder blocks the strikes from Ash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ash makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ash.
Felder trying to control but Ash is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ash pulls Felder in to control the position.
Felder avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Felder preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Ash dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ash throws a big shot that misses.
Ash lands a lovely overhand right.
Felder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Felder throws a series of punches but Ash avoids them all with ease.
Ash drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ash wants to pass the guard but Felder is keeping the position.
Ash wants to control from the top but Felder keeps moving.
Ash stands up over Felder, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ash advances position into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ash scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Felder to see if he's OK.
Ash working the head and body with strikes.
Ash trying to control the position but Felder is working away.
Felder takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
James Felder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felder seems a little lost for a moment, as Ash dominates the positioning.
Ash tries to score with some ground and pound. Felder controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ash working the head and body with strikes.
Ash cracks Felder with an elbow. That is naaassty.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Felder is not content to let Ash control the position.
Ash throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ash scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ash is trying to ground and pound but Felder uses the momentary lack of control by Ash to regain half guard.
Ash prevents Felder from improving his position.
Ash is keen to just control but Felder is a slippery customer.
Ash lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ash is trying to control. Felder wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Felder felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ash with the ground and pound but Felder uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ash wants to control from the top but Felder keeps moving.
Felder controls Ash momentarily but Ash frees himself.
Ash controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Adam Ash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Ash's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We're going to have a standup here because Adam Ash wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ash dodges the punch combination from Felder.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Ash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ash, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Ash!
After the big win, Adam Ash made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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