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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Owen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Owen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, David Norris!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Owen sprawls well initially but Norris persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Owen is not content to let Norris control the position.
Norris stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Norris shoots for a takedown but Owen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Norris moves in looking to clinch but Owen pushes him off.
Owen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Owen throws a head kick but Norris moves out of range.
Norris tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Owen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Owen lands a nice elbow.
Norris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Owen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Owen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees to the body from Owen.
Owen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Owen lands a nice elbow.
It looks like David Norris has been cut.
Owen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Owen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Owen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Owen scores with a knee to the head.
Norris crunches a lovely knee into Owen's ribcage.
Owen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Norris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Max Owen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Norris.
Norris manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Norris kicks Owen off and gets to his feet.
Owen clinches with his opponent.
Norris jumps guard but Owen stands there with Norris around his waist. Norris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Norris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Norris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris tries to pull guard but Owen won't allow it.
Owen throws an elbow but it misses.
Owen prevents Norris from breaking the clinch.
Owen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Owen crunches a lovely knee into Norris's ribcage.
Norris looks gassed!
Norris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Owen smiles and moves away.
Norris wants to clinch but Owen slips to the side
and Owen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Owen lands a nice elbow.
Owen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Norris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Norris looking for a takedown.
Owen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Norris looking to stall.
Owen prevents the takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Owen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Owen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Owen.
Owen lands an elbow that stopped Norris in his tracks for a moment.
Norris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Owen scores with a knee to the head.
Owen lands a nice elbow.
Owen lands an elbow just above Norris 's eye.
Norris takes an elbow to the temple.
Norris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Owen lands an elbow just above Norris 's eye.
Owen landing knees to the head.
Owen with a knee to the head.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Owen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Norris's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Owen has his takedown stuffed
and Norris counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Norris thows a huge punch but Owen dodges it nicely.
Norris tries to pass to full mount but Owen defends it.
Norris prevents Owen from standing back up.
Norris is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris is just content to waste time from the top position. Owen takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Owen pushes Norris off and scrambles back to his feet.
Norris has his takedown stuffed
and Owen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Owen.
Owen lands an elbow that stopped Norris in his tracks for a moment.
Norris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Owen pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owen pushes Norris up against the cage in a clinch.
Owen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Owen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Owen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Norris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Owen connects with a knee to the head.
That has opened up David Norris's cut even more.
Knees in the clinch landing for Owen.
Owen scores a nice knee to the body.
Owen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Owen.
Owen with a knee to the head.
Norris takes an elbow to the temple.
Norris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Owen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Owen with a knee to the head.
Owen landing knees to the head.
Owen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Owen lands a knee to the head.
Norris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Owen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Owen keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Owen connects with a knee to the head.
Owen lands an elbow that stopped Norris in his tracks for a moment.
Owen with a knee to the head.
Owen lands an elbow just above Norris 's eye.
Owen lands an elbow inside that Norris shrugs off.
Owen lands a damaging elbow.
Norris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Max Owen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Norris.
Owen landing knees to the head.
Owen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Owen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Norris's face.
Owen lands an elbow inside.
Owen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Owen with a knee to the head.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Max Owen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Norris's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Norris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Owen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Owen fails with the takedown.
Norris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Owen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Norris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Norris can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Owen pushes off an throws an elbow but Norris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Norris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Norris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Owen lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Owen.
Owen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Norris tries to work over Owen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Norris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Owen smiles and moves away.
Owen misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Norris wants to clinch
and Owen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Owen landing knees to the body.
Norris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Owen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Max Owen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Norris.
Owen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Norris goes for a takedown attempt but Owen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Owen clinches with his opponent.
Knees in the clinch landing for Owen.
Owen lands an elbow that stopped Norris in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Owen has him pressed against the cage.
Owen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Norris's defenses.
Norris takes an elbow to the temple.
Norris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Owen lands a knee to the body.
Owen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Owen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Norris's defenses.
Owen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Owen looking to throw knees to the head but Norris is blocking nicely.
Owen lands a knee to the body.
Owen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Owen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The cut above David Norris's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Owen landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Norris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Norris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Owen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Owen crunches a lovely knee into Norris's ribcage.
Owen landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Owen.
Owen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Owen keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Owen.
Norris goes for a takedown attempt but Owen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Max Owen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Owen, 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight for Max Owen!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Max Owen!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Max Owen!
Max Owen wins by unanimous decision!
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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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