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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dank has chosen let the bodies hit the floor as his entrance music. John Dank has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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280 lbs
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190 cm
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278 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Dank!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dank scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dank shoots in and gets a takedown into Gray's guard.
Dank wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.
Gray wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dank gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gray takes one to the side of the head.
Gray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gray takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Dank darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dank lands a leg kick that knocks Gray off balance momentarily.
Dank tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dank connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dank delivers a nice body kick.
Dank connects with a high kick.
It looks like Ben Gray has been cut.
Dank misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gray tries to move into range but Dank moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dank throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gray stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dank scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dank swinging wildly here.
Dank throws a head kick but Gray moves out of range.
Dank lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dank fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gray.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dank.
Dank throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gray shoots in looking for a takedown but Dank manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gray's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dank shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gray manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gray keeping full guard, as Dank tries to pass.
Dank wants to get up but he can't break Gray's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Gray looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gray scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Gray as Dank shoots in.
Gray has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dank.
Dank throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gray tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dank is in Gray's guard.
Gray keeping moving, preventing Dank from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dank wants to stand but Gray is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gray is trying to control the position but Dank postures up.
Dank has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gray is proving hard to escape from.
Gray working for submissions but it's allowed Dank to get to half guard.
Dank is thwarting Gray's attempts to control the position.
Dank wants to get back to his feet.
Gray trying to control but Dank postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray tries to roll over but Dank keeps him under control.
Dank missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dank perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dank uses his free foot to push down on Gray's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Gray.
Dank tries to control but Gray wriggling away.
Dank throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dank has control of Gray's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Gray regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dank looking to finish Gray with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gray!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Dank dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Gray's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gray shoots in for a takedown but Dank shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dank tests Gray's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dank lands with a nice combination. Gray backs away looking to recover.
Gray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dank is looking to land body kicks.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dank stalks Gray and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gray's face. Gray staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gray fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dank lands a nice looking body shot.
Dank misses with a body kick.
Gray shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dank but Dank pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Gray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gray gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dank to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray controlling Dank's posture.
Dank has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dank looking to sit in guard and control but Gray gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
John Dank has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gray preventing the sweep.
Gray throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dank keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.
Gray is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray wants to stand but Dank is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gray trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
We're going to have a standup here because Ben Gray wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A left and a right from Dank both land. Nice combination.
Ben Gray's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gray is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dank sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gray tries to clinch but Dank is having none of it.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gray. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dank.
Dank throws a leg kick which misses Gray's front leg but catches the back leg as Gray tries to avoid it.
Gray is looking to clinch but Dank is avoiding it.
John Dank is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gray slaps away a takedown attempt from Dank, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dank scores with a jab.
John Dank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dank.
Dank misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dank misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gray has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dank.
Dank pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gray back to the cage. Dank follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dank dives in and scores a takedown into Gray's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dank controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dank trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gray's guard.
Dank wants to stand and escape but instead Gray has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Dank is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gray won't allow Dank to sweep him here.
Dank escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gray gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dank keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ben Gray.
Gray moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Dank showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ben Gray's cut.
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!
Dank jabs Gray to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gray shoots in and bounces Dank off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dank not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gray wants to pass the guard but Dank is keeping the position.
Dank is trying to keep Gray in close.
Gray looking to sit in guard and control but Dank gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dank postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dank stands up and waves to Gray to follow him.
No joy there for Dank, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donk. Dank catches Gray right on the button with a cross.
Dank tries to sprawl but Gray drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Gray sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dank defending well though.
Dank is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gray's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gray's back!
Dank trying to control momentarily.
Dank avoiding Gray 's attempts to control his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gray is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Gray is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Dank is not going to allow Gray to sit and survive in this position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dank tries to keep control of the position but Gray is staying busy.
Dank really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Gray.
Dank is trying to stick to Gray's back but Gray is turning into Dank. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dank's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Gray.
Gray wants to control from the top but Dank keeps moving.
Ben Gray has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dank throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dank's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dank duly obliges.
Gray tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dank defends well and Gray ends up having to push Dank into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dank can't get the takedown.
Dank turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
John Dank is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gray is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Dank decides to stand back up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gray shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dank pinned against the cage. Dank gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gray takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dank pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gray back to the cage. Dank follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dank lands a nice shot to the body.
Dank lands a jab to the nose.
Dank lands a jab.
Dank shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gray eats them both and turns towards Dank to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dank throws a head kick that half lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gray is defended easily by Dank.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Gray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dank ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ben Gray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dank getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Dank comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dank winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Dank!
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energy
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hype
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