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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miami Vice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Maxwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vice comes to the cage accompanied by The Theme. The crowd seem to be enjoying Maxwell's choice of entrance music: Sonne - Rammstein. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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260 lbs
16 - 4 - 1 |
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258 lbs
27 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miami Vice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ross Maxwell!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vice lands a glancing blow to the side of Maxwell's head.
Vice misses with a combination
and Maxwell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maxwell punishes Vice's body with a nice straight punch.
Vice misses with a hook.
A jab lands there for Vice.
It looks like Ross Maxwell has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vice thows a body kick. Maxwell tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vice lands with a cross.
Vice pushes Maxwell up against the cage in a clinch.
Maxwell tries to land a knee to the head but Vice blocks with his arms.
Vice lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maxwell backwards.
Maxwell blocks an elbow strike from Vice.
Maxwell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maxwell lands with a short shot to the head.
Vice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vice takes a shot to the head.
Vice makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vice pushes off an throws an elbow but Maxwell leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vice lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maxwell wants the takedown. Vice is fighting it off but Maxwell persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Vice's guard against the cage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vice wants to sweep but no luck.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Maxwell working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Vice is trying to keep Maxwell in close.
Maxwell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vice keeping moving, preventing Maxwell from controlling successfully.
Vice is pulling down on Maxwell's head. It's preventing any offense from Maxwell, at least for the moment.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maxwell looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Vice keeping moving, preventing Maxwell from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vice looking for a sweep. Not yet Vice, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vice is pulling down on Maxwell's head to control his posture.
Vice'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.
Maxwell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maxwell works over Vice with some ground and pound from guard.
Maxwell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vice works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maxwell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maxwell won't allow Vice to sweep him here.
Maxwell stops Vice from standing up.
Maxwell is fighting to break Vice's control of his arms but Vice is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Vice is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Maxwell is controlling him.
Vice bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Maxwell's guard.
Maxwell pulls Vice in to control the position.
Vice sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Maxwell's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell wants to improve his position but Vice is controlling well.
Maxwell trying to hold on to Vice's head to control him but Vice postures up.
Maxwell is looking to improve his position.
Vice thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vice will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Vice content to control rather than advance.
Maxwell wants to improve his position but Vice is controlling well.
Maxwell is refusing to be controlled, as Vice sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Vice is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Maxwell has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Vice is looking to defend but Maxwell has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Vice! Maxwell pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Vice taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ross Maxwell!
After winning the bout, Ross Maxwell thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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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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