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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gale Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gale Perry is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gale Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Dawson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dawson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dawson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Perry smiles and moves away.
Perry gets a takedown into half guard.
Dawson pushes Perry off but Perry dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perry wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dawson, who protects the arm well.
Perry thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Perry goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Dawson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Perry's guard! Nice work there by Dawson!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Perry looking for a sweep. Not yet Perry, not yet.
Dawson throws a strike but Perry rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Perry distracts Dawson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Perry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson is looking to stand back up but Perry counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dawson.
Perry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dawson looks winded!
Perry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dawson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Perry throwing shots but Dawson is blocking nicely.
Dawson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dawson is trying to stand.
Nice strikes from Perry there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawson is defending against the submission attempts here by Perry.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Perry works his way into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gale Perry dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Perry throws a right and a left that Dawson avoids nicely.
Perry fails with the takedown.
Perry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dawson is fending him off so far but Perry persists. Nope, Dawson circles away and we're back to standing.
Perry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dawson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Perry is trying to defend but Dawson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dawson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Perry's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perry regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dawson.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Dawson working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Dawson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dawson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson won't allow Perry to get back to his feet.
Dawson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Perry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Perry looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dawson is one step ahead there.
Perry looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Dawson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Perry shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dawson pinned against the cage. Dawson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gale Perry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perry shoots in for a takedown but Dawson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dawson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Perry sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dawson or perhaps it was just good defense by Perry, which made it look bad.
Perry dives in and grabs Dawson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dawson pushes down on Perry's head and hops out.
Dawson slaps away a takedown attempt from Perry, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dawson clinches up against the cage.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dawson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Perry misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson manages to break the clinch.
Dawson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Perry sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Perry drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dawson is looking to stand up but Perry isn't so interested in that idea.
Perry postures up in Dawson's guard and throws a big left but Dawson blocks it.
Perry scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dawson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dawson's head.
Perry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Perry is looking to work some ground and pound but Dawson has wrist control.
Perry passes into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Perry is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
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 Gale Perry will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Perry is defended easily by Dawson.
Dawson shoots in looking for a takedown. Perry tries to sprawl out of it but Dawson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Perry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Perry wants to clinch up but Dawson keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dawson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dawson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dawson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Perry as he jumps to the side.
Perry tries for a takedown but Dawson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dawson but Dawson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gale Perry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perry looks for a takedown but Dawson sprawls well.
Dawson shoots in and bounces Perry off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dawson throws a big elbow that misses.
Dawson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dawson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Perry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dawson postures up.
Dawson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dawson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dawson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dawson looking to pass the guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dawson shoots in and bounces Perry off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dawson throws a strike but Perry rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dawson wants to stand up but Perry is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Perry throwing strikes but missing.
Perry drops back looking for a leg! Dawson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dawson manages to kick Perry off! Perry jumps back into Dawson's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Perry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Steve Dawson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gale Perry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dawson looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Perry has picked Dawson up and slammed him! Dawson can't keep hold of the triangle and Perry manages to pass to side control!
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Dawson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Perry has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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