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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Cardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Landreth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Cardy had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Cardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Landreth!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landreth misses with a takedown attempt - Cardy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Landreth fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cardy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Landreth's head.
Cardy shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Landreth's guard.
Cardy wants to pass the guard but Landreth is keeping the position.
Cardy wants to stand but Landreth is controlling his posture from full guard.
Landreth is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cardy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Landreth holds on and takes a little breather.
Cardy wants to pass the guard but Landreth is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardy is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Landreth is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Landreth has escaped and now he's on top!
Landreth is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cardy keeping full guard, as Landreth tries to pass.
Cardy controls Landreth momentarily but Landreth frees himself.
Cardy looking for a guillotine here but Landreth defends easily.
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.
Cardy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Landreth is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Landreth is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Landreth is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cardy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Landreth can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cardy is breathing heavily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Landreth takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landreth misses with a takedown attempt
and Cardy counters with a takedown into side control.
Dan Cardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Landreth.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Landreth struggling a bit here.
Cardy tries to advance position but instead Landreth slips a leg back in to half guard.
Landreth wants to get back to full guard.
Cardy wants to take a breather but Landreth is having none of it.
Landreth is looking to control Cardy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Landreth avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Landreth works his way to full guard. Good work.
Landreth looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Landreth is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cardy is controlling him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Cardy throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Cardy dominated that round.
That's time! Cardy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cardy lands with a kick to the temple. Landreth shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Landreth shoots and misses
and Cardy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Knees to the body from Cardy.
Landreth drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cardy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cardy lands an elbow inside that Landreth shrugs off.
Cardy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Landreth tries to work over Cardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Cardy.
Cardy has hold of one of Landreth's legs. Landreth is fighting the takedown attempt but Cardy gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Landreth keeping moving, preventing Cardy from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Landreth bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cardy's guard.
Cardy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cardy is looking for a triangle but Landreth pushes his legs off easily.
Landreth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cardy 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.
Cardy working for submissions but it's allowed Landreth to get to half guard.
Cardy wants to control but Landreth is keeping busy.
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.
Landreth trying to control the pace.
Landreth working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Landreth uses his free foot to push down on Cardy's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Cardy.
Cardy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Landreth fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landreth is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Landreth shoots and misses
and Cardy counters by moving into the clinch.
Dan Cardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Landreth.
Cardy just leaning against Landreth, taking a breather.
Landreth is looking to break free of the clinch but Cardy has double underhooks.
Landreth wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Landreth drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cardy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Landreth throws a head kick that misses
and Cardy decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Landreth's guard.
Cardy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Landreth has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cardy off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Landreth tries to clinch but Cardy moves away
and Cardy counters by moving into the clinch.
Cardy breaks from the clinch.
Landreth misses with a combination
and Cardy counters with a body kick that stops Landreth in his tracks momentarily.
Landreth shoots and misses
so Cardy counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Landreth wants to sweep but no luck.
Cardy wants to control from the top but Landreth keeps moving.
Landreth throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Cardy has gone for a leg lock! Landreth slips out almost immediately though and dives into Cardy's guard.
Cardy wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Landreth is now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Landreth wants to stand up but Cardy is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Cardy dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Cardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Landreth.
Mike Landreth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Landreth tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cardy counters with a single leg into guard. Landreth didn't expect that.
Cardy wants to pass the guard but Landreth is keeping the position.
Landreth has Cardy pulled in close to control his posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Landreth is on top in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Landreth trying to control the position from guard on top but Cardy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Landreth tries to free his leg and advance position but Cardy is retaining full guard.
Cardy working for a triangle but Landreth defends it easily.
Cardy keeping moving, preventing Landreth from controlling successfully.
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.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cardy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Landreth in his tracks.
Cardy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cardy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cardy shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cardy was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cardy wants to get back to his feet but Landreth is holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landreth bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Landreth wants to control from the top but Cardy keeps moving.
Landreth is stalling in the full guard.
Cardy keeping moving, preventing Landreth from controlling successfully.
Cardy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landreth is squirming around, avoiding Cardy's attempts to control the action.
Landreth is trying to escape the mount.
Cardy avoids the attempt from Landreth to control.
Landreth is squirming around, avoiding Cardy's attempts to control the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Cardy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cardy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Cardy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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