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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emerson Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Olsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emerson Bradley has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Brawler
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emerson Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Olsen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olsen cracks the inside of Bradley's front leg.
Olsen darts in looking for a takedown but Bradley gets double underhooks and turns Olsen into the cage.
Bradley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Olsen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olsen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Bradley's half guard.
Bradley preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradley continues to stall.
Bradley'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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Olsen seems to be looking for submissions.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Olsen is keen to just control but Bradley is a slippery customer.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Olsen misses with a body shot.
Olsen misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Olsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Bradley is looking for a counter combo.
Bradley bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Olsen's head backwards.
Olsen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Olsen has him pressed against the cage.
Olsen is looking to take this one to the mat.
Olsen has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bradley after a bit of a struggle.
Emerson Bradley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Olsen.
Bradley breaks from the clinch.
Bradley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olsen circles away quickly and effectively.
Olsen takes the fight into the clinch.
Bradley breaks from the clinch.
Bradley looks for a takedown but Olsen sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Olsen, pushing him back against the cage.
Olsen goes for a takedown attempt but Bradley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Olsen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bradley manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bradley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Olsen looks winded!
Bradley is looking to stand up but Olsen isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Olsen controls the pace.
Olsen looking to sit in guard and control but Bradley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bradley stands and steps away. Olsen gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Olsen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Olsen wants it to stay on the feet.
Bradley has closed the distance and engaged Olsen in a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bradley tries to circle away but Olsen has him pinned against the cage.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bradley tries to circle away but Olsen has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Olsen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bradley fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Olsen feints the counter takedown.
Bradley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bradley tries to break the clinch but Olsen is controlling the position.
Olsen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bradley scores with a takedown into Olsen's guard.
Olsen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bradley controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olsen looking to control.
Olsen controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olsen trying to keep a closed guard but Bradley is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Olsen working a defensive guard here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Olsen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tim Olsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bradley tests Olsen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Olsen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bradley.
Olsen is breathing heavily.
Bradley dodges the punch combination from Olsen.
Bradley shoots in and bounces Olsen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley landing with the ground and pound.
Olsen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bradley is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Olsen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bradley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bradley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bradley connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Olsen 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.
Bradley looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bradley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bradley darts in and clinches Olsen up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bradley manages to break the clinch.
Olsen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bradley, pushing him back against the cage.
Bradley holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Olsen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bradley fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Olsen keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bradley sprawls well. Bradley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Olsen gets slowly back to his feet.
Bradley went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bradley slaps away a takedown attempt from Olsen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emerson Bradley dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Olsen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bradley tries to avoid it but Olsen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bradley to the ground. Bradley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bradley is looking to counter punch.
Olsen stuffs the takedown.
Olsen's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Olsen duly obliges.
Olsen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bradley sprawls well. Bradley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Olsen gets slowly back to his feet.
Bradley decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradley is trying to control the action in half guard but Olsen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Olsen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Olsen wants to get back to full guard but Bradley has passed into side control.
Bradley working the head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley working the ground and pound.
Olsen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bradley is trying to get an arm triangle but Olsen is defending well.
Bradley is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Olsen has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bradley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Olsen is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bradley connects with a decent elbow.
Bradley controlling from side mount.
Bradley wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Olsen, who protects the arm well.
Bradley working the ground and pound.
Bradley wants to control but Olsen is keeping him busy.
Bradley works to advance to full mount. Olsen defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bradley unloading with bombs!
Bradley landing punches.
Bradley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bradley scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Emerson Bradley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bradley looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bradley cracks Olsen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Olsen is bucking up trying to escape but Bradley cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bradley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olsen can do to turn this around?
Olsen is working to get back to half guard.
Bradley controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley lands a big elbow - Olsen is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Olsen is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Emerson Bradley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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