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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stretch Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Dayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armstrong comes into the arena with Coal Chamber--Big Truck blaring out of the sound system. Dayne has chosen South of Heaven as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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250 lbs
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191 cm
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258 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stretch Armstrong!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Dayne!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armstrong shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dayne but Dayne pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dayne tries to clinch but Armstrong moves out of range.
Armstrong swats away the attempt to clinch by Dayne.
Dayne wants to clinch.
Armstrong fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong gets the takedown into side control.
Dayne manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Dayne preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong is looking for a kimura here.
Armstrong trying to mount his opponent but Dayne defends it.
Armstrong thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dayne's head.
Dayne looks like he's trying to stand up.
Armstrong is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dayne looks like he's trying to stand up.
Armstrong is trying to work for a kimura but Dayne is defending well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dayne stuns Armstrong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Armstrong is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dayne punishes Armstrong's body with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut there from Dayne.
Dayne drops Armstrong with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Armstrong looks back up at him and smiles so Dayne waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Armstrong is rocked!
Dayne rushes Armstrong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dayne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Dayne.
A body shot lands from Dayne.
Dayne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dayne closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dayne.
Dayne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dayne creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dayne lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dayne.
Still in the clinch, Dayne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Dayne.
Dayne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Armstrong backwards.
Dayne lands a nice uppercut.
Dayne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Armstrong.
Dayne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dayne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dayne lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Dayne - that landed with a thud.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dayne takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dayne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Armstrong keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dayne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Armstrong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dayne cracks Armstrong with a big right hand and Armstrong goes down!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dayne is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dayne scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dayne not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Let's hope that Dayne has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Armstrong has his foot on Dayne's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dayne works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Armstrong working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dayne doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dayne manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dayne is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Dayne dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dayne throws a jab when Armstrong was well out of range.
Armstrong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Armstrong moves out of range of the strikes.
Armstrong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dayne.
Dayne throws a leg kick but Armstrong moved away.
Arthur Dayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dayne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Dayne misses.
Dayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stretch Armstrong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dayne tries to clinch but Armstrong moves out of range.
Armstrong has a takedown stuffed.
Dayne connects with a nice cross there... Armstrong is looking wobbly and Dayne recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Armstrong to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Dayne jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Arthur Dayne!
Arthur Dayne is the new heavyweight champion!
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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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