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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martin Fischer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Gruff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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255 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Fischer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy Gruff!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Bruno Hogan and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Gruff misses.
Fischer drives through and clinches with Gruff against the cage.
Fischer tries a knee to the head but Gruff blocks it.
Fischer misses with a punch on the inside.
Gruff lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
It looks like Martin Fischer has been cut.
Gruff misses with some punches.
Gruff works on Fischer's body with a couple of short punches.
Gruff lands with a short shot to the head.
Gruff lands a body punch.
Fischer lands an uppercut.
Fischer scores with a knee to the head.
Gruff misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fischer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fischer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fischer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fischer prevents Gruff from breaking the clinch.
Gruff gets through Fischer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Fischer.
Gruff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fischer is looking to clinch but Gruff is avoiding it.
Gruff thuds his right hand into Fischer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gruff lunges at Fischer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fischer's hand.
Gruff connects with a jab.
Gruff listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gruff has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Fischer clinches up with Gruff and pushes him back against the cage.
Gruff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fischer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gruff backwards.
Gruff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gruff stalling in the clinch but Fischer improves position.
Fischer can't find room to land a body shot as Gruff controls the action.
Gruff trying to control the position but instead, Fischer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gruff into the cage.
Fischer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gruff wants to get back to striking at distance but Fischer won't allow it.
Gruff misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fischer misses with a knee strike.
Fischer connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Billy Gruff has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fischer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gruff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fischer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gruff wants to get back to striking at distance but Fischer won't allow it.
Gruff softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fischer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gruff blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fischer.
Gruff tries to throw a body punch but Fischer avoids it by throwing Gruff back against the cage.
Gruff misses with a body punch.
Gruff lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Gruff.
Martin Fischer's cut is getting worse.
Fischer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Fischer will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gruff up against the cage.
Fischer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gruff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fischer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fischer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gruff has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fischer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gruff misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fischer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fischer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gruff has a couple of punches blocked by Fischer.
Fischer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gruff scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gruff swings wildly with an uppercut but Fischer uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee calls for Fischer to work.
Fischer prevents a body shot from Gruff.
Gruff working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fischer throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruff lands a body punch.
Fischer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fischer is breathing heavily.
Gruff has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gruff is trying to break free.
Fischer stalling against the cage.
A knee to the head by Fischer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gruff lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gruff tries to break the clinch but Fischer is controlling the position.
Gruff lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fischer or not.
Gruff looking to slow down the pace here.
Fischer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gruff breaks the clinch.
Gruff connects with a looping right hand.
Gruff feints a jab promting Fischer to slip. Gruff then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fischer slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fischer closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Billy Gruff will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Fischer looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Martin Fischer's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fischer instigates a clinch.
Gruff lands with a light punch inside.
Gruff tries to throw a body punch but Fischer avoids it by throwing Gruff back against the cage.
Fischer tries to land knees in the clinch but Gruff avoids the damage to the body.
Fischer tries to land a knee to the head but Gruff blocks with his arms.
Gruff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gruff wants to break free but Fischer has control.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gruff.
Gruff lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Gruff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fischer tries to land a knee to the head but Gruff blocks with his arms.
Gruff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruff misses with a punch on the inside.
Gruff tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fischer's elbow.
Gruff misses with some punches.
Gruff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jeez, Martin Fischer's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Gruff is trying to stall.
Gruff lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fischer prevents Gruff from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fischer misses with a knee to the head.
Martin Fischer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gruff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Gruff. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Fischer has Gruff up against the cage in a clinch.
Fischer keeps control of Gruff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fischer has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fischer tries to land a knee to the head but Gruff blocks with his arms.
Gruff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fischer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Martin Fischer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Billy Gruff!
After winning the bout, Billy Gruff 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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FIGHT
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