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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Bourdain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trenton Funkhouser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
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222 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Bourdain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Trenton Funkhouser!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourdain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bourdain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Funkhouser as he jumps to the side.
Bourdain moves into the clinch.
Bourdain presses Funkhouser against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Funkhouser.
Funkhouser is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bourdain lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bourdain.
Bourdain misses with a punch to the body.
Funkhouser is looking to take this one to the mat.
Funkhouser blocks a body shot from Bourdain.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Funkhouser changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bourdain fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bourdain clinches with his opponent.
Bourdain digs a right hand into Funkhouser's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Funkhouser's gas tank.
Funkhouser blocks a body shot from Bourdain.
Funkhouser lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourdain blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Bourdain.
A right hand to the body from Bourdain.
Funkhouser looks winded!
Bourdain lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bourdain avoiding damage.
Bourdain has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Funkhouser uses from the top position.
Bourdain on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bourdain tries to get out of the position.
Bourdain looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bourdain is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bourdain'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.
Further stalling from Bourdain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourdain is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Funkhouser is fighting to break Bourdain's control of his arms but Bourdain is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Funkhouser 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.
Bourdain looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bourdain looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bourdain pulls Funkhouser in close to his closed guard and prevents Funkhouser from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkhouser 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.
Funkhouser tries to free his leg and advance position but Bourdain is retaining full guard.
Funkhouser trying to control but Bourdain is working from the bottom.
Bourdain is looking for a triangle but Funkhouser pushes his legs off easily.
Funkhouser works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bourdain makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bourdain.
Bourdain has his hands on Funkhouser's head, controlling the position.
Funkhouser trying to control but Bourdain is working from the bottom.
Bourdain managing to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funkhouser thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bourdain knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Funkhouser on the ground.
Bourdain is pulling down on Funkhouser's head to control his posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bourdain working for a triangle but Funkhouser defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Bourdain dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A swing and a miss from Funkhouser.
Bourdain fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Funkhouser, pushing him back against the cage.
Bourdain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bourdain throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bourdain rushes Funkhouser and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bourdain blocking some punches.
Bourdain lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Funkhouser prevents a body shot from Bourdain.
Funkhouser tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bourdain just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bourdain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Funkhouser can do to turn this around?
Bourdain lands a right hand.
Bourdain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Funkhouser throws a head punch that misses.
Bourdain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Funkhouser has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bourdain works on Funkhouser's body with a couple of short punches.
Bourdain lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bourdain pushes Funkhouser back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bourdain is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Funkhouser to keep the fight standing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourdain lands with a left to the head.
Funkhouser trying to stall but Bourdain improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Bourdain.
Bourdain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bourdain scores with a shot to the side of Funkhouser's head.
Funkhouser is trying to push Bourdain away but Bourdain has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bourdain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bourdain lands a hook that snaps the head of Funkhouser backwards.
Bourdain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bourdain lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bourdain misses with a body punch.
Bourdain manages to break the clinch.
Bourdain has closed the distance and engaged Funkhouser in a clinch.
Bourdain lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bourdain lands a right hand.
Bourdain misses with a punch to the body.
Bourdain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bourdain.
Funkhouser is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Funkhouser has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bourdain after a bit of a struggle.
A short right from Bourdain.
A left hand lands to the body for Bourdain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourdain lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bourdain presses Funkhouser against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bourdain scores with a shot to the side of Funkhouser's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bourdain.
Bourdain lands a body shot.
Bourdain scores with a hook to the body.
Bourdain stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bourdain lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bourdain manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bourdain has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Funkhouser should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Bourdain has tightened it up now! Funkhouser should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Anthony Bourdain!
Anthony Bourdain thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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FIGHT
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