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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Houston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rashad Houston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Mayhem!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houston will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Houston lands a nice looking body shot.
Mayhem misses with a two punch combination.
Mayhem will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mayhem misses with the combination.
Mayhem throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mayhem slips under a jab.
Houston gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mayhem.
Houston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mayhem.
Houston showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayhem.
John Mayhem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Mayhem misses
and Houston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mayhem fails with the takedown
and Houston counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Mayhem's guard now.
Mayhem looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Houston passes Mayhem's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Houston is trying to control the action in half guard but Mayhem is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houston throwing shots but Mayhem is blocking nicely.
Houston throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Houston lands strikes from half guard.
Houston knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mayhem on the ground.
Houston is looking to take a break and control but Mayhem is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Houston thows a huge punch but Mayhem dodges it nicely.
Houston is looking to advance position but Mayhem won't allow it.
Houston sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mayhem defending well though.
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.
Houston missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Houston seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mayhem does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Houston lands with a punch from half guard.
Mayhem blocking the ground and pound attempt from Houston.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Houston swinging wilding here.
Mayhem gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Houston counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Houston working the body and head with strikes.
Houston working the ground and pound.
Houston lands some shots froms side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houston scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mayhem to see if he's OK.
Houston working the ground and pound but Mayhem is defending the strikes.
Mayhem dodges the ground and pound from Houston.
Mayhem prevents Houston from moving into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Houston wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mayhem keeps working.
Houston creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mayhem sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Houston working the ground and pound from side control.
Houston works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's four 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.
Houston controlling the position from side mount.
The ground and pound from Houston seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Houston tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Houston misses with the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Houston is chipping away with strikes.
Houston advances nicely into full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rashad Houston dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Houston tries to bum rush Mayhem with a series of wild strikes but Mayhem uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mayhem moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Rashad Houston has been cut.
Jab by Mayhem.
Houston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from Houston finds it's way through Mayhem's defenses.
Houston shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mayhem's guard.
Mayhem keeping moving, preventing Houston from controlling successfully.
Houston trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Houston thows a big elbow that misses.
Mayhem is controlling Houston's posture.
Houston looking to sit in guard and control but Mayhem gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houston throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Mayhem stands up from Houston's guard - Mayhem perhaps looking for a knockout.
Decent striking displayed by Mayhem there.
Mayhem moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mayhem tests Houston's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Houston misses.
Mayhem misses with a jab, cross combination.
Houston needs to keep his hands up - Mayhem had a free shot at his head there.
Mayhem throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Houston counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mayhem throws a series of punches but Houston avoids them all with ease.
Houston shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mayhem but Mayhem pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mayhem tries to bum rush Houston with a series of wild strikes but Houston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Houston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.
Houston throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Houston shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Houston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mayhem tries for a takedown but Houston circles away easily
letting Houston counter with a right hand.
Mayhem cracks Houston with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Mayhem does no damage.
Houston misses with a two punch combination.
Mayhem throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Houston's waist but Houston gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mayhem off to one side.
Some wild striking there from Mayhem.
Mayhem avoids the body shot from Houston.
Mayhem lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Houston circles away quickly and effectively.
Houston shoots in for a double leg but Mayhem sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Houston tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayhem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mayhem tries to clinch up but Houston circles away and keeps his distance.
Houston throws a right and a left that Mayhem avoids nicely.
Mayhem closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Houston to the mat! Houston manages to get full guard.
Houston on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Houston tries to get out of the position.
Houston is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Houston working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mayhem doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mayhem manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houston throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Houston wants to stand up but Mayhem is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Houston will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Mayhem showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rashad Houston's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Mayhem fails to land with a series of punches.
Mayhem shoots in and bounces Houston off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Houston has Mayhem pulled in close to control his posture.
Houston looking for subs off his back but Mayhem has passed one foot through into half guard.
Houston kicks off Mayhem and gets to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem lands with a nice combination. Houston backs away looking to recover.
No joy there for Houston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mayhem scores a takedown into full mount!
Houston tries to hold on but Mayhem postures up.
Houston is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mayhem is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Houston sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houston gets full guard.
Houston looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mayhem is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Houston is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Houston trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houston working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mayhem doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mayhem manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mayhem slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Mayhem takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Houston to pass into mount.
Houston gets back to half guard.
That's four 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.
Mayhem prevents Houston from improving his position.
Houston strikes from the bottom but Mayhem uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Mayhem gets to mount! Houston was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Mayhem controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Mayhem comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mayhem has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight for Rashad Houston!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Rashad Houston!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Rashad Houston!
Rashad Houston wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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