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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Neil Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyeson Ledbetter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ledbetter comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hero by Sevendust kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Neil Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyeson Ledbetter!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ledbetter lands a head kick. Adams smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Neil Adams has been cut.
Ledbetter moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ledbetter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adams is fending him off so far but Ledbetter persists. Nope, Adams circles away and we're back to standing.
Ledbetter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Ledbetter with that takedown attempt.
Neil Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyeson Ledbetter.
Ledbetter scores with a nice strike.
Tyeson Ledbetter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ledbetter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ledbetter lands a head kick!
Ledbetter is looking to clinch but Adams is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ledbetter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ledbetter thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Adams if he has to take too many more of those.
Ledbetter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Adams circles away.
Ledbetter tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.
Ledbetter tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.
Ledbetter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adams is fending him off so far but Ledbetter persists. Nope, Adams circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for Ledbetter with that takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ledbetter fails with the takedown.
Ledbetter looks gassed!
Ledbetter lands a nice looking body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ledbetter.
Ledbetter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ledbetter struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adams looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ledbetter is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Adams is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ledbetter is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ledbetter regains half guard.
Ledbetter wants to control but Adams is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Adams stops Ledbetter from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ledbetter is defending against the submission attempts here by Adams.
Ledbetter is defending against the submission attempts here by Adams.
Ledbetter looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adams is working for a kimura but Ledbetter is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyeson Ledbetter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Neil Adams's cut.
That's time! Adams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ledbetter keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tyeson Ledbetter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ledbetter doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Adams counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ledbetter controlling the position for now.
Adams is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ledbetter defends it well.
Ledbetter tries to roll over but Adams keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams is looking for a kimura but Ledbetter is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Adams to get the leverage.
Adams looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Adams is working for a kimura but Ledbetter is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Adams is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ledbetter trying to control from the bottom.
Adams is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ledbetter fails with the takedown
and Adams counters with a single leg into guard. Ledbetter didn't expect that.
Adams drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ledbetter dives on top into guard.
Adams isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ledbetter stacks Adams on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ledbetter!
Ledbetter is looking to take a break and control but Adams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams is looking to reverse the position.
Adams is working hard here to advance position.
Ledbetter lands a few punches from side control.
Adams manages to get back to half guard.
Ledbetter wants to stand but Adams has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Adams is looking to improve his position.
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.
Adams is pressing down on Ledbetter's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Adams looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Ledbetter has picked Adams up and slammed him! Adams can't keep hold of the triangle and Ledbetter manages to pass to side control!
Ledbetter wants to control but Adams is keeping him busy.
Adams tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ledbetter wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Adams manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Adams wants to improve his position but Ledbetter is controlling well.
Adams looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Adams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Neil Adams's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ledbetter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adams doesn't seem bothered though.
Ledbetter with a poor takedown
and Adams decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ledbetter's guard.
Adams has gone for a leg lock! Ledbetter slips out almost immediately though and dives into Adams's guard.
Adams is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Adams has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ledbetter can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ledbetter trying to control the position from guard on top but Adams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ledbetter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Adams looking for a guillotine here but Ledbetter defends easily.
Adams looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Ledbetter from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Adams throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Adams is looking for a triangle here but Ledbetter uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ledbetter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Adams keeps working.
Adams regains half guard.
Neil Adams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ledbetter wants to take a breather but Adams is having none of it.
Adams looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ledbetter wants to stand up but Adams is controlling the position.
Adams actively working from the bottom here.
Adams is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Ledbetter pulls his head out easily.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ledbetter tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
Ledbetter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ledbetter tries to clinch up.
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.
Ledbetter shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Adams counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Adams.
Adams has gone for a leg lock! Ledbetter slips out almost immediately though and dives into Adams's guard.
Adams is looking for a triangle but Ledbetter pushes his legs off easily.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Ledbetter from controlling successfully.
Adams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Adams looking for a guillotine here but Ledbetter defends easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Neil Adams showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Adams has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neil Adams!
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hype
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FIGHT
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