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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Healy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and quinton jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jackson has chosen Indestructible as his entrance music. Travis Healy looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Healy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, quinton jackson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Healy circles away from the clinch attempt.
jackson clinches up with Healy and pushes him back against the cage.
jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Healy has him pressed against the cage.
Healy pushes off an throws an elbow but jackson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
jackson has Healy pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. jackson pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Healy tumbling to the mat - jackson dives into Healy's guard.
Healy trying to control the position.
jackson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
jackson is looking to clinch.
jackson tries to clinch but Healy is having none of it.
jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Healy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Healy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
jackson tries to clinch up.
Healy swats away the attempt to clinch by jackson.
The fight stays on the outside here - jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Healy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
jackson wants to clinch up but Healy keeps it at a distance.
Healy tries to close the distance and clinch up but jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Healy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Healy lands a slapping body shot.
jackson wants to clinch but Healy slips to the side
and Healy counters with a shoot takedown. jackson fights it but they end up in guard.
jackson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
jackson looks gassed!
jackson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Healy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Healy tries for a takedown. No joy.
Healy tries to pull guard but jackson holds him up against the cage and eventually Healy drops back down to his feet.
jackson wants to break free but Healy has control.
jackson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
jackson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Healy up against the cage.
jackson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Healy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Travis Healy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Healy lands a left hand.
jackson is trying to drag Healy to the mat but Healy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Healy stalling in the clinch but jackson improves position.
Healy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Healy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Healy goes for a takedown attempt but jackson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Healy has jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Healy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. jackson just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Healy crunches a lovely knee into jackson's ribcage.
Healy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
jackson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Healy backwards.
jackson wants to break free but Healy has control.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Healy as jackson tries to tie him up.
Healy fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Healy manages to break the clinch.
jackson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Healy counters by moving into the clinch.
Healy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Healy closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming jackson to the mat! jackson manages to get full guard.
Healy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Healy landing with the ground and pound.
Healy stands and steps away. jackson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Healy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by jackson.
jackson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Healy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
jackson throws a combination that misses
and Healy counters with a shoot takedown. jackson fights it but they end up in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
jackson is looking to stand up but Healy isn't so interested in that idea.
Healy stands and throws jackson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
jackson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
You get the feeling that jackson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Healy 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.
jackson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Healy decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in jackson's guard.
Healy seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
jackson pushes Healy off and scrambles back to his feet.
jackson looks to clinch
and Healy counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for jackson!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
jackson tries to improve his position but instead Healy has taken his back!
jackson tries to get to his feet, scrambling wildly. Healy sees the opportunity and transitions to an armbar that forces jackson to tap. Impressive finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Travis Healy!
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hype
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