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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adam Newbold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roni Draymond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roni Draymond has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Newbold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roni Draymond!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draymond keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Draymond shoots in for a double leg but Newbold sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Newbold closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Newbold lands in his opponent's guard.
Newbold content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Newbold keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Draymond's head.
Newbold throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Newbold's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Draymond told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Newbold postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Newbold working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Draymond's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Newbold trying to control but Draymond is working from the bottom.
Newbold working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Newbold with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Newbold scoring with some ground and pound.
Draymond scrambles and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draymond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newbold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newbold stuffs the takedown.
Newbold darts in looking for a takedown but Draymond gets double underhooks and turns Newbold into the cage.
Draymond stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheers as Draymond lands an impressive looking overhand right. Newbold doesn't seem phased though.
Decent striking displayed by Draymond there.
Newbold misses with a takedown attempt
and Draymond counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Newbold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Draymond gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Newbold to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Newbold's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Newbold scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Newbold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newbold trying to control but Draymond is working from the bottom.
Draymond is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Newbold is in close to Draymond's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newbold is working Draymond over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Newbold working some strikes from top position.
Newbold is in close to Draymond's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Newbold scoring with some ground and pound.
Draymond is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Newbold is working Draymond over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Newbold working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Newbold working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Draymond's head.
Draymond is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Newbold is controlling him.
Newbold stands up over Draymond, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Newbold with a nice head shot there.
Newbold won't allow Draymond to get back to his feet.
Draymond is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Newbold has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Newbold with a nice head shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newbold is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Newbold landing with the ground and pound.
Draymond has momentary wrist control but Newbold slips an elbow through the middle.
Newbold engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Newbold distracts Draymond with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Newbold pushing down on Draymond's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Newbold looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Draymond with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Newbold lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Draymond wants to get back to full guard.
Newbold seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Draymond does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Newbold lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Newbold is looking for a kimura but Draymond is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Newbold to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newbold looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Draymond with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Newbold winds up and cracks Draymond with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Newbold is thwarting Draymond's attempts to control the position.
Newbold working Draymond over with strikes.
Newbold working over Draymond with some ground and pound. Draymond looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Draymond is trying to stand up here but Newbold is controlling him well.
Newbold drops an elbow to the side of Draymond's head.
Draymond looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Draymond looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Newbold drops an elbow to the side of Draymond's head.
Draymond has hold of Newbold's hands but Newbold slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Draymond is trying to stand.
Newbold looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Newbold takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Newbold lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Newbold dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Newbold shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Draymond but Draymond pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Draymond scores with a one two! Newbold had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Newbold shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Draymond as he jumps to the side.
A little jabbing left from Draymond on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Draymond tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adam Newbold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newbold looks for a takedown but Draymond sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Newbold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Newbold gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Newbold takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Newbold gets the takedown into side control.
Draymond tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draymond on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Newbold landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Newbold is chipping away with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newbold working the ground and pound.
Newbold working the head with strikes.
Newbold working the ground and pound.
Draymond is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Newbold is looking to take a break and control but Draymond is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Draymond gets back to half guard.
Draymond is breathing heavily.
Draymond taking some punishment here, with Newbold in his half guard.
Newbold is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Draymond has hold of Newbold's hands but Newbold slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Newbold slips a nice elbow through Draymond's hands, connecting with Draymond's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Newbold connects with a nice short shot to Draymond's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draymond is trying to maintain the position but Newbold is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Newbold lands a nice short elbow.
Draymond is looking to get back to is feet but Newbold passes into side control.
Check out the look on Newbold's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Newbold scoring with punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Newbold's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draymond taking a bit of punishment here - Newbold scoring with strikes.
Newbold scoring with punches from side control.
Newbold wants to lay and pray for a moment but Draymond keeps working.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Newbold landing a few strikes.
Newbold cracks Draymond with a big elbow.
Newbold gets to mount! Draymond was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Adam Newbold overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Draymond in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Newbold pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newbold won't let Draymond get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Newbold raining down hammerfists from mount.
Newbold lands a couple of good shots and Draymond has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Newbold lands strikes to the head.
Newbold looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Newbold tries to get the hooks in deep but Draymond pushed the leg off.
Newbold landing with strikes.
Newbold scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Draymond is rocked!
Newbold scores with punches from the back.
Draymond is still in real trouble! Can Newbold finish him?
Newbold cracks Draymond with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Draymond from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Newbold lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Newbold.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draymond is taking damage to the body and head.
Newbold lands a shot to the head.
Newbold is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Draymond can do to turn this around?
Newbold cracks Draymond with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Draymond from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Newbold looking to break Draymond's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Draymond remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Newbold will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Newbold connects with a big shot to the side of Draymond's head.
Newbold lands a shot to the head.
Draymond is trying to get back to his feet but Newbold has full control of the position and if anything, Draymond has just worked his way into a worse spot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Newbold. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Newbold lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Draymond is trying to stand back up.
Newbold scores with punches and elbows.
Newbold looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Draymond taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Adam Newbold!
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RATING
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