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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevie Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bautista might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Amazing by Kanye West. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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290 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Bautista!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stevie Ray!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautista closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ray circles away.
Stevie Ray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bautista changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ray looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bautista landing a few strikes.
Bautista landing a few strikes.
Bautista looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ray is avoiding damage well.
Ray takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bautista cracks Ray with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ray throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Bautista is looking to take a break and control but Ray is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bautista tries to score with some ground and pound. Ray controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ray manages to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ray defending well though.
Ray blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bautista.
Bautista looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bautista lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bautista missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bautista throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ray keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ray tries to get to full guard but Bautista has control of the leg.
Ray is not content to let Bautista control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ray wants to get back to full guard.
Bautista working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bautista is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bautista missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bautista thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ray's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ray wants to improve his position but Bautista is controlling well.
Ray looks gassed!
Bautista is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bautista thows a huge punch but Ray dodges it nicely.
Ray tries to get to full guard but Bautista has control of the leg.
Bautista landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ray wants to get back to full guard but Bautista has mounted him!
The referee warns Ray that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bautista cracks Ray with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bautista working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Ray that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bautista pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bautista pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bautista looking to finish Ray with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ray!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bautista with good strikes from the mount here!
Bautista punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Bautista dominated that round.
That's time! Bautista's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bautista looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bautista sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ray defending well though.
Bautista sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ray defending well though.
Ray flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Bautista.
Ray is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bautista scores with a couple of nice shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bautista not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ray taking some punishment here, with Bautista in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Bautista.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bautista winds up and cracks Ray with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bautista not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bautista looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bautista trying to control from half guard but Ray is working away.
Bautista lands with a punch from half guard.
Bautista working over Ray with some ground and pound. Ray looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Bautista there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bautista.
Ray wants to improve his position but Bautista is controlling well.
Bautista is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bautista lands a nice short elbow.
Bautista working over Ray with some ground and pound. Ray looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bautista scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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. Bautista connects with a nice short shot to Ray's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray has hold of Bautista's hands but Bautista slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Bautista there.
Bautista sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ray defending well though.
Ray blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bautista.
Bautista slips a nice elbow through Ray's hands, connecting with Ray's forehead.
Bautista working the head and body with strikes.
Bautista winds up and cracks Ray with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
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. Bautista connects with a nice short shot to Ray's temple.
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.
Bautista lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bautista throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bautista throwing shots but Ray is blocking nicely.
Ray keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bautista throws a strike but Ray avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bautista accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bautista is in close to Ray's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bautista scoring with some ground and pound.
Ray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Bautista dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bautista closes the distance and clinches up with Ray, looking for a takedown. Bautista pushes Ray against the cage but Ray circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bautista fails with a takedown attempt.
Bautista keeps the fight on the outside.
Ray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ray slips a jab and a cross from Bautista.
Ray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bautista shoots for a takedown but Ray saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Bautista. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ray fails in his attempt to clinch.
No luck for Bautista with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ray tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Ray.
Ray misses with a knee to the head.
Ray scores with a knee to the head.
Ray throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bautista goes for a takedown attempt but Ray pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ray is looking to clinch.
That's two 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.
Nice sprawl there from Bautista as Ray shoots in.
Bautista is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ray can do to turn this around?
Bautista throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Bautista.
Ray tries to clinch but Bautista is having none of it.
Bautista closes the distance and clinches up with Ray, looking for a takedown. Bautista pushes Ray against the cage but Ray circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ray tries to clinch up but Bautista circles away and keeps his distance.
Ray tries for a takedown but Bautista circles away easily
and Bautista counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bautista landing some decent shots from guard.
Ray 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista throws a big right hand that misses.
Bautista postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bautista trying to control but Ray is working from the bottom.
Ray can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bautista controls the pace.
Bautista throwing strikes but missing.
Bautista throwing strikes from guard but Ray blocks nicely.
Bautista might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bautista is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stevie Ray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bautista postures up in Ray's guard and throws a big left but Ray blocks it.
Dave Bautista is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bautista sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bautista trying to control the position from guard on top but Ray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Bautista showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bautista, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Bautista!
Dave Bautista is the new super heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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