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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Will Dearborn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masters has chosen Simply the Best as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
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168 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Will Dearborn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Masters !
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masters lands a jab to Dearborn's midsection.
Masters misses with a combination
and Dearborn counters with a one-two to the body.
No joy there for Masters , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dearborn tried to counter with a leg kick but Masters avoided it.
Masters blocks a head kick by Dearborn.
Masters is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Masters throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dearborn throws a shot from downtown. Masters moves away and avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dearborn.
Dearborn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Masters connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dearborn scrambles back to his feet.
Masters takes a swing at Dearborn's ribcage but misses.
Masters throws a lazy uppercut
letting Dearborn counter with a right hand.
Masters tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Masters closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Masters lands a right hand.
Masters 's coach down at LOD: Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Masters 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Dearborn tries to throw a body punch but Masters avoids it by throwing Dearborn back against the cage.
Dearborn misses with the head strike.
Dearborn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dearborn lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dearborn pushes Masters back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dearborn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dearborn is looking to control Masters 's arms but Masters gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dearborn has his back to the cage.
I was talking to Dearborn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Masters swings wildly with an uppercut but Dearborn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dearborn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dearborn scores with a shot to the side of Masters 's head.
Masters lands a hook to the side of the head.
Masters tries to work over Dearborn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dearborn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Masters .
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Masters .
Dearborn digs a right hand underneath Masters 's ribcage. Masters let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dearborn has Masters pressed against the cage, preventing Masters from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dearborn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Masters wants to break free but Dearborn has control.
Masters 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dearborn lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dearborn misses with a wild body shot.
Masters forces Dearborn back against the cage and clinches.
Masters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters tries to clinch but Dearborn is having none of it.
Good work by Masters as he checks the leg kick.
Masters misses with a kick to the body.
Dearborn looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dearborn.
Dearborn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masters .
Dearborn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice side step and Masters releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dearborn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Masters .
As Masters backs away, Dearborn returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dearborn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masters .
Dearborn throws a counter high kick but Masters was just alert enough to avoid it.
Dearborn wants to slow Masters down by chopping away at his legs.
Dearborn scoring well with a low kick there.
Masters throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Masters has Dearborn up against the cage in a clinch.
Dearborn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Masters tries to circle away but Dearborn has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masters breaks the clinch.
Masters tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dearborn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dearborn throws a sloppy head kick
and Masters cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dearborn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Masters in his tracks.
Dearborn looks to land a combination but Masters avoids it well.
Masters fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dearborn checks it well.
Masters throws a looping overhand right but Dearborn ducks down to avoid it.
Dearborn misses with a left hand
and Masters makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dearborn throws a front kick aimed at Masters 's knee but Masters avoids it well.
Dearborn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dearborn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Masters checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dearborn clinches up with Masters and pushes him back against the cage.
Dearborn scores with a hook to the body.
Dearborn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Masters lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masters working hard to break the clinch.
Masters tries to work over Dearborn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Masters is trying to push Dearborn away but Dearborn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Masters blocking some punches.
Dearborn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Masters - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Masters blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dearborn lands with a light punch inside.
Dearborn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Masters wants to get back to striking at distance but Dearborn won't allow it.
Dearborn tries to work over Masters 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Masters trying to stall but Dearborn improves his position.
Masters is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dearborn is leaning against Masters and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dearborn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dearborn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dearborn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Dearborn 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.
Dearborn on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dearborn throws a hook but Masters blocks it.
Dearborn cracks Masters with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dearborn misses with an uppercut. Masters saw that one coming.
Dearborn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Masters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Masters listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dearborn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dearborn feints a jab promting Masters to slip. Dearborn then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Masters slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Masters moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dearborn tries to land a leg kick but Masters saw it coming and moves away.
Masters only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Masters throws a hook to the side of Dearborn's head but Dearborn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masters keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dearborn, as that shot connected.
Dearborn scores with a decent looking hook.
Dearborn throws a low kick but Masters avoids it.
Dearborn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Masters moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dearborn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A shot to the liver by Dearborn. Beautiful body shot.
Dearborn throws a sloppy head kick
and Dearborn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dearborn connects with a nice looking jab.
Dearborn throws a sloppy head kick and Masters moves out of range easily.
Dearborn misses with a low kick.
Masters now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Masters tries to clinch but Dearborn moves out of range.
Dearborn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Masters can do to turn this around?
Dearborn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Masters is able to avoid easily.
Masters punishes Dearborn's body with a nice straight punch.
Dearborn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Will Dearborn is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masters misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dearborn stalks Masters and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Masters 's face. Masters staggers backwards, shaken.
Dearborn has Masters up against the cage in a clinch.
Dearborn digs a right hand underneath Masters 's ribcage. Masters let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Masters lands an uppercut.
Masters tries to break the clinch but Dearborn is controlling the position.
Masters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Masters . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Masters .
Dearborn misses with a jab to the body
and Masters counters with an inside leg kick.
Masters checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dearborn cracks Masters with a good jab.
Dearborn throws a sloppy head kick and Masters moves out of range easily.
Masters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dearborn manages to avoid it.
Dearborn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dearborn blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Masters darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Masters digs a good body shot into Dearborn's ribs.
Masters throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dearborn misses with a body shot.
Masters looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Masters tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Masters misses with a shot to the body
and Dearborn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dearborn thows a leg kick but Masters checks it
enabling Masters to counter with a crisp jab.
Masters shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Masters blocks a leg kick.
Masters keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dearborn.
Dearborn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dearborn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Masters .
Dearborn wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Dearborn misses with a head kick.
Masters throws out a counter right but Dearborn avoids it with no problem.
Dearborn throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dearborn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dearborn thuds a left hand into Masters 's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dearborn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Masters to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick from Dearborn lands but Masters takes it in his stride.
Dearborn throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Dearborn takes one to the chin there.
Masters connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dearborn's hands.
Masters checks a leg kick.
Masters swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Masters misses with a leg kick
and Dearborn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dearborn throws a jab but it's blocked by Masters .
Masters throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Masters works Dearborn's body with a nice hook.
Dearborn misses with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Dearborn dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Masters lunges at Dearborn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dearborn's hand.
Dearborn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dearborn looks for the body kick but Masters saw that one coming.
Dearborn misses with a body kick.
Dearborn looks to land a left hand but Masters moved out of range nicely.
Dearborn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dearborn lands with a right hand.
Masters lands a glancing blow to the side of Dearborn's head.
Dearborn misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Dearborn misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masters tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Dearborn was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dearborn moves out of range as Masters strikes.
Dearborn takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Masters 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Dearborn.
Dearborn lands with a left to the head.
Dearborn lands with a light punch inside.
Masters misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Dearborn.
Masters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dearborn staying out of range there.
Masters looks to score with a jab to the body but Dearborn is just out of range.
Masters tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dearborn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Masters takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dearborn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Masters looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dearborn misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Masters does no damage.
A shot to the body from Masters misses
and Dearborn counters with a head kick. That will keep Masters thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Dearborn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dearborn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Masters tries to clinch
and Dearborn counters with a nice uppercut.
Masters attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dearborn throwing a counter right hand but Masters manages to avoid it.
Dearborn slips under a jab from Masters .
Dearborn throws a push kick but Masters slaps the foot to one side.
Masters looks to throw the jab but Dearborn is out of range.
Dearborn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Masters keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dearborn throws a head kick but Masters moves out of range.
Masters bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dearborn misses with a low kick as Masters jumps back.
Masters misses with a kick to the body.
Masters lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dearborn's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masters lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dearborn's sensitive parts.
Masters moves into the clinch.
Masters wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Masters is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The referee calls for Masters to work.
Dearborn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Masters takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Masters looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ken Masters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dearborn misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dearborn lands a shot to the body.
Dearborn prevents a body shot from Masters .
Dearborn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Masters 's elbow.
Dearborn keeps control of Masters as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Masters working aggressively here.
Dearborn lands an uppercut.
Dearborn lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Dearborn.
Dearborn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Masters backwards.
Dearborn being controlled against the cage.
Dearborn breaks the clinch.
Masters swats away the attempt to clinch by Dearborn.
Masters swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Masters avoids the head kick by Dearborn.
Masters jabs at Dearborn's body.
Will Dearborn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Masters on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dearborn closes the distance and clinches.
Dearborn pushes Masters back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Masters misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dearborn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dearborn misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Will Dearborn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dearborn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Dearborn!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Will Dearborn made sure he mentioned Museum of Monsters & Madmen, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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