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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Easterly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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223 lbs
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217 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Holden Easterly!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Easterly finds it's way through Brown's defenses.
Easterly throws a leg kick but Brown moved away.
Brown cracks the inside of Easterly's front leg.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Easterly counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tyson Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Easterly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Easterly moves out of range easily.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown misses with a combination
and Easterly counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Brown can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Easterly controls the pace.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Easterly from controlling successfully.
Brown is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Easterly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Easterly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brown looking to control.
Easterly sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brown scores with a jab.
Brown lands a nice looking kick to the body. Easterly takes a step back to recover.
Brown sizes up Easterly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Easterly has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brown finds it's way round the side to connect with Easterly's head.
Easterly has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Easterly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Easterly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Easterly fails with the takedown.
Brown takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Easterly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown tries to land a body kick
and Easterly decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Brown's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Brown holds on and takes a little breather.
Easterly looking to sit in guard and control but Brown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Easterly is looking for a triangle but Brown pushes his legs off easily.
Brown wants to control from the top but Easterly keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Easterly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brown can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Brown avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Easterly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Easterly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brown defends it easily.
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.
Easterly working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brown doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brown manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Easterly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Easterly keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown controlling from the top position.
Easterly has his foot on Brown's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Brown works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Easterly dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Some bone on bone action there as Brown checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Easterly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brown on the side of the head.
Easterly lands a nice shot that snaps Brown's head back.
Easterly throws a leg kick
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Holden Easterly has been cut.
Easterly lands with a shot to the body.
Brown misses with a body kick.
A low kick from Easterly misses
and Brown counters with a crisp one two that drops Easterly! Brown thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Easterly to his feet! Easterly is in big trouble!
Easterly is rocked!
Brown ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Easterly out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyson Brown!
Post fight, an emotional Tyson Brown said 'A Morphological Examination of Sympatric Cisco Forms in Four Lakes with Specific Reference to the Occurrence of Shortjaw Cisco ( Coregonus Zenithicus) in Manitoba...'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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