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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arzlan Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Beefheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bathory comes to the cage accompanied by Brain Scan. Arzlan Bathory could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Captain Beefheart's chin.
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203 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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223 lbs
28 - 25 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Great elbows
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arzlan Bathory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Captain Beefheart!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beefheart throws a shot from downtown. Bathory moves away and avoids it.
Bathory tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beefheart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Beefheart has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Beefheart misses the shot to the body.
Bathory lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bathory has Beefheart up against the cage in a clinch.
Bathory lands a nice elbow.
Bathory struggles to land a body shot inside as Beefheart controls his hands.
Bathory misses with the head strike.
Bathory gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bathory managing to block the knees to the body from Beefheart.
Bathory lands a left hand.
A knee to the head by Beefheart.
It looks like Arzlan Bathory has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bathory looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beefheart softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beefheart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Beefheart fails to land.
Beefheart trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory lands a nice elbow.
Bathory creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bathory.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beefheart.
Bathory lands a body punch in the clinch.
I was talking to Bathory's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Beefheart throws a head punch that misses.
Beefheart missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Bathory on the inside.
Bathory lands an elbow just above Beefheart 's eye.
Bathory stalling in the clinch but Beefheart improves position.
Beefheart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bathory lands with a right to the head.
Bathory gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Captain Beefheart has been cut.
Bathory lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beefheart is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bathory misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beefheart landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Beefheart lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bathory lands a left hand.
Beefheart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Beefheart.
The referee is keeping an eye on Beefheart - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Beefheart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bathory is defending well for now.
Bathory working aggressively here.
Bathory can't find room to land a body shot as Beefheart controls the action.
Bathory lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beefheart lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bathory.
Beefheart throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bathory doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bathory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bathory working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bathory stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory misses with the head strike.
Beefheart lands an uppercut.
Bathory blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beefheart's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bathory just leaning against Beefheart, taking a breather.
Bathory fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beefheart tries a body shot but Bathory blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bathory.
Beefheart lands a nice knee to the body.
Beefheart has a couple of punches blocked by Bathory.
Bathory pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Beefheart controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beefheart.
Beefheart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart is working Bathory over against the cage.
Bathory misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bathory throws a head punch that misses.
Beefheart lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bathory blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bathory blocks an elbow strike from Beefheart.
Beefheart controlling the action here for a moment.
Bathory gets through Beefheart's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Beefheart throws a punch but it's blocked by Bathory.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bathory just misses with a elbow thrown towards Beefheart's brow.
Beefheart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beefheart leaning his opponent against the cage.
Beefheart creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Beefheart tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Arzlan Bathory will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A lazy left from Bathory finds it's target.
Beefheart connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bathory works Beefheart's body with a nice hook.
Bathory fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Beefheart on the side of the head.
Bathory tries to work over Beefheart's front leg with a kick but Beefheart checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bathory looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beefheart is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Arzlan Bathory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beefheart works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice jab there from Bathory.
Beefheart throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bathory moves into range and clinches up with Beefheart.
Bathory misses with a knee to the head.
Bathory makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beefheart misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beefheart lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Bathory scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beefheart letting Bathory take a breather here.
A short right from Bathory on the inside.
Beefheart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bathory creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bathory displaying some good clinch control by pressing Beefheart up against the cage.
Beefheart lands with a left to the head.
Bathory looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beefheart lands a good knee to the midsection. Bathory won't want to take too many of those.
Beefheart has a couple of punches blocked by Bathory.
Beefheart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beefheart tries to land a knee to the head but Bathory blocks with his arms.
Beefheart lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bathory is rocked!
Beefheart throws a big uppercut that drops Bathory! More strikes from Beefheart and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bathory lies dazed against the cage as Beefheart celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Captain Beefheart!
Captain Beefheart decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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