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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miles North (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reno Rawlings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). North's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Men at Work - Down Under. Rawlings has chosen Burned as his entrance music. Miles North has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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164 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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165 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miles North!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reno Rawlings!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rawlings throws a one two combo.
North throws a solid leg kick but Rawlings takes the impact on his shin and smiles at North.
Rawlings decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Rawlings slips a nice elbow through North's hands, connecting with North's forehead.
Rawlings is controlling the pace.
We've been hearing good reports from North's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
North really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rawlings wants to lay and pray for a moment but North keeps working.
Rawlings is pressing down on North's thigh, looking to free his foot. North is holding on for now.
Rawlings performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Rawlings is nestled in close to North, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
North avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rawlings.
Rawlings trying to control the pace.
North taking some punishment here, with Rawlings in his half guard.
Rawlings missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rawlings lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
North is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rawlings's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rawlings's back!
You can see the frustration on Rawlings's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Rawlings tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rawlings is wriggling around trying to escape.
North with good strikes from the mount here!
Rawlings can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
North fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
North has hold of Rawlings's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rawlings manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rawlings is looking to improve his position but North isn't that keen on the idea.
North dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rawlings is wriggling around trying to escape.
North unloads with some shots from mount but Rawlings bucks and avoids them well.
North will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
North misses with a head shot.
North lands with some strikes.
North throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
North raining down hammerfists from mount.
Rawlings is rocked!
Rawlings is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rawlings is still in real trouble! Can North finish him?
North raining down shots from the mount!
Rawlings slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
North seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rawlings does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rawlings seems to have recovered his senses.
North is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rawlings is looking to improve his position.
Rawlings tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rawlings is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of North's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take North's back!
North covering up well under a series of strikes from Rawlings.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
North covering up well and avoiding damage.
Rawlings keeps control of the position as North tries to break free.
Rawlings is trying to control but North is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Rawlings has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of North's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rawlings trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rawlings lands a big elbow.
Rawlings working the ground and pound effectively.
Rawlings fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Reno Rawlings will probably get the nod.
That's time! North's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rawlings misses with a looping right.
North tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rawlings is able to avoid easily.
Rawlings misses the shot to the body.
North throws a sloppy head kick and Rawlings moves out of range easily.
Rawlings scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
North walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rawlings checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rawlings scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
North is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rawlings pulls his head out easily.
Rawlings wants to control but North is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawlings is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rawlings wants to lay and pray for a moment but North keeps working.
North is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rawlings scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlings takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rawlings trying to control the action but North is working from the bottom.
North is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rawlings scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rawlings scoring with strikes to the body and head.
North avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rawlings.
Rawlings is looking to stall here but North recovers full guard.
North keeping moving, preventing Rawlings from controlling successfully.
Rawlings controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings trying to control but North is working from the bottom.
Rawlings has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rawlings makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
North can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rawlings controls the pace.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Rawlings working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Rawlings with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rawlings not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
North working for submissions but it's allowed Rawlings to get to half guard.
Rawlings lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
North is trying to stand.
Rawlings not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rawlings 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.
Rawlings stalling.
Rawlings is working for a submission of some sort.
Rawlings lands strikes from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rawlings is looking to pass to full mount but he's left his head exposed in the process. North has locked up a guillotine and regained full guard. He's really cranking on it - this could be the end! Is it? Is it? No... YES! YES! He's tapped! I didn't think he was going to get it there for a minute but he did! Well done North! He waited for his chance and took it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Miles North!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Miles North waved his t-shirt featuring Pit Bull Development's logo in front of the cameras.
Reno Rawlings was interviewed post fight and said '(Dracul laughs... he then disapears.)'.
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