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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ezekiel Lovelair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Micheal jackson bad. The key to victory for James Brown has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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194 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ezekiel Lovelair!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Brown misses.
Brown looks to land a right hand but Lovelair moved out of range.
Lovelair falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
Lovelair fails to land with a series of punches.
Lovelair takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Brown misses.
Lovelair tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Brown misses the target.
Lovelair misses with a few strikes there.
Lovelair avoids the body shot from Brown.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
Lovelair throws a body shot but no joy.
Lovelair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Lovelair throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brown.
Brown tries to work over Lovelair's front leg with a kick but Lovelair checks it.
A right-left combo lands from Lovelair.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovelair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brown.
Ezekiel Lovelair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
Despite the aggression on Lovelair's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lovelair closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A jab from Brown misses.
Brown looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lovelair blocks a jab.
Brown takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lovelair moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lovelair takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown throws a jab when Lovelair was well out of range.
Brown waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lovelair.
Lovelair throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lovelair with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lovelair fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Brown tries a body shot but Lovelair blocks it.
Brown looking to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lovelair.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lovelair.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lovelair missing with knees to the body.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Lovelair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lovelair lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Lovelair lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown trying to control the position but instead, Lovelair has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brown into the cage.
Lovelair lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lovelair.
Lovelair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Lovelair scores a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lovelair lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lovelair obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lovelair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lovelair lands with a light punch inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lovelair.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lovelair creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Lovelair lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Lovelair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lovelair with a knee to the head.
Lovelair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lovelair with a knee to the head.
Lovelair scores a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lovelair with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lovelair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ezekiel Lovelair dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Lovelair uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lovelair working Brown over with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lovelair.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lovelair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lovelair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lovelair obliges.
Lovelair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Lovelair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lovelair lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Lovelair connects with a knee to the head.
Ezekiel Lovelair seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short left from Lovelair.
A nice left hand lands by Lovelair.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lovelair has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown misses with a body punch.
Lovelair lands a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lovelair lands a nice uppercut.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Still in the clinch, Lovelair scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair lands a shoulder strike.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lovelair obliges.
Lovelair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lovelair lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lovelair lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lovelair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lovelair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Lovelair.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lovelair lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lovelair scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lovelair.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Lovelair connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Lovelair landing knees to the body.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Lovelair lands with a short shot to the head.
Lovelair working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lovelair lands with a light punch inside.
Lovelair blocking some punches.
Lovelair landing knees to the body.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Lovelair lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lovelair in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A shot in the inside from Lovelair.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lovelair lands a knee to the head.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lovelair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lovelair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lovelair landing knees to the head.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lovelair lands with a short shot to the head.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Lovelair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lovelair creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lovelair connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lovelair with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ezekiel Lovelair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Lovelair scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lovelair throws a right and a left that Brown avoids nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Brown on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lovelair clinches.
Lovelair blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lovelair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lovelair lands a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair scores a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair trying to land knees to the body.
Lovelair landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown misses with some punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lovelair gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lovelair obliges.
Lovelair connects with a knee to the head.
Lovelair scores a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lovelair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lovelair landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lovelair obliges.
Lovelair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
A short right from Lovelair on the inside.
Lovelair prevents a body shot from Brown.
Lovelair lands with a short head shot on the inside.
James Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lovelair.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lovelair.
Lovelair working Brown over with knees to the body.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lovelair lands with a left to the head.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lovelair.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lovelair.
Lovelair landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lovelair obliges.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lovelair gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lovelair lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovelair.
Lovelair working Brown over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Lovelair lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Lovelair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lovelair scores a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lovelair obliges.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair lands with a light punch inside.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Lovelair controls his hands.
Lovelair working Brown over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Lovelair blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lovelair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown misses with some punches.
Lovelair working Brown over with knees to the body.
Brown working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ezekiel Lovelair comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lovelair has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 25:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 25:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ezekiel Lovelair!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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