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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clubber Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Lio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bull comes to the cage accompanied by Rage. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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170 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin |
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clubber Bull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stanley Lio!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lio tries to clinch up.
Lio tries to clinch but Bull is having none of it.
Lio tries to clinch up but Bull circles away and keeps his distance.
Bull closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lio did well to prevent Bull getting side control.
Bull thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bull throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bull wants to take a breather but Lio is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lio is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bull's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bull's back!
Lio not allowing Bull to control his hands.
Lio scores with strikes from the back.
Bull rolls, trying to escape but Lio keeps control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lio looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Bull just trying to survive but Lio is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Bull is trying to break free.
Bull is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Lio.
Bull tries to break free.
Lio lands punches and elbows.
Lio is trying to stick to Bull's back but Bull is turning into Lio. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Lio's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Bull.
Lio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bull with a nice head shot there.
Bull in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull is stalling in the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bull accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bull's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bull throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bull lands a couple of elbows.
Bull postures up and lands a big shot to Lio's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lio wants to stand but Bull is controlling the position.
Lio throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bull lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull throwing strikes from guard but Lio blocks nicely.
Lio looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bull is one step ahead there.
Bull missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lio keeping moving, preventing Bull from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bull is in close to Lio's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Our spies down at at Kung Fu Fighting Club ($299 entry fee) inform us that Lio has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Lio is looking to stand up but Bull isn't so interested in that idea.
Bull scoring with some ground and pound.
Bull lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bull stops Lio from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull stays in close to Lio's body and controls the position.
Bull with a nice head shot there.
Bull throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lio wants to sweep here but Bull controlling him for the moment.
Lio wants to stand and escape but Bull is having none of it.
Bull looking to pass the guard.
Lio trying to keep a closed guard but Bull is proving a slippery customer.
Bull throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bull scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clubber Bull dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bull shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lio sprawls well. Lio wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bull gets slowly back to his feet.
Lio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bull swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bull fails with the takedown.
Lio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lio leaves Bull with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clubber Bull. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bull is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Lio.
Bull will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lio rushes Bull and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lio throws an elbow but misses.
Bull is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lio pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bull wants a takedown but no success here.
Bull changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lio fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bull darts in looking for a takedown but Lio gets double underhooks and turns Bull into the cage.
Lio is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lio doesn't manage to clinch there - Bull circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bull manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bull keeps the fight on the outside.
Lio clinches.
Bull looking for a takedown.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lio wants to stall.
Bull has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Lio clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Bull throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
I would not like to be Lio right now.
Lio covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Lio trying to get back to his feet but Bull is in full control for now.
Lio wants to control his opponent's hands but Bull gets his hands free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clubber Bull overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bull is controlling the position but Lio somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Bull lands strikes from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bull missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lio tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Bull manages to move to mount!
Bull lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lio swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bull scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lio is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bull pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull with shots to the head and body - Lio looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bull looking to finish Lio with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lio!
Lio taking shots to the head.
Bull scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lio is rocked!
Bull connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lio is still in real trouble! Can Bull finish him?
Bull is landing with some decent strikes but Lio is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lio wants to hold on but Bull pushes him away.
Bull sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lio seems to have recovered his senses.
Bull lands a nice shot to the head.
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!
Bull raining down shots from the mount!
Lio is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull lands a big elbow.
Bull loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Lio scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Bull land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Bull stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clubber Bull!
Clubber Bull spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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