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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conor Brazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All American (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brazier comes to the cage accompanied by Decisions. 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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265 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
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180 cm
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220 lbs
11 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Brazier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, All American!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
American misses the shot to the body.
Brazier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
American misses with a takedown attempt
and Brazier counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brazier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
American tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
American tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brazier swivels and escapes.
American fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Conor Brazier has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of All American.
Brazier looks to score with a jab to the body but American is just out of range.
Brazier fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and American has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
American fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Brazier to the ground. American is now in Brazier's guard.
American trying to control but Brazier is working from the bottom.
American is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
American is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brazier keeping full guard, as American tries to pass.
American postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
American throwing strikes from guard but Brazier blocks nicely.
Brazier seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
American in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
American content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Brazier is trying to keep American in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
American lands a couple of elbows.
American working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
American trying to control but Brazier is working from the bottom.
American throws a strike but Brazier rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brazier has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of American is proving hard to escape from.
American is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
American not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
American takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. American lands a nice short elbow.
American lands with a punch from half guard.
Brazier on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brazier regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from American.
Brazier will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
American postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
American throws a big right hand that misses.
Brazier avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
American postures up in Brazier's guard and throws a big left but Brazier blocks it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells American's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as American accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
American has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
American stops Brazier from standing up.
American trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
American with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brazier has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
American slips nicely into half guard.
Brazier has hold of American's hands but American slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
American throwing shots but Brazier is blocking nicely.
American thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
All American dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by American.
American misses with a wild combination.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for American. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
American on the wrong end of a nice jab.
American stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brazier.
Brazier uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from American.
Brazier throws a right hand that misses
and American makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brazier throws a lazy right hand but American sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
American swings for the body but Brazier moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brazier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but American was well out of range. Poor timing from Brazier.
American has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brazier throws an overhand right that lands on American's shoulder, as American tries to avoid the shot.
Brazier moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brazier connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brazier misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brazier takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brazier throws a body punch but American moves out of range.
Brazier scores with a shot to the body.
Brazier takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brazier misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brazier. American does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brazier misses with a two punch combination.
Brazier misses with an uppercut. American saw that one coming.
American lands with an uppercut that bounces Brazier off the cage and back into range.
Brazier takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big left from American misses.
Brazier misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No luck with that takedown attempt from American.
Brazier fakes high and swings low for a body shot but American manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brazier throws a series of punches but American moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brazier is looking to clinch.
American scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brazier doesn't seem bothered though.
American shoots in but Brazier avoids the takedown attempt easily.
American scores with a body shot.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Brazier enables American to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Brazier manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
American is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
American with a nice head shot there.
American is looking to work some ground and pound but Brazier has wrist control.
American with a nice head shot there.
American trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
American throwing strikes but missing.
American trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
American is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Brazier wants to get back to his feet but American is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
American controlling from the top position.
American working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
American throws an elbow that misses. Brazier uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in American's guard. Nice move by Brazier!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brazier won't allow American to sweep him here.
Brazier is fighting to break American's control of his arms but American is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Brazier postures up.
Brazier wants to pass the guard but American is keeping the position.
American is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but All American will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Brazier with a jab.
Brazier clinches up against the cage.
American letting Brazier take a breather here.
American is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brazier gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
American is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Brazier is defending well.
Brazier gets underhooks to prevent American's takedown attempt.
Conor Brazier has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of All American.
Brazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
American swats away the attempt to clinch by Brazier.
A little jabbing left from American on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brazier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brazier moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
All American is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
American looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Brazier!
Brazier sneaks out the side door and pushes American away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brazier connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Conor Brazier is winning the standup battle so far.
American fails with a takedown attempt.
American scores with a decent looking hook.
Brazier feints and then cracks American's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow American down.
Brazier throws an overhand right that lands on American's shoulder, as American tries to avoid the shot.
Brazier looks to score with a jab to the body but American is just out of range.
Brazier throws an overhand right that lands on American's shoulder, as American tries to avoid the shot.
Brazier throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Conor Brazier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brazier misses with a wild body shot.
Brazier tries to clinch but American moves out of range.
Brazier misses with a left hand
and American counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brazier closes the distance and presses his opponent up 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!
Brazier stalling against the cage.
American stalling the fight.
American misses with a punch to the body.
American throws a head punch that misses.
American fails to pull the fight into his guard.
American misses with some punches.
American is trying to maintain a safe position but Brazier gets an underhook and turns American into the cage.
American is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
American fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
American can't get the takedown.
American has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Brazier after a bit of a struggle.
Brazier manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
American trying to stall but Brazier improves his position.
All American is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brazier is struggling to control the position.
Brazier pressing his opponent against the cage.
American manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
American has Brazier pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brazier manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Brazier is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
American fails to pull the fight into his guard.
American is looking to take this one to the mat.
American is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brazier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Conor Brazier showed his dominance in that final round.
I think American has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... All American!
Jumping up and down and very excited, All American waved his t-shirt featuring Mohito Fightwear (Laundry)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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