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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Cheadle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and General Zod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cheadle might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Intergalactic Rock. Zod has chosen Kneel Before Zod as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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260 lbs
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205 cm
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261 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Cheadle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, General Zod!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zod wants to clinch up but Cheadle keeps it at a distance.
Zod misses with a two punch combination.
Zod tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cheadle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zod tries to clinch up but Cheadle circles away and keeps his distance.
Zod fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zod darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cheadle is trying to maintain the position but Zod is very close to passing his half guard.
Cheadle controlling the position well.
Cheadle wants to control but Zod is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zod is trying to work for a kimura but Cheadle is defending well.
Zod wants to work for an arm triangle but Cheadle is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cheadle moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheadle is looking to stand up but Zod isn't so interested in that idea.
Zod wants to pass the guard but Cheadle is keeping the position.
Cheadle controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cheadle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zod distracts Cheadle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cheadle pulls Zod in close to prevent any damage.
Zod is standing up over Cheadle. Cheadle looks to escape but Zod dives into side control.
Cheadle is trying to get back to his feet.
Zod working away.
Zod in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cheadle is looking for a sweep.
Zod misses with the ground and pound.
Zod stands up and beckons Cheadle to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zod tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cheadle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zod looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cheadle tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cheadle takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cheadle is looking to clinch but Zod is avoiding it.
Cheadle is looking to clinch.
Cheadle fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zod will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zod closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cheadle to the mat! Cheadle manages to get full guard.
Cheadle has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cheadle trying to control the position.
Cheadle is breathing heavily.
Cheadle lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Zod!
Zod is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zod is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cheadle wants to control but Zod has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Cheadle controlling the action here.
Zod is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Zod is staying active underneath Cheadle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Zod wants to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zod doesn't manage to clinch there - Cheadle circles away.
Cheadle looks for a takedown but Zod sprawls well.
Zod throws a head kick that misses.
Zod shoots in looking for a takedown. Cheadle tries to sprawl out of it but Zod keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cheadle manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Don Cheadle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of General Zod.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cheadle scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Zod tries to improve position but can't.
Cheadle decides to stand up, so the ref orders Zod to his feet.
Cheadle tries to clinch up but Zod circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zod looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zod throws a series of strikes that have Cheadle backpedaling.
It looks like Don Cheadle has been cut.
Zod avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zod throws a series of punches but Cheadle moves out of range.
Zod rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheadle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zod looks to clinch
and Cheadle counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zod thinking.
Cheadle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cheadle is fighting off a takedown attempt but Zod is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cheadle to the mat. Cheadle regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheadle keeping moving, preventing Zod from controlling successfully.
Cheadle has his hands on Zod's head, controlling the position.
Zod won't allow Cheadle to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
General Zod dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Don Cheadle's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zod tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cheadle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zod closes the distance and clinches.
Cheadle lands a takedown into guard.
Zod keeping moving, preventing Cheadle from controlling successfully.
Cheadle preventing the sweep.
Cheadle looking to sit in guard and control but Zod gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zod landing some decent shots from guard.
Zod content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Zod landing some decent shots from guard.
Cheadle wants to stand but Zod is controlling the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cheadle looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zod stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cheadle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zod advances to half guard.
Zod is trying to work for a kimura but Cheadle is defending well.
Zod working the head and body with strikes.
Cheadle wants to get back to full guard.
Cheadle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zod.
Cheadle tries to roll over but Zod keeps him under control.
Cheadle regains full guard. Nicely done.
Zod prevents Cheadle from getting back to his feet.
Cheadle pushes Zod off and scrambles back to his feet.
Zod throws a right hand that Cheadle ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheadle also avoids with ease.
Zod closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zod changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cheadle fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Zod is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheadle moves in looking to clinch but Zod pushes him off.
Zod clinches.
Zod changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cheadle fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cheadle feints and as Zod raises his hands in defense, Cheadle changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cheadle avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cheadle looking to pass the guard.
Cheadle advances position into side control!
Cheadle tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zod takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Zod is trying to get back to half guard.
Cheadle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zod keeps working.
Zod manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Zod is looking to improve his position.
Cheadle wants to stand up but Zod is controlling the position.
Zod gets back to full guard.
Cheadle trying to control the position from guard on top but Zod is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cheadle stopping the sweep attempt from Zod.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cheadle has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Zod is proving hard to escape from.
Zod throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cheadle gets the takedown into side control.
Zod is trying to get back to half guard.
Zod gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Zod manages to get to full guard.
Zod looking for a sweep. Not yet Zod, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but General Zod will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Don Cheadle's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Zod forces Cheadle back against the cage and clinches.
Cheadle lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Zod is trying to maintain the position but Cheadle is very close to passing his half guard.
Zod gets full guard.
Zod wants to sweep but no luck.
Zod is trying to keep Cheadle in close.
Cheadle won't allow Zod to sweep him here.
Zod being controlled here, momentarily.
Cheadle's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zod looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cheadle controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheadle won't allow Zod to sweep him here.
Zod looking to control.
Cheadle is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cheadle trying to control but Zod is working from the bottom.
Cheadle is really struggling to control Zod but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Don Cheadle just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cheadle keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Zod scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zod clinches.
Cheadle misses with the head strike.
Zod breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zod has managed to clinch.
Cheadle lands with a light punch inside.
Zod drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cheadle gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zod goes for a takedown attempt but Cheadle pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Don Cheadle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of General Zod.
Cheadle has closed the distance and engaged Zod in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheadle.
Zod blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zod tries for a takedown but Cheadle manages to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Cheadle.
Zod blocks an uppercut.
Cheadle is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Zod jumps guard.
Zod trying to strike off his back.
Cheadle stays in close to Zod's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zod looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Zod is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cheadle stands and steps away. Zod gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Zod fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheadle closes the distance looking to clinch
and Zod counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cheadle looks to clinch
and Zod counters by clinching up.
Cheadle prevents a takedown attempt there.
Zod has had enough of the clinch but Cheadle keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cheadle.
Zod is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cheadle pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Zod prevents the takedown attempt.
Zod has hold of one of Cheadle's legs. Cheadle is fighting the takedown attempt but Zod gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Zod throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zod wants to stand but Cheadle has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Cheadle has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Zod trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zod wants to stand but Cheadle has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Cheadle seems keen to control Zod's posture.
Cheadle is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Zod works his way to full guard. Good work.
Don Cheadle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zod keeping moving, preventing Cheadle from controlling successfully.
General Zod is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
General Zod has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cheadle is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to General Zod.
Well Zod 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... General Zod!
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energy
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hype
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