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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mikel Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bilbo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bilbo Baggins has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mikel Roman's chin.
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162 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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167 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikel Roman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bilbo Baggins!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baggins misses with a wild combination.
Baggins misses with a double jab
and Roman decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Baggins's guard.
Roman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Roman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Baggins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Baggins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roman won't allow Baggins to get back to his feet.
Roman throwing strikes but missing.
Roman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roman prevents Baggins from getting back to his feet.
Roman throws a strike but Baggins rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Baggins postures up.
Baggins looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Baggins is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Roman has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Roman 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.
Roman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Baggins stopping the sweep attempt from Roman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roman tries to strike from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Baggins misses with a double jab.
Baggins gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Roman has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Baggins clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Roman somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Roman is striking well from the back but Baggins escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Roman lands with a punch from half guard.
Roman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Baggins regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Roman.
Roman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Roman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roman postures up.
Roman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roman stops Baggins from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Baggins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baggins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Roman is controlling him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Baggins closes the distance and pushes Roman back into the cage.
Roman looking for a takedown.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Baggins fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Baggins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Baggins manages to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mikel Roman will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Baggins moves into the clinch.
Baggins decides to pull guard.
Roman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roman throws a big right hand that misses.
Roman working some strikes from top position.
Baggins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roman.
Roman makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Roman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roman is working Baggins over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Roman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins wants to stand and escape but Roman is having none of it.
Roman landing some decent shots from guard.
Roman lands a couple of elbows.
Roman working some strikes from top position.
Baggins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Roman is controlling him.
Baggins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roman throws a big elbow that misses.
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.
Roman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Baggins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Baggins looks to move away, Roman throws a big counter combo but Baggins just gets out of the way.
Bilbo Baggins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A good leg kick by Roman.
Baggins closes the distance and clinches.
Baggins is looking to control Roman's arms but Roman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baggins has his back to the cage.
Roman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Baggins smiles and moves away.
Baggins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Roman counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A shot in the inside from Baggins.
A shot in the inside from Baggins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roman drops down looking for an ankle pick but Baggins pulls his leg out and moves away.
Baggins looks to land a combination but Roman avoids it well.
Baggins throws a series of punches but Roman avoids them all with ease.
Baggins misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Baggins.
It looked like Roman was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mikel Roman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baggins throws a one two combo.
Roman gets a takedown into half guard.
Roman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Roman working the head and body with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roman looks to land a strike but Baggins avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mikel Roman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Baggins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Roman is in close to Baggins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roman throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bilbo Baggins 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!
Baggins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Roman went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Baggins enables Roman to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Baggins manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Roman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roman throwing strikes but missing.
Roman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roman connects with a couple of short punches.
Baggins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baggins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Roman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Baggins postures up.
Roman wants to control the position but Baggins says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Roman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Roman wants to sweep here but Baggins controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baggins wants to get up but he can't break Roman's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Roman has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Baggins has passed into side control.
Roman is looking for a sweep.
Roman is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Baggins off and has taken his back!
Roman misses with an elbow to the head.
Roman patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roman is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Baggins. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Roman is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Baggins is defending well though. Roman let's go of the attempt for now.
Baggins manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Roman is now in side control.
Roman is working Baggins over with some ground and pound from side control.
Roman throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roman throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Roman throwing strikes but Baggins manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Roman gets back to half guard.
Roman wants to get back to his feet.
Roman wants to get back to full guard but Baggins has passed into side control.
Roman is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Baggins's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roman wants to improve his position but Baggins is controlling well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikel Roman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Roman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
37% |
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