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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TheDragon Reborn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rosco Ladd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). TheDragon Reborn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
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198 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TheDragon Reborn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rosco Ladd!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reborn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ladd works Reborn's body with a nice hook.
An inside leg kick from Reborn misses.
Reborn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ladd works the jab nicely.
Ladd looks to land a left hand but Reborn moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Ladd.
Reborn ducks under a wild hook from Ladd.
Reborn has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heart Cave (8 elites, 4 double-elites, 1 triple) in the buildup to the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ladd. Reborn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reborn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ladd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ladd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reborn moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reborn moves into the clinch successfully.
Ladd wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes.
Reborn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ladd's defenses.
Reborn trying to control the position but instead, Ladd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Reborn into the ropes.
Reborn prevents Ladd from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladd dodges an elbow strike from Reborn.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes.
Reborn stalling in the clinch but Ladd improves position.
Reborn lands a damaging elbow.
Reborn is trying to maintain a safe position but Ladd gets an underhook and turns Reborn into the ropes.
Ladd wants to get back to striking at distance but Reborn won't allow it.
Reborn misses with an elbow strike.
Ladd wants to break free but Reborn has control.
Reborn tries a body shot but Ladd blocks it.
Ladd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ladd manages to break the clinch.
Reborn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ladd swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ladd swings widly with a right hand
letting Reborn counter with a right hand.
TheDragon Reborn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reborn wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Reborn misses with a body punch.
Ladd wants to get back to striking at distance but Reborn won't allow it.
Ladd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Reborn looking to slow down the pace here.
Ladd is trying to push Reborn away but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Reborn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Reborn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ladd's defenses.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes.
Reborn is trying to stall.
Ladd is trying to break free.
Ladd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ladd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reborn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reborn prevents Ladd from breaking the clinch.
Reborn keeps control of Ladd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reborn is pushing Ladd up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ladd looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes.
Reborn slowing the pace effectively.
Ladd blocks a body shot from Reborn.
Ladd has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Reborn seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ladd can turn it around.
Reborn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ladd's efforts to push away.
Ladd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ladd working hard to break the clinch.
Ladd looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ladd takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ladd is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ladd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ladd throws a hook but Reborn blocks it.
Ladd scores with a sloppy right hand. Reborn should have avoided that one.
Reborn misses with an attempted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ladd! But no joy.
Ladd jabs Reborn right on the nose. Reborn blinks but takes it well.
Reborn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ladd counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reborn lands with an overhand left.
Reborn clinches up with Ladd and pushes him back against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reborn.
A short left from Reborn.
A short body shot lands from Reborn as the two fighters clinch.
Ladd has had enough of the clinch but Reborn keeps him there for the moment.
Reborn struggles to land a body shot inside as Ladd controls his hands.
Reborn misses with a punch to the body.
Reborn lands an elbow inside that Ladd shrugs off.
Reborn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reborn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ladd's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
TheDragon Reborn dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Reborn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ladd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reborn rushes Ladd and presses him up against the ropes.
Ladd looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ladd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ladd bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reborn's head.
Reborn moves into the clinch.
Reborn lands a nice elbow.
Reborn tries to work over Ladd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ladd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Ladd's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ladd misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reborn tries to stall but Ladd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ladd working hard to break the clinch.
Ladd working hard to break the clinch.
Reborn lands an elbow just above Ladd 's eye.
Reborn throws an elbow that misses.
Ladd misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladd swings wildly with an uppercut but Reborn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reborn keeps control of Ladd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ladd wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reborn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ladd's efforts to push away.
Ladd wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ladd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ladd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ladd dodges an elbow strike from Reborn.
Reborn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ladd tries to break free but Reborn pushes him back against the ropes.
Reborn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reborn can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Ladd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reborn misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ladd misses with a right hand
and Reborn counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ladd's knee momentarily.
Reborn throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rosco Ladd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reborn tries to clinch but Ladd moves out of range.
Ladd appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ladd blocks the body kick.
Ladd just misses with a punch to the body.
Reborn is looking to counter punch.
Reborn misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from Ladd misses.
Ladd lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Reborn slips a straight right by Ladd.
An inside leg kick lands from Reborn.
Reborn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reborn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ladd's elbow.
Ladd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reborn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ladd's defenses.
Reborn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ladd can do to turn this around?
Reborn throws an elbow that misses.
Reborn trying to stall but Ladd improves his position.
Reborn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reborn.
Ladd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ladd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Reborn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ladd has had enough of the clinch but Reborn keeps him there for the moment.
Ladd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ladd misses with the head strike.
Ladd is looking to break free of the clinch but Reborn has double underhooks.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn is controlling him.
Reborn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ladd's defenses.
Ladd takes an elbow to the temple.
Reborn wants to stall.
Ladd can't break the clinch.
Reborn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Reborn lands a nice elbow.
Ladd tries to break free but Reborn pushes him back against the ropes.
Ladd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ladd is leaning against Reborn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Reborn.
A right hook to the body lands for Reborn.
Ladd tries to circle away but Reborn has him pinned against the ropes.
Ladd takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ladd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reborn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ladd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ladd looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reborn pushes off an throws an elbow but Ladd leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Ladd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
TheDragon Reborn dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ladd swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reborn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ladd walks forward, straight into a front kick from Reborn.
Reborn lands the left hand.
Reborn throws the left hand but Ladd avoids the punch easily.
Reborn darts in and clinches Ladd up against the ropes.
Reborn throws an elbow but it misses.
Reborn content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Reborn is trying to stall.
TheDragon Reborn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reborn taking a breather.
Reborn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ladd is trying to force a seperation but Reborn has the dominant position.
Reborn has Ladd pressed against the ropes, preventing Ladd from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reborn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reborn tries to work over Ladd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reborn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn is controlling him.
Ladd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reborn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ladd misses with a straight left.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Ladd - just one landing.
Ladd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reborn moves away.
Reborn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reborn leaning against his opponent.
Ladd misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reborn.
Ladd has had enough of the clinch but Reborn keeps him there for the moment.
Ladd wants to break free but Reborn has control.
Ladd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ladd is trying to force a seperation but Reborn has the dominant position.
Ladd has a couple of punches blocked by Reborn.
TheDragon Reborn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn keeps control of Ladd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ladd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reborn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ladd up against the ropes.
Ladd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reborn lands a nice elbow.
Reborn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ladd is keeping busy.
Ladd's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Reborn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ladd is looking to break free of the clinch but Reborn has double underhooks.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes.
Reborn keeps control of Ladd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ladd breaks from the clinch.
Ladd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Reborn looks to throw the jab but Ladd is out of range.
Reborn connects with a solid leg kick.
Reborn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ladd wants to break free but Reborn has control.
Ladd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn is controlling him.
Reborn holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Reborn prevents Ladd from breaking the clinch.
Reborn tries a body shot but Ladd blocks it.
Reborn lands a body punch.
Reborn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ladd is trying to break the clinch but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes.
Ladd tries to break the clinch but Reborn is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reborn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ladd takes an elbow to the temple.
Ladd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reborn is trying to maintain a safe position but Ladd gets an underhook and turns Reborn into the ropes.
Ladd is trying to push Reborn away but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Nice elbow from Reborn.
It looks like Rosco Ladd has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Reborn.
Ladd takes an elbow to the temple.
Reborn is looking to control Ladd's arms but Ladd gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reborn has his back to the ropes.
Rosco Ladd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ladd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ladd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ladd misses with a punch to the body.
Reborn misses with an elbow over the top.
Ladd avoids a wild elbow strike from Reborn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ladd has a couple of punches blocked by Reborn.
And that's the end of the fight!
TheDragon Reborn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reborn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for TheDragon Reborn!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for TheDragon Reborn!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for TheDragon Reborn!
TheDragon Reborn wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, an emotional TheDragon Reborn said 'I can do better'.
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energy
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