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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raycon Figg (ranked 7306 p4p, 191 weight class) and Greg Towson (ranked 25118 p4p, 229 weight class). Greg Towson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raycon Figg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greg Towson!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Towson dives in and grabs Figg's left leg, looking for a takedown. Figg pushes down on Towson's head and hops out.
Towson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Figg's waist but Figg gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Towson off to one side.
Figg throws a jab when Towson was well out of range.
Towson wants to clinch up but Figg keeps it at a distance.
Figg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Figg ducks under a wild hook from Towson.
Towson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Figg shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Towson is not content to let Figg control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Figg is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Figg content to control rather than advance.
Towson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Figg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Figg lands strikes from half guard.
Figg slows the pace down in half guard.
Figg looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Figg works his foot free and advances to mount.
Figg takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figg seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Towson for as long as he can get away with.
Figg tries to control but Towson wriggling away.
Figg breaks from Towson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Figg controlling his opponent.
Figg breaks from Towson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Towson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Figg. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figg controlling from the full mount.
Figg is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Towson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Towson shrugs it off.
Figg controlling his opponent.
Figg with the ground and pound from mount.
Figg is working for a guillotine from mount but Towson frees his head quite easily.
Figg landing strikes, looking to finish!
Figg manages to capitalize on a mistake by Towson to take his back!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Can Towson hold on?! Figg is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figg softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Towson is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Figg is loading up with his shots from the back and Towson is in big trouble! Towson taps out to strikes and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Raycon Figg!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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