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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wes Ray (ranked 1478 p4p, 193 weight class) and Max Onera (ranked 2690 p4p, 324 weight class). Ray's entrance music is The Best Around. A fine choice. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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197 lbs
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196 cm
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191 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wes Ray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Onera!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ray swats away the attempt to clinch by Onera.
Onera tries to clinch up
and Ray counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ray looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ray controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Onera trying to control here.
Onera taking some punishment here, with Ray in his half guard.
Ray not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Onera tries to get to full guard but Ray has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Onera keeps working.
Ray is working for a submission of some sort.
Onera has his hands clasped together around Ray's back. He's all about the action.
Ray takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ray is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Onera is refusing to be controlled, as Ray sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onera wants to improve his position but Ray is controlling well.
Onera keeps trying to improve his position.
Onera moves into full guard.
Ray not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ray is in close to Onera's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ray landing with the ground and pound.
Onera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Onera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ray working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ray postures up.
Onera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ray is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Onera is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Onera has escaped and now he's on top!
Ray looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ray looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Onera trying to control the position from guard on top but Ray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray is working hard here to advance position.
Onera trying to control but Ray is working from the bottom.
Ray manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Onera manages to get himself to full guard.
Ray stopping the sweep attempt from Onera.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Onera is on top in guard.
Ray manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Onera manages to get himself to full guard.
Onera working a defensive guard here.
Onera has momentary wrist control but Ray slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Onera keeping moving, preventing Ray from controlling successfully.
Ray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Onera's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wes Ray dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Onera fails with the takedown.
Ray drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ray is in close to Onera's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ray with a nice head shot there.
Ray postures up and lands a big shot to Onera's brow.
Ray trying to control but Onera is working from the bottom.
Onera looking for a sweep. Not yet Onera, not yet.
Ray trying to control but Onera is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ray throws a big right hand that misses.
Onera is trying to control the position but Ray postures up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Onera is on top in guard.
Ray on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ray tries to get out of the position.
Onera's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Onera is defending well. Ray quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Onera has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Ray celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wes Ray!
Wes Ray retains his middleweight title!
Wes Ray thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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