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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Uriah Faber (ranked 6434 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Breezy (ranked 6467 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Uriah Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rex Breezy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber is looking to clinch but Breezy is avoiding it.
Breezy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Breezy trying to control from half guard but Faber is working away.
Breezy content to control rather than advance.
Breezy is trying to work for a kimura but Faber is defending well.
Faber wants to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faber tries to roll over but Breezy keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber is trying is best to control the position here.
Faber wants to get back to his feet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Breezy is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Faber looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Breezy is fending him off so far but Faber persists. Nope, Breezy circles away and we're back to standing.
Breezy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Breezy is looking to pass into half guard but Faber pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Faber is in guard.
Faber slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Breezy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Breezy has control of Faber's left arm, preventing Faber from doing any damage.
Breezy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber sitting in guard here, content to control.
Breezy keeping moving, preventing Faber from controlling successfully.
Faber is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Faber really is a fat lump.
Breezy working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber trying to control but Breezy is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Faber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Breezy is keeping the position for now.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Breezy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Breezy controlling the action here.
Faber is not content to let Breezy control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber is looking to get back to is feet but Breezy passes into side control.
You can see the frustration on Faber's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Faber tries to bench press Breezy off him but Breezy keeps the position.
Faber is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Breezy looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Faber gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rex Breezy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Breezy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Faber.
Faber closes this distance looking for a takedown but Breezy circles away.
Faber looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Breezy is trying to escape back to his feet but Faber uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Breezy manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faber seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Breezy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Breezy moves into full guard.
Breezy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber trying to control but Breezy is working from the bottom.
Faber being controlled here momentarily.
Faber looking to sit in guard and control but Breezy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Faber is looking to stand up but Breezy isn't so interested in that idea.
Faber doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Breezy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Faber has his hands on Breezy's head, controlling the position.
Faber wants to stand up but Breezy is controlling him.
Breezy passes Faber's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Breezy tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breezy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Breezy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Breezy closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Faber did well to prevent Breezy getting side control.
Faber keeping control of the position.
Faber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Faber on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Faber tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breezy trying to pass the guard but Faber defending well.
Faber is trying to maintain the position but Breezy is very close to passing his half guard.
Faber makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Faber.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Breezy is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Breezy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Faber is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rex Breezy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Breezy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Faber is fending him off so far but Breezy persists. Nope, Faber circles away and we're back to standing.
Breezy swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.
Faber takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Breezy doesn't manage to clinch there - Faber circles away.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Breezy enables Faber to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Breezy manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Faber wants to control from the top but Breezy keeps moving.
Breezy is trying to hold Faber in close to prevent damage but Faber has managed to pass into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faber seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber seems to be working for a kimura but Breezy defends the submission attempt.
Faber trying to advance position but Breezy counters by regaining guard.
Faber trying to control the position from guard on top but Breezy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Faber wants to pass the guard but Breezy is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Breezy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Faber is controlling him.
Breezy has a closed guard, preventing Faber from standing up.
Faber throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Breezy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Faber defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Breezy.
Faber pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Faber backs off Breezy throws a huge counter combo but Faber manages to avoid it all.
Breezy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Faber sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Breezy somewhat.
Uriah Faber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Breezy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breezy stuffs the takedown attempt from Faber. Faber gets slowly back to his feet.
Faber blocks a low kick nicely.
Faber drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Breezy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Faber wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Breezy gets back to half guard.
Breezy trying to control here.
Rex Breezy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Breezy tries to roll over but Faber keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breezy throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Faber is trying to control the action in half guard but Breezy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Breezy trying to control but Faber postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Faber shoots in for a double leg but Breezy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Faber on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Breezy.
Faber tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
And that's the end of the fight!
Uriah Faber showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Breezy 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Rex Breezy!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Rex Breezy!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Rex Breezy!
Rex Breezy wins by unanimous decision!
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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
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