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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lugh Blackburn (ranked 3431 p4p, 395 weight class) and Don Stewart (ranked 2538 p4p, 303 weight class). Blackburn's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, When the Man Comes Down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
24 - 18 - 1 |
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187 lbs
17 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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
24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lugh Blackburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart tries for a takedown but Blackburn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Blackburn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blackburn looks to throw the jab but Stewart is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blackburn. Stewart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stewart ducks under a wild hook from Blackburn.
Stewart drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Blackburn defends it well.
Stewart shoots for a takedown but Blackburn saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice jab there from Blackburn.
Stewart takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blackburn scores with a nice strike.
Stewart darts in and clinches Blackburn up against the cage.
Blackburn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stewart tries to work over Blackburn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blackburn misses with a punch to the body.
Stewart leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stewart throws a head punch that misses.
Blackburn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blackburn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stewart backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn gets through Stewart's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blackburn decides to pull guard.
Stewart controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Blackburn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stewart defends it easily.
Blackburn is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Blackburn is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Blackburn keeping moving, preventing Stewart from controlling successfully.
Stewart content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Stewart trying to control but Blackburn is working from the bottom.
Stewart preventing the sweep.
Blackburn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stewart defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart passes into half guard.
Blackburn has hold of Stewart's hands but Stewart slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Blackburn on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Stewart is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Stewart prevents Blackburn from getting the reversal.
Blackburn manages to regain half guard. Good work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blackburn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stewart pulls his head out easily.
Stewart trying to control from half guard but Blackburn is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stewart pulls his head out easily.
Stewart wants to pass to mount but Blackburn is defending the position.
Stewart wants to control but Blackburn is keeping him busy.
Ground and pound from Stewart.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blackburn is trying to maintain the position but Stewart is very close to passing his half guard.
Stewart landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stewart landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stewart lands with a punch from half guard.
Stewart prevents Blackburn from improving his position.
Stewart seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blackburn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Blackburn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart is pressing down on Blackburn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Blackburn is holding on for now.
Blackburn trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stewart is taking a breather. Blackburn says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Blackburn tries to roll over but Stewart keeps him under control.
Stewart wants to pass to mount but Blackburn is defending the position.
Stewart passes to side control.
Blackburn wants to control but Stewart postures up.
Stewart lands a decent elbow from side control.
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 Lugh Blackburn will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Blackburn misses with a body shot.
Stewart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blackburn.
Stewart pushes Blackburn up against the cage in a clinch.
Stewart lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blackburn backwards.
Blackburn jumps guard.
Stewart trying to control the position from guard on top but Blackburn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stewart has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stewart trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stewart passes Blackburn's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nice strikes from Stewart there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stewart is looking to take a break and control but Blackburn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blackburn is trying to get back to full guard.
Blackburn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blackburn won't allow Stewart to pass to mount.
Blackburn is looking to improve his position.
Stewart is trying to control the action in half guard but Blackburn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Blackburn trying to control but Stewart postures up.
Blackburn is looking for a sweep. Stewart is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Don Stewart has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blackburn wants to control but Stewart is keeping busy.
Stewart trying to pass the guard but Blackburn defending well.
Blackburn has hold of Stewart's hands but Stewart slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Blackburn tries to roll over but Stewart keeps him under control.
Stewart looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Stewart scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Blackburn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Blackburn looking for submissions off his back.
Stewart lands with a punch from half guard.
Blackburn is trying to control but can't.
Stewart is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stewart drops an elbow to the side of Blackburn's head.
Stewart frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Blackburn taking shots to the head.
Stewart landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stewart lands a big shot there that rocks Blackburn but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stewart putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stewart lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Blackburn hang on?
Stewart wants to control the pace but Blackburn is squirming around nicely.
Blackburn tries to hold on but Stewart postures up.
Stewart lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blackburn working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart with good strikes from the mount here!
Stewart scoring with strikes but Blackburn is staying in there.
Stewart unloading with bombs!
Stewart cracks Blackburn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Stewart raining down shots from the mount!
Blackburn is rocked!
Blackburn is trying to escape the mount.
Oh Blackburn is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stewart postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Blackburn looks a forlorn figure.
Blackburn is desperately trying to improve his position but Stewart has a good base and remains in mount.
Blackburn seems to have got his legs back now.
Blackburn wants to hold on but Stewart pushes him away.
Blackburn taking shots to the head.
Blackburn wants to control but Stewart is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Stewart.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Stewart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Stewart clinches up with Blackburn and pushes him back against the cage.
Blackburn blocking some punches.
Blackburn pushes Stewart back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stewart just leaning against Blackburn, taking a breather.
Stewart lands a nice uppercut.
Blackburn drags the fight down to the ground.
Blackburn keeping moving, preventing Stewart from controlling successfully.
Blackburn keeping full guard, as Stewart tries to pass.
Stewart sitting in guard here, content to control.
Stewart wants to pass the guard but Blackburn is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackburn keeping moving, preventing Stewart from controlling successfully.
Blackburn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackburn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stewart doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stewart manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Blackburn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stewart cracks Blackburn with a solid left hand.
Stewart lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Stewart wants to pass the guard but Blackburn is keeping the position.
Stewart has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stewart slips nicely into half guard.
Stewart seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blackburn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Stewart is trying to work for a kimura but Blackburn is defending well.
Blackburn is not content to let Stewart control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Stewart.
Stewart trying to control the action but Blackburn is working from the bottom.
Blackburn is looking to control Stewart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blackburn avoid being mounted?
Stewart slips a nice elbow through Blackburn's hands, connecting with Blackburn's forehead.
Stewart not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Blackburn looking for submissions off his back.
Stewart is nestled in close to Blackburn, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Stewart slips a nice elbow through Blackburn's hands, connecting with Blackburn's forehead.
Stewart is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Blackburn is looking to control Stewart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blackburn avoid being mounted?
Blackburn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stewart pulls his head out easily.
Stewart frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Blackburn is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn taking shots to the head.
Stewart lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Blackburn hang on?
The referee warns Blackburn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Stewart with the ground and pound from mount.
Stewart looking to finish Blackburn with some ground and pound. This is bad for Blackburn!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stewart landing shots from mount.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Blackburn is in a horrible position here. Stewart smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stewart lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Stewart drops a big elbow. That's hurt Blackburn! More shots from Stewart and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Stewart!
After the big win, Don Stewart made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Vikai Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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