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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Glass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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230 lbs
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246 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bobby Glass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Francis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francis throws a right hand that Glass ducks under and follows up with a left that Glass also avoids with ease.
Francis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Francis loads up on a big right hand but Glass slips the punch.
Glass showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Francis.
Francis throws a hook to the side of Glass's head but Glass sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Glass doesn't manage to clinch there - Francis circles away.
Francis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Bobby Glass has been cut.
Glass closes the distance and clinches.
Glass using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Glass lands an elbow that stopped Francis in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Danny Francis has been cut.
Glass lands a knee to the body.
Francis looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A knee to the head by Glass.
Glass lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Glass lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Glass connects with a knee to the head.
Glass lands an elbow just above Francis 's eye.
That has opened up Danny Francis's cut even more.
Glass crunches a lovely knee into Francis's ribcage.
Glass landing knees to the body.
Glass landing knees to the head.
Glass lands an elbow inside.
Glass lands a knee to the body.
Glass lands a nice knee to the body.
Glass lands a knee to the head.
Glass unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Glass crunches a lovely knee into Francis's ribcage.
Glass with a knee to the head.
Glass comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass lands an elbow inside.
Glass unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Glass lands a nice elbow.
Glass scores a nice knee to the body.
Glass gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Francis.
Glass scores a nice knee to the body.
Francis tries to pull guard but Glass won't allow it.
Glass lands an elbow just above Francis 's eye.
Glass lands a knee to the body.
Glass with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Glass misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Francis.
Francis has Glass pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Glass manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bobby Glass has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Francis.
Glass scores a nice knee to the body.
Glass connects with a knee to the head.
Glass prevents the takedown attempt.
Francis is working for takedown but Glass is calmly controlling the position for now.
Francis wants a takedown but no success here.
Francis tries for a takedown but Glass manages to get underhooks.
Francis is working for takedown but Glass is calmly controlling the position for now.
Glass connects with a nasty looking knee right to Francis's face.
Glass with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Francis tries to score a body lock takedown but Glass shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Francis tries to score a body lock takedown but Glass shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis tries for a takedown but Glass manages to get underhooks.
Francis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Glass is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Francis can't get the takedown.
Glass lands a damaging elbow.
Glass is pressed up against the ropes. Francis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Glass down to the mat. Glass avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Glass is looking to clinch.
Francis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Francis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Glass counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Glass.
Glass crunches a lovely knee into Francis's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Glass.
Francis can't get the takedown.
A knee to the head by Glass.
Glass lands a damaging elbow.
Francis is working for takedown but Glass is calmly controlling the position for now.
Glass connects with a nasty looking knee right to Francis's face.
Glass scores a nice knee to the body.
Glass prevents a takedown attempt there.
Francis wants a takedown.
Francis tries for a takedown but Glass manages to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Francis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Francis wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Glass.
Glass connects with a knee to the head.
Glass landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Glass unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Francis has Glass pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Glass manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Glass landing knees to the body.
Glass with a knee to the head.
Glass connects with a knee to the head.
Francis tries to score a body lock takedown but Glass shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Francis breaks the clinch.
Glass jabs Francis right on the nose. Francis blinks but takes it well.
Francis tries for a takedown but Glass circles away easily
and Glass counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Glass lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Glass.
Glass tries a knee to the head but Francis blocks it.
Francis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Glass fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Glass throws a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Francis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Francis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Glass sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Glass takes the fight into the clinch.
Glass creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Francis's defenses.
Glass crunches a lovely knee into Francis's ribcage.
Glass connects with a nasty looking knee right to Francis's face.
Glass unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Glass lands an elbow that stopped Francis in his tracks for a moment.
Glass misses with a knee to the head.
Francis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Glass fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A head kick from Glass lands but Francis takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Francis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Glass is fending him off so far but Francis persists. Nope, Glass circles away and we're back to standing.
Glass moves into the clinch.
Glass with a knee to the head.
Francis goes for a takedown attempt but Glass pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bobby Glass is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Glass lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Glass dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Francis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Glass on the side of the head.
Danny Francis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Francis misses with a shot to the body
and Glass counters with a two punch combo.
Francis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Glass tries to avoid it but Francis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Glass to the ground. Glass escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Glass takes the fight into the clinch.
Glass turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Francis is looking to regain half guard here but Glass keeps moving and retains side control.
Glass grinds an elbow into Francis's temple.
Francis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Glass wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Glass working the ground and pound.
Glass trying to control the position but Francis is working away.
Glass working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Glass working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Francis tries to strike but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass throws a strike aimed at the side of Francis's head but Francis avoids it well.
Francis manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Francis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Glass.
Glass prevents Francis from standing back up.
Glass has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
BOOM! Glass connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Francis is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Francis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Francis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Glass is landing with some decent strikes but Francis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Glass is in the full mount, landing strikes.
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.
Francis is trying desperately to improve position.
Glass scoring with strikes but Francis is staying in there.
Francis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Glass. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Glass lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Francis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Glass looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Francis tries to hold on but Glass pushes him away.
Glass working the ground and pound effectively.
Francis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Glass putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Francis is trying desperately to improve position.
Glass raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis wants to hold on but Glass pushes him away.
Francis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Francis is desperately trying to improve his position but Glass has a good base and remains in mount.
Glass looking to finish Francis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Francis!
Glass avoids the attempt from Francis to control.
Glass scoring with strikes but Francis is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Glass.
Glass has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Glass working Francis over with strikes here.
Glass working Francis over with strikes here.
Francis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Glass jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Francis manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Glass has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Francis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Glass counters with a head kick. That will keep Francis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Francis waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Glass.
Bobby Glass is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Francis tries to keep at a distance but Glass has taken the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Glass.
Glass prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bobby Glass has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Francis.
Glass lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Glass.
Glass tries to land knees in the clinch but Francis avoids the damage to the body.
Francis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Glass is pressed up against the ropes. Francis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Glass down to the mat. Glass avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Francis misses with a takedown attempt
and Glass counters with a left and a right that stings Francis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Glass dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Francis takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick from Francis lands but Glass takes it in his stride.
Glass throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Francis throws a jab when Glass was well out of range.
Glass looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Francis tries to keep at a distance but Glass has taken the fight into the clinch.
Glass using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Glass lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Francis tries to score a body lock takedown but Glass shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Glass connects with a nasty looking knee right to Francis's face.
Glass is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Francis can do to turn this around?
Francis looking for a takedown.
Glass lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Glass using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Glass prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bobby Glass has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Francis.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Glass.
Glass creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Francis's defenses.
Glass tries a knee to the head but Francis blocks it.
Francis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Glass pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Knees to the body from Glass.
Francis is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Glass gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass lands a damaging elbow.
Glass prevents the takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Glass.
Francis tries to score a body lock takedown but Glass shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Glass gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Francis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Francis goes for a takedown attempt but Glass pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Glass clinches with his opponent.
Glass with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Francis wants a takedown.
Glass connects with a nasty looking knee right to Francis's face.
Francis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bobby Glass has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Francis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Francis misses with a takedown attempt
and Glass counters by moving into the clinch.
Francis wants a takedown but no success here.
Glass lands a nice knee to the body.
Glass lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Glass connects with a knee to the head.
Francis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Glass connects with a nasty looking knee right to Francis's face.
Glass scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis can't break the clinch.
Francis wants a takedown but no success here.
Glass lands an elbow that stopped Francis in his tracks for a moment.
Glass using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Francis gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Francis seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Glass does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Glass works his way to full guard. Good work.
Francis trying to control but Glass is working from the bottom.
Glass wants to sweep here but Francis controlling him for the moment.
Glass striking off his back but it's not causing Francis any problems.
Glass wants to sweep but no luck.
Glass wants to stand but Francis is controlling the position.
Francis stopping the sweep attempt from Glass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Francis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Glass counters by clinching up.
Francis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Glass misses with a knee strike.
Francis is trying to break the clinch but Glass has him pressed against the ropes.
Francis can't get the takedown.
Glass landing knees to the head.
Glass lands a knee to the body.
Francis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Glass landing knees to the body.
Francis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Glass avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Francis tries to pull guard but Glass won't allow it.
Francis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bobby Glass is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Glass lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Francis is trying to drag Glass to the mat but Glass just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Glass lands a knee to the body.
Glass scores with a knee to the head.
Glass unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Francis tries for a takedown but Glass manages to get underhooks.
Glass landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Francis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Glass fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Glass closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Francis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Francis lands with a short shot to the head.
Francis tries for a takedown but Glass manages to get underhooks.
Francis is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from Glass.
Glass lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Glass.
Francis goes for a takedown attempt but Glass pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Francis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Glass takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Glass has Francis up against the ropes in a clinch.
Glass landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Glass unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Glass landing knees to the body.
Danny Francis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Glass scores with a knee to the head.
Glass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Glass showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Glass, 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Bobby Glass!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Bobby Glass!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Bobby Glass!
Bobby Glass wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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