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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maxwell House (ranked 397 p4p, 63 weight class) and James Darren (ranked 999 p4p, 133 weight class). House's entrance music is Coffee?. A fine choice. Darren has chosen Here's to the losers as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. James Darren has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Maxwell House's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maxwell House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Darren!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darren throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A left lands for Darren.
House tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
House lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A good leg kick by Darren.
House lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
House misses with a left hand
and Darren makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Darren moves away from the strike by House.
House tries to clinch but Darren moves away
and Darren counters with a leg kick.
House looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Darren misses with an uppercut.
Darren throws a jab when House was well out of range.
Darren connects with a solid leg kick.
Darren takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
House lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
House plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
House tries to land a body kick
and Darren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Darren, right into the meat.
House jabs Darren right on the nose. Darren blinks but takes it well.
House throws a leg kick
and Darren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A clash of legs there as House blocks the low kick.
Darren moves out of range as House strikes.
House throws a wild body kick that Darren sees coming a mile off.
Nice body kick from House.
House misses with a jab to the body
letting Darren counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darren blocks a head kick by House.
Darren walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Darren throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Darren rushes House and presses him up against the cage.
Darren lands an elbow inside that House shrugs off.
House blocks an elbow strike from Darren.
Darren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through House's defenses.
Darren lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt House or not.
Nice elbow from Darren.
Darren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Darren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
House doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
House fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
House tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darren misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Darren just misses with a elbow thrown towards House's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren misses with a body punch.
House swings wildly with an uppercut but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darren lands a right hand.
House dodges an elbow strike from Darren.
Darren tries to throw a body punch but House avoids it by throwing Darren back against the cage.
House has a couple of punches blocked by Darren.
House tries to work over Darren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
House blocks the elbow strike.
House dodges an elbow strike from Darren.
House lands a body punch.
Darren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with House's elbow.
Darren lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
House scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Darren lands with a short shot to the head.
Darren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
House blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darren.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
House avoids the elbow strike from Darren, against the cage.
Darren lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by House.
House working aggressively here.
Darren lands a right hand that snaps the head of House backwards.
House lands with a short shot to the head.
House misses with the head strike.
Darren tries a body shot but House blocks it.
Darren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Darren gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
House swings wildly with an uppercut but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darren.
Darren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darren's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by House.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Darren dominated that round.
That's time! House's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Darren fails in his attempt to clinch.
House fires out a quick counter leg kick but Darren just manages to avoid it.
House gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Darren lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darren tries to work over House's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
House throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darrens head.
A frustrated look appears on Darren's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Darren lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good body shot from Darren.
James Darren seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Darren.
House working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from House fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darren tries to throw a body punch but House avoids it by throwing Darren back against the cage.
Darren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with House's elbow.
Darren throws an elbow that misses.
Darren lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darren scores with a hook to the body.
Darren throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darren is leaning against House and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darren throws an elbow but misses.
House prevents a body shot from Darren.
Darren throws an elbow but it misses.
Darren misses with a punch to the body.
Darren tries to throw a body punch but House avoids it by throwing Darren back against the cage.
Darren has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Darren can't find room to land a body shot as House controls the action.
Darren looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darren throws a punch but it's blocked by House.
House misses with some punches.
House pushes Darren back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
House has a couple of punches blocked by Darren.
Darren throws a head punch that misses.
House throws a punch but it's blocked by Darren.
House working aggressively here.
Darren escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Darren ducks under a wild hook from House.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren misses with a kick to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from House misses the target.
House throws a low kick but Darren avoids it.
A shot to the body from House misses
enabling Darren to counter with a crisp jab.
House throws a jab when Darren was well out of range.
Darren was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
House checks a low kick from Darren.
Maxwell House seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
House wants to clinch.
House buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
House fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
House moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darren takes one on the button.
House takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
House misses with a hook to the body
and Darren counters with a nice leg kick.
Darren scores with a nice strike.
Darren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good leg kick by House there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Darren blocks a leg kick.
Darren looks like he wants to counter punch here.
House scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darren doesn't seem bothered though.
Darren scores with a head kick. House tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A slow jab from House misses its intended target.
House misses with a hook to the body
and Darren counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
House misses with a hook to the body
and Darren counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
House avoids the body shot from Darren.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from House.
House swings widly with a right hand
and House takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
House moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
House misses with a hook to the body
and Darren counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps House thinking.
Darren lands a big uppercut and House crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but House looks OK. Darren waves House back to his feet!
House is rocked!
House throws a combination that misses
and Darren counters with a right hand from hell and House is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Darren!
During a confident post fight interview, James Darren thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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