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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Ralph Dean (ranked 1431 p4p, 196 weight class) and Didier Misalooba (ranked 1301 p4p, 180 weight class). Misalooba has chosen Beyond the Black as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Didier Misalooba told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Ralph Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Didier Misalooba!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean misses with a series of wild punches.
Dean throws a shot from downtown. Misalooba moves away and avoids it.
Misalooba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dean manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Misalooba misses with a hook.
Misalooba scores with the left hand. Dean knows he should have avoided that one.
Dean rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Misalooba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dean takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Misalooba cracks Dean with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab by Dean.
Misalooba fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dean looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Misalooba drives through and clinches with Dean against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dean lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Misalooba backwards.
Misalooba is trying to force a seperation but Dean has the dominant position.
Dean is struggling to control the position.
Misalooba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Misalooba blocks a body shot from Dean.
Dean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misalooba takes a shot to the head.
Misalooba wants a takedown but no success here.
Dean works on Misalooba's body with a couple of short punches.
Misalooba swings wildly with an uppercut but Dean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dean tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misalooba's elbow.
Dean misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dean breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Misalooba's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dean connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Misalooba scrambles back to his feet.
Misalooba misses with a body shot.
Dean throws a right and a left that Misalooba avoids nicely.
Dean throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Misalooba walks into a jab.
Misalooba moves into the clinch.
Dean misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
Dean lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dean is pushing Misalooba up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've been informed that Misalooba has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Dean tries to work over Misalooba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Misalooba is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Misalooba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dean misses with the head strike.
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
Misalooba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dean slowing the pace effectively.
Misalooba blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Dean.
Misalooba moves into the clinch.
Dean breaks the clinch.
Dean takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Misalooba tries to close the distance and clinch but Dean swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Misalooba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Dean throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dean scores with a jab to the head.
Dean scores with a crisp jab that stopped Misalooba in his tracks.
Dean keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Misalooba is rocked!
Dean thows a left - swing and a miss!
Misalooba instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dean lands a right hand.
Misalooba is still on wobbly legs! Can Dean finish him?
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Misalooba seems to have recovered his senses.
Dean goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misalooba lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dean backwards.
Dean lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean lands a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dean breaks the clinch.
Dean takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dean throws a body shot but no joy.
Dean throws a body shot but no joy.
Dean throws a poor cross that misses
letting Misalooba counter with a right hand.
Dean moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The fighters circling - Dean throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good shot there by Dean.
Dean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Dean misses.
Misalooba throws a counter combo.
Dean looks to land a left hand but Misalooba moved out of range nicely.
Dean is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good standup being displayed there by Misalooba as he connects with a hook.
Dean throws a big shot that misses.
Dean bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dean scores with the left hand. Misalooba knows he should have avoided that one.
Dean misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Ralph Dean dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Misalooba gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dean stalling the fight.
Dean works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dean tries a body shot but Misalooba blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Misalooba.
Dean tries to throw a body punch but Misalooba avoids it by throwing Dean back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Dean.
Misalooba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dean is defending well for now.
Dean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misalooba manages to break the clinch.
Misalooba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dean throws a hook but Misalooba avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Misalooba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dean misses with a right hand
and Misalooba counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Misalooba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dean throws a right and a left that Misalooba avoids nicely.
Misalooba slips under a jab from Dean.
Misalooba clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Dean fails to land.
Misalooba blocking some punches.
Dean tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Misalooba is trying to break the clinch but Dean has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dean.
Dean lands an uppercut.
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.
Dean can't break the clinch.
Dean breaks the clinch.
Dean takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Misalooba closes the distance and pushes Dean back into the cage.
Misalooba lands with a left to the head.
Dean takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba breaks the clinch.
Misalooba forces Dean back against the cage and clinches.
Dean just leaning against Misalooba, taking a breather.
Dean lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean is struggling to control the position.
Misalooba lands a hook that snaps the head of Dean backwards.
Dean makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dean misses with some punches.
Dean fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dean scores with a shot to the side of Misalooba's head.
Dean misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misalooba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A punch combination from Dean misses.
Dean swats away the attempt to clinch by Misalooba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba lands with an overhand left.
Dean bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Misalooba's head.
Dean throws a sloppy body shot
letting Misalooba counter with a right hand.
Misalooba has closed the distance and engaged Dean in a clinch.
Dean swings wildly with an uppercut but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dean tries a body shot but Misalooba blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Misalooba as Dean tries to tie him up.
Misalooba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dean lands a left hand that snaps the head of Misalooba backwards.
Dean lands a shoulder strike.
Dean has a couple of punches blocked by Misalooba.
Misalooba blocks a body shot from Dean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dean.
Misalooba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
William Ralph Dean has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Misalooba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Misalooba prevents a body shot from Dean.
Dean lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Misalooba jumps into guard, dragging Dean to the mat.
Misalooba wants to sweep but no luck.
Dean tries to free his leg and advance position but Misalooba is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Misalooba keeping moving, preventing Dean from controlling successfully.
Misalooba looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dean is one step ahead there.
Dean is looking to advance position but Misalooba has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Didier Misalooba will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Misalooba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Misalooba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Misalooba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut lands for Misalooba. That snapped Dean's head back.
Dean is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Misalooba rushes Dean and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Misalooba prevents a body shot from Dean.
Dean misses with a punch to the body.
Dean misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dean struggles to land a body shot inside as Misalooba controls his hands.
Dean works on Misalooba's body with a couple of short punches.
Dean misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Misalooba's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Misalooba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Misalooba is pushing Dean up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dean lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean manages to break the clinch.
Misalooba is looking to clinch but Dean is avoiding it.
Misalooba fails with an attempt to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Misalooba.
Dean takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Misalooba tries to clinch but Dean moves out of range.
Dean swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Misalooba! But no joy.
Misalooba tries to clinch but Dean moves out of range.
Misalooba wants to clinch up but Dean keeps it at a distance.
Misalooba misses with an uppercut. Dean saw that one coming.
Dean swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Misalooba showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dean.
Dean throws a shot to the body.
Misalooba doesn't manage to clinch there - Dean circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba lands a jab to the head.
Misalooba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dean fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dean is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Misalooba can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean throws a nice looking combination but Misalooba bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dean uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Misalooba.
Misalooba tries to clinch there but Dean circles away.
Misalooba has closed the distance and engaged Dean in a clinch.
A short right from Dean on the inside.
Misalooba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dean breaks from the clinch.
Misalooba is looking to clinch but Dean is avoiding it.
Dean went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Dean closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Misalooba blocking some punches.
Dean misses with a punch to the body.
Misalooba digs a right hand underneath Dean's ribcage. Dean let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Misalooba wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean misses with some punches.
Misalooba is trying to break the clinch but Dean is controlling him.
Misalooba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dean escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dean!
Dean swings widly with a right hand
and Dean takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Misalooba on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Misalooba was well out of range. Poor timing from Dean.
William Ralph Dean is winning the standup battle so far.
Donk. Dean catches Misalooba right on the button with a cross.
Misalooba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dean manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Misalooba connects with a jab.
Dean swats away the attempt to clinch by Misalooba.
Dean circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dean misses with a double jab
and Misalooba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dean throws out a loose jab but Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba lands an overhand right.
Misalooba wants to clinch up but Dean keeps it at a distance.
Dean takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Misalooba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dean.
Misalooba darts in and clinches Dean up against the cage.
Dean breaks the clinch.
Dean misses with a few strikes there.
Dean is looking to clinch but Misalooba is avoiding it.
Dean is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Misalooba.
Misalooba tries to clinch up but Dean circles away and keeps his distance.
Misalooba moves into the clinch.
Dean fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dean can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
Misalooba tries to break the clinch but Dean is controlling the position.
Dean blocks a body shot from Misalooba.
A short right from Misalooba on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to William Ralph Dean.
I think Dean has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Ralph Dean!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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