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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Dog (ranked 1243 p4p, 48 weight class) and Rob Mugabe (ranked 1928 p4p, 72 weight class). Dog comes to the cage accompanied by The 2 Bears - Bear Hug. Rob Mugabe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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270 lbs
16 - 11 - 0 |
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300 lbs
17 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Mugabe!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mugabe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dog, pushing him back against the cage.
Mugabe is stalling here.
Dog scores with a shoulder strike.
Dog lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Rob Mugabe has been cut.
Mugabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mugabe throws an elbow but it misses.
Mugabe wants to break free but Dog has control.
Dog has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dog lands with a short shot to the head.
Dog trying to land knees to the body.
Mugabe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dog's defenses.
Mugabe lands an elbow that stopped Dog in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Big Dog has been cut.
Dog misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dog creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dog blocks an elbow strike from Mugabe.
Dog digs a right hand underneath Mugabe's ribcage. Mugabe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mugabe blocking some punches.
Dog misses with an elbow strike.
Mugabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dog is keeping busy.
Dog with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dog misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mugabe avoids a wild elbow strike from Dog.
Dog throws an elbow but it misses.
Mugabe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mugabe blocks an elbow strike from Dog.
Dog lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mugabe throws an elbow but misses.
Dog is looking to control Mugabe's arms but Mugabe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dog has his back to the cage.
Mugabe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dog using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've been informed that Mugabe 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.
Dog misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dog throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mugabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Mugabe takes an elbow to the temple.
Dog manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dog can't find room to land a body shot as Mugabe controls the action.
Mugabe lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mugabe lands an elbow that stopped Dog in his tracks for a moment.
Dog blocks an elbow strike.
Mugabe trying to land knees to the body.
Dog avoiding damage as Mugabe throws knees to the body.
Mugabe gets a trip takedown into half guard.
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!
Mugabe is keen to just control but Dog is a slippery customer.
Dog keeping control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dog is pressing down on Mugabe's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mugabe scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mugabe engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dog keeping moving, preventing Mugabe from controlling successfully.
Mugabe throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mugabe wants to control from the top but Dog keeps moving.
Mugabe landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mugabe throwing strikes from guard but Dog blocks nicely.
Mugabe trying to control but Dog is working from the bottom.
Dog might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mugabe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mugabe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mugabe trying to control but Dog is working from the bottom.
Mugabe connects with a couple of short punches.
Dog has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
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 Big Dog will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dog throws a sloppy body shot
and Mugabe counters with a nice body kick.
Mugabe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dog is looking to counter with head kicks.
Mugabe tries to clinch but Dog moves away
and Dog counters with a left and a right that stings Mugabe.
Mugabe rushes Dog and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dog.
Mugabe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Big Dog has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dog takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Dog.
Dog tries to land knees in the clinch but Mugabe avoids the damage to the body.
Mugabe scores with a knee to the head.
Dog is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dog has a couple of punches blocked by Mugabe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dog swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dog tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dog just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mugabe's brow.
Come on Mugabe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mugabe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mugabe avoids a wild elbow strike from Dog.
Dog lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Dog.
Mugabe trying to land knees to the body.
Dog lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Rob Mugabe's cut even more.
Dog lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mugabe backwards.
Mugabe blocking some punches.
Mugabe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dog tries a knee to the head but Mugabe blocks it.
Dog missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mugabe lands an elbow inside.
Dog throws an elbow that misses.
Mugabe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mugabe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dog lands a right hand.
Dog tries to work over Mugabe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dog tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dog lands an elbow inside that Mugabe shrugs off.
Mugabe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mugabe pushes off an throws an elbow but Dog leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mugabe throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dog lands a right hand.
Dog goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mugabe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dog is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mugabe throws an elbow but misses.
Mugabe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dog has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mugabe tries to land knees in the clinch but Dog avoids the damage to the body.
Mugabe jumps into guard, dragging Dog to the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dog stopping the sweep attempt from Mugabe.
Mugabe is trying to control the position but Dog postures up.
Dog is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mugabe is trying to keep Dog in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mugabe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dog counters with a left to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Dog.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mugabe.
Mugabe wants to clinch.
Dog is looking to counter punch.
Dog misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Big Dog dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A low kick from Mugabe is predictable there
and Dog counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mugabe wants to clinch up but Dog keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Dog on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mugabe tries to clinch up
and Dog counters with a nice right hand that sends Mugabe toppling to the canvas! Mugabe scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Dog finish him?!
Dog fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Mugabe out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Big Dog!
A very excited looking Big Dog made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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