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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between jose curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Willians (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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200 cm
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295 lbs
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185 cm
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285 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jose curry! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Willians! The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Willians shoots in for a takedown but curry shows good takedown defense. Horrible takedown by Willians or perhaps it was just good defense by curry which made him look bad. Willians has managed to clinch.
Willians just leaning against curry, taking a breather. Willians lands a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Willians accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. curry trying to control the position.
Willians is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Willians throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. curry preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. curry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round. Willians thows a big elbow that misses. Willians with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Willians throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around curry's waist but curry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Willians off to one side. jose curry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Willians. Willians fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Willians looks gassed! Willians shoots for a takedown but curry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. curry connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Willians to the floor! curry dives in looking for the finish!
It looks like John Willians has been cut. curry wants to control but Willians is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. curry trying to pass the guard but Willians defending well. Willians wants to control but curry is keeping busy.
curry could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Willians missing with punches from the bottom.
curry wants to stand but Willians has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now. Willians is trying to maintain the position but curry is very close to passing his half guard.
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. Willians takes a kick to the side of the head. curry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Willians takes a jab right on the kisser.
curry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. curry lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
curry forces Willians back against the cage and clinches. curry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Willians lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. curry manages to break the clinch.
curry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. curry forces Willians back against the cage and clinches. curry landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from curry.
Willians changes levels and goes for a takedown here. curry fights it off and pushes away nicely.
curry throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Willians's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. curry scores with a leg kick.
Willians takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Willians shoots in looking for a takedown. curry tries to sprawl out of it but Willians keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. curry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. curry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. curry's corner calls for a 1-2. curry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. John Willians seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. curry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Horrible takedown by Willians or perhaps it was just good defense by curry which made him look bad. curry lands with a kick to the temple. Willians shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jose curry dominated that round. The cut man is working on John Willians's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Willians tries to clinch and curry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. curry throws a sloppy head kick and Willians moves out of range easily. curry lands a head kick!
Willians throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around curry's waist but curry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Willians off to one side. Willians shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts curry as he jumps to the side. curry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. jose curry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Willians. curry throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Willians on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
curry lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. curry connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Willians shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in curry's guard. Willians cracks curry with a solid left hand. curry is trying to keep Willians in close.
Willians works over curry with some ground and pound from guard. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Willians's corner. There ya go! There ya go! curry looking for a sweep. Not yet curry, not yet. Willians showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Willians throwing strikes but missing. Willians drops back, looking for a kneebar! curry looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. curry looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from curry! You can see the frustration on Willians's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Willians tries to improve position but can't. Willians struggling a bit here. Willians misses with an elbow from the bottom. Willians is positioning himself to get back to half guard. curry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Willians on the ground. curry working away.
That's four 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. curry wants to take a breather but Willians manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for curry. curry wants to control from the top but Willians keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. curry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Willians's sensitive parts. jose curry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. curry scores with a slapping inside leg kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jose curry dominated that second round. The cut man is working on John Willians's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
curry throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Willians. Willians shoots for a takedown but curry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. curry lands a head kick that stumbles Willians and the fighters go to the mat. curry wants to stand but Willians is controlling his posture from full guard. Willians keeping moving, preventing curry from controlling successfully. Willians trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Willians throws his legs up looking for a submission but curry uses it to pass to side control.
curry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willians can do to turn this around? Both fighters are breathing heavily. Willians tries to bench press curry off him but curry keeps the position. Willians wants to control but curry postures up. Willians tries to bench press curry off him but curry keeps the position. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. curry wants to control but Willians is keeping him busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. curry takes the fight into the clinch.
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. curry lands a knee to the head.
Willians drops to a knee looking for a takedown but curry gets the underhooks and prevents it.
curry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. curry with a knee to the head.
curry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Willians goes for a takedown in the clinch but curry prevents it.
jose curry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Willians. curry scores with a shot to the side of Willians's head. curry landing knees to the head.
curry misses with a knee strike.
curry misses with a punch to the body.
Willians has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics curry uses from the top position. Willians manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Willians punching from mount but curry doing a good job of avoiding damage. curry on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if curry tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Willians is in the full mount, landing strikes. curry taking shots to the head. curry can't escape the position.
curry is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
curry is in a horrible position here. Willians smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Willians lands with some strikes.
That's four 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. curry is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Willians with shots to the head and body - curry looks very uncomfortable down there. Willians throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Willians scoring with strikes but curry is staying in there. Willians content just to control the position here. Willians pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that's the end of the fight! jose curry showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for curry, 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27 Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27 Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jose curry!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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