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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Cubbedge (ranked 3038 p4p, 366 weight class) and Juan Carlos Guillen (ranked 2921 p4p, 356 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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199 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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187 cm
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200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Decent boxing
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Cubbedge !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Carlos Guillen!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guillen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cubbedge .
Cubbedge misses with a right hand
and Guillen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Juan Carlos Guillen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guillen connects with a body shot that sends Cubbedge 's belly button to the back.
Cubbedge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guillen just misses with a punch to the body.
Guillen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cubbedge on the side of the head.
A combination from Guillen does no damage.
Cubbedge throws a body kick that misses.
Cubbedge tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Guillen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cubbedge attempts a counter takedown but Guillen avoids it well and moves away.
Guillen throws a jab when Cubbedge was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cubbedge darts in and clinches Guillen up against the ropes.
Cubbedge has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Guillen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Guillen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guillen misses with some punches.
Guillen lands a shoulder strike.
I was talking to Cubbedge 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guillen works on Cubbedge 's body with a couple of short punches.
Cubbedge goes for a takedown in the clinch but Guillen prevents it.
Guillen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cubbedge looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Cubbedge . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guillen misses with the head strike.
Guillen lands with a right to the head.
Cubbedge blocks a body shot from Guillen.
Guillen tries to throw a body punch but Cubbedge avoids it by throwing Guillen back against the ropes.
Guillen working aggressively here.
Guillen misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guillen.
Cubbedge is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Guillen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cubbedge letting Guillen take a breather here.
Guillen misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Guillen lands a right hand.
Guillen is trying to break the clinch but Cubbedge is controlling him.
Cubbedge wants a takedown.
Guillen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cubbedge blocks a body shot from Guillen.
Cubbedge blocks an uppercut.
Cubbedge has clasped his hands together around Guillen's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Guillen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Guillen parries the strikes from Cubbedge easily there. Cubbedge is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Guillen to escape.
Cubbedge misses with the ground and pound.
The referee asks Cubbedge politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Cubbedge prefers to stall for the moment though.
Guillen felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillen tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Cubbedge presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Guillen wants to try and get back to his feet.
Cubbedge landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cubbedge takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cubbedge tries to control but Guillen wriggling away.
Cubbedge sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Cubbedge looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cubbedge landing punches.
Cubbedge throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Cubbedge unloads with some shots from mount but Guillen bucks and avoids them well.
Cubbedge throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guillen is working to get back to half guard.
Cubbedge lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Guillen is rocked!
Cubbedge prevents Guillen from getting the reversal.
Guillen is still in real trouble! Can Cubbedge finish him?
Cubbedge cracks Guillen with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Cubbedge !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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