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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Dee (ranked 7329 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Linwood (ranked 4809 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Linwood is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Linwood!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linwood closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dee circles away.
Linwood takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Linwood is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Linwood is looking to regain half guard here but Dee keeps moving and retains side control.
Dee postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dee creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Linwood is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dee misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Linwood sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dee drops an elbow to the side of Linwood's head.
Linwood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dee.
Linwood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dee prevents Linwood from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dee lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee prevents Linwood from improving his position.
Linwood is refusing to be controlled, as Dee sits in half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Linwood can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dee working over Linwood with some ground and pound. Linwood looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Linwood wants to get back to full guard.
Dee is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dee thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Linwood's head.
Dee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dee really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dee not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dee throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dee has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dee lands with a punch from half guard.
Linwood throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Linwood is trying to get back to full guard.
Linwood really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dee. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dee looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dee is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linwood slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Linwood is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Linwood is looking to sweep but instead, Dee has passed into half guard.
Dee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Linwood defending well though.
Linwood is looking for a sweep. Dee is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Linwood tries to get to full guard but Dee has control of the leg.
Dee throwing shots but Linwood is blocking nicely.
Linwood is looking for a sweep. Dee is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dee thows a huge punch but Linwood dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linwood tries to roll over but Dee keeps him under control.
Dee tries to pass to full mount but Linwood defends it.
Linwood wants to get back to full guard.
Dee throwing shots but Linwood is blocking nicely.
Linwood is pressing down on Dee's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Linwood looking for a sweep. Not yet Linwood, not yet.
Linwood throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dee throwing strikes but missing.
Dee throwing strikes from guard but Linwood blocks nicely.
Dee postures up and lands a big shot to Linwood's brow.
Dee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dee works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dee blocks the strikes from Linwood.
Linwood is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linwood regains full guard. Nicely done.
Linwood is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Linwood looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dee throws a big right hand that misses.
Dee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dee postures up and lands a big shot to Linwood's brow.
Dee trying to control but Linwood is working from the bottom.
Linwood throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Dee lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Dee dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Linwood fails with the takedown.
Linwood darts in looking for a takedown but Dee gets double underhooks and turns Linwood into the cage.
Nice takedown defense from Dee. No joy for Linwood on that attempt.
Billy Dee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Linwood.
Dee stuffs the takedown.
As Linwood tries to get set, Dee tries to push him back and clinch up but Linwood manages to avoid the attempt.
Linwood shoots in for a takedown but Dee shows good takedown defense.
Dee went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Dee lands a head kick. Linwood smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Linwood avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dee darts in looking for a takedown but Linwood gets double underhooks and turns Dee into the cage.
Dee connects with an inside leg kick.
Dee feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Linwood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Linwood is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Billy Dee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dee trying to control the position from guard on top but Linwood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Linwood wants to sweep but no luck.
Linwood keeping full guard, as Dee tries to pass.
Linwood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Linwood has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Dee is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Linwood.
Dee cracks Linwood with a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linwood is trying to improve his position.
Linwood is still trying to improve position.
Dee scoring with punches and elbows.
Dee in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dee tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Linwood tries to improve position but can't.
An elbow from Dee crashes against the mat.
Linwood tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Linwood is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dee's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Linwood wants to improve his position but Dee is controlling well.
Dee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Linwood manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Linwood striking from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee throws a big right hand that misses.
Linwood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Linwood looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dee is looking to work some ground and pound but Linwood has wrist control.
Dee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Linwood throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dee takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Linwood working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dee drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dee jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dee drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dee jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee trying to control but Linwood is working from the bottom.
Dee throws a big elbow that misses.
Linwood trying to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Linwood striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Dee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Linwood changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dee looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Linwood looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sloppy strikes there by Linwood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Dee dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Dee closes the distance and pushes Linwood back into the cage.
Linwood has Dee pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dee manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dee goes for a takedown in the clinch but Linwood prevents it.
Dee tries to score a body lock takedown but Linwood shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Linwood misses with an elbow over the top.
Dee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Linwood pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Dee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Linwood.
Dee manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Linwood tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Linwood looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Linwood on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linwood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dee.
Linwood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dee.
Linwood wants to get back to full guard.
Linwood punching from the bottom.
Dee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dee is looking for a kimura but Linwood is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dee to get the leverage.
Linwood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Linwood looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Linwood wants to improve his position but Dee is controlling well.
Dee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Linwood looking for submissions off his back.
Linwood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linwood wants to get back to full guard.
Dee lands with a punch from half guard.
Dee prevents Linwood from improving his position.
Linwood is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dee's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dee's back!
Dee defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Linwood thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Dee tries to escape but Linwood has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Linwood is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Linwood punches Dee on the ear.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linwood working for the choke.
Dee turns into Linwood and is now in his guard.
Dee drops back looking for a leg! Linwood is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Linwood manages to kick Dee off! Dee jumps back into Linwood's guard.
Linwood looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dee scoring with some ground and pound.
Linwood tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Linwood throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dee content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Linwood escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dee gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Linwood looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dee landing with the ground and pound.
Dee is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Linwood has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Dee should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Linwood has tightened it up now! Dee should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Anthony Linwood!
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RATING
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