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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Dye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Rhodes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cameron Dye had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cameron Dye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cody Rhodes!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab-cross combination lands for Dye and sends Rhodes crashing to the mat! Dye follows him down to the mat - Rhodes regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Rhodes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dye stopping the sweep attempt from Rhodes.
Rhodes throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rhodes manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rhodes looking to finish with strikes here!
Dye takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dye tries to hold on but Rhodes pushes him away.
Dye is working to get back to half guard.
Rhodes looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rhodes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rhodes looking to finish with strikes here!
Rhodes can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dye is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rhodes landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rhodes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dye is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rhodes thowing shots but they're missing.
Dye is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dye is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rhodes sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rhodes lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rhodes controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rhodes landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rhodes unloading with bombs!
Dye can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes lands a heavy elbow.
Rhodes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rhodes wants to control the pace but Dye is squirming around nicely.
Rhodes sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dye is looking to improve his position but Rhodes isn't that keen on the idea.
Dye is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Rhodes unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cody Rhodes will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dye tries to clinch up but Rhodes circles away and keeps his distance.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rhodes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dye moves in looking to clinch but Rhodes pushes him off.
Dye tries to clinch up.
Rhodes keeps the fight on the outside.
Dye tries to clinch up but Rhodes circles away and keeps his distance.
Dye misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dye fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dye tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhodes throws a big shot that misses.
Dye looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cameron Dye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dye tries to clinch but Rhodes moves out of range.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rhodes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dye fails to land with a series of punches.
Cameron Dye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dye fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dye moves in looking to clinch but Rhodes pushes him off.
Dye doesn't manage to clinch there - Rhodes circles away.
Dye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch but Rhodes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch but Rhodes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dye tries to clinch but Rhodes is having none of it.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rhodes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rhodes keeps the fight on the outside.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rhodes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rhodes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dye tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rhodes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dye tries to clinch but Rhodes moves out of range.
Dye tries to clinch up but Rhodes circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Rhodes misses.
Dye doesn't manage to clinch there - Rhodes circles away.
A big right from Rhodes misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dye.
Dye tries to clinch but Rhodes moves out of range.
Dye moves in looking to clinch but Rhodes pushes him off.
Rhodes tries to land a leg kick but Dye saw it coming and moves away.
Dye doesn't manage to clinch there - Rhodes circles away.
Cameron Dye is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rhodes swats away the attempt to clinch by Dye.
Dye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dye moves away from the strike by Rhodes.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rhodes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dye tries to clinch up but Rhodes circles away and keeps his distance.
Rhodes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rhodes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rhodes shoots in for a takedown but Dye shows good takedown defense.
Dye wants to clinch.
Dye tries to clinch there but Rhodes circles 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.
Rhodes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dye is looking to clinch but Rhodes is avoiding it.
Dye ducks under a wild hook from Rhodes.
Dye tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dye wants to clinch.
Dye wants to clinch up but Rhodes keeps it at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dye throws a sloppy head kick and Rhodes moves out of range easily.
Rhodes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dye throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cameron Dye dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rhodes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dye wants to clinch.
Rhodes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dye wants to clinch up but Rhodes keeps it at a distance.
Rhodes swats away the attempt to clinch by Dye.
Dye wants to clinch up but Rhodes keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dye tries to clinch but Rhodes moves out of range.
Dye throws a sloppy head kick and Rhodes moves out of range easily.
Dye wants to clinch up but Rhodes keeps it at a distance.
Dye fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dye wants to clinch.
Rhodes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dye tries to clinch up.
Dye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dye moves in looking to clinch but Rhodes pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dye looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dye looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rhodes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rhodes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dye doesn't manage to clinch there - Rhodes circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dye tries to close the distance and clinch but Rhodes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rhodes looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dye!
Rhodes controlling from mount.
Rhodes lands a heavy elbow.
Rhodes lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dye hang on?
Dye takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dye can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rhodes is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dye is working to get back to half guard.
Rhodes landing punches.
Dye is trying to escape the mount.
Rhodes with the ground and pound from mount.
Dye on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dye tries to get out of the position.
Dye tries to lock up and control but Rhodes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rhodes with shots to the head and body - Dye looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rhodes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dye is looking to improve his position but Rhodes isn't that keen on the idea.
Rhodes has control of Dye's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Dye regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dye is looking to improve his position but Rhodes isn't that keen on the idea.
Rhodes trying to control but Dye is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cody Rhodes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rhodes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Rhodes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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