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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neville Southall (ranked 613 p4p, 27 weight class) and Scott Minerva (ranked 514 p4p, 23 weight class). Minerva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. My Pal kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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286 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
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32
280 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Neville Southall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Minerva!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minerva lands an overhand right.
It looks like Neville Southall has been cut.
Southall throws the kick towards the body but Minerva avoids it.
Minerva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Minerva misses with some punches.
Southall jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Minerva walks away with a smile on his face. Southall gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Southall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Minerva throws out the jab.
Minerva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Southall, pushing him back against the cage.
Minerva takes a shot to the head.
Minerva struggles to land a body shot inside as Southall controls his hands.
Southall misses with some punches.
Southall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Southall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Southall lands an uppercut.
Southall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Minerva is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Minerva told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Southall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Minerva's efforts to push away.
Southall throws a punch but it's blocked by Minerva.
Southall is trying to stall.
Southall stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Southall looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minerva lands a left hand.
Minerva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Southall fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Southall lands with a nice body kick.
Southall has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neville Southall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Minerva tries to keep at a distance but Southall has taken the fight into the clinch.
Southall gets through Minerva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Southall swings wildly with an uppercut but Minerva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Southall scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Southall fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Southall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Southall's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Southall looking to slow down the pace here.
Southall blocking some punches.
Minerva can't break the clinch.
Minerva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Southall gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Minerva has a couple of punches blocked by Southall.
Good body shot from Southall.
Southall misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Minerva.
Southall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Minerva's efforts to push away.
Minerva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Southall backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Southall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Southall.
Minerva looks winded!
Southall's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Southall drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Southall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Southall is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Southall.
It looks like Scott Minerva has been cut.
A right handed body shot lands from Minerva.
A head punch on the inside from Minerva fails to land.
Southall scores with a shoulder strike.
Minerva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Minerva lands a right hand.
Minerva working aggressively here.
Minerva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Southall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Minerva.
Southall works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Southall on the inside.
Southall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Southall lands a body shot in the clinch.
Southall gets control of Minerva's arms and successfully pulls guard. Southall will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Southall controls Minerva momentarily but Minerva frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minerva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Southall controls Minerva momentarily but Minerva frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Minerva prevents Southall from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Southall lands a decent shot there.
Southall keeping moving, preventing Minerva from controlling successfully.
Southall trying to strike off his back.
Southall is looking for a triangle but Minerva pushes his legs off easily.
Southall is striking off his back. Minerva thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Southall tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Southall looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neville Southall dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Southall explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters circling a little - Southall finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Southall throws a right and a left that Minerva avoids nicely.
Southall drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Southall takes a swing at Minerva's ribcage but misses.
Minerva lands with an uppercut that bounces Southall off the cage and back into range.
Nice sprawl there from Southall as Minerva shoots in.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Southall does no damage.
Minerva is breathing heavily.
Southall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Minerva.
Southall throwing a counter right hand but Minerva manages to avoid it.
Minerva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Southall defending well as Minerva loads up on a big left hand.
Southall feinted with a counter takedown.
Southall throws a series of punches but Minerva moves out of range.
Minerva flicks out a counter leg kick but Southall steps away.
Southall is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Minerva can do to turn this around?
Southall gets a double leg takedown into Minerva's guard.
Southall sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Minerva's guard.
Southall throwing shots but Minerva is blocking nicely.
Southall drops an elbow to the side of Minerva's head.
Southall throwing shots but Minerva is blocking nicely.
Southall throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Southall trying to control from Minerva's half guard. Minerva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Minerva is trying to keep Southall in close.
Southall is pushing down on Minerva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Minerva is fighting to maintain full guard but Southall has managed to sneak the leg through.
Southall works his way into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Southall breaks from Minerva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Southall tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Southall dominating with strikes here.
Southall lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Minerva wants to control but Southall is having none of it.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Southall! Minerva is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Neville Southall!
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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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