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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tacitus Kilgore (ranked 1360 p4p, 170 weight class) and Damian Dudley (ranked 1324 p4p, 165 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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170 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tacitus Kilgore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damian Dudley!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dudley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dudley is looking for the big counter here.
A nice combination there by Dudley.
Kilgore misses with a looping right.
Kilgore wants to land a leg kick but Dudley is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Dudley.
An inside leg kick lands from Kilgore.
Dudley throws a right hand that Kilgore ducks under and follows up with a left that Kilgore also avoids with ease.
We've been informed that Dudley has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Dudley moves out of range as Kilgore strikes.
A big left from Kilgore misses.
Kilgore closes the distance and clinches up with Dudley, looking for a takedown. Kilgore pushes Dudley against the cage but Dudley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dudley throws a body punch but Kilgore moves out of range.
Kilgore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Kilgore backs off Dudley throws a huge counter combo but Kilgore manages to avoid it all.
Dudley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kilgore.
Kilgore avoids the body shot from Dudley.
Dudley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kilgore in his tracks.
Dudley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dudley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kilgore throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dudley just misses with a punch to the body.
Kilgore throws a right hand that misses
and Kilgore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kilgore throws a jab when Dudley was well out of range.
Dudley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kilgore wants to slow Dudley down by chopping away at his legs.
Damian Dudley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilgore shoots in and drives through. Dudley sprawls well.
Dudley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kilgore pushes Dudley up against the cage in a clinch.
Dudley misses with a punch to the body.
Dudley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kilgore's elbow.
Kilgore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dudley's elbow.
Dudley gets through Kilgore's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dudley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dudley wants to get back to striking at distance but Kilgore won't allow it.
Kilgore is trying to stall.
Kilgore swings wildly with an uppercut but Dudley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kilgore.
Kilgore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dudley backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kilgore.
Dudley is looking to break free of the clinch but Kilgore has double underhooks.
Kilgore looking to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kilgore is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dudley's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Dudley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dudley lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudley takes a shot to the head.
Dudley misses with some punches.
Kilgore taking a breather.
Kilgore lands with a light punch inside.
Dudley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kilgore stalling in the clinch but Dudley improves position.
Kilgore working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kilgore tries to throw a body punch but Dudley avoids it by throwing Kilgore back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kilgore fails to land.
Dudley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kilgore working aggressively here.
Kilgore is trying to stall.
Kilgore lands with a right to the head.
Kilgore lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dudley backwards.
Kilgore lands a right hand.
Dudley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kilgore lands a shoulder strike.
Kilgore trying to control the position but instead, Dudley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kilgore into the cage.
Dudley breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Kilgore.
Dudley scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A lazy left from Kilgore finds it's target.
It looks like Damian Dudley has been cut.
Kilgore scores with a punch to the head.
Kilgore throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dudley misses with a hook. Kilgore ducked under it nicely.
Dudley ducks under a wild hook from Kilgore.
Kilgore listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kilgore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dudley.
Dudley moves out of range of the strikes.
Kilgore fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dudley avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tacitus Kilgore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dudley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kilgore dives in and scores a takedown into Dudley's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kilgore with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've been hearing that Kilgore has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Dudley wants to sweep but no luck.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dudley can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudley has Kilgore pulled in close to control his posture.
Kilgore is looking to work some ground and pound but Dudley has wrist control.
Kilgore loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kilgore 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.
Dudley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dudley controls Kilgore momentarily but Kilgore frees himself.
Kilgore with a nice head shot there.
Kilgore with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dudley working a defensive guard here.
Kilgore trying to control the position from guard on top but Dudley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dudley has control of Kilgore's left arm, preventing Kilgore from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tacitus Kilgore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damian Dudley's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kilgore shoots in looking for a takedown but Dudley manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kilgore's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dudley swings for the body but Kilgore moves out of range.
Kilgore drives through and clinches with Dudley against the cage.
Dudley is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kilgore lands a body punch.
Tacitus Kilgore has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dudley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dudley misses with a punch to the body.
Kilgore blocks a body shot from Dudley.
Kilgore lands with a right to the head.
Dudley blocks an uppercut.
Kilgore drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dudley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tacitus Kilgore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kilgore makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dudley stops a takedown attempt from Kilgore.
Kilgore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dudley can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dudley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dudley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kilgore's elbow.
Dudley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dudley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kilgore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kilgore is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dudley is keeping busy.
Kilgore wants a takedown but no success here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley struggles to land a body shot inside as Kilgore controls his hands.
Kilgore working aggressively here.
Kilgore misses with some punches.
Kilgore stalling in the clinch but Dudley improves position.
Kilgore softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dudley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dudley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dudley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Dudley does no damage.
Kilgore takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kilgore looks to throw the jab but Dudley is out of range.
Kilgore looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice defenses there by Dudley.
A nice side step and Dudley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kilgore throws a big shot that misses.
Dudley now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kilgore throws the kick towards the body but Dudley avoids it.
As Kilgore backs off Dudley throws a huge counter combo but Kilgore manages to avoid it all.
The fighters circling - Kilgore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dudley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kilgore eats them both and turns towards Dudley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dudley has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dudley lands with a hook. Kilgore tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dudley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore throws a jab when Dudley was well out of range.
Kilgore takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kilgore drops his hands momentarily and Dudley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dudley throws a big shot that misses.
Dudley throws a hook but Kilgore blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Kilgore misses the target.
A big right from Dudley misses.
Kilgore misses with an uppercut. Dudley saw that one coming.
Kilgore throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Dudley tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Kilgore is in Dudley's guard.
Kilgore throws a big right hand that misses.
Kilgore throws a big right hand that misses.
Dudley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dudley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dudley looking to control.
Kilgore missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kilgore working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dudley holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kilgore scoring with some ground and pound.
Kilgore keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dudley's head.
Kilgore postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kilgore lands a couple of elbows.
Dudley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kilgore is one step ahead there.
Kilgore in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kilgore lands a couple of digs.
Dudley controls Kilgore momentarily but Kilgore frees himself.
Kilgore scoring with some ground and pound.
Kilgore postures up and lands a big shot to Dudley's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dudley is trying to control the position but Kilgore postures up.
Tacitus Kilgore overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kilgore makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kilgore lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dudley is rocked!
Kilgore gets to his feet and stands over Dudley, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Dudley felt that one! Kilgore unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Dudley from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tacitus Kilgore!
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