Post by The Sandmen on Dec 7, 2020 17:08:31 GMT -5
Stefan Struve raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Butterbean doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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Stefan Struve and Butterbean touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Stefan Struve fakes a punch and launches himself over The Butterball!
Nice move by Struve who clinches and pushes The Butterball against the cage
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Butterball tries to take Stefan Struve down... Struve stumbles backwards and Butterbean launches a few punches...
Stefan Struve dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Brutal combination from Stefan Struve!
The Butterball is in a bad way, his legs look wobbily!
The Butterball has a small cut in his Chin
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
The Butterball goes to the body...
He punishes Struve's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Struve tries to grapple
He puts The Butterball in a double underhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Butterball struggles and launches a few punches to Struve's head
Those punches are hitting! Struve covers his head!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Struve's cornermen are worried about his safety if he continues clinching with Butterbean.
The Butterball tries to take Stefan Struve down... Struve stumbles backwards and Butterbean launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Struve's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Stefan Struve launches a knee while holding The Butterball's in a double underhooks...
That knee hits The Butterball in the abdomen
The Butterball ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Butterbean leans forwards and tries to grapple with Struve
The Butterball shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Stefan Struve launches a knee while holding The Butterball's in a double underhooks...
That knee hits The Butterball in the abdomen
Stefan Struve goes with a looping right hand while Butterbean jumps back and jabs
That one hits but The Butterball seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Stefan Struve takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Stefan Struve paws at The Butterball.
The Butterball swings ineffectively.
Struve is trying to counter now!
Struve jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Stefan Struve pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Struve launches a knee!
Stefan Struve hits The Butterball's hard just below the ribs!
Butterbean pushes away Struve trying to keep the fight at striking range
Struve doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Butterbean
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Butterball tries to break the clinch... Stefan Struve launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Awesome impact! The Butterball stumbles backwards and Stefan Struve shoots an incredible takedown!
Crushing shot to The Butterball's body! He's holding his side
Struve launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches The Butterball!
Crisp uppercut by The Butterball followed by a hard jab
Stefan Struve stumbles back.
The Butterball avoids a dangerous strike from Struve
and fends him off with feel-out punches.
The Butterball wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Struve doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Stefan Struve can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Struve moves forward looking for some action
Stefan Struve shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Terrible one sided match... The Butterball was not ready to fight a fighter of Stefan Struve caliber.
The Butterball launches a few hard punches to Stefan Struve's ribs!
Struve struggles and protects himself.
The Butterball clumsily fails here and it's time for Stefan Struve to fight back!
Struve tries to take Butterbean down... The Butterball stumbles backwards and Stefan Struve launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard The Butterball's jaw!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Butterball struggles and launches a few punches to Struve's head
Nothing from this... Butterbean seems frustrated.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Butterbean launches a few punches towards Struve's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Struve seems unaffected... those punches doesn't carry any power!
Poorly executed technique. Stefan Struve looks to counter!
Struve tries to take Butterbean down... The Butterball stumbles backwards and Stefan Struve launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard The Butterball's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Struve launches a knee!
Stefan Struve hits The Butterball's hard just below the ribs!
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Struve and Butterbean are cliched up against the cage. Struve steps for a throw
Butterbean is gets thrown to the mat but gets right back up
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Stefan Struve shoots and grab Butterbean's ankle trying to take him down with a Heel Trip Reversal
Struve scoop up Butterbean's ankle with one hand and pushes his body with another forcing The Butterball to the mat
Stefan Struve is in open guard over The Butterball
Struve tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Stefan Struve is in half guard over The Butterball
Struve launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
The Butterball is covering himself! Struve tries to force the situation and The Butterball clumsily gives his back!
Struve is in rear mount over The Butterball
Stefan Struve isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
That Armbar looks tight...
Struve throws his leg over and Butterbean is in serious trouble! Stefan Struve extends his hips and Butterbean is forced to tapout to the crafty armbar!
Winner is Stefan Struve by Submission (Armbar) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Stefan Struve
Punches 6/7 (86%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 7/11 (64%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 25 s
Statistics: Butterbean
Punches 6/14 (43%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/20 (15%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 25 s
At first I skim-read that as a Butterbean win by sub and was about to LOL, but then reality kicked in and no. Not even here did/could/would that happen.
Butterbean doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Stefan Struve and Butterbean touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Stefan Struve fakes a punch and launches himself over The Butterball!
Nice move by Struve who clinches and pushes The Butterball against the cage
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Butterball tries to take Stefan Struve down... Struve stumbles backwards and Butterbean launches a few punches...
Stefan Struve dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Brutal combination from Stefan Struve!
The Butterball is in a bad way, his legs look wobbily!
The Butterball has a small cut in his Chin
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
The Butterball goes to the body...
He punishes Struve's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Struve tries to grapple
He puts The Butterball in a double underhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Butterball struggles and launches a few punches to Struve's head
Those punches are hitting! Struve covers his head!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Struve's cornermen are worried about his safety if he continues clinching with Butterbean.
The Butterball tries to take Stefan Struve down... Struve stumbles backwards and Butterbean launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Struve's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Stefan Struve launches a knee while holding The Butterball's in a double underhooks...
That knee hits The Butterball in the abdomen
The Butterball ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Butterbean leans forwards and tries to grapple with Struve
The Butterball shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Stefan Struve launches a knee while holding The Butterball's in a double underhooks...
That knee hits The Butterball in the abdomen
Stefan Struve goes with a looping right hand while Butterbean jumps back and jabs
That one hits but The Butterball seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Stefan Struve takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Stefan Struve paws at The Butterball.
The Butterball swings ineffectively.
Struve is trying to counter now!
Struve jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Stefan Struve pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Struve launches a knee!
Stefan Struve hits The Butterball's hard just below the ribs!
Butterbean pushes away Struve trying to keep the fight at striking range
Struve doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Butterbean
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Butterball tries to break the clinch... Stefan Struve launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Awesome impact! The Butterball stumbles backwards and Stefan Struve shoots an incredible takedown!
Crushing shot to The Butterball's body! He's holding his side
Struve launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches The Butterball!
Crisp uppercut by The Butterball followed by a hard jab
Stefan Struve stumbles back.
The Butterball avoids a dangerous strike from Struve
and fends him off with feel-out punches.
The Butterball wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Struve doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Stefan Struve can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Struve moves forward looking for some action
Stefan Struve shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Terrible one sided match... The Butterball was not ready to fight a fighter of Stefan Struve caliber.
The Butterball launches a few hard punches to Stefan Struve's ribs!
Struve struggles and protects himself.
The Butterball clumsily fails here and it's time for Stefan Struve to fight back!
Struve tries to take Butterbean down... The Butterball stumbles backwards and Stefan Struve launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard The Butterball's jaw!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Butterball struggles and launches a few punches to Struve's head
Nothing from this... Butterbean seems frustrated.
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Butterbean launches a few punches towards Struve's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Struve seems unaffected... those punches doesn't carry any power!
Poorly executed technique. Stefan Struve looks to counter!
Struve tries to take Butterbean down... The Butterball stumbles backwards and Stefan Struve launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard The Butterball's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Struve launches a knee!
Stefan Struve hits The Butterball's hard just below the ribs!
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Struve and Butterbean are cliched up against the cage. Struve steps for a throw
Butterbean is gets thrown to the mat but gets right back up
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Stefan Struve shoots and grab Butterbean's ankle trying to take him down with a Heel Trip Reversal
Struve scoop up Butterbean's ankle with one hand and pushes his body with another forcing The Butterball to the mat
Stefan Struve is in open guard over The Butterball
Struve tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Stefan Struve is in half guard over The Butterball
Struve launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
The Butterball is covering himself! Struve tries to force the situation and The Butterball clumsily gives his back!
Struve is in rear mount over The Butterball
Stefan Struve isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
That Armbar looks tight...
Struve throws his leg over and Butterbean is in serious trouble! Stefan Struve extends his hips and Butterbean is forced to tapout to the crafty armbar!
Winner is Stefan Struve by Submission (Armbar) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Stefan Struve
Punches 6/7 (86%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 7/11 (64%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 25 s
Statistics: Butterbean
Punches 6/14 (43%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/20 (15%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 25 s
At first I skim-read that as a Butterbean win by sub and was about to LOL, but then reality kicked in and no. Not even here did/could/would that happen.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!