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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Craig Finger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finger comes to the cage accompanied by The downfall of us all. White has chosen Given Up as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Finger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul White!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finger keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
White looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Finger is fending him off so far but White persists. Nope, Finger circles away and we're back to standing.
Finger shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and White counters with a single leg into guard. Finger didn't expect that.
White must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Finger is on top in guard.
Finger sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed White's guard.
White wants to improve his position but Finger is controlling well.
Finger wants to free his trapped foot but White is holding on for dear life with his legs.
White should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger works his way into full mount!
Finger raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Finger.
A nice elbow there by Finger.
White is rocked!
Finger landing strikes, looking to finish!
White is still in real trouble! Can Finger finish him?
Finger looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
It looks like Paul White has been cut.
Finger landing punches.
Finger lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White is bucking up trying to escape but Finger cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
White looks gassed!
Finger prevents White from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Finger.
Finger cracks White with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That has opened up Paul White's cut even more.
Finger with the ground and pound from mount.
Finger swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Craig Finger!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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