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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mae Joon (ranked 2182 p4p, 2963 weight class) and Giuseppe De Rossi (ranked 269 p4p, 332 weight class). De Rossi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Paky - Vita sbagliata. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mae Joon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giuseppe De Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Rossi scores with a sloppy right hand. Joon should have avoided that one.
De Rossi throws a sloppy head kick and Joon moves out of range easily.
Joon fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging De Rossi to the ground. Joon is now in De Rossi's guard.
Joon thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Joon won't allow De Rossi to sweep him here.
De Rossi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Joon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De Rossi seems keen to control Joon's posture.
Joon postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! De Rossi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Joon, into his guard.
Joon is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! De Rossi has his hands clasped together but Joon extends and breaks De Rossi's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Joon.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mae Joon!
Our winner, Mae Joon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Giuseppe De Rossi spoke after the fight, saying 'Such a devastating loss that should never happen in the first place, I want to apologize to my fans for putting such a misserable performance and I promise I will be back stronger as always'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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