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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Bantou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carling Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bantou comes to the cage accompanied by Brownvillian. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Bantou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carling Foster!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bantou is looking to clinch.
Bantou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Foster closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Foster wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bantou keeps working.
Foster is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Foster is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bantou is just riding it out for now. Foster eventually gives up the hold.
Foster not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bantou works his way to full guard. Good work.
Foster prevents Bantou from getting back to his feet.
Foster looking to pass the guard.
Foster sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bantou's guard.
Bantou is looking to improve his position.
Foster is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Foster seems to be looking for submissions.
Foster is looking to take a break and control but Bantou is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bantou is trying to get back to full guard.
Foster stops Bantou from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Foster wants to control but Bantou is keeping him busy.
Foster is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bantou is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bantou moves in looking to clinch but Foster pushes him off.
Bantou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Foster paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bantou wants to clinch.
Foster swats away the attempt to clinch by Bantou.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bantou misses with a straight right.
Bantou tries to clinch but Foster is having none of it.
Bantou wants to clinch.
Bantou throws a head kick that Foster semi-blocks.
Bantou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Foster paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Foster closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bantou tries a knee to the head but Foster blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bantou is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Foster is keeping busy.
Bantou wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Foster has him pressed against the cage.
Foster tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Foster jumps guard and drags Bantou to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Foster seems keen to control Bantou's posture.
Foster scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Bantou tries to clinch but Foster moves away
and Foster counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bantou thinking.
Bantou tries to clinch up
and Foster counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carling Foster dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bantou tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Foster holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bantou ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bantou no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Foster passes into half guard.
Foster is working for a kimura but Bantou is defending it quite comfortably.
Foster seems to be looking for submissions.
Foster stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Bantou wants to clinch but Foster slips to the side
and Foster counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Foster wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bantou keeps working.
Bantou is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Foster pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Foster maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Bantou could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Foster has cracked it and Bantou is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Foster!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Carling Foster!
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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
64% |
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