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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Navarro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mubarak Sanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanni is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Live Your Life-Rihanna/T.I.. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Navarro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mubarak Sanni!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Navarro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanni tries to clinch there but Navarro circles away.
Sanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanni wants to clinch up but Navarro keeps it at a distance.
Sanni wants to clinch up but Navarro keeps it at a distance.
Navarro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanni wants to clinch.
Sanni is looking to clinch.
Navarro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Navarro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanni.
Navarro looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Navarro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanni.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanni.
Sanni tries to clinch up but Navarro circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Sanni tries to clinch up.
Sanni is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Sanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Sanni doesn't manage to clinch there - Navarro circles away.
Sanni tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sanni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Navarro shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mubarak Sanni is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanni.
Sanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Navarro circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Navarro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanni doesn't manage to clinch there - Navarro circles away.
Sanni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanni tries to clinch up but Navarro circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanni is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
Mubarak Sanni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanni moves in looking to clinch but Navarro pushes him off.
Sanni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanni moves in looking to clinch but Navarro pushes him off.
Sanni tries to clinch there but Navarro circles away.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Navarro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Navarro scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Navarro is trying to work for a kimura but Sanni is defending well.
Sanni wants to get back to his feet.
Navarro is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sanni sees it coming and defends easily.
Navarro is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sanni is just riding it out for now. Navarro eventually gives up the hold.
Sanni is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Navarro is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Navarro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro is having none of it.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanni.
Navarro fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sanni avoids it really well and circles away.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro is having none of it.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanni tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanni moves in looking to clinch but Navarro pushes him off.
Navarro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sanni as he avoids it easily.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanni.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanni.
Sanni tries to clinch there but Navarro circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Navarro tries for a takedown but Sanni sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Navarro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanni wants to clinch.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanni keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sanni tries to clinch up.
Sanni is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
Sanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanni is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eddie Navarro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Navarro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Navarro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Navarro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Navarro circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanni is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanni moves in looking to clinch but Navarro pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Navarro fails with the takedown.
Sanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Sanni is looking to clinch.
Navarro swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanni.
Sanni is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanni wants to clinch.
Sanni tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mubarak Sanni showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Navarro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Sanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanni doesn't manage to clinch there - Navarro circles away.
Sanni stuffs the takedown.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Sanni is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
Sanni tries to clinch there but Navarro circles away.
Sanni doesn't manage to clinch there - Navarro circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Navarro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Sanni is looking to clinch.
Navarro shoots in looking for a takedown. Sanni tries to sprawl out of it but Navarro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sanni manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanni doesn't manage to clinch there - Navarro circles away.
Navarro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanni moves in looking to clinch but Navarro pushes him off.
Navarro shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Navarro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanni is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
Sanni tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanni is looking to clinch but Navarro is avoiding it.
Sanni wants to clinch.
Sanni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Navarro keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanni moves in looking to clinch but Navarro pushes him off.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Navarro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanni tries to clinch but Navarro moves out of range.
Sanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Navarro keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Navarro keeps the fight on the outside.
Navarro shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Navarro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanni is looking to clinch.
Sanni wants to clinch.
Sanni tries to close the distance and clinch but Navarro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanni is looking to clinch.
Sanni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanni wants to clinch.
Navarro closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sanni to the mat! Sanni manages to get full guard.
Navarro is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanni is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Navarro is controlling him.
Navarro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Navarro stops Sanni from standing up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Navarro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Navarro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Navarro!
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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
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