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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craven Moorehead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ars Faglio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moorehead kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Me So Horny - 2 Live Crew. This should be fireworks!
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192 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Craven Moorehead!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ars Faglio!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moorehead misses with a wild body shot.
Moorehead swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Faglio blocks the leg kick.
Moorehead misses with the combination.
Moorehead goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Moorehead throws a solid leg kick but Faglio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Moorehead.
Craven Moorehead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moorehead shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Faglio as he jumps to the side.
Faglio throws a looping overhand right but Moorehead ducks down to avoid it.
Moorehead shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Faglio sprawls well. Faglio wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Moorehead gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moorehead drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Moorehead trying to control the position from guard on top but Faglio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moorehead trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Moorehead has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Faglio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Faglio can do anything to dispel that myth.
Moorehead throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Moorehead passes Faglio's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Moorehead uses his free foot to push down on Faglio's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Faglio.
Moorehead misses with a head shot.
Moorehead landing strikes from the mount and Faglio is in trouble!
Moorehead content just to control the position here.
Moorehead looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moorehead is landing with some decent strikes but Faglio is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Moorehead lands a nice shot to the head.
Faglio is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Moorehead has hold of Faglio's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Faglio manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moorehead landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moorehead lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Moorehead looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Faglio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Moorehead. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Moorehead throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Faglio because Moorehead loaded up on that one.
Moorehead trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Moorehead tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Moorehead sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moorehead dominating with strikes here.
Moorehead landing strikes, looking to finish!
Moorehead looking to finish with strikes here!
Moorehead punishing his opponent with strikes.
Moorehead lands a nice shot to the head.
It looks like Ars Faglio has been cut.
Faglio is looking to improve his position but Moorehead isn't that keen on the idea.
Moorehead postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Faglio looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moorehead with shots to the head and body - Faglio looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Moorehead controlling the pace for now.
Moorehead working for a submission but Faglio is keeping him at bay.
Moorehead scoring with strikes but Faglio is staying in there.
Faglio is in a horrible position here. Moorehead smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Moorehead looking to ground and pound but Faglio is blocking nicely.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Moorehead lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That has opened up Ars Faglio's cut even more.
Faglio is working to get back to half guard.
Moorehead looking to isolate an arm here. Faglio doesn't see it coming and as Moorehead extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Moorehead!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Craven Moorehead!
Craven Moorehead retains his middleweight title!
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hype
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pop
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