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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between chris swick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Leben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). chris swick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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130 lbs
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143 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, chris swick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Leben!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
swick shoots in but no luck this time.
swick shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Leben as he jumps to the side.
Leben fails to land with a series of punches.
swick shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Leben sprawls well. Leben wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. swick gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for chris swick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
swick blocks a head kick by Leben.
Leben drops swick with a beautiful combination! swick stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Leben is looking for the KO!
swick is rocked!
It looks like chris swick has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leben rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but swick moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oh swick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
No luck with that takedown attempt from swick.
swick seems to have got his legs back now.
Leben tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leben looks to land a combination but swick avoids it well.
swick shoots in but Leben avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Leben throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leben blocks a head kick by swick.
swick fails with a takedown attempt.
Leben throws a head kick that misses
and swick counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Some wild striking there from Leben.
swick shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Leben as he jumps to the side.
swick is breathing heavily.
swick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leben avoids a kick to the body.
swick tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Leben.
Nice body kick there by swick.
Leben throws a left and a right that both miss
and swick counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
swick wants to pass to mount but Leben is defending the position.
swick perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Leben tries to kick swick off but swick keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
swick has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Leben is squirming around, avoiding swick's attempts to control the action.
Leben is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
swick working away from the top, dropping strikes.
swick lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
swick working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Leben wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
swick landing strikes from the mount and Leben is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
swick jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Leben manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The referee asks swick politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. swick prefers to stall for the moment though.
swick lands a nice forearm strike.
swick is chipping away with strikes.
Leben wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
swick scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Leben to see if he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
swick trying to control the action but Leben is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that chris swick will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on chris swick's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
swick shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
swick keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Leben wants to stand back up but swick manages to pass into side control.
swick controlling the position.
swick is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Leben knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leben is looking to work his way out of this bad position but swick is controlling him well.
Leben tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
swick working the ground and pound effectively.
Leben is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
swick looking to control but Leben is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
swick with shots to the head and body - Leben looks very uncomfortable down there.
swick dominating with strikes here.
Leben is rocked!
swick has isolated one of Leben's arms. Leben looking to fight him off but swick twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). chris swick!
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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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