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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dante Vader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aziz Ansari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ansari's choice of entrance music: HAM. The key to victory for Dante Vader has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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155 lbs
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143 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dante Vader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aziz Ansari!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ansari decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ansari passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ansari sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vader is trying to stand up.
Ansari is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Vader's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Vader is squirming around, avoiding Ansari's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vader's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Ansari looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ansari in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Vader is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ansari has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ansari controlling from the full mount.
Vader is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Ansari is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Vader has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Ansari working the ground and pound effectively.
Vader tries to buck Ansari off but he can't manage it.
Ansari content just to control the position here.
Ansari lands a big elbow.
Vader is squirming around, avoiding Ansari's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ansari tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ansari looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ansari controlling from mount.
Ansari won't let Vader get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Ansari tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Vader wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Vader trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Ansari wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Ansari controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Ansari has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Ansari landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ansari looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ansari controlling the pace for now.
Vader wants to try and get back to his feet.
Ansari landing shots from mount.
Vader really wants to buck Ansari off and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ansari fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ansari controlling from the full mount.
You get the feeling that Vader really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Ansari has hold of Vader's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Vader manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ansari takes Vader's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Vader is in trouble.
Ansari looking for the choke from the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vader wants to get back to his feet.
Vader staying busy and making it hard for Ansari to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aziz Ansari dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ansari shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vader as he jumps to the side.
Ansari shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ansari showed some decent athleticism there.
Ansari seems to be looking for submissions.
Ansari moves into full mount! Vader won't be happy about that!
Aziz Ansari has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ansari landing strikes from the mount and Vader is in trouble!
Vader is trying to stand but he's just given Ansari his back.
Vader controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Ansari punches Vader on the ear.
Ansari has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Vader! Can he survive? No! He's out! Ansari gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Aziz Ansari!
Aziz Ansari got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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