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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ralfus Presting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kirby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirby comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Forgot about dre. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as John Kirby enters the cage!
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180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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199 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ralfus Presting!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Kirby!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirby gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Presting to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Presting drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Presting jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kirby controls Presting momentarily but Presting frees himself.
Presting lands a couple of elbows.
Presting 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.
Presting drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Presting jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Presting trying to control but Kirby is working from the bottom.
Presting scoring with some ground and pound.
Presting landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Presting postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Presting with a flurry of punches that miss.
Presting drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Presting jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Presting lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Presting stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kirby swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kirby can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kirby working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Presting.
Presting trying to control the position from guard on top but Kirby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Presting drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Presting jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Presting is working Kirby over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kirby can't keep his opponent in guard - Presting advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kirby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Presting.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kirby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Presting.
Kirby keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kirby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Presting.
Kirby is not content to let Presting control the position.
Presting throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Presting trying to control but Kirby is working from the bottom.
Presting drops back looking for a leg! Kirby is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kirby manages to kick Presting off! Presting jumps back into Kirby's guard.
Presting drops back looking for a leg! Kirby is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kirby manages to kick Presting off! Presting jumps back into Kirby's guard.
Kirby is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Presting drops back, looking for a kneebar! Kirby looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Kirby looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Kirby!
Presting sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kirby prevents Presting from improving his position.
Presting wants to get back to his feet.
Kirby wants to pass to mount but Presting is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralfus Presting dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Presting walks into a straight right hand from Kirby.
Presting wants to clinch up but Kirby keeps it at a distance.
Presting throws a head kick but Kirby moves out of range.
Presting wants to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Kirby as he connects with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Presting 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kirby scores with a nice head shot.
Presting shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kirby's guard.
Kirby keeping moving, preventing Presting from controlling successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Presting throwing strikes but missing.
Presting trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Presting throwing strikes but missing.
Kirby wants to sweep here but Presting controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Presting throwing strikes from guard but Kirby blocks nicely.
Kirby working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Presting.
Presting throwing strikes but missing.
Presting is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Kirby is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Kirby has escaped and now he's on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Presting working for a triangle but Kirby defends it easily.
Presting has his foot on Kirby's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kirby works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kirby trying to control but Presting is working from the bottom.
Kirby wants to get up but he can't break Presting's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Presting keeping moving, preventing Kirby from controlling successfully.
Presting has his feet on Kirby's thighs here. He's pushed Kirby off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Kirby screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ralfus Presting!
Ralfus Presting retains his light heavyweight title!
Ralfus Presting thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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