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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aslak Aas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Errol Jitani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aas comes to the cage accompanied by Nunnuka Nunnuka. Jitani has chosen El Condor Pasa as his entrance music. Errol Jitani will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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147 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aslak Aas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Errol Jitani!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jitani.
Aas gets a clinch.
Aas misses with a knee strike.
Aas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aas scores with a shot to the side of Jitani's head.
Jitani goes for a takedown in the clinch but Aas prevents it.
Jitani avoiding damage as Aas throws knees to the body.
Aas misses with some punches.
Aas tries to work over Jitani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aas throws a punch but it's blocked by Jitani.
Jitani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Aas.
Jitani blocks a body shot from Aas.
Jitani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aas keeps control of Jitani as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Aas misses with a punch to the body.
Jitani wants to get back to striking at distance but Aas won't allow it.
Aas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aas tries to land knees in the clinch but Jitani avoids the damage to the body.
Aas is pushing Jitani up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Aas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aas prevents Jitani from breaking the clinch.
Jitani takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Aas fails to land.
Aas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aas tries to land a knee to the head but Jitani blocks with his arms.
Aas scores with a shot to the side of Jitani's head.
Jitani taking a breather.
Aas lands a shot to the body.
Aas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jitani has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jitani blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Aas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aas lands a nice uppercut.
Aas lands with a light punch inside.
A shot in the inside from Aas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jitani avoids it.
Aas lands a nice uppercut.
Aas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Aas.
Jitani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aas tries a knee to the head but Jitani blocks it.
Aas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aas misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Aas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jitani tries to stall but Aas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aas scores with a shot to the side of Jitani's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Aas.
Aas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aas digs a right hand into Jitani's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jitani's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jitani blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jitani blocks an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aslak Aas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Aas moves in looking to clinch but Jitani pushes him off.
Aas doesn't manage to clinch there - Jitani circles away.
Good exchange - Jitani coming out on top.
Aas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jitani manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jitani misses with the combination.
Jitani thows a body shot but no joy.
Aas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jitani, pushing him back against the cage.
Aas has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A bit of stalling here from Aas.
Aas landing knees to the body.
Aslak Aas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Aas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Aas throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aas scores with a shot to the side of Jitani's head.
Aas lands an uppercut.
Aas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Aas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aas lands a body shot.
Jitani tries for a takedown but Aas manages to get underhooks.
Aas lands with a left to the head.
Aas misses with the head strike.
Aas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aas tries to land a knee to the head but Jitani blocks with his arms.
Aas lands with a left to the head.
Aas tries to land a knee to the head but Jitani blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jitani backwards.
Aas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Aas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aas is struggling to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aas misses with a knee to the head.
Jitani wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aas leaning against his opponent.
Jitani wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aas scores with a shot to the side of Jitani's head.
Aas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The referee calls for Aas to work.
Aas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jitani has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aas misses with a punch to the body.
Jitani tries to break free but Aas pushes him back against the cage.
Aas cracks Jitani with a nice body shot.
Aas is pushing Jitani up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Aas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jitani can do to turn this around?
Aas misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jitani lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jitani's elbow.
Jitani wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aas has him pressed against the cage.
Jitani blocks a body shot from Aas.
A frustrated look appears on Jitani's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Aas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Aas lands a nice uppercut.
Aas misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jitani's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jitani's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Aas leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aslak Aas dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Aas tries to close the distance and clinch but Jitani swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jitani takes a swing at Aas's ribcage but misses.
Aas clinches up against the cage.
Aas misses with a knee strike.
Aas scores with a shot to the side of Jitani's head.
Jitani wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aas has a couple of punches blocked by Jitani.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aas.
Aas stalling.
Aas lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Aas.
Aas lands a nice knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jitani is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Aas is defending well.
Aas looking to throw knees to the head but Jitani is blocking nicely.
Aas has Jitani pushed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Aas.
Aas lands a hook that snaps the head of Jitani backwards.
Aas lands an uppercut.
Jitani is trying to maintain a safe position but Aas gets an underhook and turns Jitani into the cage.
Aas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aas leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jitani looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jitani is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aas scores with a nice hook to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jitani wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aas effectively controlling the action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Aas.
Aas lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jitani wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aas missing with knees to the body.
Jitani wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aas lands with a short shot to the head.
Aas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aas missing with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Aas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jitani looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aas stalling.
Aas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jitani managing to block the knees to the body from Aas.
Jitani is looking for a takedown.
Aas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aas's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aslak Aas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Aas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aslak Aas!
After winning the bout, Aslak Aas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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