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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Duck Rhodes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Do De Bilha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rhodes comes to the cage accompanied by I want to break free. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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145 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
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140 lbs
0 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Duck Rhodes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Do De Bilha!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhodes closes the distance and pushes De Bilha back into the cage.
De Bilha fails to pull guard.
Rhodes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Bilha has him pressed against the cage.
Rhodes gets control of De Bilha's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rhodes will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Rhodes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
De Bilha must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rhodes is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
De Bilha trying to control but Rhodes is working from the bottom.
Rhodes looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
De Bilha fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rhodes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De Bilha defends it nicely.
Rhodes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Rhodes seems content to control.
De Bilha actively working from the bottom here.
De Bilha pushes Rhodes off looking to stand but Rhodes dives back in and keeps control.
Rhodes works his way into side control.
Rhodes decides to stand back up. Rhodes steps back and let's De Bilha get back to his feet.
De Bilha is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
De Bilha gets caught napping as Rhodes dives in and scores a takedown. De Bilha manages to retain guard.
Rhodes advances to half guard.
De Bilha is trying to stand back up but Rhodes is controlling him
De Bilha looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes trying to control the pace.
Rhodes working the head and body with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rhodes controlling the pace.
De Bilha on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rhodes is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Bilha is trying to maintain the position but Rhodes is very close to passing his half guard.
Duck Rhodes has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
De Bilha misses with a takedown
and Rhodes counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for De Bilha!
Rhodes is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. De Bilha is trying to escape and Rhodes transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and De Bilha is forced to tap! Nice work there by Rhodes! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Duck Rhodes!
A determined Duck Rhodes didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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