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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dave Pedrosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derick Sprole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sprole is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Youre Gonna Go Far, Kid. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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142 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dave Pedrosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Derick Sprole!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sprole takes the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Sprole.
It looks like Dave Pedrosa has been cut.
Sprole crunches a lovely knee into Pedrosa's ribcage.
Pedrosa can't get the takedown.
Sprole lands a knee to the body.
Pedrosa is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sprole.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sprole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pedrosa backwards.
Sprole connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pedrosa's face.
Sprole lands a nice elbow.
Pedrosa is rocked!
Our sources have told us that Pedrosa has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Sprole controlling the action here for a moment.
Sprole lands a nice knee to the body.
Sprole crunches a lovely knee into Pedrosa's ribcage.
Sprole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pedrosa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sprole has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Sprole content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pedrosa takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sprole connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pedrosa's face.
Oh Pedrosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sprole lands a big knee to the head and Pedrosa goes down! Sprole pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derick Sprole!
Derick Sprole bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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