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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andriano Ham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Shadow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mr Shadow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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130 lbs
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133 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andriano Ham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mr Shadow!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ham fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Shadow to the ground. Ham is now in Shadow's guard.
Ham is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Shadow is working an open guard so Ham takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ham closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ham jumps guard and drags Shadow to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ham wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Shadow throws a strike but Ham rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Shadow is working an open guard so Ham takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shadow has his takedown stuffed
and Ham counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Shadow looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ham controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ham's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Shadow not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ham is stalling in the full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Andriano Ham wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sloppy strikes from Ham. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ham moves out of range of the body kick.
Shadow rushes Ham and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ham is working for takedown but Shadow is calmly controlling the position for now.
Shadow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ham pulls guard.
Shadow trying to control the position from guard on top but Ham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ham seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Shadow has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ham is proving hard to escape from.
Shadow trying to control but Ham is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ham doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ham has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shadow is one step ahead there.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mr Shadow was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Shadow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ham.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shadow throws a wild body kick that Ham sees coming a mile off.
Shadow shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ham keeps Shadow at a distance using the push kick.
Ham looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Shadow!
Ham decides to take the fight back to the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ham closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ham tries to score a body lock takedown but Shadow shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andriano Ham dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Shadow avoids the head kick by Ham.
Shadow shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ham as he avoids it easily.
Shadow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ham showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shadow.
Ham shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Shadow wants to stand and escape but Ham is having none of it.
Ham 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.
Ham postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ham controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Andriano Ham has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ham buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shadow has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ham.
Ham decides to stand up, so the ref orders Shadow to his feet.
Ham gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shadow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ham blocks it with crossed arms.
Shadow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ham has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Shadow clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ham working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Shadow is doing well to defend. Ham seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Shadow is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Andriano Ham!
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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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