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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francois Permitis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikos Stalikas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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190 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
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202 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francois Permitis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikos Stalikas!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stalikas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Permitis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Stalikas's guard.
We've been hearing that Permitis has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Stalikas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stalikas keeping moving, preventing Permitis from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Francois Permitis just wasn't active enough.
Permitis tries to sprawl but Stalikas drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Stalikas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Permitis's head.
Stalikas sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Permitis misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Permitis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Permitis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Permitis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stalikas is aware though and is defending well.
Stalikas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Permitis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Permitis holds on and takes a little breather.
Stalikas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Permitis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Stalikas has managed to get both his arms back between Permitis's legs - danger averted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stalikas sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Stalikas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalikas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stalikas postures up in Permitis's guard and throws a big left but Permitis blocks it.
My spies in Skylab Vegas inform me that Stalikas has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Stalikas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stalikas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stalikas wants to control from the top but Permitis keeps moving.
Permitis is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Stalikas rolls with it to try and escape but Permitis cranks on the arm and Stalikas is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Francois Permitis!
Francois Permitis 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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