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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between DeMarcus Bojan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). DeMarcus Bojan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Briggs's chin.
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146 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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175 cm
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148 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, DeMarcus Bojan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Briggs!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briggs connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Briggs defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bojan.
Briggs lunges at Bojan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bojan's hand.
Briggs lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
DeMarcus Bojan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bojan walks into a jab.
Bojan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Briggs avoids it really well and circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Bojan.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bojan is chipping away with strikes.
Bojan working away.
Briggs is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Bojan is staying active.
Bojan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bojan is trying to ground and pound but Briggs uses the momentary lack of control by Bojan to regain half guard.
Briggs is refusing to be controlled, as Bojan sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs gets back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bojan trying to control but Briggs is working from the bottom.
Briggs trying to keep a closed guard but Bojan is proving a slippery customer.
Bojan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Briggs utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bojan wants to control from the top but Briggs keeps moving.
Briggs trying to control the position.
Bojan distracts Briggs with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bojan throws a big right hand that misses.
Bojan wants to control from the top but Briggs keeps moving.
Briggs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bojan is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bojan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Briggs shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bojan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bojan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bojan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Briggs preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bojan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Briggs defends it easily.
Briggs got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bojan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Briggs has managed to get both his arms back between Bojan's legs - danger averted.
Bojan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Briggs is one step ahead there.
Briggs postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bojan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Briggs throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Briggs pushes down on Bojan's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bojan wants to control the action here but instead Briggs manages to pass to full mount!
Briggs lands a heavy elbow.
Bojan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Briggs takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Briggs not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bojan trying to control from the bottom.
Briggs is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bojan has managed to free his arm - good work.
Briggs seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bojan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bojan moves into full guard.
Bojan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bojan controls Briggs momentarily but Briggs frees himself.
Briggs lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bojan controls Briggs momentarily but Briggs frees himself.
Bojan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bojan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeMarcus Bojan 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.
Briggs scores with a takedown into Bojan's guard.
Bojan has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Briggs throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bojan has momentary wrist control but Briggs slips an elbow through the middle.
Bojan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Briggs!
Bojan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bojan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Briggs is desperately trying to improve his position but Bojan has a good base and remains in mount.
Bojan breaks from Briggs's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Briggs tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bojan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bojan dominating with strikes here.
Briggs is bucking up trying to escape but Bojan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs taking shots to the head.
Briggs is bucking up trying to escape but Bojan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Briggs is rocked!
A big strike lands for Bojan! That's really hurt Briggs and he's turned his back - Bojan keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Bojan jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeMarcus Bojan!
DeMarcus Bojan retains his featherweight title!
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