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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danjie Mercado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emil Yanenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercado comes to the cage accompanied by Pagsubok. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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147 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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119 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
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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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danjie Mercado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Emil Yanenko!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercado scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Yanenko is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Yanenko is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mercado connects with a decent elbow.
Yanenko parries the strikes from Mercado easily there. Mercado is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Yanenko to escape.
Yanenko is looking to reverse the position.
Mercado tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mercado in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Yanenko wants to control but Mercado postures up.
Yanenko is looking to regain half guard here but Mercado keeps moving and retains side control.
We've been hearing that Mercado has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mercado 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.
Yanenko taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanenko sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Yanenko tries to roll over but Mercado keeps him under control.
Mercado missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mercado is looking for a kimura here.
Yanenko trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercado seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yanenko does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yanenko has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Mercado works his foot free and advances to mount.
Yanenko wants to hold on but Mercado pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yanenko can't escape the position.
Mercado looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mercado scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yanenko?
Yanenko tries to lock up and control but Mercado gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Yanenko defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Mercado.
Mercado scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yanenko is working to get back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mercado landing strikes from the mount.
Yanenko is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercado lands a big shot to the head and Yanenko winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Danjie Mercado!
Danjie Mercado took some time post fight to say the following; 'They say his ground game is legit and I was the underdog coming in but let me tell you what's up. I wrestled with a lion and killed it with my bare hands... That's what's up. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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