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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karbal Lindi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James The Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Best has chosen Tina Turner - The Best as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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254 lbs
6 - 15 - 0 |
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270 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karbal Lindi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James The Best!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Best fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lindi, pushing him back against the cage.
Lindi is trying to pull guard but The Best turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Lindi looking to throw knees to the head but The Best is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Best throws an elbow but misses.
The Best lands a left hand.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Best throws an elbow but misses.
The Best misses with an elbow strike.
Lindi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but The Best is defending well.
Lindi dodges an elbow strike from The Best.
The Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lindi wants to take the fight to the mat but The Best manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karbal Lindi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Best lands an elbow inside that Lindi shrugs off.
Lindi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but The Best pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Best lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Best throws an elbow but it misses.
Lindi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Best makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lindi drops down looking for an ankle pick but The Best pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindi tries to keep at a distance but The Best has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Best throws an elbow but misses.
Lindi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but The Best is defending well.
The Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Lindi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Best gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Karbal Lindi has been cut.
Lindi avoids the elbow strike from The Best, against the cage.
The Best throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lindi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Best smiles and moves away.
The Best lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Lindi falls backwards - clearly groggy! The Best dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James The Best!
During a confident post fight interview, James The Best thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Karbal Lindi had this to say: 'Just bad luck'.
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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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