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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Timber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashwan Balrak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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221 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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183 cm
27
204 lbs
3 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Timber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Ashwan Balrak!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balrak moves away.
Balrak tries to clinch
and Timber counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Timber 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Timber working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Timber throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Timber is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Timber throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Balrak works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Timber postures up in Balrak's guard and throws a big left but Balrak blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Timber postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Timber lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Timber working some strikes from top position.
Timber loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Timber controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Balrak can't keep his opponent in guard - Timber advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Balrak is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Timber scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Timber.
Timber working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Timber looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balrak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Timber there.
Timber landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Timber lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Balrak is trying to stand.
Timber looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balrak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ground and pound from Timber.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Timber is nestled in close to Balrak, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Balrak looks like he's trying to stand up.
Timber seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timber lands strikes from half guard.
Timber working over Balrak with some ground and pound. Balrak looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Timber working Balrak over with strikes.
Timber looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balrak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Timber is controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Balrak taking some punishment here, with Timber in his half guard.
Timber drops an elbow to the side of Balrak's head.
Ground and pound from Timber.
Timber working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timber looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Timber looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Timber lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Timber seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Timber prevents Balrak from standing back up.
Timber working Balrak over with strikes.
Timber controlling the action here.
Timber is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Timber takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Balrak wants to get back to his feet.
Timber content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Timber landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Timber lands strikes from half guard.
Timber drops an elbow to the side of Balrak's head.
Timber looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Timber scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Timber 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.
Timber shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Balrak manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Timber showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Justin Timber overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Timber with a nice head shot there.
Timber is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Timber working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Balrak's head.
Timber postures up and lands a big shot to Balrak's brow.
Timber cracks Balrak with a solid left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Timber scoring with some ground and pound.
Timber showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timber lands a couple of elbows.
Timber postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Timber cracks Balrak with a solid left hand.
Timber chips away with some ground and pound.
Timber connects with a couple of short punches.
Timber controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Timber working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Timber scoring with some ground and pound.
Timber scoring with punches to the head and body.
Timber working some strikes from top position.
Balrak wants to stand and escape but Timber is having none of it.
Balrak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Timber. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Balrak can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Timber controls the pace.
Timber lands a couple of digs.
Timber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balrak can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timber lands a couple of elbows.
Timber with a nice head shot there.
Timber sitting in guard here, content to control.
Timber postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Timber connects with a couple of short punches.
Timber with a nice head shot there.
Balrak is breathing heavily.
Timber cracks Balrak with a solid left hand.
Balrak is rocked!
Timber chips away with some ground and pound.
Balrak is still in real trouble! Can Timber finish him?
Timber chips away with some ground and pound.
Balrak wants to get back to his feet but Timber is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Timber works over Balrak with some ground and pound from guard.
Timber loads up on a big left hand. Balrak felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Timber looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Balrak can't hide his disappointment, as Timber celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Timber!
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energy
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RATING
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