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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Akeen Coker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sepultura - Nomad. Henrique Ramos has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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156 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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163 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akeen Coker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henrique Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Coker.
Coker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Coker gets a clinch.
Ramos tries to throw a body punch but Coker avoids it by throwing Ramos back against the cage.
Good body shot from Coker.
Ramos lands with a light punch inside.
Coker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ramos blocking some punches.
Coker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Coker - that landed with a thud.
Ramos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ramos being controlled against the cage.
Coker is trying to trip Ramos. He has hold of a leg but Ramos is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Coker persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coker preventing the sweep.
Ramos trying to keep a closed guard but Coker is proving a slippery customer.
Ramos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Coker manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos won't allow Coker to sweep him here.
Ramos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ramos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ramos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Coker looking for a sweep. Not yet Coker, not yet.
Coker keeping moving, preventing Ramos from controlling successfully.
Ramos is stalling in the full guard.
Ramos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Coker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ramos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Coker controls Ramos momentarily but Ramos frees himself.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Coker looking for a guillotine here but Ramos defends easily.
Ramos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Coker looking for a guillotine here but Ramos defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coker working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ramos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ramos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Coker had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ramos defends it easily.
Coker looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ramos is defending well. Coker quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ramos has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Coker celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Akeen Coker!
A very excited looking Akeen Coker made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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