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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Jabbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Abdul Jabbar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rock Allen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Allen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jabbar.
Allen taking a breather.
Jabbar changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Allen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Allen throws a nice looking combination but Jabbar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Allen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jabbar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Allen tries to escape but Jabbar is in control.
Jabbar is trying to move to mount but Allen reverses beautifully and ends up in Jabbar's guard.
Allen has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jabbar is proving hard to escape from.
Allen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen won't allow Jabbar to sweep him here.
Allen stands up over Jabbar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jabbar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Allen manages to get himself to full guard.
Jabbar is looking to work some ground and pound but Allen has wrist control.
Jabbar controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jabbar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jabbar stays in close to Allen's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar won't allow Allen to sweep him here.
Allen is trying to control the position but Jabbar postures up.
Jabbar content to stall in guard here.
Jabbar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jabbar showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jabbar seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Allen for as long as he can get away with.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Jabbar shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Allen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jabbar controlling the position from side mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jabbar has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Allen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jabbar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jabbar prevents Allen from getting the reversal.
Jabbar content just to control the position here.
Allen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar controlling his opponent.
Jabbar landing punches.
Jabbar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jabbar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdul Jabbar 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.
Allen lands a jab to the head.
Jabbar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jabbar instigates a clinch.
Jabbar goes for a takedown attempt but Allen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jabbar instigates a clinch.
Jabbar gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Allen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jabbar 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.
Jabbar controlling from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar stops Allen from standing up.
Allen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jabbar controls the pace.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Jabbar from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Allen dips to his left and cracks Jabbar with an uppercut!
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jabbar.
Jabbar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jabbar showed some decent athleticism there.
Jabbar with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Allen keeps trying to improve his position.
Abdul Jabbar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Allen won't allow Jabbar to pass to mount.
Allen is trying to stand.
Jabbar performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Allen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Allen tries to break free but Jabbar pushes him back against the ropes.
Jabbar has Allen pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Allen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jabbar gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Jabbar with the ground and pound but Allen uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Allen is trying to control the position but Jabbar postures up.
Jabbar stands up over Allen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jabbar postures up.
Jabbar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen trying to keep a closed guard but Jabbar is proving a slippery customer.
Jabbar sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jabbar throws a big elbow that misses.
Jabbar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Allen lands with a right hand.
Jabbar gets the takedown into side control.
Jabbar looks up at the clock and then as Allen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jabbar smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Allen is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Jabbar is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdul Jabbar dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Allen - that will leave a mark!
Jabbar forces Allen back against the ropes and clinches.
Jabbar is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jabbar turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Jabbar is chipping away with strikes.
Jabbar is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Allen's shoulder. That is not cool.
You can see the frustration on Allen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Allen wants to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabbar trying to control the action but Allen is working from the bottom.
Jabbar lands a nice forearm strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar cracks Allen with a big elbow.
Jabbar gets to mount! Allen was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Jabbar controlling his opponent.
Allen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jabbar controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar with the ground and pound from mount.
Jabbar controlling his opponent.
Jabbar is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Allen is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Allen flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Jabbar anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Allen and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Jabbar slips an arm under Allen chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Jabbar has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Jabbar is squeezing on Allen like an anaconda would it's prey. Allen fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Abdul Jabbar!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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