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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Concepcion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bangbang Jihaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Concepcion might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gnam Gnam Style. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
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178 cm
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187 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Concepcion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Bangbang Jihaa!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Concepcion shoots in but Jihaa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jihaa forces Concepcion back against the cage and clinches.
Jihaa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jihaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Concepcion's brow.
Jihaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Concepcion's defenses.
Jihaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Concepcion tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jihaa throws an elbow that misses.
Jihaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Concepcion leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jihaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Concepcion is defending well for now.
Jihaa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Concepcion on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Concepcion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jihaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jihaa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jihaa gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Concepcion.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Concepcion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jihaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jihaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Concepcion is defending well for now.
Jihaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Concepcion is looking for a takedown.
Jihaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jihaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jihaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Concepcion has had enough of the clinch but Jihaa keeps him there for the moment.
Jihaa misses with an elbow strike.
Concepcion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jihaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Concepcion blocks the elbow strike.
Jihaa scores a nice knee to the body.
Jihaa misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Concepcion dodges an elbow strike from Jihaa.
Jihaa throws a head punch that misses.
Jihaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Concepcion drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jihaa gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jihaa misses with an elbow strike.
Jihaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Concepcion gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Concepcion seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Jihaa is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Eric Concepcion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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