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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Prathamesh Randhawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Rodgers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randhawa comes to the cage accompanied by Shelter - Message of the Bhagavat. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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145 lbs
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143 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Prathamesh Randhawa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andy Rodgers!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randhawa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A lazy left from Rodgers finds it's target.
Rodgers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Randhawa walks into a jab.
Andy Rodgers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Randhawa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Randhawa seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rodgers scores with a nice right hand.
Rodgers scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodgers connects with a jab.
Rodgers scores with the left hand. Randhawa knows he should have avoided that one.
Rodgers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randhawa takes one on the button.
Good shot there by Rodgers.
Rodgers lands a leg kick that knocks Randhawa off balance momentarily.
Rodgers throws a shot to the body.
Rodgers jabs Randhawa right on the nose. Randhawa blinks but takes it well.
Rodgers fails to land with a series of punches.
Randhawa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rodgers can pounce on him.
Randhawa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rodgers just misses with a punch to the body.
Randhawa appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Randhawa walks into a stiff left hand from Rodgers.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rodgers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodgers with a hook.
Rodgers lands with a hook. Randhawa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A right-left combo lands from Rodgers.
Rodgers is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rodgers throws a leg kick
and Randhawa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rodgers's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodgers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Randhawa is one step ahead there.
Randhawa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rodgers's guard.
Rodgers felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Randhawa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Randhawa is trying for a kimura here. Rodgers looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Randhawa wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Prathamesh Randhawa!
Prathamesh Randhawa retains his featherweight title!
After the fight, Prathamesh Randhawa was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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