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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Noble Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John West will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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193 lbs
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193 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Noble Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John West!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West cracks a nice hook into Sharp's ribs.
West tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sharp manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sharp decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
West trying to control here.
Sharp is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sharp is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sharp is working for a kimura but West is defending it quite comfortably.
West is looking for a sweep. Sharp is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp thows a huge punch but West dodges it nicely.
West is looking for a sweep. Sharp is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
West really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sharp. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sharp takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sharp 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down West for as long as he can get away with.
Sharp not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sharp perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sharp seems to be looking for submissions.
West is trying to stand back up but Sharp is controlling him
Sharp sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. West defending well though.
Sharp working over West with some ground and pound. West looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sharp is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sharp thows a huge punch but West dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West wants to get back to his feet.
West keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
West wants to improve his position but Sharp is controlling well.
West trying to hold on to Sharp's head to control him but Sharp postures up.
Sharp lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sharp is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
West wants to get back to full guard.
Sharp working over West with some ground and pound. West looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West is trying to get back to full guard.
Sharp 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.
Sharp working West over with strikes.
Sharp is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sharp connects with a nice short shot to West's temple.
Sharp working West over with strikes.
Sharp working over West with some ground and pound. West looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sharp is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sharp looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp working West over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Sharp there.
Sharp looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks West with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sharp lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sharp is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and West defends it well.
West looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
West looks winded!
West taking some punishment here, with Sharp in his half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sharp 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noble Sharp dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sharp feints and as West raises his hands in defense, Sharp changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sharp might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sharp lands a couple of digs.
Sharp thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sharp drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sharp jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sharp's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sharp with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sharp content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sharp is in close to West's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sharp working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sharp throwing strikes but missing.
Sharp is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sharp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as West works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
West wants to control the position but Sharp says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Sharp content to control rather than advance.
West is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sharp scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sharp looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sharp working the head and body with strikes.
West tries to get to full guard but Sharp has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp content to control rather than advance.
Sharp has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can West defend it? Sharp steps over the head and cranks it - West is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Sharp!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Noble Sharp!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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