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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Helix Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cabrera kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Security! Mean muggin Helix is about to assault the whole opposing camp!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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158 lbs
25 - 9 - 1 |
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173 cm
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161 lbs
20 - 7 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Helix Cabrera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Donnelly!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donnelly throws a hook to the side of Cabrera's head but Cabrera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A shot to the liver by Donnelly. Beautiful body shot.
Cabrera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donnelly.
Donnelly has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cabrera is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cabrera throws a low kick but Donnelly avoids it.
Cabrera avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a body kick that misses.
Cabrera misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.
Donnelly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donnelly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cabrera uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Donnelly has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cabrera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cabrera.
Cabrera lands a jab.
Cabrera tries to bum rush Donnelly with a series of wild strikes but Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Liam Donnelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly misses the shot to the body.
Cabrera closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Donnelly to the mat! Donnelly manages to get full guard.
Cabrera tries to free his leg and advance position but Donnelly is retaining full guard.
Cabrera seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Donnelly wants to reverse the position here. Cabrera has hold of a leg though and he's dropped back looking for a kneebar! The fighters roll across the mat but Donnelly is forced to tap! Donnelly looks devastated but at least his leg points in the right direction.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Helix Cabrera!
Helix Cabrera retains his lightweight title!
In his post fight interview, Helix Cabrera started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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