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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henson Benderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Touko Pouko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benderson comes into the arena with The Time is Now blaring out of the sound system. Touko Pouko is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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142 lbs
9 - 13 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henson Benderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Touko Pouko!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pouko scores with the left hand. Benderson knows he should have avoided that one.
Jab, jab by Pouko - just one landing.
Pouko throws a body punch but Benderson moves out of range.
Pouko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pouko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benderson throws out a loose jab but Pouko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pouko drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Benderson defends it well.
Pouko dodges the punch combination from Benderson.
Pouko closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Benderson wants to control but Pouko postures up.
Pouko thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benderson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pouko wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Benderson is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouko is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Benderson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
You can see the frustration on Benderson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pouko taking a breather here.
Benderson has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Pouko trying to control the position but Benderson is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Benderson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Benderson is working to get back to half guard.
Benderson wants to hold on but Pouko pushes him away.
Benderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pouko content just to control the position here.
Pouko wants to control the pace but Benderson is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson tries to control Pouko's head but Pouko pushes him back down and moves quickly to lock up an arm here - he's swung around for an armbar! Will he get it??? Yes! Benderson is tapping out! Lovely Jiu Jitsu there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (armbar). Touko Pouko!
In defeat, Henson Benderson stepped up to the mic, saying 'Damn...'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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