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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between I Am (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steffan Stove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Am comes to the cage accompanied by Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Part II. Steffan Stove has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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149 lbs
16 - 6 - 0 |
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165 cm
35
149 lbs
25 - 10 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, I Am!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Steffan Stove!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Am scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Steffan Stove has been cut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Am, as that shot connected.
Stove fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Am waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stove.
I Am seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stove connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Am throws a right hand that misses
and Stove counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Am scores with a head kick. Stove tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Stove blocks a head kick by Am.
Am throws a sloppy body shot
and Stove counters with a one-two to the body.
Am is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Am misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stove misses with a body shot.
Am throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stove thuds a left hand into Am's body.
Stove looks to land a combination but Am avoids it well.
Am throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Stove doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A head kick by Am misses
and Stove connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Am closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Am lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stove backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Am.
Am lands a hook that snaps the head of Stove backwards.
Am misses with some punches.
Am's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Am goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Stove is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Am closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Stove did well to prevent Am getting side control.
Stove is still in real trouble! Can Am finish him?
Am not doing much here.
Am in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Stove tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Am!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). I Am!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, I Am made sure he mentioned Sin City Allstars, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Steffan Stove spoke after the fight, saying 'Some devil possessions CANT be excorcised...'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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