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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between RJ Cast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Byant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
19
135 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, RJ Cast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Byant!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cast lands an overhand right.
It looks like James Byant has been cut.
Cast buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cast misses with a hook.
Cast wants to clinch up but Byant keeps it at a distance.
Cast misses with a head kick.
Cast misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cast uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Byant has time to react.
Cast throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cast fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cast ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cast drops Byant with a beautiful combination! Byant stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cast is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cast with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
RJ Cast seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cast moves in looking to clinch but Byant pushes him off.
Cast pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Byant shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Byant showed some decent athleticism there.
Cast might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Byant looks gassed!
Byant wants to work for an arm triangle but Cast is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Byant is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Byant is trying to work for a kimura but Cast is defending well.
Cast slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Byant wants to stand and escape but instead Cast has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byant can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cast controls the pace.
Cast sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Byant's guard.
Cast looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cast prevents Byant from improving his position.
Cast controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cast is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byant pushes Cast off looking to stand but Cast dives back in and keeps control.
Byant looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cast frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cast controlling the position easily from mount.
Cast has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Byant is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Cast locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Byant is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). RJ Cast!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
51% |
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