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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Paul (ranked 3385 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tournament One (ranked 4818 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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141 lbs
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142 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tournament One!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
One steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paul.
One tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paul was well out of range. Poor timing from One.
One closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Paul to the mat! Paul manages to get full guard.
One chips away with some ground and pound.
One lands a couple of digs.
One working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
One content to stall in guard here.
Paul really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
One preventing the sweep.
One lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
One lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paul throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Paul looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
One is in close to Paul's body, working some short punches and elbows.
One is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
One lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paul is trying to hold One in close to prevent damage but One has managed to pass into half guard.
One performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
One working the head and body with strikes.
Paul is rocked!
Paul is trying to maintain the position but One is very close to passing his half guard.
One looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
One seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
One has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paul wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
One landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Paul has hold of One's hands but One slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
One perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
One blocks the strikes from Paul.
One sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that One has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
One's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
One lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
One working the head and body with strikes.
One drops an elbow to the side of Paul's head.
One lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
One looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
One working over Paul with some ground and pound. Paul looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
One lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
One seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oh Paul is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
One winds up and cracks Paul with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Paul seems to have got his legs back now.
One keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paul punching from the bottom.
Nice strikes from One there.
One slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tournament One dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
One misses the jab.
One looks to land a left hand but Paul moved out of range nicely.
Paul slips a straight right by One.
One misses with a wild body shot.
Paul throws a right and a left that both miss.
One looks like he wants to counter punch here.
One swats away the attempt to clinch by Paul.
One gets the takedown into side control.
One has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Paul takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Paul is looking to reverse the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul misses with a strike from the bottom.
Paul tries to buck One off but One is having none of it.
One working the ground and pound.
One lands a nice forearm strike.
One is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Paul's shoulder. That is not cool.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul is trying to improve his position.
One controls the position.
One cracks Paul with an elbow. That is naaassty.
One taking a breather here.
Tournament One has got the better of the ground game so far.
Paul takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
One prevents Paul from escaping the position.
You can see the frustration on Paul's face as One controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
One lands some shots froms side control.
Paul is looking for a sweep.
One grinds an elbow into Paul's temple.
Check out the look on One's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
One scoring with punches from side control.
One cracks Paul with an elbow. That is naaassty.
One looks up at the clock and then as Paul takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, One smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
One lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
One in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Paul looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! One turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tournament One!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Tournament One made sure he mentioned Sportivité, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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