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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Douglas Maicon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lionel Messi (ranked 0 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Douglas Maicon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Lionel Messi!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messi shoots in and bounces Maicon off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Messi preventing the sweep.
Maicon wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Messi stopping the sweep attempt from Maicon.
Maicon will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Messi tries to stand but Maicon is controlling from the bottom.
Messi trying to control but Maicon is working from the bottom.
Messi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maicon is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Messi trying to control the position from guard on top but Maicon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maicon trying to keep a closed guard but Messi is proving a slippery customer.
Messi wants to pass the guard but Maicon is keeping the position.
Messi trying to control but Maicon is working from the bottom.
Messi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Maicon scores a takedown into full mount!
Messi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Maicon working Messi over with strikes here.
Messi tries to hold on but Maicon postures up.
Maicon content just to control the position here.
Messi wants to hold on but Maicon pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Messi is working to get back to half guard.
Maicon stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Messi fails with the takedown
and Maicon counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Messi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Messi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Maicon struggling a bit here.
Messi wants to control but Maicon is keeping him busy.
Maicon looking for a sweep but Messi has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maicon is in all sorts of trouble here.
Messi tries to control but Maicon wriggling away.
Messi moves to take his opponent's back.
Messi is trying to stick to Maicon's back but Maicon is turning into Messi. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Messi's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Maicon.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Maicon tries to free his leg and advance position but Messi is retaining full guard.
Maicon wants to control from the top but Messi keeps moving.
Messi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Maicon is controlling him.
Messi wants to sweep but no luck.
Messi is working an open guard so Maicon takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Messi. No joy for Maicon on that attempt.
Maicon looks for a takedown but Messi sprawls well.
Maicon is breathing heavily.
Messi misses with a takedown
and Maicon counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Maicon.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Messi trying to control the position.
Messi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Maicon is one step ahead there.
Messi wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Maicon manages to pass to side control.
Messi wants to control but Maicon passes into side.
Messi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Maicon landing a few strikes.
Maicon stands up.
Maicon closes this distance looking for a takedown but Messi circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Douglas Maicon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Messi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Maicon counters with a nice double leg into side control. Messi won't be happy with that.
Messi is trying to buck Maicon off.
A lull in the action here as Maicon stalls from top position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Messi is looking to get back to his feet here but Maicon is keeping cool and he's managed to take Messi's back.
Maicon lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Maicon is hanging on to Messi's back as he tries to escape.
Messi breaks Maicon's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Maicon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Messi is one step ahead there.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Maicon trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Maicon wants to sweep here but Messi controlling him for the moment.
Messi trying to control but Maicon is working from the bottom.
Maicon has Messi pulled in close to control his posture.
Maicon had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Messi defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Douglas Maicon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maicon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 10:9
Judge William Gold scores the fight 10:9
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Douglas Maicon!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Javier Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Jardine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keith Jardine is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Javier Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Keith Jardine!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez fails with the takedown.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hernandez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jardine is keeping the position for now.
Hernandez is working hard here to advance position.
Hernandez trying to control but Jardine is working from the bottom.
Hernandez is pushing down on Jardine's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jardine is fighting to maintain full guard but Hernandez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jardine is looking for a sweep. Hernandez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jardine is looking to escape.
Jardine wants to control but Hernandez is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jardine.
Jardine tries to clinch up but Hernandez circles away and keeps his distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jardine.
Hernandez is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jardine off and has taken his back!
Jardine trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Hernandez lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hernandez controlling well, preventing Jardine from escaping the position.
Hernandez lands strikes to the head.
Hernandez biding his time, controlling Jardine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Jardine tries to roll but Hernandez sticks to his back.
Hernandez avoiding Jardine 's attempts to control his hands.
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.
Hernandez trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Jardine doesn't escape.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jardine prevents Hernandez from getting a body triangle.
Hernandez biding his time, controlling Jardine.
Jardine prevents Hernandez from getting a body triangle.
Jardine trying to control the hands but Hernandez won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hernandez looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Jardine taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Javier Hernandez!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lassana Diarra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rashad Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lassana Diarra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rashad Evans!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diarra stuffs the takedown attempt from Evans. Evans gets slowly back to his feet.
Evans bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Diarra tries to improve position but can't.
A lull in the action here.
Diarra tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Evans wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diarra is working hard here to advance position.
Evans is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diarra is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Evans lands some shots froms side control.
Diarra is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Evans's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Diarra manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diarra trying to strike off his back.
Diarra tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Diarra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diarra wants to sweep here but Evans controlling him for the moment.
Diarra striking from his own guard.
Diarra on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diarra tries to get out of the position.
Evans stands up out of Diarra's guard for a moment - Diarra manages to land a nice upkick.
Diarra wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evans wants to clinch up but Diarra keeps it at a distance.
Diarra moves out of range of the strikes.
Diarra really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
No joy there for Evans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt.
Evans misses with a straight right.
Diarra with a lazy takedown attempt
so Evans counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Diarra wants to sweep but no luck.
Evans advances position into side control!
Evans looks gassed!
Diarra is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Evans is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Diarra swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans prevents Diarra from getting the reversal.
Evans trying to control but Diarra is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Evans landing punches.
Diarra sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Diarra is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diarra missing with punches from the bottom.
Evans blocks the strikes from Diarra.
Diarra tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Diarra tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Evans blocks the strikes from Diarra.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Diarra wants to get back to full guard but Evans has mounted him!
Diarra tries to reverse the position but Evans maintains control.
Diarra sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Diarra flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Diarra moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diarra lands an upkick as Evans stands over him.
Diarra looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diarra thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Evans preventing the sweep.
Diarra throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Diarra scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Diarra lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diarra scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Diarra is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Diarra there.
Diarra takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Diarra takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Evans is looking to improve his position.
Diarra missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Diarra lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Diarra is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Diarra slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
Diarra slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Diarra lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Diarra lands a nice short elbow.
Evans tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Evans trying to control here.
Diarra lands strikes from half guard.
Diarra throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diarra takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Diarra is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diarra slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
Evans avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Diarra.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Diarra.
Diarra thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Evans wants to get back to full guard.
Diarra lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Diarra lands a nice short elbow.
Diarra winds up and cracks Evans with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Evans is trying to control but can't.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Diarra lands a nice short elbow.
Diarra seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Evans is looking to control Diarra's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Evans avoid being mounted?
Diarra lands strikes from half guard.
Diarra scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Diarra slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Diarra lands a nice short elbow.
Diarra winds up and cracks Evans with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Diarra working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Diarra not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Diarra looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Evans with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Diarra lands strikes from half guard.
Diarra slips a nice elbow through Evans's hands, connecting with Evans's forehead.
Diarra is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diarra lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Diarra there.
Diarra working the head and body with strikes.
Evans has hold of Diarra's hands but Diarra slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Evans is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diarra missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Diarra working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Diarra throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diarra working Evans over with strikes.
Diarra lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Diarra scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Evans avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Diarra.
Evans taking some punishment here, with Diarra in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Diarra connects with a nice short shot to Evans's temple.
Diarra thows a huge punch but Evans dodges it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lassana Diarra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diarra has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 10:9
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 10:9
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lassana Diarra!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vern Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vern Troyer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kyle Wilson's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Vern Troyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wilson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Troyer is trying to defend but Wilson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Wilson throwing shots but Troyer is blocking nicely.
Troyer is trying to control but can't.
Troyer moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Wilson with a nice head shot there.
Wilson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Troyer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wilson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Troyer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wilson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Troyer's head.
Wilson looks gassed!
Troyer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson working some strikes from top position.
Troyer trying to control the position.
Troyer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Wilson lands a couple of elbows.
Troyer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wilson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Troyer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wilson chips away with some ground and pound.
Wilson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wilson cracks Troyer with a solid left hand.
Wilson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Troyer is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Troyer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wilson scoring with some ground and pound.
Troyer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wilson throws and elbow that misses. Troyer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wilson's guard. Nice move by Troyer!
Wilson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Troyer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Troyer forces his way into half guard.
Wilson is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Troyer jumps into side control!
Troyer wants to control but Wilson is keeping him busy.
Troyer decides to stand up, so the ref orders Wilson to his feet.
Wilson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Troyer slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wilson missing with punches from the bottom.
Wilson wants to get back to full guard but Troyer has passed into side control.
Wilson looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
You can see the frustration on Wilson's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is looking to escape here. Oh dear - Troyer has locked on a rear naked choke here! Wilson is tapping out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vern Troyer!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Flacco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Speedy Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Flacco has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Flacco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Speedy Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez drives through and clinches with Flacco against the cage.
Flacco tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flacco.
Flacco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gonzalez jumps into guard, dragging Flacco to the mat.
Gonzalez looking for a sweep. Not yet Gonzalez, not yet.
Gonzalez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez pushes Flacco off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Gonzalez misses with a few strikes there.
Flacco tries to clinch
and Gonzalez moves into the clinch.
Gonzalez decides to pull guard.
Gonzalez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flacco is looking to stand up but Gonzalez won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzalez pushes Flacco off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Gonzalez has a takedown stuffed.
No luck for Gonzalez with that takedown attempt.
Gonzalez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gonzalez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands a nice uppercut.
Flacco prevents the takedown attempt.
Joe Flacco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Speedy Gonzalez.
Flacco has had enough of the clinch but Gonzalez keeps him there for the moment.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gonzalez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gonzalez wants a takedown.
Gonzalez breaks from the clinch.
Flacco tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves away
and Gonzalez moves into the clinch.
Gonzalez avoiding damage.
Gonzalez looks gassed!
Gonzalez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Flacco gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gonzalez avoiding damage as Flacco throws knees to the body.
Flacco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Flacco digs a right hand into Gonzalez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gonzalez's gas tank.
Flacco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonzalez avoiding damage as Flacco throws knees to the body.
Flacco missing with knees to the body.
Gonzalez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Flacco is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gonzalez manages to break the clinch.
Flacco looks to clinch
and Gonzalez counters by clinching up.
Gonzalez jumps into guard, dragging Flacco to the mat.
Gonzalez wants to stand and escape but Flacco is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flacco trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gonzalez's guard.
Gonzalez is adopting a defensive guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez pushes a forearm under Flacco's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Flacco is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Speedy Gonzalez!
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