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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Elroy Clarks (ranked 729 p4p, 40 weight class) and Luis Vega (ranked 2485 p4p, 132 weight class). Vega has chosen Truth - Atomic thunder as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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141 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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134 lbs
11 - 4 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elroy Clarks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Vega!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clarks slips a straight right by Vega.
Clarks attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vega throws a counter combo.
Elroy Clarks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clarks comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Clarks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clarks cracks a nice hook into Vega's ribs.
Clarks misses with a low kick.
Vega let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Clarks throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vega on the side of the head.
Clarks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vega.
Clarks swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Clarks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarks lands with a hook. Vega tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice takedown defense from Vega. No joy for Clarks on that attempt.
Clarks misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clarks slips a straight right by Vega.
Nice sprawl there from Vega as Clarks shoots in.
Clarks lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Clarks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vega drops his hands momentarily and Clarks takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Clarks has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Clarks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clarks shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Clarks was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Clarks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vega keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Vega's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Vega is looking for a sweep.
Vega is not content to let Clarks control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vega tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Vega wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Clarks scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clarks lands a decent elbow from side control.
Vega trying to remain calm as Clarks controls from the top position.
Vega is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Vega struggling a bit here.
Clarks lands a few punches from side control.
Clarks controlling from side mount.
Vega tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Clarks presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Vega keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vega is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Vega is in all sorts of trouble here.
Clarks with a couple of short strikes.
Vega wants to hold on but Clarks pushes him away.
Clarks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Clarks avoids the attempt from Vega to control.
Clarks fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Clarks has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Clarks in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Vega tries to hold on but Clarks postures up.
Vega takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Clarks looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clarks lands a couple of good shots and Vega has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Vega is rocked!
Clarks is punishing Vega with strikes - can he finish him?!
Vega is still in real trouble! Can Clarks finish him?
Vega really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Clarks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vega is trying to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarks connects with a couple of big shots that have Vega covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Vega! Clarks fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elroy Clarks!
Our winner, Elroy Clarks, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
52% |
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