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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Farley (ranked 1842 p4p, 79 weight class) and Ben Ben (ranked 25757 p4p, 216 weight class). Farley comes to the cage accompanied by Highway to Hell - ACDC. Ben Ben has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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275 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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225 cm
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300 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Keith Farley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Ben!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farley moves into the clinch successfully.
Farley lands a takedown into guard.
Farley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ben has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Farley has managed to get both his arms back between Ben's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farley is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ben preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Farley postures up in Ben's guard and throws a big left but Ben blocks it.
Farley throws an elbow that misses. Ben uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Farley's guard. Nice move by Ben!
Farley 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.
Farley is trying to keep Ben in close.
Farley tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Farley had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ben defends it easily.
Farley working a defensive guard but Ben manages to pass into side control anyway.
Farley manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ben's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farley moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Farley controls Ben momentarily but Ben frees himself.
Farley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Farley tries to get out of the position.
Ben wants to stand but Farley is controlling his posture from full guard.
Farley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ben's guard.
Farley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Farley trying to control the position from guard on top but Ben is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farley is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ben is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Farley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Farley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Farley pushes down on Ben's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ben is in trouble now - Farley has advanced to mount!
Farley dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Farley connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Farley landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Farley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ben hang on?
Farley with the ground and pound from mount.
Ben takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ben is rocked!
Farley drops a big elbow. That's hurt Ben! More shots from Farley and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keith Farley!
During a confident post fight interview, Keith Farley thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
50% |
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