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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bernie Sanders (ranked 1515 p4p, 3130 weight class) and Denis Denisov (ranked 82 p4p, 146 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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10 - 1 - 0 |
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140
4 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bernie Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denis Denisov!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denisov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Denisov successfully pulls guard.
Sanders slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Denisov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Sanders trying to control but Denisov is working from the bottom.
Sanders wants to pass the guard but Denisov is keeping the position.
Sanders trying to control but Denisov is working from the bottom.
Denisov tries to strike from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Denisov looking to control.
Denisov throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Sanders dives in and grabs Denisov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Denisov pushes down on Sanders's head and hops out.
Sanders misses the shot to the body.
Denisov is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Denisov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanders.
Denisov throws a counter combo.
Denisov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sanders is landing a low percentage of strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denisov throws a series of strikes that have Sanders backpedaling.
Sanders misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denisov.
Denisov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bernie Sanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanders. Denisov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Denisov looks to land a combination but Sanders avoids it well.
Sanders throwing a counter right hand but Denisov manages to avoid it.
Denisov clinches up against the cage.
Sanders is trying to maintain a safe position but Denisov gets an underhook and turns Sanders into the cage.
Sanders can't find room to land a body shot as Denisov controls the action.
Good body shot from Sanders.
Sanders has a couple of punches blocked by Denisov.
Denisov tries to pull guard but Sanders holds him up against the cage and eventually Denisov drops back down to his feet.
Denisov gets control of Sanders's arms and successfully pulls guard. Denisov will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Denisov is striking but Sanders is not phased and passes to half guard.
Sanders wants to lay and pray for a moment but Denisov keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denisov tries to roll over but Sanders keeps him under control.
Sanders moves into full mount! Denisov won't be happy about that!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Denisov tries to reverse the position but Sanders maintains control.
Sanders looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanders raining down shots from the mount!
Sanders raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sanders tries to control but Denisov wriggling away.
Denisov keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders raining down shots from the mount!
Sanders landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanders avoids the attempt from Denisov to control.
Denisov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sanders is landing with some decent strikes but Denisov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sanders pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanders lands a nice shot to the head.
Sanders scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denisov is working to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denisov slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Denisov wants to get back to full guard.
Denisov flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Denisov is pressing down on Sanders's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sanders lands a couple of digs.
Sanders trying to control the position from guard on top but Denisov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Denisov looking for a sweep. Not yet Denisov, not yet.
Sanders 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.
Denisov keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.
Denisov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanders. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Denisov pulls Sanders in to control the position.
Sanders throwing strikes but missing.
Denisov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernie Sanders dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Denisov wants to clinch up but Sanders keeps it at a distance.
Sanders misses with an uppercut
and Denisov counters with a straight right hand.
Denisov misses with a takedown attempt - Sanders sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Denisov shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sanders's guard.
Denisov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sanders not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Denisov throws a strike but Sanders rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sanders advances position into side control!
Denisov tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sanders wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Denisov looks to move to half guard but instead Sanders has passed into mount! Damn!
Denisov throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sanders tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders dominating with strikes here.
Sanders swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bernie Sanders!
A pretty intense looking Bernie Sanders took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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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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