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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between damien cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maverick Luna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Prefers ground |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, damien cook!
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, Maverick Luna!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luna wants to clinch.
cook looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
cook shoots for a double leg takedown but Luna sprawls well. He's pushed cook's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
cook blocks a head kick by Luna.
Luna throws a right and a left that cook avoids nicely.
Luna shoots and misses
and cook counters with a nice double leg into side control. Luna won't be happy with that.
cook working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luna is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on cook's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Luna keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Luna is trying to stand back up but cook is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Luna gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Luna.
cook is not content to let Luna control the position.
Luna controlling the action here.
Luna trying to control the action but cook is working from the bottom.
cook with the active half guard here but Luna passes nicely into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Check out the look on Luna's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
cook is looking to regain half guard here but Luna keeps moving and retains side control.
Luna is looking to take a break and control but cook is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Luna is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
cook is looking for a sweep.
Luna landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
cook seems a little lost for a moment, as Luna dominates the positioning.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Luna.
Luna closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Luna shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
cook is squirming around, avoiding Luna's attempts to control the action.
cook is in all sorts of trouble here.
Luna content just to control the position here.
cook is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
cook tries to reverse the position but Luna maintains control.
Luna dominating with strikes here.
cook can't escape the position.
cook is squirming around, avoiding Luna's attempts to control the action.
Luna controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maverick Luna dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Luna lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Luna.
cook circles away from the clinch attempt
and cook counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Luna gets full guard.
Luna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Luna controlling the position.
cook is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Luna is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Luna has escaped and now he's on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
cook throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Luna escapes and throws cook's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
cook tries to improve position but can't.
Luna controlling the position from side mount.
cook tries to improve position but can't.
That's two 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.
Luna looks up at the clock and then as cook takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Luna smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Luna has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Luna will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
cook really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
cook dodges the punch combination from Luna.
Luna moves into the clinch.
Luna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Luna drops to a knee looking for a takedown but cook gets the underhooks and prevents it.
cook is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Luna pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Luna crunches a lovely knee into cook's ribcage.
Luna is trying to trip cook. He has hold of a leg but cook is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Luna persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
cook looking for a guillotine here but Luna defends easily.
Luna must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
cook is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Luna rolls with it to try and escape but cook cranks on the arm and Luna is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). damien cook!
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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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