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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Papa Legba (ranked 207 p4p, 410 weight class) and Shane Raffington (ranked 28 p4p, 56 weight class). Raffington has chosen Logan Lucky as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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10 - 6 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Legba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raffington misses with a hook.
Raffington scores with a hook to the body. Legba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Legba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Raffington lands a front kick.
Raffington fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Legba's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Raffington connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Legba scrambles back to his feet.
Legba on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Legba lands with a cross.
Legba tries to move into range but Raffington moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Legba shoots in for a takedown but Raffington shows good takedown defense.
Legba lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raffington takes the fight into the clinch.
Legba tries to work over Raffington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Legba 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.
Legba throws a punch but it's blocked by Raffington.
A body shot lands from Legba.
Legba misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffington swings wildly with an uppercut but Legba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Legba presses Raffington against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Raffington tries to work over Legba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Legba as the two fighters clinch.
Legba scores with a shot to the side of Raffington's head.
Legba drops down looking for an ankle pick but Raffington pulls his leg out and moves away.
Legba avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Raffington has taken the fight to the clinch.
Legba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Legba wants the takedown. Raffington is fighting it off but Legba persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Raffington's guard against the cage.
Raffington is adopting a defensive guard.
Legba sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Legba passes Raffington's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba wants to lay and pray for a moment but Raffington keeps working.
Raffington is trying to stand.
Legba tries to pass to full mount but Raffington defends it.
Raffington is staying active underneath Legba, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Legba is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Raffington!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Legba takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Legba is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Raffington is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Raffington flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Legba anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Raffington and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Legba slips an arm under Raffington chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Legba has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Legba is squeezing on Raffington like an anaconda would it's prey. Raffington fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Papa Legba!
A very excited looking Papa Legba rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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