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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Claus Haba (ranked 1145 p4p, 23608 weight class) and Hiroshi Papo (ranked 67 p4p, 262 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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 8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Claus Haba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroshi Papo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haba throws a combination that misses
so Papo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Papo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Haba is looking for a triangle but Papo pushes his legs off easily.
Haba wants to stand up but Papo is controlling him.
Papo won't allow Haba to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haba is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Haba looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Haba keeping moving, preventing Papo from controlling successfully.
Papo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Papo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Haba is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Papo throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haba has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Papo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Papo has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Advanced Fitness Inc.. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Papo scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haba is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Haba looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Papo passes into half guard.
Haba tries to roll over but Papo keeps him under control.
Papo trying to control the pace.
Papo is trying to control. Haba wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papo prevents Haba from improving his position.
Papo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Haba. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Haba is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Papo pulls his head out easily.
Haba regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Papo.
Papo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Haba looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Papo passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Papo trying to control from half guard but Haba is working away.
Haba is trying to get back to full guard.
Papo slows the pace down in half guard.
Haba looking for submissions off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Haba looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hiroshi Papo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A shot to the liver by Haba. Beautiful body shot.
Haba tries to sprawl but Papo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Haba wants to get back to full guard.
Haba is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Papo pulls his head out easily.
Papo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Papo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haba trying to get back to full guard but Papo takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Papo with the ground and pound from mount.
We've been hearing good reports from Haba's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Haba is working hard here to advance position.
Papo controlling from mount.
Haba sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Haba tries to roll over but Papo keeps him under control.
Still in half guard, Papo seems content to control.
Papo is trying to control the action in half guard but Haba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Haba wants to get back to full guard but Papo has mounted him!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haba is looking to improve his position but Papo isn't that keen on the idea.
Haba bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Haba tries to stand but Papo is controlling from the bottom.
Haba wants to stand and escape but instead Papo has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Papo trying to control the position from guard on top but Haba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haba is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haba keeping moving, preventing Papo from controlling successfully.
Haba working for a triangle but Papo defends it easily.
Haba wants to sweep but no luck.
Haba looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Haba wants to sweep here but Papo controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Haba looking for subs off his back but Papo has passed one foot through into half guard.
Papo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Haba is staying active underneath Papo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Papo lands with a punch from half guard.
Papo drops an elbow to the side of Haba's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroshi Papo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Papo misses with a takedown attempt
and Haba counters with a right hand to the body.
Papo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haba takes the fight into the clinch.
Haba pushes Papo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Haba breaks from the clinch.
Haba stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Haba wants it to stay on the feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Papo or perhaps it was just good defense by Haba, which made it look bad.
Claus Haba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiroshi Papo.
Haba jabs Papo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Haba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papo misses with a takedown attempt - Haba sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Claus Haba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Papo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Papo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haba is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Papo pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haba is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Haba moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Haba is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Papo is aware though and is defending well.
Haba avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Haba looking for a triangle here. Papo is fighting it but it looks tight! Haba pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Papo is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Claus Haba!
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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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