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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arjan Bhullar (ranked 269 p4p, 256 weight class) and Conrad Tama Ginty (ranked 38 p4p, 36 weight class). Bhullar comes into the arena with Daniel Cormier - All About That Cake blaring out of the sound system. Tama Ginty has chosen Wear Your Love Like Heaven as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
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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 32 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arjan Bhullar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conrad Tama Ginty!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bhullar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tama Ginty.
Bhullar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tama Ginty moves into the clinch.
Tama Ginty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bhullar misses with the head strike.
Tama Ginty gets through Bhullar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bhullar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tama Ginty lands a head kick!
A big right from Bhullar misses.
Tama Ginty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bhullar moves away.
Bhullar looks to land a right hand but Tama Ginty moved out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bhullar.
Bhullar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bhullar misses with a wild body shot.
Bhullar defending well as Tama Ginty loads up on a big left hand.
Tama Ginty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tama Ginty throws a hook but Bhullar blocks it.
Tama Ginty misses with a hook. Bhullar ducked under it nicely.
Tama Ginty scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tama Ginty throws a shot from downtown. Bhullar moves away and avoids it.
Tama Ginty has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Bhullar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tama Ginty thinks about the counter body kick.
Bhullar dives in and grabs Tama Ginty's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tama Ginty pushes down on Bhullar's head and hops out.
Donk. Bhullar catches Tama Ginty right on the button with a cross.
Tama Ginty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bhullar. That did some damage!
Tama Ginty slaps away a takedown attempt from Bhullar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Conrad Tama Ginty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bhullar lands a right hook to the body.
Bhullar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tama Ginty on the side of the head.
Tama Ginty avoids the body shot from Bhullar.
Tama Ginty bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tama Ginty misses with a low kick as Bhullar jumps back.
Bhullar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bhullar lands a jab to the head.
Bhullar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tama Ginty follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Bhullar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tama Ginty.
Bhullar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tama Ginty counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bhullar shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tama Ginty as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arjan Bhullar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A low kick from Tama Ginty is predictable there
and Bhullar counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bhullar.
Bhullar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tama Ginty is keeping the position for now.
Bhullar is in close to Tama Ginty's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bhullar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bhullar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bhullar throwing strikes but missing.
Tama Ginty trying to control the position here.
Bhullar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bhullar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tama Ginty is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar drags the fight down to the ground.
Tama Ginty wanted to stand there but Bhullar had control of the position.
Bhullar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tama Ginty wants to stand but Bhullar is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bhullar looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Tama Ginty puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Tama Ginty controlling the pace.
Tama Ginty has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Bhullar works to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tama Ginty gets to his feet - Bhullar follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bhullar's sensitive parts.
Bhullar throws a shot from downtown. Tama Ginty moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Tama Ginty misses.
Bhullar throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Tama Ginty to counter with a crisp jab.
Bhullar misses with a looping right.
Tama Ginty takes one to the side of the head.
Tama Ginty feints and then cracks Bhullar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bhullar down.
Tama Ginty moves out of range as Bhullar strikes.
Bhullar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tama Ginty scores with a jab to the head.
Tama Ginty avoids the body shot from Bhullar.
Tama Ginty scores with a spinning back kick!
Bhullar swings for the body but Tama Ginty moves out of range.
Bhullar misses with an uppercut
and Tama Ginty counters with a leg kick.
Bhullar throws the left hand but Tama Ginty avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Conrad Tama Ginty will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tama Ginty throws a front kick aimed at Bhullar's knee but Bhullar avoids it well.
Bhullar blocks the body kick.
Tama Ginty just misses with a punch to the body.
Tama Ginty throws a lazy body kick
and Bhullar counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tama Ginty!
Tama Ginty wants to get back to his feet but Bhullar is dominant here and he's now got Tama Ginty's back!
Bhullar punches Tama Ginty on the ear.
Arjan Bhullar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bhullar has Tama Ginty flattened out and is raining down punches.
Bhullar controlling well, preventing Tama Ginty from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tama Ginty wants to get back to his feet.
Bhullar has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Bhullar missing with strikes from the back.
Tama Ginty is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Bhullar lands strikes to the head.
Tama Ginty is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhullar missing with punches from the back.
Bhullar is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Tama Ginty up.
Bhullar throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Tama Ginty rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Bhullar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bhullar drops an elbow to the side of Tama Ginty's head.
Bhullar working the head and body with strikes.
Bhullar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tama Ginty wants to control but Bhullar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar with the ground and pound but Tama Ginty uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bhullar is looking to advance position but Tama Ginty has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Tama Ginty sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tama Ginty can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bhullar is looking to escape.
Tama Ginty is looking to work his way around to Bhullar's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tama Ginty controlling the pace for now.
Bhullar 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bhullar bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Bhullar is working Tama Ginty over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bhullar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tama Ginty preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bhullar postures up and lands a big shot to Tama Ginty's brow.
Bhullar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tama Ginty swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bhullar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bhullar throws a strike but Tama Ginty rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bhullar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tama Ginty wants to stand but Bhullar has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tama Ginty trying to control but Bhullar is working from the bottom.
Tama Ginty won't allow Bhullar to sweep him here.
Tama Ginty wants to get up but he can't break Bhullar's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bhullar working for a triangle but Tama Ginty defends it easily.
Bhullar wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arjan Bhullar dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Tama Ginty throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bhullar misses with a hook.
Bhullar throws a sloppy body shot
and Tama Ginty counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bhullar lands a nice hook to Tama Ginty's body. Tama Ginty takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bhullar checks the leg kick.
Bhullar avoids the body shot from Tama Ginty.
Bhullar scores with a decent looking hook.
Bhullar avoids the body shot from Tama Ginty.
Bhullar feinted with a counter takedown.
Bhullar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tama Ginty manages to avoid it.
Tama Ginty misses with a lunging right hand
and Bhullar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Tama Ginty is looking to control Bhullar's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tama Ginty avoid being mounted?
Tama Ginty is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bhullar wants to control but Tama Ginty is keeping him busy.
Tama Ginty is controlling Bhullar's trapped leg to prevent Bhullar from advancing to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tama Ginty has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bhullar is working away from the top position though.
Bhullar prevents Tama Ginty from improving his position.
Bhullar throwing shots but Tama Ginty is blocking nicely.
Bhullar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bhullar slips a nice elbow through Tama Ginty's hands, connecting with Tama Ginty's forehead.
Tama Ginty is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bhullar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bhullar is looking to stall here but Tama Ginty recovers full guard.
Bhullar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tama Ginty works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tama Ginty is pulling down on Bhullar's head to control his posture.
Tama Ginty wants to stand and escape but Bhullar is having none of it.
Bhullar stopping the sweep attempt from Tama Ginty.
Bhullar chips away with some ground and pound.
Bhullar throws a big right hand that misses.
Bhullar stops Tama Ginty from standing up.
Tama Ginty looking to control.
Tama Ginty is looking to stand up but Bhullar isn't so interested in that idea.
Bhullar scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bhullar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bhullar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tama Ginty's head.
Tama Ginty looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bhullar is one step ahead there.
Tama Ginty wants to stand and escape but Bhullar is having none of it.
Bhullar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tama Ginty is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tama Ginty is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Tama Ginty can't find room to land a body shot as Bhullar controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tama Ginty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tama Ginty tries a body shot but Bhullar blocks it.
Tama Ginty doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bhullar lands a body punch.
Bhullar tries to pull guard but Tama Ginty won't allow it.
Bhullar manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bhullar. Tama Ginty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tama Ginty misses with a wild body shot.
Bhullar throws the left hand but Tama Ginty avoids the punch easily.
Tama Ginty throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tama Ginty defending well as Bhullar loads up on a big left hand.
A nice leg kick from Tama Ginty, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tama Ginty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bhullar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bhullar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tama Ginty counters with a straight right hand.
Conrad Tama Ginty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tama Ginty misses with a low kick.
Tama Ginty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bhullar.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tama Ginty.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arjan Bhullar.
I think Bhullar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Arjan Bhullar!
A relieved looking Arjan Bhullar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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