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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dranos Sandus (ranked 4163 p4p, 3957 weight class) and Grand Admiral Thrawn (ranked 521 p4p, 499 weight class). Dranos Sandus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dranos Sandus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grand Admiral Thrawn!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thrawn closes the distance and clinches.
Thrawn gets through Sandus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thrawn lands a shoulder strike.
Sandus is leaning against Thrawn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Thrawn working aggressively here.
Sandus gets through Thrawn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Sandus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sandus misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Thrawn fails to land.
Thrawn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sandus's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thrawn.
Thrawn tries a body shot but Sandus blocks it.
Thrawn prevents a body shot from Sandus.
Sandus cracks Thrawn with a nice body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Thrawn fails to land.
Thrawn misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Thrawn on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Sandus.
It looks like Grand Admiral Thrawn has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sandus jumps guard but Thrawn turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Thrawn has a couple of punches blocked by Sandus.
Sandus works on Thrawn's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Sandus.
Sandus is working Thrawn over against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandus tries a body shot but Thrawn blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thrawn.
Sandus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thrawn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sandus tries to throw a body punch but Thrawn avoids it by throwing Sandus back against the cage.
Thrawn takes a shot to the head.
Sandus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Sandus.
Sandus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thrawn's elbow.
Thrawn working aggressively here.
Thrawn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sandus lands a left hand.
Thrawn tries a body shot but Sandus blocks it.
Sandus jumps guard and drags Thrawn to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Thrawn wants to stand and escape but instead Sandus has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sandus looking to pass the guard.
Sandus stands and throws Thrawn's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sandus moves into full mount!
Thrawn has given up his back here. Will Sandus look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Thrawn is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Sandus looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Thrawn taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dranos Sandus!
During a confident post fight interview, Dranos Sandus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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