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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rahim Lloyd (ranked 1216 p4p, 1485 weight class) and Daniel Yonic (ranked 160 p4p, 192 weight class). Lloyd's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Killing in the Name of- Rage Against The Machine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm 30 200 15 - 5 - 1 |
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172 cm 30 185 9 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling Solid Muay Thai Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler Decent boxing Good gas tank |
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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 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rahim Lloyd! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Yonic! The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yonic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yonic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lloyd clinches up with Yonic and pushes him back against the cage. Lloyd gets a trip takedown into half guard. Lloyd stands up out of the half guard. Yonic tries for a takedown but Lloyd circles away easily and Lloyd counters with a lovely straight right hand! Lloyd has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lloyd gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground. 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! Yonic wants to sweep but no luck. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Yonic is pulling down on Lloyd's head to control his posture. Lloyd has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lloyd decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Yonic, up you get! Yonic throws a right and a left that Lloyd avoids nicely. Lloyd moves into the clinch. Lloyd gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yonic.
Lloyd has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Yonic is trying to keep an underhook but Lloyd manages to get the takedown into half guard. Yonic wants to get back to full guard. Yonic keeping control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yonic wants to get back to full guard. Yonic is trying to stand back up but Lloyd is controlling him
Yonic is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lloyd's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lloyd's back! Lloyd staying busy and making it hard for Yonic to control. Well, with Yonic on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Lloyd is tapping out... Can he escape the position? Yonic biding his time, controlling Lloyd. Yonic misses with punches from the back. Yonic missing with punches from the back. Lloyd knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yonic on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yonic struggling to land strikes to the head as Lloyd covers up. Yonic is looking to finish with some ground and pound! Lloyd covering up well under a series of strikes from Yonic. Yonic throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Yonic misses with punches from the back. Can Lloyd hold on?! Yonic is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Yonic controlling the position well here. Lloyd rolled but Yonic kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Yonic softening up his opponent with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lloyd is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Yonic lands shots from the back. Lloyd is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet. Lloyd looking very determined here, making life difficult for Yonic.
Even with his hooks in, Yonic manages to miss with strikes from the back. Yonic throwing wild punches that miss their target. Yonic somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Daniel Yonic will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Lloyd fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lloyd gets a clinch. Yonic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lloyd prevents it.
Yonic has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Lloyd after a bit of a struggle. Lloyd has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Yonic regains guard immediately. Yonic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Yonic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Yonic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lloyd defending well though. Lloyd is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yonic missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Yonic lands strikes from half guard. Yonic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lloyd defending well though. Yonic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Lloyd taking some punishment here, with Yonic in his half guard. Yonic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Yonic throws a strike but Lloyd avoids it easily and moves to full guard. Yonic tries to free his leg and advance position but Lloyd is retaining full guard. Lloyd wants to stand and escape but Yonic is having none of it. Yonic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Yonic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Yonic trying to control but Lloyd is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yonic throws a big right hand that misses. Yonic slips nicely into half guard. Lloyd has hold of Yonic's hands but Yonic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Yonic throwing shots but Lloyd is blocking nicely. Lloyd won't allow Yonic to pass to mount. Yonic wants to control but Lloyd is keeping him busy. Yonic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Yonic thows a huge punch but Lloyd dodges it nicely.
Yonic lands with a punch from half guard. Yonic moves into full mount! Lloyd won't be happy about that! Lloyd on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lloyd tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yonic looking to control but Lloyd is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Yonic cracks Lloyd with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yonic lands a heavy elbow. Yonic looking to finish Lloyd with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lloyd!
Lloyd is rocked! Yonic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Oh Lloyd is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Yonic lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Lloyd! Yonic sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Lloyd and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Daniel Yonic! After winning the bout, Daniel Yonic thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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