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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ali Jabbar (ranked 4019 p4p, 3985 weight class) and Training Dummy (ranked 436 p4p, 434 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ali Jabbar !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Training Dummy!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabbar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jabbar is looking to take a break and control but Dummy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dummy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jabbar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dummy is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jabbar 's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Dummy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jabbar is controlling the pace.
Dummy wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabbar controlling the action here.
Dummy trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jabbar seems to be working for a kimura but Dummy defends the submission attempt.
Dummy trying to hold on to Jabbar 's head to control him but Jabbar postures up.
Dummy is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Jabbar is staying active.
Dummy tries to roll over but Jabbar keeps him under control.
Dummy works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dummy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jabbar looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jabbar gets the takedown into side control.
Jabbar content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dummy sneaks back into half guard.
Jabbar is thwarting Dummy's attempts to control the position.
Dummy is refusing to be controlled, as Jabbar sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dummy trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dummy manages to get to full guard.
Jabbar wants to control from the top but Dummy keeps moving.
Jabbar stopping the sweep attempt from Dummy.
Dummy working a defensive guard here.
Dummy keeping moving, preventing Jabbar from controlling successfully.
Dummy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jabbar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jabbar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jabbar pushing down on Dummy's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dummy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dummy is trying to control but can't.
Jabbar prevents Dummy from improving his position.
Jabbar is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jabbar seems to be working for a kimura but Dummy defends the submission attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ali Jabbar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dummy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jabbar sprawls well. Jabbar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dummy gets slowly back to his feet.
Jabbar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dummy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dummy lands a decent shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dummy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dummy is trying to hold Jabbar in close to prevent damage but Jabbar has managed to pass into half guard.
Jabbar looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dummy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jabbar is working away from the top position though.
Jabbar is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dummy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dummy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dummy looking for submissions off his back.
Jabbar trying to control the action but Dummy is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jabbar prevents Dummy from improving his position.
Dummy is refusing to be controlled, as Jabbar sits in half guard.
Dummy is trying to maintain the position but Jabbar is very close to passing his half guard.
Jabbar is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dummy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dummy tries to roll over but Jabbar keeps him under control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Dummy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ali Jabbar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jabbar tries to sprawl but Dummy drives through with a takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dummy prevents Jabbar from improving his position.
Dummy moves nicely into side control.
Dummy tries for a kimura but Jabbar is defending well.
Dummy is looking to take a break and control but Jabbar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jabbar gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jabbar is staying active underneath Dummy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jabbar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dummy can do to turn this around?
Dummy tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jabbar knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jabbar tries to roll over but Dummy keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dummy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jabbar is looking to improve his position.
Dummy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jabbar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jabbar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dummy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dummy's back!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dummy trying to control the hands but Jabbar breaks the grip.
Jabbar seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Dummy turns into Jabbar and is now in his guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dummy tries to free his leg and advance position but Jabbar is retaining full guard.
Dummy connects with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Training Dummy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Dummy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jabbar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jabbar leaves Dummy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dummy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ali Jabbar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dummy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jabbar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dummy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dummy's back!
Dummy looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Dummy tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dummy can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar wants to control the pace but Dummy is squirming around nicely.
Jabbar is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Dummy can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Dummy is looking to improve his position but Jabbar isn't that keen on the idea.
Dummy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dummy wants to control but Jabbar is having none of it.
Dummy is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dummy regains half guard.
Jabbar trying to control the action but Dummy is working from the bottom.
Dummy gets full guard.
Jabbar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dummy is keeping the position for now.
Jabbar showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dummy has an active guard here but Jabbar has managed to pass into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dummy is trying to get back to full guard.
Jabbar blocks the strikes from Dummy.
Dummy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jabbar trying to control but Dummy is working from the bottom.
Jabbar is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dummy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jabbar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jabbar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dummy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jabbar defends it easily.
Dummy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jabbar manages to get himself to full guard.
Dummy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dummy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dummy is in close to Jabbar 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dummy looking to pass the guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Training Dummy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dummy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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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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