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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Stallion (ranked 313 p4p, 438 weight class) and Kollaa River (ranked 35 p4p, 51 weight class). Stallion's entrance music is Riding on the horses by Daryl Braithwaite . A fine choice. River comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Heavy Metal we will die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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173 cm 28 166 19 - 7 - 0 |
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185 cm 28 165 11 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler World class boxer Granite chin |
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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 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harvey Stallion! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kollaa River! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! River avoids the body shot from Stallion.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that River has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. River tries a head kick but it misses.
River uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stallion. Stallion takes a swing at River's ribcage but misses. Stallion thows a left - swing and a miss! Stallion lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like Kollaa River has been cut. Stallion throws a body punch but River moves out of range. River walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. River takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. River cracks Stallion with an open hand slap. Stallion dodges the punch combination from River.
Stallion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stallion rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and River counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. This has been an exciting period of action! Stallion fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. River sprawls well initially but Stallion persists and gets the takedown into half guard. River manages to get to full guard.
River 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.
That's one minute gone in the round. Stallion stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. River swivels though and keeps the full guard. River is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Stallion frees his head nicely. Oh but River has switched to an armbar! Stallion is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Kollaa River! Kollaa River spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
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63% |
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