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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terry Atkins (ranked 5557 p4p, 5814 weight class) and JJ Olatunji (ranked 630 p4p, 641 weight class). Olatunji has chosen KSI – Patience as his entrance music. Terry Atkins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Terry Atkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, JJ Olatunji!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atkins cracks Olatunji with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Atkins has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Olatunji to stand back up!
Olatunji is rocked!
It looks like JJ Olatunji has been cut.
Olatunji shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Atkins manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Olatunji is still in real trouble! Can Atkins finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Olatunji trying to control the position from guard on top but Atkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Olatunji wants to pass the guard but Atkins is keeping the position.
Olatunji throws an elbow that misses. Atkins uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Olatunji's guard. Nice move by Atkins!
Olatunji seems to have recovered his senses.
Atkins controlling from the top position.
Olatunji working a defensive guard but Atkins manages to pass into side control anyway.
Olatunji tries to buck Atkins off but Atkins is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins slows the pace down.
Atkins working away.
Olatunji is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olatunji wants to control but Atkins postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Olatunji manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Olatunji trying to control the action but Atkins is working from the bottom.
Olatunji is pressing down on Atkins's thigh, looking to free his foot. Atkins is holding on for now.
Olatunji is stalling here. Atkins is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Olatunji seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Atkins has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Atkins slows the pace down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atkins is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Olatunji tries to improve position but can't.
Olatunji being controlled for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Olatunji wants to control but Atkins postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Atkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JJ Olatunji's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Atkins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Olatunji.
Olatunji uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atkins.
Atkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atkins cracks a nice hook into Olatunji's ribs.
Olatunji closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Olatunji lands in his opponent's guard.
Olatunji stopping the sweep attempt from Atkins.
Olatunji sitting in guard here, content to control.
Atkins keeping moving, preventing Olatunji from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olatunji slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Olatunji pushing down on Atkins's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olatunji is keen to just control but Atkins is a slippery customer.
Olatunji is looking to stall here but Atkins recovers full guard.
Olatunji controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Atkins controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
We've been told by Atkins's head coaches at Top Gun Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Terry Atkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atkins loads up on a big right hand but Olatunji slips the punch.
Atkins throws a lazy right hand but Olatunji sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Olatunji drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Atkins defends it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Atkins misses the target.
Olatunji looking to score a takedown here. Atkins is defending well but Olatunji drives through and ends up in Atkins's guard.
Atkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olatunji can do to turn this around?
Olatunji looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Olatunji working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Atkins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins keeping moving, preventing Olatunji from controlling successfully.
Atkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Atkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are battling for position here. Olatunji manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Atkins's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Olatunji is looking to sweep but instead, Atkins has passed into half guard.
Atkins prevents Olatunji from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olatunji trying to control here.
Olatunji is looking for a sweep. Atkins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Atkins content to control rather than advance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Olatunji wants to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Terry Atkins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on JJ Olatunji's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Atkins has managed to clinch.
Atkins is pressed up against the cage. Olatunji has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Atkins down to the mat. Atkins avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Atkins swings for the body but Olatunji moves out of range.
Olatunji keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olatunji feints the counter takedown.
Atkins throws out a loose jab but Olatunji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olatunji on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Atkins.
Olatunji will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Atkins was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Olatunji uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atkins.
Atkins connects with a leg kick.
Olatunji dives in and grabs Atkins's left leg, looking for a takedown. Atkins pushes down on Olatunji's head and hops out.
Terry Atkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of JJ Olatunji.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olatunji slips a jab and a cross from Atkins.
A shot to the liver by Atkins. Beautiful body shot.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olatunji swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Olatunji shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Atkins defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olatunji misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Olatunji is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Atkins doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Olatunji crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Olatunji's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Terry Atkins!
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