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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luke Moxley (ranked 24599 p4p, 4790 weight class) and Kwame Bankole (ranked 509 p4p, 398 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
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Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luke Moxley !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kwame Bankole!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bankole looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Moxley !
Bankole is putting a hurting on Moxley here, landing some big shots from side control.
The strikes coming from Bankole are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Moxley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bankole on the ground.
Bankole looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Moxley seems a little lost for a moment, as Bankole dominates the positioning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moxley dodges the ground and pound from Bankole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bankole thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bankole remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bankole trying to control the action but Moxley 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.
Bankole controlling the position from side mount.
Bankole tries to move to mount but Moxley blocks the move with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Bankole politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bankole prefers to stall for the moment though.
Bankole fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Moxley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bankole tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Bankole remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bankole in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Moxley is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kwame Bankole!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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