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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jack Sparrow (ranked 3994 p4p, 4619 weight class) and Funky Colemadina (ranked 227 p4p, 253 weight class). Colemadina is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: immortal by adema. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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137
14 - 5 - 0 |
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150 cm
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130
10 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Sparrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Funky Colemadina!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparrow looks for a takedown but Colemadina sprawls well.
Sparrow shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sparrow showed some decent athleticism there.
Colemadina is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Sparrow throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Colemadina can do anything to dispel that myth.
Colemadina wants to get back to his feet.
Sparrow working over Colemadina with some ground and pound. Colemadina looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sparrow lands with a punch from half guard.
Sparrow controlling the action here.
Sparrow will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sparrow trying to mount his opponent but Colemadina defends it.
Colemadina wants to improve his position but Sparrow is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colemadina wants to control but Sparrow is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sparrow uses his free foot to push down on Colemadina's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Colemadina.
Colemadina manages to control the position for a moment.
Colemadina bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Colemadina stays in close to Sparrow's body and controls the position.
Sparrow bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Colemadina's guard.
Sparrow seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sparrow lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colemadina tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sparrow cracks Colemadina with a solid left hand.
Sparrow scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sparrow lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sparrow is in close to Colemadina's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sparrow works over Colemadina with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparrow postures up and lands a big shot to Colemadina's brow.
Sparrow trying to control the position from guard on top but Colemadina is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sparrow postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sparrow advances to half guard.
Sparrow working the head and body with strikes.
Sparrow looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Colemadina with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sparrow is looking to take a break and control but Colemadina is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colemadina has hold of Sparrow's hands but Sparrow slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sparrow wants to pass the guard but Colemadina is defending well.
Sparrow trying to control from half guard but Colemadina is working away.
Colemadina punching from the bottom.
Sparrow has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Colemadina on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sparrow content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Colemadina is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sparrow scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sparrow working over Colemadina with some ground and pound. Colemadina looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sparrow lands strikes from half guard.
Sparrow is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sparrow lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Sparrow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sparrow connects with a nice short shot to Colemadina's temple.
Colemadina has hold of Sparrow's hands but Sparrow slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sparrow working the head and body with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparrow working Colemadina over with strikes.
Colemadina tries to get to full guard but Sparrow has control of the leg.
Colemadina on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sparrow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sparrow takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sparrow sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sparrow looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Colemadina with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sparrow is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Sparrow dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sparrow manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Colemadina on his heels. He'll look to pass Colemadina's guard now, I'm sure.
Sparrow trying to control the position from guard on top but Colemadina is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sparrow stopping the sweep attempt from Colemadina.
Colemadina throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Colemadina trying to control the position.
Sparrow stands up over Colemadina, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sparrow with a nice head shot there.
Sparrow postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sparrow distracts Colemadina with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sparrow postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sparrow landing some decent shots from guard.
Sparrow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Colemadina can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colemadina keeping moving, preventing Sparrow from controlling successfully.
Sparrow keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Colemadina's head.
Sparrow lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sparrow trying to control but Colemadina is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sparrow's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Colemadina is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sparrow is aware though and is defending well.
Sparrow landing some decent shots from guard.
Sparrow chips away with some ground and pound.
Sparrow works over Colemadina with some ground and pound from guard.
Sparrow landing some decent shots from guard.
Sparrow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Colemadina swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow looking to sit in guard and control but Colemadina gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sparrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Colemadina is one step ahead there.
Colemadina being controlled here momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sparrow looking for a sweep. Not yet Sparrow, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colemadina must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sparrow is pulling down on Colemadina's head to control his posture.
Colemadina preventing the sweep.
Colemadina trying to control the position from guard on top but Sparrow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sparrow manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Colemadina manages to get himself to full guard.
Sparrow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Colemadina works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow is working Colemadina over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sparrow postures up in Colemadina's guard and throws a big left but Colemadina blocks it.
Colemadina wants to sweep here but Sparrow controlling him for the moment.
Sparrow passes Colemadina's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sparrow connects with a nice short shot to Colemadina's temple.
Sparrow working Colemadina over with strikes.
Sparrow works his way into full mount!
Sparrow is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Colemadina tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sparrow working the ground and pound effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Colemadina in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Sparrow dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sparrow shoots in and gets a takedown into Colemadina's guard.
Sparrow throws a big elbow that misses.
Sparrow pushing down on Colemadina's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nice strikes from Sparrow there.
Sparrow is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sparrow is nestled in close to Colemadina, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sparrow slips a nice elbow through Colemadina's hands, connecting with Colemadina's forehead.
Colemadina is trying to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Sparrow there.
Sparrow seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Colemadina does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sparrow lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Colemadina taking some punishment here, with Sparrow in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparrow wants to pass the guard but Colemadina is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparrow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Colemadina is in trouble now - Sparrow has advanced to mount!
Sparrow avoids the attempt from Colemadina to control.
Sparrow lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Colemadina manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sparrow is nestled in close to Colemadina, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sparrow looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Colemadina with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sparrow is thwarting Colemadina's attempts to control the position.
Colemadina taking some punishment here, with Sparrow in his half guard.
Sparrow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jack Sparrow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Sparrow seems content to control.
Colemadina tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Colemadina is looking for a sweep. Sparrow is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sparrow perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sparrow is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow controlling his opponent.
Sparrow's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Further stalling from Sparrow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Funky Colemadina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Sparrow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sparrow, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Sparrow!
A relieved looking Jack Sparrow thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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