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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alan Ragasatria (ranked 3719 p4p, 3663 weight class) and Hiroshi Papo (ranked 213 p4p, 211 weight class). Alan Ragasatria is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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155 cm 25 135 10 - 10 - 0 |
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160 cm 31 140 5 - 6 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt Basic striking Granite chin |
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Good wrestler Basic striking Powerful |
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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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alan Ragasatria! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroshi Papo! The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Papo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Ragasatria has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Papo escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Papo! Papo is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Ragasatria will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already. Ragasatria tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad. Papo looking to control and managing it successfully. Ragasatria wants to hold on but Papo pushes him away. Ragasatria could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ragasatria is wriggling around trying to escape.
Papo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ragasatria is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ragasatria is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Papo content just to control the position here. Papo prevents Ragasatria from getting the reversal. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Ragasatria tries to hold on but Papo postures up. Papo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Papo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ragasatria is wriggling around trying to escape.
Papo with shots to the head and body - Ragasatria looks very uncomfortable down there. Ragasatria tries to lock up and control but Papo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Papo looking to control and managing it successfully. Papo punishing his opponent with strikes. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ragasatria is desperately trying to improve his position but Papo has a good base and remains in mount. Papo content just to control the position here. Ragasatria tries to lock up and control but Papo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Papo controlling the position easily from mount. Ragasatria tries to lock up and control but Papo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ragasatria is trying desperately to improve position. Ragasatria tries to hold on but Papo postures up. Ragasatria is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Papo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. Papo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Ragasatria really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ragasatria wants to hold on but Papo pushes him away. Papo controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Papo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Ragasatria wants to control but Papo is having none of it. Papo controlling the position easily from mount. Ragasatria taking shots to the head. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroshi Papo dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ragasatria tries to sprawl but Papo drives through with a takedown into half guard. Ragasatria actively working from the bottom here. Papo controlling the pace. Ragasatria trying to control from the bottom.
Papo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Papo sitting and controlling from the half guard. Papo has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Hiroshi Papo has got the better of the ground game so far. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Let's hope that Papo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ragasatria actively working from the bottom here. Papo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Papo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Ragasatria is looking to control Papo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ragasatria avoid being mounted? Ragasatria is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Papo pulls his head out easily. Papo slows the pace down in half guard. Ragasatria looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two 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. Papo content to control rather than advance. Ragasatria looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Papo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Papo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Ragasatria being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Papo has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Ragasatria to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Papo is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Ragasatria pulls down on the head and he's put Papo to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Alan Ragasatria! During a confident post fight interview, Alan Ragasatria thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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