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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fugg Yu Upp (ranked 5783 p4p, 6025 weight class) and Chris Finch (ranked 668 p4p, 680 weight class). Fugg Yu Upp looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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5 - 3 - 0 |
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4 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fugg Yu Upp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Finch!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yu Upp blocks a head kick by Finch.
Yu Upp fails to land with a series of punches.
Finch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Finch throws a body punch but Yu Upp moves out of range.
As Finch looks to move away, Yu Upp throws a big counter combo but Finch just gets out of the way.
Finch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Finch slips a jab and a cross from Yu Upp.
Yu Upp is breathing heavily.
Nice body kick from Finch.
Finch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Finch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Finch.
Yu Upp walks forward, straight into a front kick from Finch.
Finch scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finch lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Fugg Yu Upp has been cut.
Finch scores with a jab to the body.
Finch tests Yu Upp's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Finch lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice combo by Finch! Oh, that's hurt him - Yu Upp falls to the canvas and Finch follows him into side control.
Yu Upp is rocked!
Finch just content to control the position.
Oh Yu Upp is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finch tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finch is chipping away with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finch scores with punches from side control.
Yu Upp is being controlled here.
Yu Upp seems to have got his legs back now.
Finch is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yu Upp is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finch is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Yu Upp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Finch on the ground.
Finch throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finch has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Yu Upp!
Finch throws some wild stikes that Yu Upp manages to avoid easily.
Finch controlling from the full mount.
Finch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Finch landing strikes, looking to finish!
Finch pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Finch controlling the pace for now.
Finch scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Finch with the ground and pound from mount.
Finch is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yu Upp can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finch content just to control the position here.
Finch scoring with strikes but Yu Upp is staying in there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finch has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Yu Upp is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chris Finch!
Chris Finch decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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