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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Brown (ranked 3674 p4p, 5048 weight class) and Andre King (ranked 522 p4p, 656 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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177 cm 25 190 1 - 0 - 0 |
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193 cm 22 191 0 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns Brawler Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent MT Granite chin |
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Brown! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andre King! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Brown throws a right and a left that both miss. King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center. Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brown half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range. Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for King. King fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown misses with a kick to the body.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center. King scores with the left hand. Brown knows he should have avoided that one. Brown is looking to land body kicks. King gets in close and instigates a clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Brown is trying to pull guard but King turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. King trying to land knees to the body.
King missing with knees to the body.
Brown jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as King walks away with a smile on his face. Brown gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. A slapping body kick lands there for King. King is looking to land body kicks. Brown tries to counter with a takedown but King is quick to defend against it.
That's one minute gone in the round. King has closed the distance and engaged Brown in a clinch.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it. Brown drops down looking for an ankle pick but King pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him. King throws a wild body kick that Brown sees coming a mile off. Brown misses with a leg kick. King instigates a clinch. King misses with some punches.
Brown tries to pull guard but King won't allow it.
Brown tries to pull guard but King holds him up against the cage and eventually Brown drops back down to his feet.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King misses with the head strike.
Brown looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio. Brown decides to pull guard. Brown is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brown might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. King has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Brown is proving hard to escape from.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Brown keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully. King throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Brown looking for a guillotine here but King defends easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. King tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brown looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Brown keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully. Brown is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. King is aware though and is defending well. Brown looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but King is defending well. Brown quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! King has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Brown celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Brown!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
42% |
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