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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alekos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Deep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
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148 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alekos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Deep!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papadopoulos closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Deep to the mat! Deep manages to get full guard.
Deep keeping moving, preventing Papadopoulos from controlling successfully.
Papadopoulos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Deep escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Papadopoulos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Deep looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Deep looking for a guillotine here but Papadopoulos defends easily.
Papadopoulos trying to control the position from guard on top but Deep is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Deep looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Papadopoulos wants to control from the top but Deep keeps moving.
Papadopoulos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Papadopoulos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Papadopoulos postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos looking to pass the guard.
Papadopoulos trying to control but Deep is working from the bottom.
Papadopoulos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Deep throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Papadopoulos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Papadopoulos shoots in and bounces Deep off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Deep looks gassed!
Papadopoulos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Papadopoulos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Deep escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Papadopoulos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Papadopoulos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Papadopoulos landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deep is looking for a triangle but Papadopoulos pushes his legs off easily.
Papadopoulos is stalling in the full guard.
Papadopoulos seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Deep for as long as he can get away with.
Papadopoulos looking to pass the guard.
Papadopoulos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Papadopoulos stopping the sweep attempt from Deep.
Papadopoulos pushes down on Deep's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Papadopoulos controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deep looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Deep is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Papadopoulos pulls his head out easily.
Deep actively working from the bottom here.
Papadopoulos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Deep looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Deep is trying to get back to full guard.
Papadopoulos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Deep looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Papadopoulos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Papadopoulos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Papadopoulos wants to control but Deep is keeping him busy.
Deep regains half guard.
Papadopoulos trying to pass the guard but Deep defending well.
Deep looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Papadopoulos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Deep on the ground.
Papadopoulos seems to be working for a kimura but Deep defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Papadopoulos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alekos Papadopoulos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Deep lands a really nice looking cross but Papadopoulos seems unphased.
Deep looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Deep fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Papadopoulos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Papadopoulos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Papadopoulos trying to control the action but Deep is working from the bottom.
Deep makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Deep.
Deep has his foot on Papadopoulos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Papadopoulos works his way back into a safe position though.
Deep is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Papadopoulos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Papadopoulos stands and throws Deep's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Papadopoulos postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Deep manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Deep wants to work for an arm triangle but Papadopoulos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Papadopoulos gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Deep thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Alekos Papadopoulos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Papadopoulos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Deep manages to get himself to full guard.
Papadopoulos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Papadopoulos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Deep swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Deep looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Deep keeping moving, preventing Papadopoulos from controlling successfully.
Papadopoulos is posturing up here but Deep has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Papadopoulos tries to roll out but it's too tight and Papadopoulos has to tap! Slick submission there by Deep!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jim Deep!
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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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