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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between DeVon Hampton (ranked 3930 p4p, 3820 weight class) and Alphonse Ngouabi (ranked 488 p4p, 476 weight class). Ngouabi has chosen Lacrimosa (GRIM Remix) as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, DeVon Hampton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alphonse Ngouabi!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ngouabi drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ngouabi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ngouabi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hampton tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ngouabi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ngouabi is looking to take a break and control but Hampton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hampton tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ngouabi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hampton manages to get back to half guard.
Ngouabi seems to be looking for submissions.
Hampton is looking for a sweep. Ngouabi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hampton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ngouabi has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Gold Samurai's Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Ngouabi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hampton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ngouabi manages to get himself to full guard.
Hampton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hampton postures up and lands a big shot to Ngouabi's brow.
Hampton 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.
Ngouabi has momentary wrist control but Hampton slips an elbow through the middle.
Ngouabi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hampton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hampton passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hampton lands an elbow.
Hampton working the head with strikes.
Ngouabi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hampton lands a few punches from side control.
Hampton lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ngouabi prevents Hampton from improving position.
Hampton working the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ngouabi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ngouabi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hampton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hampton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ngouabi's guard.
Hampton cracks Ngouabi with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton prevents Ngouabi from getting back to his feet.
Hampton passes Ngouabi's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ngouabi is trying to stand back up but Hampton is controlling him
Ngouabi is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Ground and pound from Hampton.
Hampton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hampton is looking to advance position but Ngouabi won't allow it.
Hampton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ngouabi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ngouabi taking some punishment here, with Hampton in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hampton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hampton tries to pass to full mount but Ngouabi defends it.
Hampton slips a nice elbow through Ngouabi's hands, connecting with Ngouabi's forehead.
Hampton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hampton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ngouabi is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ngouabi pushes Hampton off looking to stand but Hampton dives back in and keeps control.
Ngouabi is still in real trouble! Can Hampton finish him?
Ngouabi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Ngouabi seems to have recovered his senses.
Ngouabi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ngouabi is looking to stand up but Hampton isn't so interested in that idea.
Hampton works over Ngouabi with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hampton passes Ngouabi's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hampton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
DeVon Hampton dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hampton drives through with a takedown into Ngouabi's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ngouabi has his feet on Hampton's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Hampton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ngouabi is fending him off so far but Hampton persists. Nope, Ngouabi circles away and we're back to standing.
Hampton dodges the punch combination from Ngouabi.
Ngouabi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hampton shoots in and bounces Ngouabi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ngouabi has momentary wrist control but Hampton slips an elbow through the middle.
Hampton is in close to Ngouabi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hampton distracts Ngouabi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hampton stops Ngouabi from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ngouabi wants to improve his position but instead Hampton has moved into half guard.
Hampton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hampton lands a nice short elbow.
Hampton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hampton trying to mount his opponent but Ngouabi defends it.
Ngouabi is trying to stand up here but Hampton is controlling him well.
Hampton passes to side control.
DeVon Hampton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hampton working the ground and pound.
Hampton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ngouabi can do to turn this around?
Hampton working away.
Ngouabi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ngouabi takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hampton in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hampton lands a strong strike to the head of Ngouabi. That's dazed him! Hampton looking to finish here. Ngouabi is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Hampton lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeVon Hampton!
Our winner, DeVon Hampton, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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