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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Fijam (ranked 6484 p4p, 25371 weight class) and Narcissus Gustav (ranked 638 p4p, 0 weight class). Fijam comes to the cage accompanied by Vanilla Ice - 07. Too Cold. Narcissus Gustav acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White 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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Fijam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Narcissus Gustav!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustav throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Gustav does no damage.
Fijam swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gustav fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fijam has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gustav tries to break free but Fijam pushes him back against the cage.
Gustav blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gustav wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fijam has Gustav pressed against the cage, preventing Gustav from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fijam throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gustav is trying to break the clinch but Fijam has him pressed against the cage.
Gustav is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustav wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gustav wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fijam prevents Gustav from breaking the clinch.
Fijam throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gustav has had enough of the clinch but Fijam keeps him there for the moment.
Gustav blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fijam.
Fijam prevents Gustav from breaking the clinch.
Gustav looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fijam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gustav's efforts to push away.
Fijam prevents Gustav from breaking the clinch.
Gustav has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gustav dodges an elbow strike from Fijam.
Gustav wants to break free but Fijam has control.
Fijam has Gustav pressed against the cage, preventing Gustav from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gustav tries to circle away but Fijam has him pinned against the cage.
Gustav wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gustav has had enough of the clinch but Fijam keeps him there for the moment.
Fijam tries to land knees in the clinch but Gustav avoids the damage to the body.
Fijam keeps control of Gustav as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fijam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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.
Fijam has Gustav up against the cage in a clinch.
Fijam really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fijam is pushing Gustav up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fijam breaks from the clinch.
Gustav avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fijam is looking to clinch.
As Fijam backs off Gustav throws a huge counter combo but Fijam manages to avoid it all.
Gustav connects with a crisp jab.
Gustav scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gustav gets tackled into the cage by Fijam. Fijam maintains the clinch.
Gustav is trying to push Fijam away but Fijam has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fijam misses with a knee to the head.
Gustav tries to break free but Fijam pushes him back against the cage.
Gustav can't break the clinch.
Gustav blocks an elbow strike from Fijam.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustav tries to break free but Fijam pushes him back against the cage.
Fijam creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fijam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fijam tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gustav manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gustav works over Fijam's head and body with a nice combination.
Fijam instigates a clinch.
Fijam tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gustav avoids it.
Fijam lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Narcissus Gustav has been cut.
Gustav is trying to force a seperation but Fijam has the dominant position.
Fijam throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fijam lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gustav tries to break free but Fijam pushes him back against the cage.
Gustav is trying to break free.
Gustav has had enough of the clinch but Fijam keeps him there for the moment.
Gustav breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fijam fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gustav, pushing him back against the cage.
Fijam misses with an elbow strike.
Gustav blocks an elbow strike from Fijam.
Gustav wants to break free but Fijam has control.
Fijam misses with an elbow over the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustav has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gustav is trying to force a seperation but Fijam has the dominant position.
Gustav wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gustav working hard to break the clinch.
Fijam misses with an elbow over the top.
Gustav avoids a wild elbow strike from Fijam.
Fijam can't break the clinch.
Fijam throws an elbow but it misses.
Fijam keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gustav's efforts to push away.
Gustav wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fijam has him pressed against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Fijam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Narcissus Gustav's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fijam closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gustav to the mat! Gustav manages to get full guard.
Fijam drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Gustav dives on top into guard.
Fijam looking for a guillotine here but Gustav defends easily.
Fijam knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gustav on the ground.
Gustav is looking to stand up but Fijam won't let him.
Gustav connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fijam preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gustav is working Fijam over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gustav content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fijam is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gustav can do to turn this around?
Fijam utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fijam has control of Gustav's left arm, preventing Gustav from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gustav's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fijam is pulling down on Gustav's head. It's preventing any offense from Gustav, at least for the moment.
Gustav connects with a couple of short punches.
Gustav is breathing heavily.
Fijam keeping full guard, as Gustav tries to pass.
Fijam has his foot on Gustav's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gustav works his way back into a safe position though.
Gustav has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gustav avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gustav missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustav would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gustav is sitting in close to Fijam's body. Fijam has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Gustav is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Gustav is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Fijam.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). James Fijam!
A determined James Fijam didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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