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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Thumbs Up Emoji (ranked 25284 p4p, 24816 weight class) and Fritz Decom (ranked 496 p4p, 0 weight class). Fritz Decom will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ricardo Thumbs Up Emoji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fritz Decom!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thumbs Up Emoji showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Decom.
Decom misses with a wild combination.
Decom throws a right and a left that both miss.
Decom throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Decom fails to land with a series of punches.
Decom misses with a jab, cross combination.
Decom lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Decom stalks Thumbs Up Emoji and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thumbs Up Emoji's face. Thumbs Up Emoji staggers backwards, shaken.
Decom scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decom misses with a few strikes there.
It looked like Thumbs Up Emoji was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Decom throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thumbs Up Emoji moves into the clinch.
Thumbs Up Emoji's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Decom is looking to clinch but Thumbs Up Emoji is avoiding it.
Thumbs Up Emoji fails with the takedown.
Decom scores with a one two! Thumbs Up Emoji had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decom misses with a double jab.
Thumbs Up Emoji misses with a body kick.
Fritz Decom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thumbs Up Emoji drives through and clinches with Decom against the cage.
Thumbs Up Emoji taking a breather.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thumbs Up Emoji - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thumbs Up Emoji gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Thumbs Up Emoji with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Decom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thumbs Up Emoji's elbow.
Decom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Decom gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Thumbs Up Emoji to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Thumbs Up Emoji lands a couple of elbows.
Thumbs Up Emoji passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thumbs Up Emoji stalling.
Thumbs Up Emoji has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Thumbs Up Emoji lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thumbs Up Emoji scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Decom wants to get back to full guard.
Decom looks winded!
Thumbs Up Emoji slows the pace down in half guard.
Decom is trying to get back to full guard.
Thumbs Up Emoji trying to control the pace.
Thumbs Up Emoji seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Decom for as long as he can get away with.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Thumbs Up Emoji passes to full mount!
Thumbs Up Emoji sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Decom really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thumbs Up Emoji. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fritz Decom dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Thumbs Up Emoji throws a right and a left that Decom avoids nicely.
Decom looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Decom misses with a few strikes there.
Decom wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Decom throws a series of punches but Thumbs Up Emoji avoids them all with ease.
Thumbs Up Emoji moves into range and clinches up with Decom.
Decom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thumbs Up Emoji's elbow.
Decom breaks from the clinch.
Thumbs Up Emoji dodges the punch combination from Decom.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Decom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thumbs Up Emoji closes the distance and clinches up with Decom, looking for a takedown. Thumbs Up Emoji pushes Decom against the cage but Decom circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Decom.
Decom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thumbs Up Emoji closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Decom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thumbs Up Emoji's elbow.
Thumbs Up Emoji manages to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decom stands up and waves to Thumbs Up Emoji to follow him.
Fritz Decom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decom fails to land with a series of punches.
Decom is breathing heavily.
Thumbs Up Emoji clinches up with Decom and pushes him back against the cage.
Decom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thumbs Up Emoji leaning against his opponent.
Thumbs Up Emoji jumps guard and drags Decom to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Thumbs Up Emoji trying to keep a closed guard but Decom is proving a slippery customer.
Thumbs Up Emoji is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Decom presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Thumbs Up Emoji working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Decom breaks from the clinch.
Thumbs Up Emoji keeps the fight on the outside.
Decom throws a nice looking combination but Thumbs Up Emoji bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thumbs Up Emoji shoots in looking for a takedown but Decom manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Thumbs Up Emoji's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Thumbs Up Emoji closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Decom quickly recovers to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thumbs Up Emoji decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thumbs Up Emoji closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Decom's guard.
Decom wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Thumbs Up Emoji manages to pass to side control.
Thumbs Up Emoji content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thumbs Up Emoji prevents Decom from standing back up.
Thumbs Up Emoji is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thumbs Up Emoji landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Decom is defending against the submission attempts here by Thumbs Up Emoji.
Decom tries to kick Thumbs Up Emoji off but Thumbs Up Emoji keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ricardo Thumbs Up Emoji overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thumbs Up Emoji prevents Decom from improving his position.
Thumbs Up Emoji sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thumbs Up Emoji looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Decom with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Decom taking some punishment here, with Thumbs Up Emoji in his half guard.
Thumbs Up Emoji controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ricardo Thumbs Up Emoji will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Thumbs Up Emoji moves into range and clinches up with Decom.
Thumbs Up Emoji lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Decom backwards.
Thumbs Up Emoji jumps guard and drags Decom to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Thumbs Up Emoji is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Thumbs Up Emoji is looking for a kimura here.
Thumbs Up Emoji perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decom wants to improve his position but Thumbs Up Emoji is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decom keeps trying to improve his position.
Thumbs Up Emoji stands up from half guard.
Decom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Decom misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thumbs Up Emoji throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Decom tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Thumbs Up Emoji is in Decom's guard.
Thumbs Up Emoji stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Thumbs Up Emoji changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Decom looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee asks Thumbs Up Emoji politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Thumbs Up Emoji prefers to stall for the moment though.
Thumbs Up Emoji is putting a hurting on Decom here, landing some big shots from side control.
Thumbs Up Emoji is trying to get an arm triangle but Decom is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thumbs Up Emoji decides to stand back up. Thumbs Up Emoji steps back and let's Decom get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decom tries to clinch
and Thumbs Up Emoji counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Decom scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Thumbs Up Emoji manages to mount him!
Decom is rocked!
Decom is still in real trouble! Can Thumbs Up Emoji finish him?
Thumbs Up Emoji lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Decom hang on?
Thumbs Up Emoji raining down hammerfists from mount.
Decom keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thumbs Up Emoji controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decom working to try and regain half guard.
Thumbs Up Emoji working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Thumbs Up Emoji lands a big shot to the head and Decom winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ricardo Thumbs Up Emoji!
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G |
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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