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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chumani Adofo (ranked 2275 p4p, 2139 weight class) and Edwin Hubble (ranked 246 p4p, 232 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chumani Adofo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Edwin Hubble!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Adofo.
It looks like Edwin Hubble has been cut.
Adofo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adofo seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hubble shoots in and drives through. Adofo sprawls well.
Adofo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hubble. Hubble circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hubble darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hubble not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hubble looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Adofo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Adofo wants to get back to his feet.
Hubble is controlling the pace.
Hubble missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adofo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hubble missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hubble looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hubble trying to control the pace.
Hubble throwing shots but Adofo is blocking nicely.
Hubble thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Adofo's head.
Hubble drops an elbow to the side of Adofo's head.
Hubble wants to control but Adofo is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hubble thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Hubble.
Hubble has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hubble not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adofo is in trouble now - Hubble has advanced to mount!
The referee warns Adofo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Adofo is in a horrible position here. Hubble smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hubble breaks from Adofo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Hubble.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hubble scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Adofo?
Hubble dominating with strikes here.
Hubble cracks Adofo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hubble lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Adofo hang on?
Adofo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hubble trying to control but Adofo is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hubble breaks from Adofo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hubble lands a big shot there that rocks Adofo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hubble postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Adofo looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hubble postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Adofo looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hubble pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hubble with the ground and pound from mount.
Adofo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Hubble postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Adofo looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hubble is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Adofo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Adofo shrugs it off.
Adofo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hubble tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Adofo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Adofo tries to get out of the position.
Hubble goes for an armbar but Adofo turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Adofo.
Adofo preventing the sweep.
Adofo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hubble wants to sweep but no luck.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edwin Hubble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edwin Hubble's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Adofo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hubble stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Adofo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hubble on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hubble gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hubble is rocked!
A shot to the body from Adofo misses
and Hubble decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Adofo's guard.
Hubble tries to free his leg and advance position but Adofo is retaining full guard.
Hubble working some strikes from top position.
Hubble trying to control the position from guard on top but Adofo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hubble won't allow Adofo to get back to his feet.
Hubble with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hubble lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hubble stops Adofo from standing up.
Hubble missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hubble trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Adofo can't keep his opponent in guard - Hubble advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hubble is looking to take a break and control but Adofo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Adofo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hubble lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Adofo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hubble.
Hubble trying to control the pace.
Hubble scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hubble controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hubble is keen to just control but Adofo is a slippery customer.
Hubble throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hubble looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Adofo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Hubble.
Hubble missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hubble has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Adofo defend it? Hubble steps over the head and cranks it - Adofo is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hubble!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Edwin Hubble!
Our winner, Edwin Hubble, 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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FIGHT
RATING
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