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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard John Salvacion (ranked 24780 p4p, 3307 weight class) and Konichiwa Jempsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard John Salvacion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Konichiwa Jempsa!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jempsa shoots in and bounces Salvacion off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Salvacion looking to control.
Jempsa wants to pass the guard but Salvacion is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jempsa sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jempsa wants to pass the guard but Salvacion is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jempsa is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jempsa is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jempsa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jempsa is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jempsa's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two 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.
Jempsa is working Salvacion over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jempsa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jempsa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Jempsa might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jempsa decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jempsa lands with a punch from half guard.
Jempsa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jempsa connects with a nice short shot to Salvacion's temple.
Salvacion is breathing heavily.
Jempsa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jempsa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jempsa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jempsa lands a nice short elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jempsa is thwarting Salvacion's attempts to control the position.
Jempsa lands with a punch from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Konichiwa Jempsa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jempsa gets a double leg takedown into Salvacion's guard.
Jempsa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jempsa is in close to Salvacion's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jempsa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jempsa controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jempsa landing some decent shots from guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jempsa working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Jempsa forces his way into half guard.
Jempsa is figuring out what he wants to do next.
More stalling from Jempsa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jempsa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jempsa gets a double leg takedown into Salvacion's guard.
Jempsa works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jempsa sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jempsa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jempsa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jempsa trying to control the pace.
Jempsa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jempsa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jempsa lands with a punch from half guard.
Jempsa frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jempsa looking to control and managing it successfully.
Salvacion knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jempsa on the ground.
A nice elbow there by Jempsa.
Jempsa dominating with strikes here.
Jempsa controlling the position easily from mount.
Jempsa working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Salvacion looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Jempsa! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Konichiwa Jempsa!
Konichiwa Jempsa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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