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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Moxley (ranked 4352 p4p, 2373 weight class) and Carlos Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Moxley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luke Moxley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha clinches up with Moxley and pushes him back against the cage.
Rocha pulls Moxley into guard.
Rocha throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Moxley looking to sit in guard and control but Rocha gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rocha is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rocha wants to control from the top but Moxley keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocha slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Moxley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rocha gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha trying to control but Moxley is working from the bottom.
Rocha slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Moxley is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rocha got a little sloppy there for a moment and Moxley has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rocha has managed to get both his arms back between Moxley's legs - danger averted.
Moxley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rocha not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Moxley wants to sweep but no luck.
Moxley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Moxley shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Moxley was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rocha is holding Moxley down, trying to stall.
Rocha manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha gets full guard.
Rocha looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rocha looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rocha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rocha seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Rocha manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Moxley manages to get himself to full guard.
Moxley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha controlling from the top position.
Moxley can't keep his opponent in guard - Rocha advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Moxley wants to control the action here but instead Rocha manages to pass to full mount!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rocha looking to isolate an arm here. Moxley doesn't see it coming and as Rocha extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Rocha!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Carlos Rocha!
Our winner, Carlos Rocha, 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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