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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danjuma Legba (ranked 970 p4p, 867 weight class) and Armand Christophe (ranked 135 p4p, 119 weight class). Legba's entrance music is Dez Only 1 - Witchdoctor . A fine choice. Christophe has chosen Shadows as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danjuma Legba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Armand Christophe!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legba looks for a takedown but Christophe sprawls well.
Legba moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromChristophe.
Legba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Legba gets a double leg takedown into Christophe's guard.
Legba preventing the sweep.
Legba won't allow Christophe to get back to his feet.
Legba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Legba prevents Christophe from getting back to his feet.
Legba is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legba trying to control the position from guard on top but Christophe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Legba has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Christophe pulls Legba in close to prevent any damage.
Christophe keeping full guard, as Legba tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legba avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Christophe looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Christophe working a defensive guard here.
Christophe can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Legba controls the pace.
Legba scoring with punches to the head and body.
Christophe keeping moving, preventing Legba from controlling successfully.
Christophe is trying to keep Legba in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Legba slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Legba lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Christophe is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Legba passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Christophe!
Christophe slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Christophe makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Christophe.
Legba stopping the sweep attempt from Christophe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Legba wants to control from the top but Christophe keeps moving.
Christophe 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.
Christophe trying to keep a closed guard but Legba is proving a slippery customer.
Christophe throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Christophe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Legba wants to pass the guard but Christophe is keeping the position.
That's four 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.
Christophe is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Legba looking to improve position, pressing down on Christophe's thigh with his hand. Christophe seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Legba paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Legba's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Christophe picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Armand Christophe!
During a confident post fight interview, Armand Christophe thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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