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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Worf Mogh (ranked 1130 p4p, 2375 weight class) and Rikz Monkey (ranked 67 p4p, 137 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mogh might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gimme The Loot. Monkey has chosen Unbecoming as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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165 cm 20 140 4 - 0 - 0 |
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176 cm 19 141 4 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking KO power |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Worf Mogh! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rikz Monkey! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice takedown defense from Monkey. No joy for Mogh on that attempt. Mogh fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Monkey to the ground. Mogh is now in Monkey's guard. Monkey looking for a sweep. Not yet Monkey, not yet. Mogh content to stall in guard here. Monkey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Mogh content to stall in guard here. Mogh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Monkey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mogh. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mogh advances to half guard. Mogh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Mogh lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mogh uses his free foot to push down on Monkey's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Monkey. Mogh looking to control but Monkey is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Monkey is in a horrible position here. Mogh smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Mogh connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mogh 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. Mogh landing punches. Mogh lands a big shot there that rocks Monkey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mogh definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Mogh fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Monkey tries to hold on but Mogh postures up. Mogh is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Monkey can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Monkey is rocked!
It looks like Rikz Monkey has been cut. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Monkey can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! The referee warns Monkey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Monkey is still in real trouble! Can Mogh finish him? Mogh landing strikes from the mount. Mogh is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Monkey can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Mogh lands a big elbow - Monkey is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Monkey is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Worf Mogh! Worf Mogh retains his bantamweight title! An out of breath Worf Mogh thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. Rikz Monkey was interviewed post fight and said 'how?'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
52% |
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