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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alekos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bruce Assman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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170 cm
24
155 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alekos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bruce Assman!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assman shoots in for a takedown but Papadopoulos shows good takedown defense.
Assman shoots for a takedown but Papadopoulos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Assman scores with a four punch combination!
Assman 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.
Papadopoulos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Assman!
Papadopoulos thowing shots but they're missing.
Assman is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Papadopoulos landing strikes from the mount and Assman is in trouble!
Papadopoulos controlling from mount.
Assman is squirming around, avoiding Papadopoulos's attempts to control the action.
Papadopoulos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Papadopoulos controlling the pace for now.
Papadopoulos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Papadopoulos controlling from mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Papadopoulos's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assman regains half guard.
Papadopoulos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Papadopoulos seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Assman for as long as he can get away with.
Papadopoulos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but Assman is blocking nicely.
The fighters are battling for position here. Assman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Assman keeping moving, preventing Papadopoulos from controlling successfully.
Assman is pulling down on Papadopoulos's head to control his posture.
Papadopoulos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Papadopoulos tries to free his leg and advance position but Assman is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Papadopoulos wants to pass the guard but Assman is keeping the position.
Papadopoulos thows a big elbow that misses.
Papadopoulos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Papadopoulos is breathing heavily.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Papadopoulos shoots in looking for a takedown. Assman tries to sprawl out of it but Papadopoulos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Assman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Assman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Papadopoulos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Assman's guard.
Alekos Papadopoulos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of bruce Assman.
Papadopoulos wants to control from the top but Assman keeps moving.
Assman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Papadopoulos wants to pass the guard but Assman is keeping the position.
Assman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Assman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papadopoulos trying to control the position from guard on top but Assman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Papadopoulos trying to control but Assman is working from the bottom.
Papadopoulos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Assman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Papadopoulos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Papadopoulos wants to pass the guard but Assman is keeping the position.
Assman working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Papadopoulos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Papadopoulos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Papadopoulos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four 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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Papadopoulos closes the distance and clinches up with Assman, looking for a takedown. Papadopoulos pushes Assman against the ropes but Assman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Papadopoulos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Assman lands a two punch combo.
Papadopoulos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Assman lands the left hand.
Assman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Assman scores with a punch to the head.
Assman scores with a nice strike.
Assman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Papadopoulos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Assman connects with a nice looking jab.
Assman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Papadopoulos fails to land the takedown.
Papadopoulos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Assman circles away.
Papadopoulos shoots in but Assman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assman throws a series of strikes that have Papadopoulos backpedaling.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Assman.
Papadopoulos tries for a takedown but Assman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alekos Papadopoulos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Papadopoulos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Assman looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Papadopoulos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Assman keeps working.
Papadopoulos is really struggling to control Assman but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Assman manages to work his way to half guard, despite Papadopoulos's best efforts.
Papadopoulos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The fighters are battling for position here. Assman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Papadopoulos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Assman has his foot on Papadopoulos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Papadopoulos works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Papadopoulos has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Assman to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Papadopoulos is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Assman pulls down on the head and he's put Papadopoulos to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). bruce Assman!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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