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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xigua Tou (ranked 3241 p4p, 2688 weight class) and Islam Ali (ranked 380 p4p, 332 weight class). Tou comes to the cage accompanied by Gwen Stacy - Gone Fishing. See You In A Year.. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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7 - 2 - 1 |
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3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Xigua Tou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Islam Ali!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali misses with a wild combination.
We've been hearing reports that Tou has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tou gets a takedown into half guard.
Tou wants to free his trapped foot but Ali is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Tou keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ali is looking to escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali won't allow Tou to pass to mount.
Ali is looking to escape.
Tou sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali is looking to get back to is feet but Tou passes into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tou connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ali some visible discomfort.
Ali tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Ali is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Tou lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ali is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Tou controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ali looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tou scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ali?
Tou cracks Ali with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tou is landing with some decent strikes but Ali is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ali is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tou 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. Ali looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Tou! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Xigua Tou!
Xigua Tou decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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