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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samwel Nkruma (ranked 24950 p4p, 24809 weight class) and Bobby Jones (ranked 579 p4p, 567 weight class). Nkruma comes to the cage accompanied by The Imperial March - Pegboard Nerds. Bobby Jones will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samwel Nkruma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Jones!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Nkruma counters by clinching up.
Nkruma jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jones walks away with a smile on his face. Nkruma gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nkruma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Jones on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nkruma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Nkruma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nkruma gets a clinch.
Nkruma decides to pull guard.
Jones trying to control but Nkruma is working from the bottom.
Nkruma 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.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Nkruma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nkruma has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jones has managed to get both his arms back between Nkruma's legs - danger averted.
Jones wants to control from the top but Nkruma keeps moving.
Nkruma is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nkruma looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nkruma has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Jones should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Nkruma has tightened it up now! Jones should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Samwel Nkruma!
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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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