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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Louis Cane (ranked 4136 p4p, 4339 weight class) and Mike Elliott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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175 cm 18 180 0 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm 18 170 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt Brawler Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louis Cane! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Elliott! The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Elliott manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cane on his heels. He'll look to pass Cane's guard now, I'm sure. Cane not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Elliott controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Cane working a defensive guard here.
Elliott lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Elliott is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet. Elliott closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cane did well to prevent Elliott getting side control. Cane is looking to control Elliott's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cane avoid being mounted? Still in half guard, Elliott seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Elliott passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cane! Elliott 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. Cane looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Elliott! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mike Elliott!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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