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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sirus Hughes (ranked 3405 p4p, 4947 weight class) and Mike Mad Mike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hughes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Devil "Shinedown". There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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170 cm 35 140 22 - 16 - 0 |
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168 cm 19 137 1 - 0 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ Solid boxing Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler Counter fighter Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sirus Hughes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Mad Mike! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mad Mike wants to clinch. Mad Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hughes swats him away and circles back towards the center. A head kick misses from Hughes. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mad Mike! But no joy. Mad Mike uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
Hughes jabs at Mad Mike's body. Hughes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Hughes dodges the punch combination from Mad Mike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hughes swings for the body but Mad Mike moves out of range.
Mad Mike closes the distance and pushes Hughes back into the cage. Hughes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Mad Mike has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Mad Mike moves into the clinch. Mad Mike fails to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mad Mike gets control of Hughes's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mad Mike will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Mad Mike working for a triangle but Hughes defends it easily.
Mad Mike working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hughes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hughes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Mad Mike is working an open guard so Hughes takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Hughes lands a jab to the nose. Hughes lands an overhand right. Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Mad Mike swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Hughes clinches. Mad Mike is trying to drag Hughes to the mat but Hughes just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hughes blocking some punches.
Mad Mike blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Mad Mike decides to pull guard. Mad Mike looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Mad Mike is looking for a triangle but Hughes pushes his legs off easily.
Hughes wants to get up but he can't break Mad Mike's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. Hughes gets to his feet. Mad Mike looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! Hughes works Mad Mike's body with a nice hook. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Hughes lands a lovely overhand right. Hughes scores with a three punch combo!
Hughes throws a sloppy head kick and Mad Mike moves out of range easily. Mad Mike wants to counter with a clinch but Hughes pushes him away. Sirus Hughes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Hughes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mad Mike's hands.
Mad Mike is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hughes lands with a good body shot. Mad Mike is still on wobbly legs! Can Hughes finish him? Mad Mike looks winded! Hughes lands a nice hook to Mad Mike's body. Mad Mike takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Hughes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hughes pulls Mad Mike into guard.
Hughes has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Mad Mike doesn't defend quickly enough and Hughes has managed to lock this one up! Can Mad Mike escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Hughes on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Sirus Hughes!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
52% |
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