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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kal El (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Jade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
24
210 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
19
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kal El! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Jade! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! El lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jade circles away quickly and effectively. Jade throws a jab when El was well out of range. El moves out of range as Jade strikes. El slips a straight right by Jade. El fails with a takedown attempt. El tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. El tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. El lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by El. A punch lands to the side of Jade 's head but he takes it in his stride. Jade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jade misses with a looping right. Jade throws an overhand right that lands on El's shoulder, as El tries to avoid the shot. El gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Jade has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. El drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jade gets the underhooks and prevents it.
El stalling against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. A frustrated look appears on Jade's face as he tries to break the clinch. El jumps guard.
El wants to sweep but no luck. Jade wants to get up but he can't break El's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. El trying to control the position.
El has a closed guard, preventing Jade from standing up. El had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jade is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. El Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jade's back instead. Jade is trying to get back to his feet but El has full control of the position and if anything, Jade has just worked his way into a worse spot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Jade can't escape the position.
Jade looking very determined here, making life difficult for El.
El misses with punches from the back. El struggling to land strikes to the head as Jade covers up. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Jade trying to get back to his feet but El is in full control for now. El somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back. El looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
A lull in the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Good control from El. El looking to hold on to the position here but Jade rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Jade 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. El looking to sit in guard and control but Jade gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. El had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jade is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. El Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jade's back instead. Jade is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Jade looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands. El thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent. El struggling to keep hold of the position.
Jade looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. El has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Jade's body.
El has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. El not allowing Jade to control his hands. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kal El dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jade throws a looping overhand right but El ducks down to avoid it. Jade throws a body punch but El moves out of range. Jade throws out a loose jab but El uses good head movement to avoid it. Kal El is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Jade throws a hook but El avoids it easily. Jade is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent. A swing and a miss from Jade. El slips under a jab from Jade. Decent striking displayed by Jade there.
It looks like Kal El has been cut. Jade misses with a straight right. Jade throws a series of punches but El avoids them all with ease. El misses with a two punch combination.
El slips under a jab from Jade. Jade misses with a looping left. El gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jade. Jade throws a looping overhand right but El ducks down to avoid it. Jade is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by El.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but El moves away. Jade misses with a combination
and El counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by El. El prevents Jade from breaking the clinch. El tries to pull guard but Jade holds him up against the cage and eventually El drops back down to his feet.
El wants a takedown but no success here.
El has Jade pressed against the cage, preventing Jade from circling away and getting back to striking at range. El pushes Jade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. El tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jade just stands there and leans against the cage. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kal El. That's going to take a lot out of him. El tries for a takedown. No joy.
El drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jade wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jade stops a takedown attempt from El.
El lands an uppercut. El has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jade avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. El throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jades head. El goes for a takedown attempt but Jade pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round. El takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Jade cracks El with a big right hand and El goes down!
El is rocked! Jade gets to his feet - El follows without any prompting. Oh El is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Jade lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. El is looking to close the distance but Jade sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! El crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope El is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Kevin Jade!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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