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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Keenwah Granes (ranked 938 p4p, 1688 weight class) and Jaro Lalla (ranked 73 p4p, 121 weight class). Granes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 敢不敢. Lalla has chosen ЛЮБИ as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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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 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keenwah Granes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 37 - 2, fighting out of London, Jaro Lalla!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lalla misses with a takedown attempt - Granes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Lalla.
Lalla is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Granes knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lalla is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Granes knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lalla wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Granes, who protects the arm well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Granes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Granes is trying to control Lalla's posture but Lalla avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Granes is trying to get back to half guard.
Lalla wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Granes, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Granes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Granes tries to improve position but can't.
My spies in Shut Up & Train! inform me that Lalla has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Lalla looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Granes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lalla off and has taken his back!
Lalla manages to reverse the position and now he's in Granes's guard. Nice work there by Lalla.
Lalla drops back, looking for a kneebar! Granes looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Granes looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Granes!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lalla is looking to regain half guard here but Granes keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Lalla gets back to half guard.
Lalla looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Granes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lalla is not content to let Granes control the position.
Lalla is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Granes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lalla is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Granes pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lalla looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Granes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Granes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Granes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lalla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lalla is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Granes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Granes 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.
Lalla is looking to improve his position.
Lalla is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lalla is not content to let Granes control the position.
Granes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Granes lands with a punch from half guard.
Lalla moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lalla looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Granes passes into half guard.
Lalla actively working from the bottom here.
Granes lands with a punch from half guard.
Lalla is looking to improve his position.
Granes controlling the action here.
Granes continues to stall.
Lalla looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Granes winds up and cracks Lalla with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Keenwah Granes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Granes cracks Lalla with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Granes has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Lalla to stand back up!
Lalla is rocked!
It looks like Jaro Lalla has been cut.
Lalla shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Granes pinned against the cage. Granes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lalla is still on wobbly legs! Can Granes finish him?
Lalla fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Granes avoids it really well and circles away.
Granes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Granes fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Lalla to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Lalla looks to clinch but Granes throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Lalla taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Keenwah Granes!
Keenwah Granes seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Jaro Lalla had this to say: '$#%@@@!!! SHIT!!!!! FUC@#$ YOU ALL!@#$#@@'.
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hype
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