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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sacred Kirby (ranked 4075 p4p, 4182 weight class) and Aidyn Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sacred Kirby has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sacred Kirby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aidyn Duke!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirby closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duke throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Duke has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kirby is working away from the top position though.
Kirby is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kirby trying to control the pace.
Duke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kirby blocks the strikes from Duke.
Duke is looking to control Kirby's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Duke avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duke slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kirby wants to pass the guard but Duke is keeping the position.
Duke wants to sweep here but Kirby controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kirby is aware though and is defending well.
Duke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duke throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Duke throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Duke will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kirby trying to control but Duke is working from the bottom.
Duke working for a triangle but Kirby defends it easily.
Duke is pulling down on Kirby's head. It's preventing any offense from Kirby, at least for the moment.
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.
Kirby trying to control but Duke is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Duke displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kirby.
Duke tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Kirby moves to clinch but Duke breaks away
and Duke counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duke postures up and lands a big shot to Kirby's brow.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kirby has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Duke can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kirby is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby prevents Duke from improving his position.
Kirby will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Duke blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kirby.
Duke kicks Kirby off and gets back to his feet.
Kirby tries to clinch but Duke moves away
and Duke counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Duke is working Kirby over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Duke looking to sit in guard and control but Kirby gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Duke trying to control the position here.
Duke wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Duke can do anything to dispel that myth.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Duke is on top in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kirby has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Duke can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kirby is breathing heavily.
Duke working some strikes from top position.
Duke connects with a couple of short punches.
Duke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Duke throwing strikes but missing.
Duke wants to control from the top but Kirby keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aidyn Duke dominated that round.
That's time! Kirby's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Duke.
Kirby is trying to improve his position.
Aidyn Duke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Duke cracks Kirby with a big elbow.
Duke throws an elbow but Kirby slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kirby takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Duke connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kirby some visible discomfort.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirby struggling a bit here.
Duke connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kirby some visible discomfort.
Duke lands a nice forearm strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kirby some visible discomfort.
Duke wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kirby keeps working.
Duke lands an elbow.
Duke thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kirby wants to control but Duke postures up.
Check out the look on Duke's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Duke advances nicely into full mount.
Duke fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Duke unloading with bombs!
Duke scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Duke.
Kirby slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kirby wants to improve his position but Duke is controlling well.
Duke uses his free foot to push down on Kirby's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Kirby.
Duke looking for a guillotine from mount but Kirby is having none of it.
Duke lands a big shot there that rocks Kirby but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Duke lands a big shot there that rocks Kirby but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kirby working to try and regain half guard.
Duke lands a big shot there that rocks Kirby but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Duke cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Duke with the ground and pound from mount.
Kirby is rocked!
Duke scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Kirby is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duke breaks from Kirby's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Duke prevents Kirby from getting the reversal.
Kirby seems to have got his legs back now.
Duke putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Duke cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kirby is trying desperately to improve position.
Duke scoring with strikes but Kirby is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BOOM! Duke connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kirby in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Duke looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kirby is bucking up trying to escape but Duke cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Duke postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kirby looks a forlorn figure.
Duke punishing his opponent with strikes.
Duke scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kirby?
Duke cracks Kirby with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Duke looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Duke cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kirby takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Duke's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aidyn Duke!
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RATING
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