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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Billy Tronc (ranked 4706 p4p, 4500 weight class) and Dane Mercer (ranked 261 p4p, 253 weight class). Dane Mercer will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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184 cm 25 145 0 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm 25 145 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Solid Muay Thai Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Tronc! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dane Mercer! The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Damien Edna and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mercer dips to his left and cracks Tronc with an uppercut! Tronc fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mercer. Mercer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mercer fails to land with a series of punches.
Tronc lands with a kick to the temple. Mercer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Tronc fails with a takedown attempt. Despite the aggression on Mercer's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Mercer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mercer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tronc. Mercer throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Tronc bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A combination from Mercer does no damage. Mercer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tronc fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Mercer tries a head kick but it misses.
Tronc is looking to counter the offense by Mercer and move into the clinch. Tronc fails with a takedown attempt from distance. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Tronc. That's going to take a lot out of him. Tronc clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tronc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Tronc gets the takedown into side control. Tronc in side control, just content to control the action for now. Tronc scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mercer to see if he's OK. Tronc in side control, just content to control the action for now. Tronc working the ground and pound from side control. Tronc 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The referee asks Tronc politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Tronc prefers to stall for the moment though. Mercer is looking to get back to his feet here but Tronc is keeping cool and he's managed to take Mercer's back. Mercer is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tronc throwing damaging strikes from the back! Mercer could be in trouble here!
Tronc scores with punches from the back.
Tronc slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tronc is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Mercer taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Tronc.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Billy Tronc!
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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
40% |
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