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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joel Joyce (ranked 4541 p4p, 4538 weight class) and Amit Francor (ranked 256 p4p, 255 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joel Joyce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amit Francor!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Joyce or perhaps it was just good defense by Francor, which made it look bad.
Francor throws a head kick but Joyce moves out of range.
Francor closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Joyce did well to prevent Francor getting side control.
Joyce pushes Francor off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Francor gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Francor jumps guard but Joyce turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Francor is working for takedown but Joyce is calmly controlling the position for now.
Joyce has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Francor avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Joyce wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joel Joyce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Francor slows down the pace here.
Francor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joyce shoots and misses
and Francor counters with a straight right hand.
Francor closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Joyce quickly recovers to half guard.
Joyce is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Francor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Francor's back!
A lull in the action here.
Francor tries to escape but Joyce has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Francor trying to control the position but Joyce manages to sink in the hooks.
Joyce tries to get the hooks in deep but Francor pushed the leg off.
Joyce is not going to allow Francor to sit and survive in this position.
Francor looks winded!
I would not like to be Francor right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francor covering up well and avoiding damage.
Joyce is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joyce has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Francor! Can he survive? No! He's out! Joyce gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Joel Joyce!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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