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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Abasi Njagi (ranked 2349 p4p, 2955 weight class) and Eddie Young (ranked 168 p4p, 197 weight class). Njagi comes to the cage accompanied by The Game - Name Me King (Feat. Pusha T). Abasi Njagi looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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135
12 - 9 - 0 |
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170 cm
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142
8 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abasi Njagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Young!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Young lands a lovely overhand right.
Young connects with the punch.
Young cracks Njagi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A punch combination from Young misses.
Eddie Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Njagi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Njagi half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Njagi shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Njagi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Young throws a series of punches but Njagi moves out of range.
Young misses with the combination.
Njagi feinted with a counter takedown.
Young cracks Njagi with an open hand slap.
Njagi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Njagi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've been hearing reports that Njagi has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Young scores with a nice head shot.
Young misses with a kick to the body
and Njagi counters with a single leg into guard. Young didn't expect that.
Njagi wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.
Njagi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Njagi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Njagi is looking to advance position but Young has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Njagi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Young tries to avoid it but Njagi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Young to the ground. Young escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abasi Njagi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Njagi shoots in looking for a takedown but Young manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Njagi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Young connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Njagi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Njagi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Young tries to bum rush Njagi with a series of wild strikes but Njagi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Njagi's head.
Young with a hook.
Young digs a good body shot into Njagi's ribs.
Njagi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a jab to Njagi's midsection.
A left lands for Young.
Njagi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Young connects with a jab.
Njagi shoots in looking for a takedown. Young tries to sprawl out of it but Njagi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Young manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Njagi is defended easily by Young.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Njagi has his takedown stuffed
and Young counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Njagi is breathing heavily.
Young lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Eddie Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Njagi.
Young throws a head kick but Njagi moves out of range.
Njagi changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Njagi shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Njagi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Young lands with a good body shot.
Young is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Njagi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Njagi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Young drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Njagi right on the button. Njagi goes down! Young follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Young gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Young!
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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
RATING
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