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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Angus Young (ranked 195 p4p, 430 weight class) and Pope Callixtus (ranked 11 p4p, 32 weight class). Pope Callixtus is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Angus Young!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pope Callixtus!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Callixtus.
Young moves into the clinch.
Young gets through Callixtus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Callixtus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young leaning his opponent against the cage.
Young tries to pull guard but Callixtus forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Young displaying some good clinch control by pressing Callixtus up against the cage.
Callixtus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Young pulls guard successfully.
Callixtus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young trying to keep a closed guard but Callixtus is proving a slippery customer.
Young has control of Callixtus's left arm, preventing Callixtus from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Callixtus stopping the sweep attempt from Young.
Young working a defensive guard here.
Callixtus is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Young controls Callixtus momentarily but Callixtus frees himself.
Young is looking for a triangle but Callixtus pushes his legs off easily.
Young has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've been hearing good reports from Young's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Young has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Young throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Young is trying to control the position but Callixtus postures up.
Young throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Callixtus escapes and throws Young's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Young is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Callixtus's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Young trying to hold on to Callixtus's head to control him but Callixtus postures up.
Callixtus is trying to control the action in half guard but Young is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Young is doing well to control the position and prevent Callixtus from advancing to side control.
Young tries to get to full guard but Callixtus has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young trying to control but Callixtus postures up.
Callixtus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Young does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Young wants to get back to full guard.
Young trying to control here.
Young is controlling Callixtus's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Callixtus seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Young is refusing to be controlled, as Callixtus sits in half guard.
Callixtus is working for a kimura but Young is defending it quite comfortably.
Young wants to improve his position but Callixtus is controlling well.
That's four 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.
Young regains full guard. Nicely done.
Young can't keep his opponent in guard - Callixtus advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Young gets full guard.
Callixtus avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Young controls Callixtus momentarily but Callixtus frees himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Callixtus forces his way into half guard.
Young wants to improve his position but Callixtus is controlling well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Angus Young will probably get the nod.
That's time! Young's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Young shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Callixtus as he jumps to the side.
Callixtus is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Young drags the fight down to the ground.
Callixtus advances position into side control!
Young is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Callixtus is looking to take a break and control but Young is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Callixtus is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Young is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Callixtus working away.
Pope Callixtus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Callixtus in side control, just content to control the action for now.
You can see the frustration on Young's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Callixtus tries to move to mount but Young blocks the move with his legs.
Callixtus tries for a kimura but Young is defending well.
Callixtus tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Young stops Callixtus from passing to mount.
Callixtus thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Young gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Young has his hands clasped together around Callixtus's back. He's all about the action.
Young trying to hold on to Callixtus's head to control him but Callixtus postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young is refusing to be controlled, as Callixtus sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young has his hands clasped together around Callixtus's back. He's all about the action.
Young trying to control from the bottom.
Young slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Callixtus not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Callixtus postures up.
Young has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Callixtus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Callixtus is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Young pulls Callixtus in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Young.
Young keeping full guard, as Callixtus tries to pass.
Young controlling Callixtus's posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Young gets caught napping as Callixtus dives in and scores a takedown. Young manages to retain guard.
Young working a defensive guard here.
Callixtus sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pope Callixtus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Callixtus circles away.
Callixtus tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Young is looking to clinch.
Callixtus misses with an uppercut.
Young is looking to counter the offense by Callixtus and move into the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Callixtus uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Callixtus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Young looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Young is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Callixtus preventing the sweep.
Callixtus sitting in guard here, content to control.
Callixtus must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Young has control of Callixtus's left arm, preventing Callixtus from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young keeping moving, preventing Callixtus from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Young trying to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Callixtus looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Young!
Young is trying to get back to half guard.
Young sneaks back into half guard.
Young trying to control here.
Callixtus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callixtus trying to control the action but Young is working from the bottom.
Callixtus wants to pass the guard but Young is defending well.
Young tries to get to full guard but Callixtus has control of the leg.
Young trying to control but Callixtus postures up.
Young gets back to full guard.
Callixtus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Callixtus thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Young has control of Callixtus's left arm, preventing Callixtus from doing any damage.
Young looking for a triangle here. Callixtus is fighting it but it looks tight! Young pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Callixtus is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Angus Young!
Angus Young retains his bantamweight title!
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hype
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pop
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