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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Basile De Rabat (ranked 5295 p4p, 5652 weight class) and Barry Robertson (ranked 328 p4p, 341 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Basile De Rabat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Barry Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Rabat misses the shot to the body.
Robertson throws out a counter right but De Rabat avoids it with no problem.
De Rabat on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Robertson throws a one two combo.
Robertson slips a straight right by De Rabat.
Robertson throws a nice looking combination but De Rabat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Rabat drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Rabat is rocked!
Robertson wants to clinch.
Robertson fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice jab there from Robertson.
Oh De Rabat is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Rabat misses the shot to the body.
Barry Robertson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robertson fails to land with a series of punches.
De Rabat seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robertson looks to throw the jab but De Rabat is out of range.
Robertson misses with a combination
and De Rabat counters by clinching up.
A right hook to the body lands for De Rabat.
De Rabat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've been told by De Rabat's head coaches at Savate Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Robertson misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like De Rabat was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Robertson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rabat connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Robertson's hands.
De Rabat misses with a wild body shot.
Robertson falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Rabat counters by moving into the clinch.
De Rabat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robertson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Rabat closes the distance and clinches.
De Rabat has Robertson pressed against the cage, preventing Robertson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Rabat lands with a left to the head.
De Rabat lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Rabat softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Rabat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Rabat breaks the clinch.
Robertson wants to clinch up but De Rabat keeps it at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robertson misses with a wild combination.
Robertson misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Robertson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Rabat circles away quickly and effectively.
Robertson looks to land a right hand but De Rabat moved out of range.
Nice body punch from De Rabat.
De Rabat misses with a looping left.
Good shot there by Robertson.
De Rabat has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Rabat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from De Rabat.
De Rabat throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robertsons head.
De Rabat lands a right hand that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
De Rabat lands with a right to the head.
De Rabat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
De Rabat lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from De Rabat.
De Rabat lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rabat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Rabat lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Rabat softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Robertson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from De Rabat on the inside.
Robertson working hard to break the clinch.
De Rabat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robertson misses with a double jab
and De Rabat cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Rabat lands a nice hook to Robertson's body. Robertson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Rabat works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
De Rabat closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Rabat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Rabat scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robertson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Robertson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Robertson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De Rabat throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Rabat doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De Rabat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Rabat tests Robertson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Robertson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Rabat circles away quickly and effectively.
De Rabat wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
De Rabat dodges the punch combination from Robertson.
De Rabat dodges the punch combination from Robertson.
De Rabat connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
De Rabat bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Robertson's head.
Robertson is rocked!
De Rabat jabs at Robertson's body.
Robertson is still on wobbly legs! Can De Rabat finish him?
Robertson looks winded!
De Rabat closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Robertson! De Rabat dives in looking to finish! Robertson is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Basile De Rabat!
Basile De Rabat really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Wrestler Wayfare logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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