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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tran Anh Khoa (ranked 24993 p4p, 4534 weight class) and Aryan Mcintyre (ranked 0 p4p, 457 weight class). Anh Khoa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Phía Sau Em. Aryan Mcintyre will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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171 cm 20 186 1 - 5 - 0 |
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182 cm 18 185 4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Counter fighter Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt Brawler Enjoys gardening |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tran Anh Khoa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aryan Mcintyre! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mcintyre throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Anh Khoa. Anh Khoa looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Mcintyre moves into the clinch. Mcintyre lands a takedown into guard.
Anh Khoa pushes Mcintyre off and scrambles back to his feet.
We've been hearing reports that Anh Khoa has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight. Mcintyre tries to clinch but Anh Khoa moves out of range. Anh Khoa tries a head kick but it misses.
Anh Khoa swings for the body but Mcintyre moves out of range.
Mcintyre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action! Mcintyre shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Anh Khoa manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Mcintyre gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Nice body kick there by Mcintyre. Anh Khoa gets caught flat footed, as Mcintyre shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mcintyre slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Anh Khoa could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. It looks like Mcintyre might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it. Mcintyre postures up and lands a big shot to Anh Khoa's brow. Mcintyre is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Let's hope that Mcintyre has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Mcintyre content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Mcintyre postures up in Anh Khoa's guard and throws a big left but Anh Khoa blocks it. Mcintyre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Mcintyre engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. Anh Khoa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Mcintyre passes into half guard. Mcintyre passes the guard and advances to mount! Mcintyre takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The referee warns Anh Khoa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Mcintyre lands a big elbow. Mcintyre controlling from mount. Mcintyre's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige. Mcintyre has hold of Anh Khoa's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Anh Khoa manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mcintyre lands a heavy elbow. Mcintyre working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Anh Khoa looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Mcintyre! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Aryan Mcintyre!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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