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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AJ Lewis (ranked 4632 p4p, 4932 weight class) and Gerald Babatunde (ranked 463 p4p, 477 weight class). Gerald Babatunde will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, AJ Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gerald Babatunde!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Lewis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lewis misses with a left hand
and Babatunde counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lewis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
AJ Lewis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babatunde is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lewis.
Lewis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Lewis with a nice head shot there.
Lewis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lewis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Babatunde's guard.
Babatunde is trying to control but can't.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lewis connects with a nice short shot to Babatunde's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Babatunde missing with punches from the bottom.
Lewis wants to free his trapped foot but Babatunde is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lewis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lewis working the head and body with strikes.
Lewis drops an elbow to the side of Babatunde's head.
Babatunde is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis content to control rather than advance.
Lewis seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Babatunde for as long as he can get away with.
Nice strikes from Lewis there.
Nice strikes from Lewis there.
Lewis trying to control the pace.
Lewis trying to mount his opponent but Babatunde defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis winds up and cracks Babatunde with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lewis slips a nice elbow through Babatunde's hands, connecting with Babatunde's forehead.
Lewis is nestled in close to Babatunde, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lewis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lewis is nestled in close to Babatunde, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Babatunde wants to get back to full guard.
Lewis is nestled in close to Babatunde, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lewis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Babatunde is rocked!
Lewis lands a big elbow - Babatunde is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Lewis!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). AJ Lewis!
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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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