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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klayton King (ranked 1889 p4p, 1470 weight class) and Brock Hardman (ranked 248 p4p, 192 weight class). Brock Hardman acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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191 cm
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20 - 23 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Klayton King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Brock Hardman!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
King missing with a left hand there. Hardman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardman throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hardman has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Hardman throws an overhand right that lands on King's shoulder, as King tries to avoid the shot.
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
King scores with a nice strike.
King looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hardman drives through with a takedown into King's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
King is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hardman trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
King seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Hardman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hardman trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King has an active guard here but Hardman has managed to pass into half guard.
King wants to get back to full guard.
Hardman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. King doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hardman.
Hardman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
King is defending against the submission attempts here by Hardman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King looking for submissions off his back.
King looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
King wants to get back to full guard.
King has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Hardman escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Hardman!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardman looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
King sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
King looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hardman is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so King is just riding it out for now. Hardman eventually gives up the hold.
King looking for subs from the bottom but Hardman mounts him!
King defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hardman.
Hardman swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brock Hardman!
A very excited looking Brock Hardman made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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