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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Branco (ranked 2750 p4p, 2679 weight class) and Pedro Equilibrium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Branco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pedro Equilibrium!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Equilibrium looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Branco!
Equilibrium working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Equilibrium really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Branco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sloppy strikes there by Equilibrium.
Equilibrium tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Equilibrium working away.
Branco manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Branco is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Equilibrium looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Branco 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.
Branco drops an elbow to the side of Equilibrium's head.
Branco working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Branco is nestled in close to Equilibrium, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Branco is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Branco working Equilibrium over with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Branco slips a nice elbow through Equilibrium's hands, connecting with Equilibrium's forehead.
Equilibrium looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Branco.
Equilibrium is looking for a sweep. Branco is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Equilibrium is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Branco jumps into side control!
Branco scores with punches from side control.
Equilibrium is rocked!
Branco landing a few strikes.
Equilibrium is still in real trouble! Can Branco finish him?
Branco looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Branco tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Branco has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Equilibrium seems to have recovered his senses.
Branco landing a few strikes.
Equilibrium is looking for a sweep.
Branco wants to lay and pray for a moment but Equilibrium keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Branco working the head with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Branco scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Equilibrium to see if he's OK.
Branco wants to lay and pray for a moment but Equilibrium keeps working.
Equilibrium takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Branco is putting a hurting on Equilibrium here, landing some big shots from side control.
Equilibrium is trying to improve his position.
Branco connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Equilibrium some visible discomfort.
Branco lands a few punches from side control.
Equilibrium is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Branco looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Equilibrium takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Branco scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Equilibrium to see if he's OK.
Equilibrium takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Equilibrium on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Branco in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Equilibrium looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Branco turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Branco!
A relieved looking Antonio Branco thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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