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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Li (ranked 2381 p4p, 4169 weight class) and Gunner Gibbs (ranked 145 p4p, 211 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikael Li!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gunner Gibbs!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibbs shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gibbs showed some decent athleticism there.
Gibbs is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Li is looking to control Gibbs's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Li avoid being mounted?
Gibbs keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Li is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gibbs scores with a couple of nice shots.
Li trying to control but Gibbs postures up.
Li on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gibbs lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li taking some punishment here, with Gibbs in his half guard.
Li taking some punishment here, with Gibbs in his half guard.
Gibbs looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Li with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Li is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gibbs wants to control but Li is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibbs prevents Li from improving his position.
Gibbs working over Li with some ground and pound. Li looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gibbs lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Gibbs.
Oh Li is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gibbs landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gibbs is trying to control the action in half guard but Li is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Li seems to have got his legs back now.
Li regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gibbs stands up over Li, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gibbs lands a couple of elbows.
Gibbs postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gibbs landing some decent shots from guard.
Gibbs is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibbs postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gibbs connects with a couple of short punches.
Gibbs chips away with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gibbs stopping the sweep attempt from Li.
Gibbs content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Li has locked up a guillotine! Li's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Gibbs is holding on here and Li must be using up a lot of energy. Gibbs has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Li gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mikael Li!
Mikael Li retains his bantamweight title!
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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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