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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Waters (ranked 3196 p4p, 3091 weight class) and William Kidd (ranked 372 p4p, 364 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kidd's choice of entrance music: Santiana - Sea Shanty Metal. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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170
7 - 12 - 0 |
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190 cm
28
172
5 - 8 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mario Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Kidd!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kidd fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Waters looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Waters shoots and misses
and Kidd makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kidd gets caught flat footed, as Waters shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Waters prevents Kidd from getting back to his feet.
Waters trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kidd wants to get back to his feet but Waters is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kidd is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Waters dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kidd pushes Waters away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Waters gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Waters remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidd is looking to get back to his feet here but Waters is keeping cool and he's managed to take Kidd's back.
Kidd wants to get back to his feet.
Kidd told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Kidd tries to get to his feet, scrambling wildly. Waters sees the opportunity and transitions to an armbar that forces Kidd to tap. Impressive finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mario Waters!
William Kidd was interviewed post fight and said 'Yarrr....lower the flag, mateys. We've been scuttled.'.
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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
39% |
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