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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wet Milk (ranked 4763 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wet Milk has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 cm 20 135 1 - 0 - 0 |
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165 cm 18 135 1 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns Brawler KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt Brawler Determined |
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wet Milk! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Powell! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Powell doesn't succeed with the takedown and Milk counters by moving into the clinch. Powell decides to pull guard. Powell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Powell looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Milk postures up.
Milk preventing the sweep. Milk not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Milk in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Milk postures up.
Powell wants to hit a sweep here but Milk passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Powell there! Milk looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round. Milk unloads with some shots from mount but Powell bucks and avoids them well.
Milk content just to control the position here. Powell is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Milk sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Powell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Milk. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Milk seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Powell for as long as he can get away with. Powell tries to hold on but Milk postures up. Milk throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Milk throwing strikes here but Powell is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Powell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Poor strikes thrown by Milk there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Milk looking to control and managing it successfully. Milk 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Milk working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet. Milk controlling the pace for now. Milk working away from the top, dropping strikes. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Powell gets back to half guard. Powell is trying to get back to full guard. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wet Milk dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Powell has closed the distance and engaged Milk in a clinch.
Milk gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Powell.
Milk is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Milk tries to pull guard but Powell forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Milk prevents the takedown attempt.
Milk is pressed up against the cage. Powell has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Milk down to the mat. Milk avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Wet Milk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyle Powell. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Milk keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Milk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Powell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. And Powell tries to counter it with a takedown but Milk pushes his down on his head and steps out. Milk dives in and scores a takedown into Powell's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Milk passes easily into side control. Nice work. Powell is breathing heavily. Milk controls the position. Powell looking for a sweep but Milk has passed into full mount! Oh no! Milk controlling from the full mount. Milk looking to ground and pound but Powell is blocking nicely. Powell is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Powell is trying desperately to improve position. Poor strikes thrown by Milk there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Milk takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Milk really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Powell wants to control but Milk is having none of it. Milk sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Milk tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Milk is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Milk extends the arm and Powell is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wet Milk!
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energy
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hype
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