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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tomy Star (ranked 3339 p4p, 3921 weight class) and Alexander Tampolla (ranked 216 p4p, 251 weight class). Tomy Star looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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135
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144
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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 Amsterdam, Tomy Star!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Tampolla!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Star or perhaps it was just good defense by Tampolla, which made it look bad.
Tampolla fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Star is out of range.
Star half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Tampolla lands a jab.
Tampolla scores with a jab.
Alexander Tampolla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Star on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tampolla. Tampolla obviously looking to wear him down.
Tampolla misses with a double jab.
Star tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tampolla defends well and Star ends up having to push Tampolla into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tampolla manages to break the clinch.
Star takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Star pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tampolla tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Star manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Star shoots in and bounces Tampolla off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Star passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Star is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tampolla trying his best to control but Star has mounted him.
Tampolla tries to hold on but Star postures up.
Tampolla is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Star is staying active.
Tampolla is in all sorts of trouble here.
Star is working for a guillotine from mount but Tampolla frees his head quite easily.
Star has hold of Tampolla's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tampolla manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Tampolla is surviving well by controlling Star's body position as best he can.
Tampolla really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Star. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Star trying to control but Tampolla is having none of it.
Tampolla really wants to buck Star off and get back to his feet.
Tampolla is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Tampolla is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Star is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Tampolla can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Tampolla is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Tampolla wants to hold on but Star pushes him away.
Tampolla is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Tampolla is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Star is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Tampolla has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Tampolla!
Star throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tampolla throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tampolla must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tampolla postures up and lands a big shot to Star's brow.
Tampolla stays in close to Star's body and controls the position.
Star keeping full guard, as Tampolla tries to pass.
Star controls Tampolla momentarily but Tampolla frees himself.
Tampolla is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tampolla is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tampolla postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alexander Tampolla will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tampolla pushes Star up against the cage in a clinch.
Tampolla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tampolla tries to clinch up.
Tampolla throws a head kick but Star moves out of range.
It looked like Star was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tampolla dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tampolla lands a really nice looking cross but Star seems unphased.
Tampolla gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tampolla wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Star has him pressed against the cage.
Tampolla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tampolla breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Star tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tampolla lands a jab to the head.
Tampolla lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tampolla tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tampolla jabs Star to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tampolla misses with a body kick.
Tampolla is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Star misses with a takedown attempt - Tampolla sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Star fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tampolla sprawls well initially but Star persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tampolla is trying to stand back up but Star is controlling him
Star is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tampolla wants to get back to his feet.
Tampolla is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star stops Tampolla from getting back to his feet.
Tomy Star overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tampolla is looking to improve his position.
Star stops Tampolla from getting back to his feet.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tampolla forces Star back against the cage and clinches.
Tampolla lands a nice elbow.
Tampolla pressing his opponent against the cage.
Star is working for takedown but Tampolla is calmly controlling the position for now.
Star is working for takedown but Tampolla is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomy Star. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Star is trying to pull guard but Tampolla turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tampolla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Star misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tampolla scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Star doesn't seem bothered though.
Tampolla has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tampolla instigates a clinch.
Tampolla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Star takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tampolla connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Star fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Star on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tampolla rushes Star and presses him up against the cage.
Tampolla stalling in the clinch.
Tampolla is trying to break the clinch but Star is controlling him.
Star goes for a takedown attempt but Tampolla pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tampolla takes the fight into the clinch.
Star prevents a body shot from Tampolla.
Tampolla pushes off an throws an elbow but Star leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tampolla breaks from the clinch.
Tampolla pushes Star up against the cage in a clinch.
Tampolla manages to break the clinch.
Star gets tackled into the cage by Tampolla. Tampolla maintains the clinch.
Star is trying to pull guard but Tampolla turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Tampolla showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Star's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Tampolla stuffs the takedown attempt from Star. Star gets slowly back to his feet.
Star has a takedown stuffed.
Tampolla throws a nice looking combination but Star bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tampolla doesn't manage to clinch there - Star circles away.
Tampolla cracks Star with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tampolla connects with a good right hand that stumbles Star. Star circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Star takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tampolla scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Alexander Tampolla seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Star looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomy Star. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tampolla feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tampolla landing some decent shots from guard.
Star might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Star keeping moving, preventing Tampolla from controlling successfully.
Tampolla stands and throws Star's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Tampolla lands an elbow.
Star is looking for a sweep.
Star wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Tampolla is putting a hurting on Star here, landing some big shots from side control.
Star is rocked!
Star is looking to regain half guard here but Tampolla keeps moving and retains side control.
Oh Star is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tampolla trying to control the position but Star is working away.
Tampolla scoring with punches and elbows.
Tampolla is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tampolla cracks Star with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tampolla working the head and body with strikes.
Tampolla is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Star is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tampolla cracks Star with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tampolla lands a strong strike to the head of Star. That's dazed him! Tampolla looking to finish here. Star is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Tampolla lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Tampolla!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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