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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Walters (ranked 25583 p4p, 3754 weight class) and Jurgen Klopp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walters comes to the cage accompanied by Shepard Of Fire. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ethan Walters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jurgen Klopp!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walters rushes Klopp and presses him up against the cage.
Walters manages to pull guard.
Walters has control of Klopp's left arm, preventing Klopp from doing any damage.
Walters manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Klopp manages to get himself to full guard.
Walters engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klopp trying to keep a closed guard but Walters is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klopp wants to control the position but Walters says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Klopp has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Walters is working away from the top position though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Walters lands a nice short elbow.
Walters trying to pass the guard but Klopp defending well.
Klopp slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walters's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walters showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Klopp for as long as he can get away with.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walters pushing down on Klopp's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Still in half guard, Walters seems content to control.
Klopp is trying to control but Walters manages to pass to mount!
Walters raining down hammerfists from mount.
Walters working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters punishing his opponent with strikes.
Klopp is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Klopp tries to lock up and control but Walters gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Walters landing strikes from the mount.
Walters pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Klopp tries to lock up and control but Walters gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Walters looking to control and managing it successfully.
Klopp tries to hold on but Walters pushes him away.
Walters is landing with some decent strikes but Klopp is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters looking to control and managing it successfully.
Walters lands a heavy elbow.
Walters content just to control the position here.
Walters has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Klopp wants to control but Walters is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Walters dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Klopp shoots in and drives through. Walters sprawls well.
Walters manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Klopp on his heels. He'll look to pass Klopp's guard now, I'm sure.
Walters stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Walters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Klopp looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Walters is trying to trip Klopp. He has hold of a leg but Klopp is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Walters persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Klopp wants to get back to his feet but Walters passes into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klopp is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters controlling the action here.
Klopp trying to control here.
Walters working the head and body with strikes.
Klopp is trying to maintain the position but Walters is very close to passing his half guard.
Walters passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Klopp!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Walters scoring with strikes but Klopp is staying in there.
Walters controlling the position easily from mount.
Walters working for a submission but Klopp is keeping him at bay.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klopp is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ethan Walters overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee warns Klopp that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Walters content just to control the position here.
Klopp is looking to improve his position but Walters isn't that keen on the idea.
Walters takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Klopp misses with a body shot
and Walters counters by moving into the clinch.
Klopp is looking to break free of the clinch but Walters has double underhooks.
Walters is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Klopp can do to turn this around?
Walters jumps into guard, dragging Klopp to the mat.
Walters is looking to cinch up a triangle. Klopp throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Walters's body to avoid the submission. Walters has instead reached around Klopp's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Walters arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ethan Walters!
Ethan Walters spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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