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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Cross (ranked 3894 p4p, 2987 weight class) and Ali Farooq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darius Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ali Farooq!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farooq shoots in but no luck this time.
Cross gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cross scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Farooq shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cross manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Farooq looking to pass the guard.
Farooq pushes down on Cross's leg and manages to get 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!
Cross is looking to control Farooq's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cross avoid being mounted?
Farooq is working for an americana but Cross has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Farooq was thinking about the submission.
Farooq forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farooq is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cross defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farooq is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Farooq is trying to work for a kimura but Cross is defending well.
Cross actively working from the bottom here.
Farooq is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cross has managed to free his arm - good work.
Farooq seems to be looking for submissions.
Farooq is looking for a kimura but Cross is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Farooq to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Farooq is looking for a kimura here.
Farooq is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Farooq maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Cross could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Farooq has cracked it and Cross is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Farooq!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ali Farooq!
A victorious Ali Farooq thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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
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