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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Omar Afzal (ranked 3615 p4p, 2889 weight class) and Joe Nas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Nas will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Omar Afzal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Nas!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Nas lands.
Afzal shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nas defends it nicely.
Nas throws a counter combo.
Afzal bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Afzal tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Afzal has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nas is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Afzal tries for a kimura but Nas is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Afzal is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nas is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Afzal is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nas has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Afzal thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Afzal wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nas, who protects the arm well.
Afzal tries to advance to mount but can't.
You can see the frustration on Nas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Afzal thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Afzal looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nas is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afzal wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nas, who protects the arm well.
Afzal tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Afzal has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Afzal looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Afzal is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nas is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Afzal tries for a kimura but Nas is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Afzal tries to move to full mount but Nas actually manages to regain half guard.
Nas tries to get to full guard but Afzal has control of the leg.
Nas is defending against the submission attempts here by Afzal.
Afzal is working for a kimura here but Nas manages to reverse the position and he's now in Afzal's guard.
Afzal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nas wants to control from the top but Afzal keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Afzal looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Afzal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Afzal is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Afzal being controlled here, momentarily.
Afzal is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Nas has his hands clasped together but Afzal extends and breaks Nas's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Afzal.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Omar Afzal!
Our winner, Omar Afzal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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
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