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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Enuard Gim (ranked 4450 p4p, 2228 weight class) and Nasir Barakat (ranked 330 p4p, 0 weight class). Nasir Barakat has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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177 cm 24 146 1 - 3 - 0 |
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171 cm 25 155 2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Self confident |
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Good wrestler Basic striking Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Enuard Gim! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nasir Barakat! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Barakat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gim. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Barakat looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. It looked like Gim was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Barakat shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gim as he jumps to the side. Gim misses with a double jab.
Gim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barakat looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Barakat is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gim sees it coming and defends easily. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barakat is working for a kimura but Gim is defending it quite comfortably.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barakat is working for a kimura but Gim is defending it quite comfortably.
Barakat has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad MMA Hilo. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Barakat has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Gim defend it? Barakat steps over the head and cranks it - Gim is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Barakat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nasir Barakat! An out of breath Nasir Barakat thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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