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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Gaines (ranked 2726 p4p, 4337 weight class) and Bukhuti Favlenishvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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225 cm 18 130 0 - 0 - 0 |
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184 cm 30 145 1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Brawler Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt Solid Muay Thai Tends to cut |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Gaines! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bukhuti Favlenishvili! The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice sprawl there from Favlenishvili as Gaines shoots in. Gaines tries for a takedown but Favlenishvili circles away easily and Favlenishvili counters with a straight right hand. Gaines looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Gaines. That's going to take a lot out of him. Gaines 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.
Favlenishvili fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gaines to the ground. Favlenishvili is now in Gaines's guard. Gaines wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Favlenishvili manages to pass to side control.
 Gaines is rocked!
 Oh Gaines is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Favlenishvili with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. Favlenishvili working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Favlenishvili is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Gaines seems to have got his legs back now. Favlenishvili lands with a punch from half guard.
Gaines is defending against the submission attempts here by Favlenishvili.
Favlenishvili takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Favlenishvili slows the pace down in half guard. Favlenishvili moves nicely into side control. Gaines is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Gaines is being controlled here. Favlenishvili lands a few punches from side control.
 That's three minutes gone in the round.
Favlenishvili has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Favlenishvili shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gaines napping and manages to drive through into side control! Gaines is breathing heavily. Favlenishvili controlling from side mount.
Favlenishvili tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Favlenishvili has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Gaines struggling a bit here. Favlenishvili controlling the position from side mount.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Favlenishvili cracks Gaines with a big elbow. Favlenishvili controlling the position. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Favlenishvili scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gaines to see if he's OK.
Favlenishvili stands up and beckons Gaines to his feet. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Whack! Favlenishvili lands a heavy head kick that drops Gaines. The ref tackles Favlenishvili to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Gaines was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Bukhuti Favlenishvili!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
35% |
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