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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jordi Tejedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and N A Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moore has chosen Da Boss as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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188 cm
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172 lbs
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184 cm
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174 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jordi Tejedo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, N A Moore! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tejedo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Moore sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Tejedo misses with a low kick. Tejedo throws a head kick but Moore moves out of range.
Moore shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tejedo's guard. Moore landing with the ground and pound. Tejedo throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Moore sitting in guard here, content to control. Moore has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Tejedo keeping full guard, as Moore tries to pass. Moore is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Moore tries to stand but Tejedo is controlling from the bottom. Tejedo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moore on the ground. Moore slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Tejedo pushes Moore away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Moore gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Moore lands a few punches from side control. Moore lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tejedo down.
Moore landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Tejedo throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Moore stands up. Crunch! Tejedo slams his shin into Moore's torso. Jordi Tejedo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Moore takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tejedo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moore swats him away and circles back towards the center. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tejedo. Moore moves out of range as Tejedo throws a body kick.
Tejedo tries to land a leg kick but Moore saw it coming and moves away.
Tejedo is looking to land body kicks. Moore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tejedo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A punch combination from Moore misses. Tejedo with a poor takedown so Moore counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Tejedo is breathing heavily. Moore lands a couple of digs. Moore is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Moore with a nice head shot there. Tejedo keeping moving, preventing Moore from controlling successfully. Tejedo thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. Moore drops back looking for a leg! Tejedo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tejedo manages to kick Moore off! Moore jumps back into Tejedo's guard. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Moore throwing strikes from guard but Tejedo blocks nicely. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Tejedo throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Moore is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Tejedo being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Moore scores a takedown into full mount! Moore is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Tejedo is surviving well by controlling Moore's body position as best he can. Moore tries to control but Tejedo wriggling away. A nice elbow there by Moore. Tejedo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tejedo tries to get out of the position. Moore can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tejedo is looking to escape. Tejedo has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tejedo is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Moore.
Can Tejedo hold on?! Moore is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Moore is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Tejedo knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Tejedo for a finish. Tejedo holding both Moore 's hands and preventing any damage. Moore has his opponent's back and is working for the choke. This has been an exciting period of action! The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Moore lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Moore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
N A Moore dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Moore shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tejedo napping and manages to drive through into side control! Tejedo tries to bench press Moore off him but Moore keeps the position. Tejedo prevents Moore from improving position. Tejedo is looking for a sweep. Tejedo striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
N A Moore has got the better of the ground game so far. Tejedo throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land. Tejedo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tejedo is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Moore wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tejedo keeps working.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Moore throws a right and a left that both miss. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Moore with a lazy takedown attempt and Tejedo counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Moore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Tejedo stuffs the takedown. Jordi Tejedo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of N A Moore. Moore bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Tejedo takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tejedo is looking for a sweep. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Tejedo is not content to let Moore control the position. Tejedo throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Moore lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tejedo misses with a strike from the bottom. Moore in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Tejedo is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). N A Moore!
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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
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