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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soujiro Seta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seta has chosen Eye of the Tiger as his entrance music. Soujiro Seta is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Soujiro Seta!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Seta really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Potter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Potter is working for a submission of some sort.
Seta pushes Potter off but Potter dives into side control.
Potter is looking to take a break and control but Seta is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Potter landing strikes.
Seta is trying to escape the position but Potter is controlling the position.
Seta is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Potter asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Potter looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Potter is chipping away with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Seta knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Potter is looking to take a break and control but Seta is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Seta wants to get back to his feet but Potter drags him back down.
Potter moves into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Potter looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Potter looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Potter is breathing heavily.
Seta is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Potter lands with some strikes.
Seta's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seta is squirming around, avoiding Potter's attempts to control the action.
Potter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Seta has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Potter has the hooks in. Seta is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Potter has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Seta.
Potter is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Potter gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Potter gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Potter apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Soujiro Seta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Potter or perhaps it was just good defense by Seta which made him look bad.
Potter changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Seta tries to avoid it but Potter manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Seta to the ground. Seta escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Seta is looking to slow Potter down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seta scores with a one two! Potter had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - Seta scores with a four punch combination!
Seta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Seta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Seta can't break the clinch.
Potter pulls guard effortlessly.
Seta tries to stand but Potter is controlling from the bottom.
Seta wants to stand and escape but instead Potter has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Potter passes Seta's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Potter wants to control but Seta is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Potter dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Seta shoots for a double leg takedown but Potter sprawls well. He's pushed Seta's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Potter scores with a takedown into Seta's guard.
Potter trying to control the position from guard on top but Seta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Potter won't allow Seta to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Potter advances to half guard.
Potter content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Seta can do anything to dispel that myth.
Potter is trying to control. Seta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Potter is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Seta has managed to free his arm - good work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Potter wants to pass the guard but Seta is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seta looks like he's trying to stand up.
Still in half guard, Potter seems content to control.
Seta is trying to stand up here but Potter is controlling him well.
Seta tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Potter has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Potter controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Seta's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Potter looking to secure an arm triangle but Seta defends it well.
Seta is working to get back to half guard.
Potter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Seta is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter landing strikes from the mount.
Seta is squirming around, avoiding Potter's attempts to control the action.
Potter has control of Seta's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Seta regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Seta tries to hold on but Potter postures up.
You get the feeling that Seta really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Potter trying to control but Seta is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Potter in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Seta looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Seta is trying to defend against the choke here but Potter has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Potter Tightens the hold and Seta taps out furiously! Potter displays superior BJJ to win the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Harry Potter!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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