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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between JungHy Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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172 cm
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151 lbs
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175 cm
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, JungHy Lee! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Graham! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Graham shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lee sprawls well. Lee wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Graham gets slowly back to his feet. Lee clinches with his opponent.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Lee wants to get back to striking at distance but Graham won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graham. Lee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Graham walks away with a smile on his face. Lee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. Lee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Graham counters with a nice leg kick. Lee defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graham. Graham dives in and grabs Lee's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lee pushes down on Graham's head and hops out. JungHy Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Graham. Lee shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lee showed some decent athleticism there. Graham trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. Graham works his way to full guard. Good work. Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Graham. Lee trying to control but Graham is working from the bottom. Graham managing to control the position. Lee wants to control from the top but Graham keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Lee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Graham is keeping the position for now. Lee got a little sloppy there for a moment and Graham has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lee has managed to get both his arms back between Graham's legs - danger averted. Graham pushes Lee off and scrambles back to his feet.
Graham looks gassed! Lee wants to clinch. Lee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown so Graham counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Graham slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Lee wants to sweep but no luck. Graham stands and throws Lee's legs to the side, diving into side control. Graham decides to stand up, so the ref orders Lee to his feet. Lee with a poor takedown and Graham counters with a series of strikes. Lee will be more careful next time no doubt. The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Graham shoots in but no luck this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Graham. Graham drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Graham trying to control the action but Lee is working from the bottom. Graham decides to take the fight back to the feet. Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Graham on the ground. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Graham tries to hold on but Lee postures up. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Graham dominated that round. That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown so Graham counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Lee on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lee tries to get out of the position. Graham controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Lee trying to keep a closed guard but Graham is proving a slippery customer.
Graham stays in close to Lee's body and controls the position. Let's hope that Graham has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Lee keeping moving, preventing Graham from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round. Graham showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Lee wants to sweep here but Graham controlling him for the moment. Graham lands a couple of elbows. Graham trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Lee working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Lee displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Graham. Lee defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Graham. Lee darts in trying to clinch and Graham counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lee's guard now. Graham is looking to stand up but Lee won't let him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Graham looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Lee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Graham. Lee keeping moving, preventing Graham from controlling successfully. Lee is trying to control the position but Graham postures up. Graham works a leg free and moves into half guard. Lee is trying to stand.
Graham is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Lee is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jimmy Graham!
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hype
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