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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Bandana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Striker comes to the cage accompanied by Indestructible By Disturbed. Bandana is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Los del Rio - La Macarena. Gabriel Striker has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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225 cm
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225 lbs
0 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
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270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Striker! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dirk Bandana! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bandana has a takedown stuffed. Striker scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Nice sprawl there from Striker as Bandana shoots in. Striker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Bandana wants to control but Striker is keeping busy.
Striker will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. The fighters are battling for position here. Bandana manages to regain full guard. Nice work. Bandana controls Striker momentarily but Striker frees himself. Bandana should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete. Bandana keeping moving, preventing Striker from controlling successfully. Striker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bandana throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round. Striker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Bandana is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bandana avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Striker passes easily into side control. Nice work. Bandana is trying to get back to half guard. Striker misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's two 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. Striker tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Striker has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Striker fails to land a wild elbow strike.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. A head kick misses from Striker. Bandana tries for a takedown but Striker circles away easily and Striker counters with a left and a right that stings Bandana. Gabriel Striker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Bandana. Bandana misses with a takedown and Striker counters with a head kick. The fight moves into the clinch position. Striker breaks from the clinch.
Bandana swats away the attempt to clinch by Striker. Striker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Excellent takedown into side control there by Striker. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Bandana managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Striker.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Striker working the strikes but Bandana uses the opportunity to regain half guard. Bandana wants to get back to full guard. Striker drops an elbow to the side of Bandana's head. Striker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Bandana is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Striker is looking to take a break and control but Bandana is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Striker misses with a head shot. Bandana uses the momentum to regain guard. Bandana utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bandana working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Striker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Striker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Striker throws and elbow that misses. Bandana uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Striker's guard. Nice move by Bandana! Striker wants to stand but Bandana is controlling the position. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Bandana trying to control the position from guard on top but Striker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Striker looking to sweep here. No luck so far. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Striker dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Striker wants to clinch up but Bandana keeps it at a distance. Striker misses with a takedown attempt and Bandana counters with a takedown into side control. Striker is looking for a sweep. Bandana is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Striker looks calm but he's in trouble here. Bandana gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Striker is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Bandana lets go of the hold and Striker can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dirk Bandana!
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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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