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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Moxon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Bittencourt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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189 cm
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196 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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182 cm
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185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeffrey Moxon! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafael Bittencourt! The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bittencourt wants to clinch. Rafael Bittencourt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Moxon swats away the attempt to clinch by Bittencourt. Bittencourt is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Bittencourt is looking to clinch. Moxon misses with a series of wild punches.
Bittencourt is looking to clinch but Moxon is avoiding it.
Moxon swats away the attempt to clinch by Bittencourt. Bittencourt moves in looking to clinch but Moxon pushes him off. Moxon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bittencourt forces Moxon back against the cage and clinches. Bittencourt misses with a knee strike.
Moxon is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bittencourt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bittencourt jumps guard.
Moxon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Moxon got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bittencourt has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Moxon has managed to get both his arms back between Bittencourt's legs - danger averted. Moxon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moxon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bittencourt throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Bittencourt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Moxon postures up in Bittencourt's guard and throws a big left but Bittencourt blocks it. Moxon landing some decent shots from guard. Moxon is sitting in close to Bittencourt's body. Bittencourt has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Moxon is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Moxon is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Bittencourt.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rafael Bittencourt!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
48% |
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