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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dak Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genc Haliti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ishii might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Insane in the membrane by Cypress Hill. The crowd seem to be enjoying Haliti's choice of entrance music: unikkatil-mos shaj mas shpine remix. Genc Haliti struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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137 lbs
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144 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dak Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Genc Haliti!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishii shoots in but no luck this time.
Ishii shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Haliti as he avoids it easily.
Ishii drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ishii lands a couple of elbows.
Ishii thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ishii stands and throws Haliti's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Haliti tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ishii wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Haliti taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ishii scoring with punches from side control.
Haliti gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ishii is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Haliti defends it well.
Haliti is pressing down on Ishii's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haliti throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Haliti escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ishii gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Haliti looks gassed!
Haliti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii passes Haliti's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ishii is looking for a kimura but Haliti is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ishii to get the leverage.
Haliti wants to get back to full guard.
Ishii not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ishii is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Ishii cracks Haliti with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Haliti tries to lock up and control but Ishii gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Haliti is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ishii has control of Haliti's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Haliti regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice elbow there by Ishii.
Ishii lands a big shot there that rocks Haliti but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ishii scoring with strikes but Haliti is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Haliti has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Haliti!
Haliti avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ishii tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ishii is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Haliti has his hands clasped together but Ishii extends an breaks Haliti's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Ishii.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dak Ishii!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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