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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brent Celek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Celek comes into the arena with 40 oz blaring out of the sound system. Musashi has chosen Andrea Bocelli- Time to Say Goodbye as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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164 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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170 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brent Celek!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Celek drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Musashi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Musashi working for a triangle but Celek defends it easily.
Celek stands up over Musashi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Celek drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Celek jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Musashi wants to sweep here but Celek controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Celek drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Celek jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Celek pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Musashi is keeping the position for now.
Celek is working hard here to advance position.
Musashi is looking for a triangle but Celek pushes his legs off easily.
Celek trying to control but Musashi is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Celek content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Celek.
Celek landing strikes.
Celek lands an elbow.
Celek is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Musashi is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Celek working away.
Musashi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Celek connects with a decent elbow.
Musashi is trying to control Celek's posture but Celek avoids it.
Celek fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Musashi managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Celek.
Celek lands a decent elbow from side control.
Musashi is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Celek in side control lands a decent elbow.
Celek is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Musashi has escaped the position, nice work there.
Musashi wants to control but Celek postures up.
Musashi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Celek wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Celek wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Musashi, who protects the arm well.
Musashi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Celek is trying to work for a kimura but Musashi is defending well.
Musashi trying to control but Celek postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Celek lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celek seems to be looking for submissions.
Musashi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Celek throwing strikes from guard but Musashi blocks nicely.
Celek got a little sloppy there for a moment and Musashi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Celek has managed to get both his arms back between Musashi's legs - danger averted.
Musashi looks gassed!
Musashi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Celek can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Celek has gone for a leg lock! Musashi slips out almost immediately though and dives into Celek's guard.
Celek looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi preventing the sweep.
Celek is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Musashi is aware though and is defending well.
Celek keeping moving, preventing Musashi from controlling successfully.
Musashi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Celek is keeping the position for now.
Musashi postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Celek is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Musashi, into his guard.
Celek with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brent Celek dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Celek walks into a straight right hand from Musashi.
Celek misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Celek feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Musashi looking for a guillotine here but Celek defends easily.
Musashi is trying to keep Celek in close.
Celek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Musashi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Celek defends well.
Celek postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Musashi is breathing heavily.
Celek drops back, looking for a kneebar! Musashi looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Musashi looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Musashi!
Celek sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Celek looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Musashi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Musashi is thwarting Celek's attempts to control the position.
Celek is defending against the submission attempts here by Musashi.
Celek 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.
The fighters are battling for position here. Celek manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
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.
Celek looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Celek is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Musashi defends well.
Musashi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Celek has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Musashi has managed to get both his arms back between Celek's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Musashi drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Celek dives on top into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi keeping moving, preventing Celek from controlling successfully.
Celek scoring with punches to the head and body.
Musashi looking for a guillotine here but Celek defends easily.
Celek cracks Musashi with a solid left hand.
Musashi trying to control the position here.
Celek drops back looking for a leg! Musashi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Musashi manages to kick Celek off! Celek jumps back into Musashi's guard.
Celek is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Celek sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Musashi's guard.
Celek wants to take a breather but Musashi is having none of it.
Musashi actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Celek looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Celek seems to be working for a kimura but Musashi defends the submission attempt.
Musashi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Celek.
Celek is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Brent Celek overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Musashi is looking for a sweep. Celek is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brent Celek dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Celek fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Musashi fails to land with a series of punches.
Celek fails with the takedown.
Celek shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Musashi defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brent Celek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Musashi stuffs the takedown attempt from Celek. Celek gets slowly back to his feet.
Celek fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Celek shoots for a takedown but Musashi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Celek shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Musashi defends it nicely.
Celek looks for a takedown but Musashi sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Celek shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Celek misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Celek shoots in for a double leg but Musashi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Musashi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Celek's head backwards.
Musashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Celek is just out of range.
Brent Celek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Musashi clinches.
Musashi jumps into guard, dragging Celek to the mat.
Musashi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Celek is aware though and is defending well.
Musashi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Celek is in close to Musashi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Celek distracts Musashi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Celek cracks Musashi with a solid left hand.
Celek content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Musashi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Musashi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Celek doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Celek manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Celek controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Musashi keeping moving, preventing Celek from controlling successfully.
Celek makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Musashi can't keep his opponent in guard - Celek advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Musashi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Celek scores with a couple of nice shots.
Celek is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Musashi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celek connects with a couple of short punches.
Celek drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Celek jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Musashi looking for a triangle here. Celek is fighting it but it looks tight! Musashi pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Celek is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Miyamoto Musashi!
Miyamoto Musashi is the new lightweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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