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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes Vaulen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaulen has chosen I Love Norwegian Country as his entrance music. Sam Martin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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173 cm
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180 lbs
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180 cm
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170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sam Martin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johannes Vaulen! The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Vaulen fails with a takedown attempt. Martin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Vaulen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vaulen. Vaulen landing with the ground and pound. Martin tries to land a sweep but no joy. Martin punching from the bottom - just letting Vaulen know he's still in a fight. Martin keeping moving, preventing Vaulen from controlling successfully. Martin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Vaulen won't allow Martin to sweep him here. Vaulen trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom. Martin wants to stand and escape but Vaulen is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Vaulen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martin's head. Martin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vaulen on the ground. Vaulen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Vaulen is looking to work some ground and pound but Martin has wrist control. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Vaulen landing with the ground and pound. Vaulen with a nice head shot there. Martin wants to stand up but Vaulen is controlling him. Martin wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Vaulen is now in half guard. Vaulen is stalling here. Martin is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Vaulen seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Martin has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Vaulen looks gassed! Vaulen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Martin's leg. He's managed it. Nice work. Vaulen tries to get to full guard but Martin has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Vaulen trying to control from the bottom.
Martin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Martin passes to side control. Martin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Martin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Martin could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Vaulen throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Vaulen is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard. Martin tries to stand but his arm is trapped. Vaulen regains full guard. Nicely done. Martin wants to control from the top but Vaulen keeps moving. Vaulen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Vaulen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Martin's face.
Martin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Vaulen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Vaulen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Martin wants to hold on but Vaulen pushes him away. Oooooh, big shot lands for Vaulen! Martin is hurt baaadly! Vaulen is firing away with more strikes - Martin is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Johannes Vaulen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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