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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Diop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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201 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Papa Diop!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diop wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diop looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diop fails to land with a series of punches.
Diop tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Diop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diop misses with a few strikes there.
Diop closes the distance and clinches.
King avoids the elbow strike from Diop, against the cage.
Diop is trying to maintain a safe position but King gets an underhook and turns Diop into the cage.
Diop drops to a knee looking for a takedown but King gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Diop gets underhooks to prevent King's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diop will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning King up against the cage.
Diop turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Diop has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King is not a happy chappy� he wants out of there.
Diop blocks King's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Diop wants to control the pace but King is squirming around nicely.
Diop blocks King's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
King is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Diop avoids the attempt from King to control.
Diop thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Diop trying to control but King is having none of it.
King is desperately trying to improve his position but Diop has a good base and remains in mount.
Diop has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of King's face.
King is squirming around, avoiding Diop's attempts to control the action.
King working to try and regain half guard.
King is trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diop prevents King from getting the reversal.
Diop punching from mount but King doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Diop looking to control but King is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
King is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
King is breathing heavily.
Diop looking to finish King with some ground and pound. This is bad for King!
King can't escape the position.
Diop looking to control but King is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Diop sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
King wants to control but Diop is having none of it.
King is bucking up trying to escape but Diop cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diop controlling the position easily from mount.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa Diop dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Diop looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diop is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Diop throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
Diop keeps the fight on the outside.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Diop looks to land a combination but King avoids it well.
Diop is looking to clinch.
King tries to clinch but Diop is having none of it.
Diop tries to clinch but fails miserably
and King counters with a nice double leg into guard.
King will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
King passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Diop has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
King trying to control the position but Diop is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Diop sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
King is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Diop has escaped the position, nice work there.
King working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
King is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diop is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Diop wants to control but King postures up.
Diop is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Diop tries to get to full guard but King has control of the leg.
King is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is trying to control. Diop wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Diop misses with a double jab.
Diop gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows King to score an easy takedown into full guard.
King has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Diop is proving hard to escape from.
King postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Diop is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of King, into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diop controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diop tries to free his leg and advance position but King is retaining full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diop wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard King dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Diop looks to clinch
and King moves into the clinch.
King misses with a punch to the body.
Diop wants to stall.
Diop lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Diop seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but King does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Diop might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control King kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
King misses with some strikes from the bottom.
King is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diop trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diop prevents King from improving his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
King trying to control from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Diop darts in trying to clinch
and King counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Diop tries to kick King off but King keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Diop is looking for a sweep. King is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diop trying to control but King postures up.
Richard King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King controlling the action here.
Diop is trying to stand back up but King is controlling him
Still in half guard, King seems content to control.
Diop trying to control here.
King content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is looking to take a break and control but Diop is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Diop manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Diop tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and King counters with a single leg into guard. Diop didn't expect that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King drops back, looking for a kneebar! Diop looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Diop looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Diop!
Diop gets to mount! King was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Diop tries to control but King wriggling away.
Diop controlling the pace for now.
Diop wants to control the pace but King is squirming around nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard King showed his dominance in that final round.
I think King has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard King!
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FIGHT
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