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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drew Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes comes to the cage accompanied by Far From Over. Edwards has chosen Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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185 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Hughes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hughes wants to clinch up but Edwards keeps it at a distance.
Hughes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hughes counters by moving into the clinch.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Edwards blocks with his arms.
Hughes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Edwards blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Hughes.
It looks like Juan Edwards has been cut.
Hughes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Edwards blocks it with crossed arms.
Edwards jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hughes walks away with a smile on his face. Edwards gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hughes throws a head kick but Edwards moves out of range.
Hughes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Edwards holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hughes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Edwards's efforts to push away.
Hughes lands a knee to the head.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Edwards blocks with his arms.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Edwards blocks it.
Edwards displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hughes up against the cage.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Edwards blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Edwards blocks it.
Edwards fails to pull guard.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Edwards just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hughes's brow.
Edwards jumps guard but Hughes stands there with Edwards around his waist. Edwards gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Drew Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Edwards.
Hughes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Edwards blocks with his arms.
Edwards pulls guard successfully.
Edwards pushes a forearm under Hughes's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Hughes is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Juan Edwards!
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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
44% |
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