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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Youkilis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Eliot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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185 cm
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196 lbs
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183 cm
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Youkilis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Eliot! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Youkilis has a takedown stuffed. Eliot is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Youkilis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Eliot tries to avoid it but Youkilis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Eliot to the ground. Eliot escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Eliot shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Youkilis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Youkilis. Youkilis wants to pass the guard but Eliot is keeping the position. Eliot wants to sweep here but Youkilis controlling him for the moment. Eliot pushes Youkilis off and gets back to his feet.
Youkilis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round. Youkilis lands a two punch combo.
A nice combination there by Youkilis.
Youkilis tries to land a front kick but Eliot steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Youkilis shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Youkilis was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Youkilis is breathing heavily. Youkilis prevents Eliot from getting the reversal. Youkilis has hold of Eliot's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Eliot manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Youkilis avoids the attempt from Eliot to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Eliot is looking to get to half guard. Youkilis looking to secure an arm triangle but Eliot defends it well. Eliot really wants to buck Youkilis off and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Youkilis is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Eliot can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Eliot manages to regain half guard. Good work. Youkilis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Eliot defending well though. Youkilis wants to pass to mount but Eliot is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Youkilis looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Youkilis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Youkilis dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Eliot misses with a low kick.
Eliot dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Youkilis. That did some damage! Eliot wants to clinch but Youkilis slips to the side and Youkilis counters with a left to the body. Eliot has his takedown stuffed and Youkilis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Eliot is trying to control Youkilis's posture. Youkilis takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Eliot! Youkilis is rotating here... this could be the end... Eliot is out! Youkilis has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Sam Youkilis!
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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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