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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Filipino Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Chupacabra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chupacabra is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Daddy Yankee - Gasolina. El Chupacabra has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 cm
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145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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150 cm
19
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Filipino Saint! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, El Chupacabra! The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Chupacabra misses with a body shot.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chupacabra. Saint does a little dance to reset his feet. Chupacabra throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chupacabra doesn't manage to clinch there - Saint circles away.
Chupacabra feints and as Saint raises his hands in defense, Chupacabra changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Saint on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Saint tries to get out of the position. Chupacabra scoring with some ground and pound. Chupacabra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Chupacabra working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Chupacabra won't allow Saint to get back to his feet. Chupacabra is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Chupacabra is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Saint has his feet on Chupacabra's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. Chupacabra shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Chupacabra is looking to work some ground and pound but Saint has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Chupacabra passes Saint's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Saint wants to get back to his feet. Chupacabra working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Chupacabra lands with a punch from half guard. Chupacabra passes to full mount! Saint is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position. Saint trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful. Chupacabra with the ground and pound from mount. Chupacabra landing strikes, looking to finish! Saint is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Chupacabra looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Chupacabra has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Saint's face.
Saint is rocked! Chupacabra lands a big shot there that rocks Saint but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh Saint is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! You get the feeling that Saint really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Saint seems to have got his legs back now. Chupacabra has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Saint is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Chupacabra working away from the top, dropping strikes. Chupacabra lands a nice shot to the head. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Chupacabra lands a heavy elbow. A nice elbow there by Chupacabra. Chupacabra trying to control but Saint is having none of it. Chupacabra connects with a bit shot that sees Saint covering up! More strikes from Chupacabra and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Chupacabra is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). El Chupacabra!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
90% |
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