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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Abigor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Bird struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sebastian Abigor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Bird!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Abigor is fending him off so far but Bird persists. Nope, Abigor circles away and we're back to standing.
Abigor darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Abigor 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.
Abigor is trying to work for a kimura but Bird is defending well.
Bird is trying to get back to full guard.
Bird is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Abigor wants to take a breather but Bird is having none of it.
Abigor slips a nice elbow through Bird's hands, connecting with Bird's forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird is trying to get back to full guard.
Bird looks gassed!
Abigor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Abigor seems to be working for a kimura but Bird defends the submission attempt.
Abigor seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bird wants to improve his position but Abigor is controlling well.
Bird is staying active underneath Abigor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Abigor is nestled in close to Bird, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Abigor working the head and body with strikes.
Abigor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bird with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Abigor passes the guard and advances to mount!
Abigor content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abigor looking for a guillotine from mount but Bird is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bird is squirming around, avoiding Abigor's attempts to control the action.
Abigor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bird is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Abigor working for a submission but Bird is keeping him at bay.
Abigor goes for an armbar but Bird turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Bird.
Bird with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abigor wants to sweep but no luck.
Bird tries to free his leg and advance position but Abigor is retaining full guard.
Bird must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Abigor looking for a sweep. Not yet Abigor, not yet.
Bird tries to free his leg and advance position but Abigor is retaining full guard.
Abigor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bird's guard.
Bird trying to control the position.
Bird wants to sweep but no luck.
Abigor sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bird's guard.
Abigor has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bird is bucking up trying to escape but Abigor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Abigor moves to the back.
Abigor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Abigor lands punches and elbows.
Abigor is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Bird defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Bird defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Abigor's arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abigor is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bird has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bird wants to get back to his feet.
Abigor is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Abigor is persistently looking for the submission but Bird is defending it well.
Abigor is hanging on to Bird's back as he tries to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abigor has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Bird tries to roll but Abigor sticks to his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastian Abigor dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Good standup being displayed there by Abigor as he connects with a hook.
Abigor closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Abigor has his takedown stuffed
and Bird counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Abigor!
Abigor is trying desperately to improve position.
Abigor manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Abigor is controlling Bird's trapped leg to prevent Bird from advancing to side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bird wants to pass the guard but Abigor is defending well.
Bird wants to take a breather but Abigor is having none of it.
Bird missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bird is tying to control. Abigor wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Abigor wants to improve his position but Bird is controlling well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abigor is refusing to be controlled, as Bird sits in half guard.
Abigor tries to get to full guard but Bird has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Bird.
Sebastian Abigor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
You can see the frustration on Abigor's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Abigor gets back to half guard.
Abigor is looking to control Bird's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Abigor avoid being mounted?
Abigor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Abigor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Abigor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bird loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Abigor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Abigor lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bird!
Abigor looking to control but Bird is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abigor has control of Bird's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bird regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abigor mounts Bird! Really nice guard pass there!
Bird defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Abigor.
Abigor thowing shots but they're missing.
Bird is looking to improve his position but Abigor isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Abigor seems to be looking for submissions.
Bird wants to get back to his feet.
Bird makes his way to full guard, as Abigor worked for a kimura.
Abigor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Abigor with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abigor slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Abigor advances position into side control!
Abigor cracks Bird with a big right hand but Bird just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Abigor has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Bird!
Abigor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bird can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abigor swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bird is now in Abigor's guard. A big mistake from Abigor there, giving up the dominant position!
Abigor is trying to control the position but Bird postures up.
Bird slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Abigor.
Abigor regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bird's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bird is sitting in close to Abigor's body. Abigor has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Bird is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Bird is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Abigor.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Sebastian Abigor!
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FIGHT
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