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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xemenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Celek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Celek is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 40 oz. This should be fireworks!
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181 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Xemenez ! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brent Celek! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Celek lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Celek feints and as raises his hands in defense, Celek changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. wants to stand and escape but Celek is having none of it. wriggles free and stands up. A decent looking cross lands there for Celek. A head kick misses from . Celek blocks a head kick by .
A head kick from lands but Celek takes it in his stride. misses with a straight left. Celek throws a nice looking combination but bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Xemenez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Celek shoots in and bounces off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Celek lands a couple of elbows. Celek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Celek throws a big right hand that misses. is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Celek stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. swivels though and keeps the full guard. wants to stand but Celek is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. keeping moving, preventing Celek from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. A bone on bone clash there as Celek blocks the leg kick.
Celek shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Celek showed some decent athleticism there. Celek is working for a kimura but is defending it quite comfortably.
is trying to stand back up but Celek is controlling him
Celek is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Celek is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Celek is trying to work for a kimura but is defending well.
Celek has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round. is looking to escape. Celek lands strikes from half guard. Celek seems to be working for a kimura but defends the submission attempt. Celek throwing shots but is blocking nicely. is not content to let Celek control the position. Celek lands strikes from half guard. Celek missing with the ground and pound from half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. pushes Celek off looking to stand but Celek dives back in and keeps control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. throws a sloppy head kick and Celek moves out of range easily. Celek connects with a crisp jab. swings away with a leg kick that misses. Celek cracks with a good jab. tries a head kick but it misses.
is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. takes a swing at Celek's ribcage but misses. Celek tries to bum rush with a series of wild strikes but uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Celek jabs at 's body. Celek fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Celek moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Decent striking displayed by Celek there. Celek scores with a hook. showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Celek.
A shot to the body from misses and Celek counters with a takedown into side control. Celek lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear down.
Celek is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. is trying to escape and Celek transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and is forced to tap! Nice work there by Celek! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brent Celek!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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