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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stilgar ben Fifrawi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Espada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ben Fifrawi comes to the cage accompanied by Lamb of God - Omerta. Espada has chosen "Juice" by Rakim 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 cm
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223 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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186 cm
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205 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stilgar ben Fifrawi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leandro Espada! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! ben Fifrawi thows a body shot but no joy. Espada takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like Leandro Espada has been cut. ben Fifrawi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Espada, pushing him back against the cage. ben Fifrawi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. ben Fifrawi pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Espada slips a jab and a cross from ben Fifrawi.
Espada takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Espada misses with a double jab
letting ben Fifrawi counter with a right hand. ben Fifrawi bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Espada takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Espada struggling a bit here. ben Fifrawi lands a few punches from side control. ben Fifrawi working the ground and pound from side control. Espada looks gassed! ben Fifrawi working the body and head with strikes.
That has opened up Leandro Espada's cut even more. ben Fifrawi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. ben Fifrawi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Espada on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round. ben Fifrawi lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Espada down.
Espada is rocked!
The cut above Leandro Espada's eye is starting to cause him problems now. A big shot lands for ben Fifrawi! That's hurt Espada! Will he recover? ben Fifrawi fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stilgar ben Fifrawi!
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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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