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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Florian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachariah Jabari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Florian comes to the cage accompanied by That's what it is. Jabari has chosen Run this town as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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176 cm
24
164 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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179 cm
23
159 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenny Florian! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zachariah Jabari! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Florian tries to clinch there but Jabari circles away.
Jabari misses with an uppercut. Florian saw that one coming. Florian fails in his attempt to clinch. Florian tries to clinch but Jabari is having none of it. Jabari fails to land with a series of punches.
Jabari lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Florian wants to clinch up but Jabari keeps it at a distance. Jabari throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Florian tries to close the distance and clinch but Jabari swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Florian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jabari. Florian shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jabari as he avoids it easily. Excellent takedown into side control there by Florian. We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake. The strikes coming from Florian are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Florian is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Jabari is trying to escape and Florian transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Jabari is forced to tap! Nice work there by Florian! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kenny Florian!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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