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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Osorolh Darar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David has chosen Bring The Pain as his entrance music. Xavier David will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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171 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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180 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Osorolh Darar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from David.
Darar scoring well with a low kick there.
Darar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A bone on bone clash there as David blocks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as David blocks the low kick.
Darar motions for David to come forward. Darar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by David.
David shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Darar as he avoids it easily.
David avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
David shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Darar sprawls well. Darar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. David gets slowly back to his feet.
Osorolh Darar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier David.
David moves out of range of the body kick from Darar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
David scores with a jab to the body.
Darar is looking to land body kicks.
Left hook, right uppercut from David.
A cross from David lands.
Darar tries to clinch but David is having none of it.
David shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Darar manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Darar has David pulled in close to control his posture.
Darar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for David on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David lands a couple of elbows.
Darar is trying to control the position but David postures up.
Darar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Darar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Darar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Darar is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
David tries for a takedown but Darar manages to get underhooks.
Darar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from David.
David misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darar misses with an elbow over the top.
David escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Darar dodges the punch combination from David.
David bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Darar to see if he's OK.
Sloppy strikes there by David.
David throws a strike aimed at the side of Darar's head but Darar avoids it well.
Darar is looking to regain half guard here but David keeps moving and retains side control.
The strikes coming from David are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
David throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Darar is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
David landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David prevents Darar from escaping the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
David shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Darar defends it nicely.
Darar moves in looking to clinch but David pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darar clinches up with David and pushes him back against the cage.
David has a couple of punches blocked by Darar.
Darar missing with knees to the body.
Darar blocking some punches.
David gets through Darar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
David blocks an elbow strike.
Darar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has David in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
David blocks the elbow strike.
David dodges an elbow strike from Darar.
Darar throws an elbow but it misses.
Darar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
David misses with a punch on the inside.
David swings wildly with an uppercut but Darar uses good head movement to avoid it.
David is trying to break the clinch but Darar is controlling him.
David is trying to break free.
Darar landing knees to the body.
David takes an elbow to the forehead.
David lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Xavier David will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Darar misses with an attempted mid kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by David.
David working the ground and pound but Darar is defending the strikes.
Darar is looking for a sweep.
The ground and pound from David seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Darar is looking for a sweep.
Darar parries the strikes from David easily there. David is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Darar to escape.
Darar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Darar is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Darar takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Darar is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Darar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from David.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar tries to roll over but David keeps him under control.
David is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
David throwing shots but Darar is blocking nicely.
Darar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from David.
David thows a huge punch but Darar dodges it nicely.
David has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Darar is trying to maintain the position but David is very close to passing his half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
David stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darar.
Darar throws and low kick but David moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Darar slaps away a takedown attempt from David, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Darar moves in looking to clinch but David pushes him off.
Darar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
David checks a low kick from Darar.
David takes a swing at Darar's ribcage but misses.
David scores with a nice head shot.
David throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Darar's waist but Darar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing David off to one side.
David shoots for a double leg takedown but Darar sprawls well. He's pushed David's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Osorolh Darar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier David.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Darar.
David tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Darar swivels and escapes.
David moves out of range of the body kick from Darar.
Darar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darar misses with a low kick as David jumps back.
Darar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt David.
Xavier David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
David is breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darar.
David fails with a takedown attempt.
Darar throws a leg kick but David moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David checks a leg kick nicely.
Darar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donk. David catches Darar right on the button with a cross.
Osorolh Darar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Darar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
David blocks a leg kick.
Darar thumps David with a low kick.
Darar throws a push kick but David slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osorolh Darar dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Darar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Darar tries to work over David's front leg with a kick but David checks it.
Darar tried to score with a low kick but David checks it.
David throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
David shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
David looking to finish Darar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Darar!
Darar is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by David.
Darar is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darar tries to buck David off but he can't manage it.
David dominating with strikes here.
Darar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Darar is working to get back to half guard.
David looking to finish Darar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Darar!
Darar working to try and regain half guard.
David lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
David scoring with strikes but Darar is staying in there.
David scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Darar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Darar tries to get out of the position.
BOOM! David connects with a massive shot to the dome!
David working for a submission but Darar is keeping him at bay.
David takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
David looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Darar tries to hold on but David pushes him away.
David working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
David throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Darar because David loaded up on that one.
Darar tries to lock up and control but David gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Darar squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The referee warns Darar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
David is landing with some decent strikes but Darar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darar is in a horrible position here. David smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
David fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Darar taking shots to the head.
David throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Darar sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
David not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Darar is trying to stand.
David missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
David not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
David trying to control from half guard but Darar is working away.
David in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Darar tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from David!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Xavier David! Xavier David retains his welterweight title!
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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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