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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between mr tapout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Raffoul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). mr tapout has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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195 cm
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202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very confident |
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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, mr tapout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Raffoul!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raffoul shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts tapout as he jumps to the side.
Raffoul tries to close the distance and clinch up but tapout swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raffoul fails with a takedown attempt.
Raffoul closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Raffoul looks gassed!
tapout looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
tapout trying to control here.
tapout blocking the ground and pound attempt from Raffoul.
That's one minute gone in the round.
tapout tries to get to full guard but Raffoul has control of the leg.
Raffoul wants to control but tapout is keeping him busy.
Raffoul prevents tapout from improving his position.
Raffoul seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but tapout does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
tapout is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Raffoul pulls his head out easily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Raffoul throws a nice looking combination but tapout bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Raffoul is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by tapout.
Horrible takedown by Raffoul or perhaps it was just good defense by tapout which made him look bad.
mr tapout has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Raffoul.
tapout decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
tapout looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Raffoul looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
tapout not landing any meaningful shots this time.
tapout is looking to take a break and control but Raffoul is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
tapout is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Raffoul!
tapout can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Raffoul is looking to escape.
tapout controlling from the full mount.
tapout landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
tapout scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Raffoul?
tapout punching from mount but Raffoul doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Raffoul wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by tapout.
tapout is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Raffoul can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
tapout controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
mr tapout dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
tapout shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. tapout showed some decent athleticism there.
tapout passes the guard and advances to mount!
tapout working for a submission but Raffoul is keeping him at bay.
Raffoul is breathing heavily.
Raffoul avoids a series of strikes thrown by tapout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffoul avoids a series of strikes thrown by tapout.
tapout really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Raffoul wants to hold on but tapout pushes him away.
tapout goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Raffoul turns into him and now he's in tapout's guard.
tapout 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.
tapout keeping moving, preventing Raffoul from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
tapout has his feet on Raffoul's thighs here. He's pushed Raffoul off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Raffoul screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). mr tapout!
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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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