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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between William Gallas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmeh Naboic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Gallas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
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176 cm
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165 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Good kicks
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Gallas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Timmeh Naboic!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Naboic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Naboic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gallas scores with a takedown into Naboic's guard.
Gallas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gallas passes Naboic's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Naboic makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Naboic.
Naboic not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gallas is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Naboic has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gallas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallas passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gallas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gallas is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Naboic knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Naboic manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gallas's best efforts.
Naboic moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Naboic can't keep his opponent in guard - Gallas advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gallas wants to work for an arm triangle but Naboic is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gallas is breathing heavily.
Naboic is pressing down on Gallas's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naboic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gallas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Naboic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gallas's guard.
Naboic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Naboic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gallas keeping full guard, as Naboic tries to pass.
Naboic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Naboic trying to control the position from guard on top but Gallas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Naboic lands a couple of elbows.
Naboic passes Gallas's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Naboic tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gallas knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Naboic is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gallas sees it coming and defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Naboic seems content to control.
Naboic seems to be looking for submissions.
Naboic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gallas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Naboic is looking to take a break and control but Gallas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Naboic is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gallas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Naboic.
Naboic is working for a kimura but Gallas is defending it quite comfortably.
Naboic is pressing down on Gallas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gallas is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gallas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Naboic wants to control from the top but Gallas keeps moving.
Naboic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gallas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Naboic defends well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Naboic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gallas's head.
Gallas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gallas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naboic drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Naboic jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that William Gallas will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gallas gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Naboic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gallas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Naboic pushes down on Gallas's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Naboic trying to control from half guard but Gallas is working away.
Naboic passes the guard and advances to mount!
Naboic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gallas is looking to escape.
Naboic lands a big shot there that rocks Gallas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Naboic moves to the back.
Naboic tries to keep control of the position but Gallas is staying busy.
Gallas is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Naboic working for the choke.
Gallas tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The referee warns Gallas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gallas is squirming around, avoiding Naboic's attempts to control the action.
Gallas is working to get back to half guard.
Naboic working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Naboic has control of Gallas's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Gallas regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Timmeh Naboic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Naboic looking for a guillotine from mount but Gallas is having none of it.
Naboic looking to control but Gallas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gallas working to try and regain half guard.
Naboic is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Gallas is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Timmeh Naboic!
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energy
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hype
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