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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ted Chips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shin Katama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katama is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Inject the Venom. Shin Katama has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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193 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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192 cm
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185 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ted Chips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shin Katama!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chips darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Chips landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Katama really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chips. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chips slips a nice elbow through Katama's hands, connecting with Katama's forehead.
Chips with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Chips prevents Katama from standing back up.
Chips working over Katama with some ground and pound. Katama looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chips lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chips is controlling the pace.
Chips stops Katama from getting back to his feet.
Chips lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katama has one foot on Chips's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Katama scores with a three punch combo!
Chips shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Katama pinned against the cage. Katama gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Chips shoots in and drives through. Katama sprawls well.
Chips scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Chips misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Chips landing a few strikes.
Chips lands a nice forearm strike.
Katama pushes Chips away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chips gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Chips looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katama takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Chips taking a breather here.
Chips lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Chips controls the position from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chips landing a few strikes.
Chips lands a decent elbow from side control.
Katama takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chips in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chips is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Katama's shoulder. That is not cool.
Chips lands some shots froms side control.
Chips 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.
Chips trying to control the position but Katama is working away.
Katama wants to get back to his feet.
Katama looks gassed!
Chips working the head with strikes.
Chips working the ground and pound.
Chips controls the position.
Katama on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chips is trying to get an arm triangle but Katama is defending well.
Chips is chipping away with strikes.
Katama pushes Chips away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chips gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Chips scoring with punches from side control.
Chips trying to control the position but Katama is working away.
Chips connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Katama some visible discomfort.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katama takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Check out the look on Chips's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Check out the look on Chips's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Chips works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Chips dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Chips darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chips lands a nice short elbow.
Chips performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Chips connects with a nice short shot to Katama's temple.
Katama is looking to escape.
Chips working the head and body with strikes.
Chips trying to control from half guard but Katama is working away.
Katama taking some punishment here, with Chips in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chips drops an elbow to the side of Katama's head.
Katama wants to stand back up but Chips manages to pass into side control.
Katama is breathing heavily.
Chips tries for a kimura but Katama is defending well.
Chips staying calm.
Chips working the body and head with strikes.
Chips controlling the position from side mount.
Katama is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Chips asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chips grinds an elbow into Katama's temple.
Chips scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Katama to see if he's OK.
Chips landing strikes.
Chips lands a few punches from side control.
Katama taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chips is looking to take a break and control but Katama is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Katama wants to get back to his feet but Chips drags him back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chips lands an elbow.
Chips is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Katama is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Chips looks up at the clock and then as Katama takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Chips smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Katama takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Chips landing strikes.
Chips lands some shots froms side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Katama can do anything to dispel that myth.
Chips trying to control the position but Katama is working away.
Chips has an Americana. Katama didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Chips is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Chips hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ted Chips!
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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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