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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AJ Samison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory Rusband (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samison comes to the cage accompanied by No Love- Eminem feat. Lil' Wayne. Rusband comes into a darkened arena with his song building. perfect kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! AJ Samison is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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186 cm
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185 lbs
0 - 4 - 1 |
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182 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening |
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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
0 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, AJ Samison! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rory Rusband! The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Samison looks to land a combination but Rusband avoids it well. Samison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Samison throws a head kick that misses. Rusband dives in and grabs Samison's left leg, looking for a takedown. Samison pushes down on Rusband's head and hops out. Samison throws a right hand that Rusband ducks under and follows up with a left that Rusband also avoids with ease. Rusband has taken the fight to the clinch.
Samison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rusband takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Samison is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rusband. Samison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rusband dodges the punch combination from Samison.
Rusband moves out of range of the body kick from Samison.
Rusband shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rusband showed some decent athleticism there. Rusband throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Rusband thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Samison's head. Samison has one foot on Rusband's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet. Samison misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rusband shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rusband was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Rusband looks gassed! Rusband throwing strikes but Samison recovers to half guard. A much better position. Samison pushes Rusband off and gets back to his feet. Rusband throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Nice body kick from Samison. Rory Rusband seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Samison is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Rusband showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Samison.
Rusband takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Samison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Samison misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rusband lands with a nice combination. Samison backs away looking to recover. Samison blocks a head kick by Rusband.
Samison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Samison shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Rusband scores with a three punch combo!
Rusband throws a right hand that Samison ducks under and follows up with a left that Samison also avoids with ease. Rusband circles away from the clinch attempt.
Samison is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rusband. Rusband fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Samison rushes Rusband and presses him up against the cage. Samison manages to break the clinch.
Samison shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rusband manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Samison distracts Rusband with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rusband can do anything to dispel that myth. Rusband is wriggling around but Samison manages to pass to half guard.
Rusband is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Samison has latched onto it... Big trouble! Samison pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Rusband is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Samison!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). AJ Samison!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
74% |
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