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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badr Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle Moore has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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189 cm
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234 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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225 cm
19
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Moore! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Badr Hari! The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hari closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Moore throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hari is thwarting Moore's attempts to control the position. Hari stops Moore from getting back to his feet.
Moore trying to control but Hari postures up.
Moore might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Hari tries to stand but his arm is trapped. Moore 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. Hari is keen to just control but Moore is a slippery customer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Moore takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Moore stuffs the takedown attempt from Hari. Hari gets slowly back to his feet. Hari lands a head kick!
Moore scores with a takedown into Hari's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hari keeping moving, preventing Moore from controlling successfully. Moore passes Hari's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Moore is breathing heavily. Moore wants to stand up but Hari is controlling the position.
Hari wants to improve his position but Moore is controlling well.
Hari is controlling Moore's trapped leg to prevent Moore from advancing to side control. Hari is trying to maintain the position but Moore is very close to passing his half guard. Hari is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Moore is staying active. Hari moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Moore trying to control but Hari is working from the bottom.
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. Hari has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Moore looking to sit in guard and control but Hari gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Hari must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Hari decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Jab by Hari. Hari has his takedown stuffed and Moore counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hari won't be happy with that. Hari manages to work his way to half guard, despite Moore's best efforts. Moore trying to pass the guard but Hari defending well. Moore is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Moore trying to control but Hari is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Moore has control of Hari's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hari regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Moore has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Hari is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kyle Moore!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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