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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dontaey Paige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and herbert mankow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). mankow has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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190 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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167 cm
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175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Fast |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dontaey Paige! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, herbert mankow! The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! mankow takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Paige showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from mankow.
mankow dodges the punch combination from Paige.
herbert mankow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Paige will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paige throws a head kick that mankow semi-blocks.
mankow fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Paige sprawls well initially but mankow persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Paige wants to improve his position but mankow is controlling well.
mankow lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. mankow sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Paige defending well though. Paige avoiding damage under a succession of punches from mankow. mankow is figuring out what he wants to do next. mankow looks gassed! mankow stops Paige from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. mankow misses with a head shot. Paige uses the momentum to regain guard. mankow passes easily into side control. Nice work. Paige pushes mankow away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, mankow gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control. mankow wants to control but Paige is keeping him busy. Paige is looking to work his way out of this bad position but mankow is controlling him well. mankow scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Paige to see if he's OK. mankow with the ground and pound but Paige regains half guard under the barage of strikes. mankow frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round. mankow throwing strikes here but Paige is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Paige is trying to escape the mount.
mankow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Paige wants to hold on but mankow pushes him away. mankow scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Paige really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. mankow unloading with bombs!
It looks like Dontaey Paige has been cut. Paige has left one of his arms exposed and mankow doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Paige screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). herbert mankow!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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