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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Corbett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Bando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nathan Corbett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Bando!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bando tries to clinch there but Corbett circles away.
Corbett moves into the clinch successfully.
Corbett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bando wants to stall.
Bando wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bando is trying to break free.
Corbett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bando's face.
Corbett throws an elbow that misses.
Bando avoiding damage as Corbett throws knees to the body.
Bando lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bando breaks from the clinch.
Corbett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bando.
Bando looks to clinch
and Corbett counters with a straight right hand.
Bando shoots in and drives through. Corbett sprawls well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Corbett.
Corbett working the head with strikes.
Bando managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Corbett.
Corbett works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bando prevents Corbett from moving into mount.
Corbett tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Corbett working the head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bando tries to escape but Corbett is in control.
You can see the frustration on Bando's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The strikes coming from Corbett are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Corbett trying to control the action but Bando is working from the bottom.
Corbett working away.
Corbett trying to control the action but Bando is working from the bottom.
Bando is looking for a sweep.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bando gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Corbett holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bando looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bando avoiding damage as Corbett throws knees to the body.
Corbett throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bando wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bando fails to pull guard.
Nathan Corbett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Bando.
Corbett has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bando clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bando can't escape the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Corbett's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Corbett working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Corbett goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Bando escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Bando seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Corbett does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Corbett wants to get back to his feet.
Corbett 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.
Corbett manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corbett throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Corbett throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bando would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Corbett is on top in guard.
Corbett advances position into side control!
Bando taking a bit of punishment here - Corbett scoring with strikes.
Corbett lands an elbow.
Corbett connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bando some visible discomfort.
Corbett controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bando wants to get back to his feet but Corbett drags him back down.
Bando is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Corbett wants to control but Bando is keeping him busy.
Corbett landing strikes.
Bando taking a bit of punishment here - Corbett scoring with strikes.
Bando taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bando taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bando taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bando tries to escape but Corbett is in control.
Corbett scores with punches from side control.
Bando can't do much from the bottom here.
Bando sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Corbett dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bando lands with a right and another and another! Corbett is in big trouble! Bando lands again and this time it's lights out for Corbett! A quality knockout there for Bando.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Luke Bando!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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