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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eshan Shukla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean O Malley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shukla comes to the cage accompanied by n-dubs girls. Eshan Shukla had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
170 lbs
3 - 8 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Eshan Shukla! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Sean O Malley! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Shukla is trying hard to land a takedown here. O Malley sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Shukla works the jab nicely. O Malley feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. O Malley lands a couple of elbows. O Malley controls from within his opponent's guard. O Malley is looking to work some ground and pound but Shukla has wrist control. O Malley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. O Malley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. O Malley preventing the sweep. O Malley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. O Malley slips nicely into half guard. O Malley is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Shukla might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. O Malley raining down shots from the mount!
That's one minute gone in the round. O Malley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shukla hang on? O Malley working away from the top, dropping strikes. O Malley gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks! O Malley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Shukla is breathing heavily. Shukla throws a sloppy head kick and O Malley counters with a nice double leg into guard. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! O Malley content to stall in guard here. Shukla working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from O Malley. O Malley slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. O Malley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. O Malley drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. O Malley seems to have locked his on tight now - Shukla screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for O Malley, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Sean O Malley!
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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
83% |
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