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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sing Chow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden Drogba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aiden Drogba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 cm
18
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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160 cm
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140 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sing Chow! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aiden Drogba! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Chow misses with a hook. Drogba ducked under it nicely. Drogba throws a sloppy head kick and Chow moves out of range easily. Drogba scores with a takedown into Chow's guard. Drogba postures up.
Drogba won't allow Chow to sweep him here. Drogba sitting in guard here, content to control.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Aiden Drogba hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. Drogba moves into the clinch. Chow wants to get back to striking at distance but Drogba won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Chow landing knees to the head.
Drogba pulls guard effortlessly. Drogba has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Chow knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Drogba on the ground. Drogba is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Drogba holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Chow trying to control the position from guard on top but Drogba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sing Chow. Drogba shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Chow's guard. Drogba's corner is telling him to maintain position. Drogba decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Chow, up you get! Aiden Drogba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Drogba misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Drogba throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chow's waist but Chow gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Drogba off to one side. Chow throws a head kick that misses. A nice leg kick lands there from Chow. Drogba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Drogba looks for a takedown but Chow sprawls well. Sing Chow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aiden Drogba. Drogba throws a body kick the misses and Chow counters with an inside leg kick. Drogba avoids the head kick by Chow.
Drogba shoots in but Chow avoids the takedown attempt easily. Chow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drogba. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Chow throws a head kick that misses and Drogba counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Drogba. Drogba slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Drogba wants to pass the guard but Chow is keeping the position. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Chow wants to stand up but Drogba is controlling him. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aiden Drogba dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Chow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drogba.
Chow darts in trying to clinch and Drogba decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Chow's guard. Drogba 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. Drogba seems to have locked his on tight now - Chow screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Drogba, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Aiden Drogba!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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