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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barry Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tu Lalla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tu Lalla has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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196 lbs
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199 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tu Lalla!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders misses with a double jab.
Sanders closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lalla to the mat! Lalla manages to get full guard.
Lalla has momentary wrist control but Sanders slips an elbow through the middle.
Lalla really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanders. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sanders is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sanders is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lalla working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sanders doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sanders manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lalla avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanders advances position into side control!
Sanders working the head and body with strikes.
Sanders tries for a kimura but Lalla is defending well.
Sanders tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lalla stops Sanders from passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders is chipping away with strikes.
Sanders working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sanders throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sanders tries for a kimura but Lalla is defending well.
Sanders is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lalla knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sanders tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sanders has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sanders wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lalla, who protects the arm well.
Sanders creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lalla sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lalla is trying to get back to half guard.
Sanders lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sanders works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lalla is looking for a sweep.
Sanders misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sloppy strikes there by Sanders.
Lalla is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sanders is working Lalla over with some ground and pound from side control.
Lalla taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanders scores with punches from side control.
Sanders has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Lalla is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Sanders yanks on the arm and Lalla is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Sanders.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Barry Sanders!
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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
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