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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royale Roller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bearded Clam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clam has chosen Filthy Christmas as his entrance music. Bearded Clam struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Bearded Clam is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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184 cm
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208 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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213 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers ground |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Royale Roller! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bearded Clam! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Roller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Roller fails in his attempt to clinch. Clam darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Clam prevents Roller from improving his position. Roller punching from the bottom.
Roller moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Clam wants to pass the guard but Roller is keeping the position. Clam drops back, looking for a kneebar! Roller looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Roller looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Roller! Clam is trying to improve his position. Roller is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Clam is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Clam managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Roller.
Roller decides to stand back up. Roller steps back and let's Clam get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Roller moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Clam looks gassed! Clam 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. Roller is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Clam 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. Roller controls Clam momentarily but Clam frees himself. Roller throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Roller is pulling down on Clam's head. It's preventing any offense from Clam, at least for the moment. Roller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Clam's guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Clam looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Roller passes into side control.
Clam is looking to regain half guard here but Roller keeps moving and retains side control. Clam manages to work his way to half guard, despite Roller's best efforts.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Clam regains full guard. Nicely done. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Clam looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roller is one step ahead there. Clam has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Roller should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Clam has tightened it up now! Roller should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Bearded Clam!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
63% |
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