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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drako Starnovick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Starnovick's entrance music is Rammstein - Feuer Frei. A fine choice. Drako Starnovick has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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210 lbs
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205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drako Starnovick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Starnovick throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Balboa working Starnovick over with strikes here.
BOOM! Balboa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Starnovick can't escape the position.
Balboa landing shots from mount.
Balboa with good strikes from the mount here!
Starnovick slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Balboa connects with a nice short shot to Starnovick's temple.
Balboa wants to pass the guard but Starnovick is defending well.
Starnovick is breathing heavily.
Balboa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Starnovick has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Balboa is working away from the top position though.
Balboa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Starnovick with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Balboa is nestled in close to Starnovick, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Starnovick works his way to full guard. Good work.
Starnovick will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Balboa is looking to work some ground and pound but Starnovick has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Balboa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa lands a couple of digs.
Balboa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Balboa stopping the sweep attempt from Starnovick.
Balboa cracks Starnovick with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balboa with a nice head shot there.
Starnovick controlling the position.
Balboa thows a big elbow that misses.
Starnovick is trying to keep Balboa in close.
Starnovick really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Balboa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Starnovick swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Balboa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Balboa looking to pass the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Starnovick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Starnovick's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starnovick is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Balboa is trying to escape and Starnovick transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Balboa is forced to tap! Nice work there by Starnovick! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Drako Starnovick!
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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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