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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Neville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balkan Bully (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Robert Neville has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 lbs
6 - 2 - 1 |
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218 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
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
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Neville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Balkan Bully!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neville connects with an inside leg kick.
Neville fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bully, pushing him back against the cage.
Bully has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Neville avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bully tries to pull guard but Neville won't allow it.
Neville lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Balkan Bully has been cut.
Neville lands a damaging elbow.
Neville is pressed up against the cage. Bully has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Neville down to the mat. Neville avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Robert Neville has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Balkan Bully.
Bully has Neville up against the cage in a clinch.
Bully takes an elbow to the forehead.
Neville lands an elbow just above Bully 's eye.
Bully tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Neville just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bully is working for takedown but Neville is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bully is looking for a takedown.
Neville misses with a knee strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bully is trying to pull guard but Neville has him pressed against the cage.
Neville stalls.
Bully has picked Neville up - he's going for a ride! Bully dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Neville on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Neville tries to get out of the position.
Bully tries to pass the half guard into mount. Neville knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neville trying to control from the bottom.
Bully works his way into full mount!
Neville is trying desperately to improve position.
Bully is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Neville has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Neville is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neville is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Bully locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Neville is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Balkan Bully!
During a confident post fight interview, Balkan Bully thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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
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