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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robin Buesching (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson has chosen Eye of the Tiger as his entrance music. Robin Buesching has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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150 cm
27
130 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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170 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robin Buesching! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rocky Thompson! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Buesching forces Thompson back against the cage and clinches. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buesching just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow. Thompson tries to pull guard but Buesching holds him up against the cage and eventually Thompson drops back down to his feet.
Thompson has Buesching pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Buesching manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Buesching misses with a head kick.
Buesching tries a head kick but it misses.
Buesching shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thompson pinned against the cage. Thompson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Thompson forces Buesching back against the cage and clinches. Thompson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Buesching throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Buesching misses with a hook. Thompson ducked under it nicely. Thompson has closed the distance and engaged Buesching in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Thompson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson is looking to slow Buesching down with leg kicks. Thompson scores with a jab to the body. Buesching looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thompson lands with a kick to the temple. Buesching shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Thompson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Thompson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Robin Buesching has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Thompson. Buesching looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Buesching walks into a jab. Robin Buesching seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Thompson tries to keep at a distance but Buesching has taken the fight into the clinch. Buesching tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Thompson smiles and moves away.
Buesching is breathing heavily. Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buesching.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Buesching throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily. Buesching gets a takedown into half guard. Thompson is looking to control Buesching's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Thompson avoid being mounted? Thompson looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Thompson tries to roll over but Buesching keeps him under control. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Buesching is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Thompson wants to improve his position but Buesching is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Thompson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Buesching postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thompson can do anything to dispel that myth. Thompson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Buesching puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. Thompson tries to get to full guard but Buesching has control of the leg. Thompson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Thompson trying to control but Buesching postures up.
Buesching wants to stand up but Thompson is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Thompson with the active half guard here but Buesching passes nicely into side control. Buesching is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Thompson is trying to escape and Buesching transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Thompson is forced to tap! Nice work there by Buesching! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Robin Buesching!
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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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