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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Moris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolaos Demetriou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demetriou is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Boom - POD. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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250 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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189 cm
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250 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Moris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikolaos Demetriou!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Moris or perhaps it was just good defense by Demetriou which made him look bad.
Moris misses with a takedown attempt - Demetriou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Demetriou closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Moris's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moris escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Demetriou gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Demetriou avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Demetriou scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moris bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Demetriou's guard.
Moris stopping the sweep attempt from Demetriou.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Demetriou has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Moris can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Demetriou wriggles free and stands up.
Travis Moris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moris fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Travis Moris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moris shoots in but no luck this time.
Demetriou is trying hard to land a takedown here. Moris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Demetriou drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Demetriou looks gassed!
Moris is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Demetriou prevents Moris from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Moris manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Moris lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Demetriou!
Demetriou is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Moris connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demetriou tries to hold on but Moris pushes him away.
Moris with the ground and pound from mount.
Moris working the ground and pound effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demetriou throwing hammer fists to the chest of Moris. What's that going to do exactly?
Moris working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Demetriou is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Demetriou taking shots to the head.
Moris lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Moris looking to secure an arm triangle but Demetriou defends it well.
A nice elbow there by Moris.
Demetriou is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Moris raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moris punishing his opponent with strikes.
Moris landing strikes from the mount.
Demetriou regains half guard.
Ground and pound from Moris.
Demetriou trying to hold on to Moris's head to control him but Moris postures up.
Demetriou blocking the ground and pound attempt from Moris.
Moris thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Demetriou's head.
Moris is looking for a kimura but Demetriou is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Moris to get the leverage.
Demetriou throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Moris throwing shots but Demetriou is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moris wants to work for an arm triangle but Demetriou is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Moris seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demetriou wants to get back to his feet.
Demetriou tries to get to full guard but Moris has control of the leg.
Moris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Moris missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Demetriou blocking the ground and pound attempt from Moris.
Moris thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Moris is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Moris looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Moris is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Moris looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Demetriou pushes Moris off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Moris dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Demetriou throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Moris was covering up waiting for the punch and Demetriou finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Demetriou throws a big elbow that misses.
Demetriou must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Moris has his foot on Demetriou's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Demetriou works his way back into a safe position though.
Moris looking for a sweep. Not yet Moris, not yet.
Moris is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Moris is on top in guard.
Moris scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moris avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moris postures up and lands a big shot to Demetriou's brow.
Moris passes Demetriou's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Demetriou landing strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Moris.
Demetriou kicks Moris off and gets back to his feet.
Demetriou is breathing heavily.
Demetriou tries to score a power double leg takedown but Moris sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Demetriou somewhat.
Moris shoots in looking for a takedown but Demetriou manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Moris's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Demetriou defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Moris.
Moris shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Demetriou tries to get to full guard but Moris has control of the leg.
Moris throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Moris looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Demetriou avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demetriou keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moris throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Demetriou looks like he's trying to stand up.
Moris throwing shots but Demetriou is blocking nicely.
Moris scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Moris prevents Demetriou from improving his position.
Moris seems to be working for a kimura but Demetriou defends the submission attempt.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Demetriou can do anything to dispel that myth.
Moris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Demetriou moves into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Moris's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Demetriou utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Moris's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Moris landing some decent shots from guard.
Moris throws an elbow that misses. Demetriou uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Moris's guard. Nice move by Demetriou!
Demetriou working some strikes from top position.
Demetriou lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Moris throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Demetriou lands a couple of elbows.
Moris is looking for a triangle but Demetriou pushes his legs off easily.
Demetriou landing with the ground and pound.
Demetriou postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demetriou preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moris looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Demetriou is defending well. Moris quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Demetriou has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Moris celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Travis Moris!
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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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