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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Saiquin Raven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Grind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saiquin Raven looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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141 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Saiquin Raven!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Al Grind!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raven shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grind as he jumps to the side.
Raven circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grind wants to clinch.
Grind tries for a takedown but Raven circles away easily
and Raven counters with a nice double leg into side control. Grind won't be happy with that.
Raven is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Grind will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Grind regains half guard.
Raven wants to get back to his feet.
Raven is looking to take a break and control but Grind is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Raven is really struggling to control Grind but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Grind is trying to stand back up but Raven is controlling him
Grind tries to roll over but Raven keeps him under control.
Grind makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Grind.
Grind can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Raven controls the pace.
Raven will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Grind had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Raven is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Grind Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Raven's back instead.
Raven tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Raven is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Raven is in all sorts of trouble here.
Raven tries to hold on but Grind postures up.
Grind is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Raven is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Raven flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Grind anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Raven and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Grind slips an arm under Raven chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Grind has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Grind is squeezing on Raven like an anaconda would it's prey. Raven fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Al Grind! Al Grind retains his bantamweight title!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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