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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mr Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Strikes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black comes to the cage accompanied by yes. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
28
160 lbs
21 - 10 - 0 |
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186 cm
26
180 lbs
17 - 15 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Black! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Carlos Strikes! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Black throws a jab but it's blocked by Strikes. Black rushes Strikes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Black is looking to clinch but Strikes is avoiding it.
Black lands a jab to Strikes's midsection. Black misses with a body shot.
Strikes throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Strikes is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Strikes gets a clinch. Black breaks from the clinch.
Black throws a leg kick which misses Strikes's front leg but catches the back leg as Strikes tries to avoid it. Strikes tries to score with a low kick but Black moves his leg out of the way. Black closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Black lands in his opponent's guard. Strikes wants to stand but Black is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Strikes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Strikes trying to control the position.
Black lands a couple of decent looking shots. Black with a flurry of punches that miss. Strikes looking to control.
Black wants to pass the guard but Strikes is keeping the position. Black is working hard here to advance position. Strikes managing to control the position. Black chips away with some ground and pound. Strikes keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Black accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Black pushing down on Strikes's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. Black thows a huge punch but Strikes dodges it nicely.
Black has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Black unloading with bombs! Strikes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Strikes bucks up and throws Black to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape! Black throws a looping overhand right but Strikes ducks down to avoid it. Black lands a jab. Black shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Strikes pinned against the cage. Strikes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Strikes fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Black jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Black lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strikes's sensitive parts. Strikes ducks under a wild hook from Black. Strikes slips a straight right by Black. Black connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Strikes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Strikes tries to move into range but Black moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Black works the jab nicely. Black misses with a wild combination.
Black scores with a decent looking hook. Black instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Strikes is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Strikes into the cage. Black letting Strikes take a breather here. Strikes is trying to break free. A short right from Black on the inside. Strikes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Strikes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Carlos Strikes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Strikes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Black connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Strikes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Black has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Black and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Strikes misses with a leg kick and Black counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Strikes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Strikes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Black to score with a decent uppercut. Strikes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Black paws at him with a jab and circles away. Strikes slips a jab and a cross from Black.
Black jabs at Strikes's body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Black dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Black misses with the combination.
Strikes wants to clinch but Black slips to the side and Black cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Strikes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Strikes wants it to stay on the feet. Black rushes Strikes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Strikes tries to stall but Black uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Black is leaning against Strikes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Black avoiding damage as Strikes throws knees to the body.
Black tries to work over Strikes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Black wants to break the clinch but can't.
Strikes misses with a punch to the body.
Black breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Black moves into the clinch. Strikes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Black scores with a jab to the head.
Strikes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Strikes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Strikes sees it coming and avoids it easily. Strikes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Strikes sees it coming and avoids it easily. Black jabs Strikes right on the nose. Strikes blinks but takes it well. Strikes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Strikes. Black slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. A jab lands there for Black. Strikes throws a half hearted mid kick. Black tests Strikes's chin there with a solid looking shot. Black lands a jab. Black moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Strikes tries to break free but Black pushes him back against the cage. Black has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Strikes uses from the top position. Black working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Strikes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Black is tightening it up a little... Strikes has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Strikes reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Strikes taps out! Nice BJJ there by Black!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mr Black! Mr Black retains his welterweight title! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Mr Black made sure he mentioned GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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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
58% |
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