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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Fourie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fourie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ''Not Afraid'' by Eminem kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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184 cm
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160 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
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174 cm
27
160 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Law! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Fourie! The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Law swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Law throws a sloppy head kick and Fourie moves out of range easily. Fourie avoids the body shot from Law.
Fourie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Law as he jumps to the side. Fourie has a takedown stuffed. Law swinging wildly here.
Law slaps away a takedown attempt from Fourie, before circling back to the center of the mat. Aaron Law has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Fourie. Some wild striking there from Law.
Fourie moves out of range of the body kick. Fourie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Law as he avoids it easily. Fourie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Law misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Law instigates a clinch. Law breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Law.
Fourie avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Horrible takedown by Fourie or perhaps it was just good defense by Law which made him look bad. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fourie. Law lands a really nice looking cross but Fourie seems unphased.
Law misses with a jab, cross combination.
Law misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Law throws a nice looking combination but Fourie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Law misses with a double jab.
Law misses with a body kick. Fourie shoots in for a takedown but Law shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Fourie moves away from the strike by Law. Fourie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Law! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Fourie jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Law manages to avoid the submission attempt. Law isn't going anywhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fourie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Law has escaped the position, nice work there. Law is looking to regain half guard here but Fourie keeps moving and retains side control. Fourie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fourie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Fourie is trying to get an arm triangle but Law is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fourie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Law, who protects the arm well. Fourie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Law is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Fourie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Law knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Law is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fourie in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Law is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alexander Fourie! After winning the bout, Alexander Fourie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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RATING
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