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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Berikk Berikk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tap Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berikk kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hollywood Undead - No. 5. Berikk Berikk could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tap Out's chin.
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136 lbs
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135 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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Dangerous GnP
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Berikk Berikk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tap Out!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berikk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Berikk gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Out counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Out with a flurry of punches that miss.
Out postures up in Berikk's guard and throws a big left but Berikk blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Out accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Berikk wants to stand up but Out is controlling him.
Out is looking to work some ground and pound but Berikk has wrist control.
Out has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Berikk utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Out throws a strike but Berikk rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Berikk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Out swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berikk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Out works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Berikk won't allow Out to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Out not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Berikk is looking to work some ground and pound but Out has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Berikk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Berikk loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Berikk is fighting to break Out's control of his arms but Out is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Berikk throws a big right hand that misses.
Out looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Berikk wants to pass the guard but Out is keeping the position.
Berikk won't allow Out to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berikk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Berikk throws a strike but Out rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Berikk might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Out throwing strikes from guard but Berikk blocks nicely.
Out in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Out postures up in Berikk's guard and throws a big left but Berikk blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Out throws a strike but Berikk rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Berikk wants to pass the guard but Out is keeping the position.
Berikk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berikk stopping the sweep attempt from Out.
Berikk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Out works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Berikk throwing strikes from guard but Out blocks nicely.
Out trying to control the position.
Out is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Out is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Out thows a huge punch but Berikk dodges it nicely.
Berikk looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Out is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Out thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Berikk's head.
Out not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Out thows a huge punch but Berikk dodges it nicely.
Berikk is breathing heavily.
Berikk blocking the ground and pound attempt from Out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Out misses with a head shot. Berikk uses the momentum to regain guard.
Berikk is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Out is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tap Out dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Berikk shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Out as he avoids it easily.
No luck for Berikk with that takedown attempt.
Out shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Berikk as he avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Out shoots for a double leg takedown but Berikk sprawls well. He's pushed Out's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berikk shoots in and bounces Out off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Out wants to sweep here but Berikk controlling him for the moment.
Berikk passes Out's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Out tries to roll over but Berikk keeps him under control.
Berikk is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Out avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Berikk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out pushes Berikk off looking to stand but Berikk dives back in and keeps control.
Out wants to get back to full guard.
Berikk thows a huge punch but Out dodges it nicely.
Berikk is nestled in close to Out, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Berikk drops an elbow to the side of Out's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Out has hold of Berikk's hands but Berikk slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Out trying to control but Berikk postures up.
Out on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Out controlling the position well.
Out tries to roll over but Berikk keeps him under control.
Berikk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out blocking the ground and pound attempt from Berikk.
Berikk tries to pass to full mount but Out defends it.
Berikk is working hard here to advance position.
Out makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Berikk tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Out swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Berikk Berikk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Out stuffs the takedown attempt from Berikk. Berikk gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Berikk shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Out counters with a takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Out looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Berikk is avoiding damage well.
Out misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Out cracks Berikk with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tap Out has got the better of the ground game so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Out throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Out lands a decent elbow from side control.
Out sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Berikk is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Out in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Out is trying to ground and pound but Berikk uses the momentary lack of control by Out to regain half guard.
Out not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tap Out will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Out shoots in and drives through. Berikk sprawls well.
Berikk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Berikk misses with a takedown
and Out decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Berikk's guard.
Out throws a big right hand that misses.
Out working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Out throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Out working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Out is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Out is looking to work some ground and pound but Berikk has wrist control.
Out throwing strikes but missing.
Berikk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Out.
Out working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Berikk's head.
Out throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Berikk works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Out working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Berikk wants to stand but Out is controlling the position.
Tap Out is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out throwing strikes from guard but Berikk blocks nicely.
Out is looking to work some ground and pound but Berikk has wrist control.
Out landing with the ground and pound.
Out throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Out postures up in Berikk's guard and throws a big left but Berikk blocks it.
Out missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Berikk keeping full guard, as Out tries to pass.
Berikk wants to stand and escape but Out is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Let's hope that Out has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Berikk with a poor takedown
and Out counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Berikk's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Berikk Berikk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Out trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Out is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berikk Berikk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Tap Out hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Out fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tap Out comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Out winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tap Out!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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