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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalvin Abrum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arek Rendziok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abrum kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Leave Home. Rendziok has chosen Do góry łeb! as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 cm
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215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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200 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kalvin Abrum! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Arek Rendziok! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Abrum will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Rendziok shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Rendziok with a nice head shot there. Abrum has momentary wrist control but Rendziok slips an elbow through the middle. Rendziok postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Rendziok postures up and lands a big shot to Abrum's brow. Rendziok scores with a decent looking elbow strike. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Rendziok is working Abrum over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Rendziok connects with a couple of short punches. Abrum knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rendziok on the ground. Rendziok with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Abrum has momentary wrist control but Rendziok slips an elbow through the middle. Rendziok distracts Abrum with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Rendziok with a flurry of punches that miss. Rendziok is looking to work some ground and pound but Abrum has wrist control. Rendziok postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Rendziok scoring with some ground and pound. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Rendziok in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Rendziok is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rendziok postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Rendziok cracks Abrum with a solid left hand. Rendziok keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Abrum's head. Rendziok has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Rendziok passes Abrum's left leg - he's now in half guard. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Nice strikes from Rendziok there. Abrum on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Abrum tries to get out of the position. Abrum is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rendziok scores with a couple of nice shots. Rendziok lands strikes from half guard. Rendziok takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rendziok working Abrum over with strikes. Abrum on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Rendziok lands with a punch from half guard. Rendziok is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Rendziok is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Rendziok winds up and cracks Abrum with a swinging punch to the side of the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Rendziok lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rendziok drops an elbow to the side of Abrum's head. Rendziok winds up and cracks Abrum with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Rendziok is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Abrum keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Rendziok slips a nice elbow through Abrum's hands, connecting with Abrum's forehead. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Rendziok throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Rendziok throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Abrum is breathing heavily. Abrum taking some punishment here, with Rendziok in his half guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arek Rendziok dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Abrum misses with a double jab
and Rendziok counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Abrum! Rendziok working the ground and pound effectively.
Rendziok working the ground and pound effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Rendziok is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Abrum can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rendziok lands a big elbow - Abrum is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Abrum is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Arek Rendziok! After winning the bout, Arek Rendziok 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
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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