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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Grimly Fiendish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darrius Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darrius Styles will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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157 cm
27
146 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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180 cm
19
135 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Grimly Fiendish! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Darrius Styles! The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fiendish closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. Styles works his way to full guard. Good work. Fiendish not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Styles is trying to keep Fiendish in close.
Fiendish controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Fiendish trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Grimly Fiendish just wasn't active enough. Styles gets caught napping as Fiendish dives in and scores a takedown. Styles manages to retain guard. Fiendish controls from within his opponent's guard. Styles wants to control the position but Fiendish says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard. Fiendish content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. Styles tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Fiendish has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Fiendish landing strikes from the mount and Styles is in trouble!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fiendish looking to finish Styles with some ground and pound. This is bad for Styles! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Fiendish with good strikes from the mount here! Styles slips a leg in and gets back to half guard. Styles manages to get to full guard.
Styles looking for a sweep. Not yet Styles, not yet. Styles has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Fiendish has passed into side control.
Styles taking a bit of punishment here - Fiendish scoring with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here. Fiendish has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Styles tries to get back to half guard but can't. Fiendish lands some shots froms side control. Styles tries to buck Fiendish off but Fiendish is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Styles manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. Fiendish controlling the action here. Fiendish seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Styles for as long as he can get away with.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Grimly Fiendish. Fiendish shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Styles manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Styles wants to sweep here but Fiendish controlling him for the moment. Styles looking for subs off his back but Fiendish has passed one foot through into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grimly Fiendish 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.
Styles shoots in but no luck this time. Fiendish darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Fiendish looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. Styles is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Fiendish looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fiendish prevents Styles from improving his position. Fiendish trying to mount his opponent but Styles defends it. If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup. Fiendish keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Grimly Fiendish just wasn't active enough. Styles shoots for a takedown but Fiendish saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fiendish, as that shot connected.
Fiendish throws a right and a left that Styles avoids nicely. Fiendish shoots in and bounces Styles off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Fiendish seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fiendish works a leg free and moves into half guard. Styles is looking to improve his position.
Fiendish perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Styles is looking for a sweep. Fiendish is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Fiendish landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Styles tries to get to full guard but Fiendish has control of the leg. Fiendish uses his free foot to push down on Styles's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Styles.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fiendish controlling the position easily from mount. Styles is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fiendish controlling from the full mount. Fiendish lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Styles hang on? Fiendish controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Styles can't escape the position.
Styles in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Styles is rocked! Fiendish tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Styles is looking to improve his position but Fiendish isn't that keen on the idea. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Fiendish looking to control and managing it successfully. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Styles is in a horrible position here. Fiendish smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grimly Fiendish dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Styles moves in looking to clinch but Fiendish pushes him off. Fiendish scores with a crisp jab that stopped Styles in his tracks. Styles throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fiendish decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Styles's guard. Fiendish is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Grimly Fiendish overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Fiendish tries to free his leg and advance position but Styles is retaining full guard. Styles can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fiendish controls the pace. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Grimly Fiendish wasn't doing enough on the ground. Styles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Fiendish shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fiendish was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's one minute gone in the round. Fiendish controlling from mount. Fiendish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Styles?
Styles is still in real trouble! Can Fiendish finish him? Styles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fiendish putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Fiendish controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fiendish lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Fiendish softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Styles is out cold! Fiendish jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grimly Fiendish! Grimly Fiendish made sure to mention his sponsor, Steel Penn's Laundry 93% in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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