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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akeem Kipligati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Banaan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bas Banaan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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150 lbs
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152 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Akeem Kipligati!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bas Banaan!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Banaan.
Kipligati misses the shot to the body.
Banaan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kipligati misses the shot to the body.
Kipligati looks to throw the jab but Banaan is out of range.
Kipligati decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Banaan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kipligati tries to pass the half guard into mount. Banaan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kipligati scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Banaan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kipligati.
Kipligati throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kipligati takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Banaan is defending against the submission attempts here by Kipligati.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kipligati takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Banaan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kipligati is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Banaan is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Akeem Kipligati!
Akeem Kipligati decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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