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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miles Brand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kong King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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140 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miles Brand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kong King!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brand sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from King.
King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brand sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Miles Brand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kong King.
King fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Brand avoids it really well and circles away.
King tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brand swivels and escapes.
Brand shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Brand showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
King is staying active underneath Brand, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
King blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brand.
Brand is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and King defends it well.
Brand missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brand sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. King defending well though.
Brand missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brand thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed King's head.
Brand is just content to waste time from the top position. King takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Brand tries to free his leg and advance position but King is retaining full guard.
Brand is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
Brand keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of King's head.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brand.
Brand working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King keeping moving, preventing Brand from controlling successfully.
King preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brand throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
King is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brand with a flurry of punches that miss.
King is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brand would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Brand postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brand won't allow King to sweep him here.
King has Brand pulled in close to control his posture.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kong King was stalling too much, according to the referee.
King shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brand sprawls well. Brand wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. King gets slowly back to his feet.
King fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brand defends well against a solid takedown attempt from King.
Brand shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. King defends it nicely.
King shoots in but no luck this time.
Brand gets a double leg takedown into King's guard.
King looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brand stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brand throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
King keeping moving, preventing Brand from controlling successfully.
King being controlled here, momentarily.
Brand postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brand throws an elbow that misses. King uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Brand's guard. Nice move by King!
Brand keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
Brand looking for a guillotine here but King defends easily.
King wants to control from the top but Brand keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brand working a defensive guard here.
Brand looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miles Brand dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice takedown defense from Brand. No joy for King on that attempt.
Brand fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but King avoids it really well and circles away.
King scores a takedown into full mount!
King postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brand looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! King connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Brand sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Nice strikes from King there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brand has hold of King's hands but King slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
King slips a nice elbow through Brand's hands, connecting with Brand's forehead.
Brand tries to roll over but King keeps him under control.
Brand moves into full guard.
King won't allow Brand to sweep him here.
Miles Brand overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brand keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King connects with a couple of short punches.
Brand preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Brand holds on and takes a little breather.
King postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
King makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
King throwing strikes from guard but Brand blocks nicely.
Brand trying to control the position.
King throwing strikes from guard but Brand blocks nicely.
Brand can't keep his opponent in guard - King advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Brand is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
King is looking to stall here but Brand recovers full guard.
Brand looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
King trying to control but Brand is working from the bottom.
King preventing the sweep.
Brand had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. King defends it easily.
King landing some decent shots from guard.
King throws an elbow that misses. Brand uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in King's guard. Nice move by Brand!
Brand stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brand throws an elbow that misses. King uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Brand's guard. Nice move by King!
Brand controls King momentarily but King frees himself.
King lands a couple of elbows.
Brand trying to keep a closed guard but King is proving a slippery customer.
Brand has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. King doesn't defend quickly enough and Brand has managed to lock this one up! Can King escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Brand on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Miles Brand!
Miles Brand 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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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
46% |
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