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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean Yuen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilfried Handel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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160 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
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156 lbs
19 - 16 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Yuen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilfried Handel!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yuen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Handel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Handel takes one on the button.
Handel throws a shot from downtown. Yuen moves away and avoids it.
Handel throws a series of punches but Yuen avoids them all with ease.
Yuen cracks the inside of Handel's front leg.
Yuen dodges the punch combination from Handel.
Wilfried Handel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Handel swings for the body but Yuen moves out of range.
Handel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Yuen avoids the body shot from Handel.
An inside leg kick lands from Yuen.
Handel looks gassed!
Yuen throws out a powerful jab.
Handel cracks a nice hook into Yuen's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yuen. That's going to slow Handel down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Handel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Yuen does no damage.
Handel throws a series of punches but Yuen moves out of range.
Yuen lands a glancing blow to the side of Handel's head.
Handel lands a jab to Yuen's midsection.
Yuen scores with a nice head shot.
Handel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yuen counters with a shoot takedown. Handel fights it but they end up in guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Yuen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Yuen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuen throwing strikes but missing.
Yuen controlling from the top position.
We're going to have a standup here because Sean Yuen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Handel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Handel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Handel is rocked!
Yuen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Handel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yuen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Handel won't be happy with that.
Handel is still in real trouble! Can Yuen finish him?
Yuen lands an elbow.
Yuen is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Handel is trying to escape and Yuen transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Handel is forced to tap! Nice work there by Yuen! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sean Yuen!
Sean Yuen 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
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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