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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Kamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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175 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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177 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruce Banner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chris Kamara!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banner gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
so Kamara counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kamara wants to control from the top but Banner keeps moving.
Kamara works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Banner is trying to control but Kamara manages to pass to mount!
Kamara is landing with some decent strikes but Banner is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Banner tries to hold on but Kamara pushes him away.
Kamara sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kamara can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Banner is looking to escape.
Kamara throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamara is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Banner has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Banner!
Banner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Banner tries to free his leg and advance position but Kamara is retaining full guard.
Banner is working hard here to advance position.
Banner advances position into side control!
Banner lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kamara struggling a bit here.
Banner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Banner wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kamara, who protects the arm well.
Banner scoring with punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamara struggling a bit here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Banner in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Banner has an Americana. Kamara didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Banner is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Banner hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Bruce Banner!
Bruce Banner retains his middleweight title!
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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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