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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mo Tali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam McCauley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tali comes to the cage accompanied by If ya smelllllllllllll what the rock is cookin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 cm
30
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mo Tali! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Liam McCauley! The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tali moves into range and clinches up with McCauley. McCauley is trying to break free. McCauley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. McCauley stops a takedown attempt from Tali.
McCauley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tali jumps guard and drags McCauley to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Tali escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McCauley gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Tali wants to sweep here but McCauley controlling him for the moment. Tali had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McCauley defends it easily. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. McCauley trying to control but Tali is working from the bottom. McCauley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tali. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tali has his feet on McCauley's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. Tali avoids the body shot from McCauley.
Tali moves into the clinch. Tali has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics McCauley uses from the top position. Tali has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but McCauley can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Tali seems keen to control McCauley's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tali might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. McCauley looking to pass the guard. Tali seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. Tali is looking for a triangle but McCauley pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action! Tali has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think McCauley should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Tali has tightened it up now! McCauley should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mo Tali! Mo Tali decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
29% |
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