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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fred Magician (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Awmtea Sailo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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160 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fred Magician!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Awmtea Sailo!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magician shoots for a double leg takedown but Sailo sprawls well. He's pushed Magician's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sailo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Awmtea Sailo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sailo pushes Magician up against the cage in a clinch.
Sailo decides to pull guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sailo is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sailo keeping full guard, as Magician tries to pass.
Sailo will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sailo pulls Magician in to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Awmtea Sailo was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Sailo gets a double leg takedown into Magician's guard.
Magician working for a triangle but Sailo defends it easily.
Sailo content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magician is looking for a triangle but Sailo pushes his legs off easily.
Magician looking for a sweep. Not yet Magician, not yet.
Magician looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sailo passes into side control.
Sailo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sailo misses with the ground and pound.
Sailo is staying tight to Magician's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Sailo tries for a kimura but Magician is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sailo stands up.
Sailo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sailo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Magician sprawls well initially but Sailo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sailo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Magician does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sailo wants to pass to mount but Magician is defending the position.
Magician has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sailo is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magician tries to roll over but Sailo keeps him under control.
Sailo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sailo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Magician keeps working.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Awmtea Sailo was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Magician shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Magician. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magician gets tackled into the cage by Sailo. Sailo maintains the clinch.
Magician has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Magician can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailo manages to break the clinch.
Magician misses with a wild body shot.
Sailo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Magician is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sailo pulls his head out easily.
Sailo is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Magician tries to lock up and control but Sailo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Magician is trying to reverse the position but instead Sailo has taken his back - oops!
Magician is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
I really don't envy Magician right now.
Sailo doesn't have the hooks in and Magician manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Awmtea Sailo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sailo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sailo looking to ground and pound but Magician is blocking nicely.
Sailo controlling from mount.
Sailo looking to control but Magician is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Magician is trying desperately to improve position.
Sailo controlling the pace for now.
Sailo prevents Magician from getting the reversal.
Sailo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Magician is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailo cracks Magician with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Magician tries to reverse the position but Sailo maintains control.
Sailo controlling his opponent.
Sailo throwing strikes here but Magician is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Awmtea Sailo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sailo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Magician is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sailo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sailo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sailo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Magician can't escape the position.
Sailo controlling the pace for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magician is squirming around, avoiding Sailo's attempts to control the action.
Magician wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sailo.
Sailo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Sailo there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sailo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Magician wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sailo.
Magician holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sailo tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Magician is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sailo looking to finish with strikes here!
Magician avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sailo.
Magician keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sailo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magician is looking to get to half guard.
Sailo blocks Magician's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sailo punching from mount but Magician doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sailo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Magician is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Magician tries to hold on but Sailo postures up.
BOOM! Sailo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Awmtea Sailo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Magician tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sailo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Magician bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sailo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Magician's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sailo actively working from the bottom here.
Magician is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Magician stands up out of the half guard.
Magician fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sailo throws a front kick aimed at Magician's knee but Magician avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sailo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sailo trying to control but Magician is working from the bottom.
Magician manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sailo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sailo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Magician is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magician is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sailo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sailo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sailo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Magician is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Magician defends it easily.
Magician has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sailo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Magician stopping the sweep attempt from Sailo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailo pushes Magician off and scrambles back to his feet.
Magician misses with a takedown attempt - Sailo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magician looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Awmtea Sailo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sailo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Awmtea Sailo!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Awmtea Sailo!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Awmtea Sailo!
Awmtea Sailo wins by unanimous decision!
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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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