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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edgars Simans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Odonnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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196 cm
19
213 lbs
0 - 4 - 0 |
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188 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edgars Simans! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabriel Odonnell! The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Simans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Odonnell paws at him with a jab and circles away. Odonnell wants to clinch but Simans slips to the side and Simans counters by clinching up. Odonnell misses with a short punch on the inside. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Odonnell as Simans tries to tie him up. Odonnell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Odonnell turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Odonnell manages to end up in side control. Odonnell lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Odonnell controlling the position. Simans is not in a great position here, taking some shots. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Simans is being controlled here. Simans can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Odonnell content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. Odonnell prevents Simans from escaping the position. Odonnell cracks Simans with a big right hand but Simans just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Odonnell working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The referee asks Odonnell politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Odonnell prefers to stall for the moment though. Odonnell has an Americana. Simans didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Odonnell is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Odonnell hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Gabriel Odonnell! Gabriel Odonnell spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
51% |
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