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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Muhammad Ariffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincoln Bashor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muhammad Ariffin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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131 lbs
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157 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Muhammad Ariffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lincoln Bashor!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ariffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ariffin looks to clinch
and Bashor counters with a single leg into guard. Ariffin didn't expect that.
Ariffin looking for a sweep. Not yet Ariffin, not yet.
Bashor slips nicely into half guard.
Bashor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ariffin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bashor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bashor stalling.
Bashor winds up and cracks Ariffin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ariffin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bashor scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ariffin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bashor on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bashor in particular looking to stall.
Nice strikes from Bashor there.
Bashor content to control rather than advance.
Bashor lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bashor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bashor is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bashor scoring with strikes but Ariffin is staying in there.
Bashor working Ariffin over with strikes here.
Bashor with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ariffin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ariffin is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Bashor! Ariffin is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lincoln Bashor!
A victorious Lincoln Bashor thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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
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