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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Link Durham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Negan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durham is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ White Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Link Durham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Philip Negan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Durham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Durham is breathing heavily.
Negan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ground and pound from Negan.
Negan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Negan moves nicely into side control.
Negan is trying to get an arm triangle but Durham is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Negan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Negan misses with the ground and pound.
Durham taking a bit of punishment here - Negan scoring with strikes.
A lull in the action here as Negan stalls from top position.
Negan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Negan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Negan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Durham some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Negan looks up at the clock and then as Durham takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Negan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Negan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Negan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Negan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Durham parries the strikes from Negan easily there. Negan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Durham to escape.
Negan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Durham has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Negan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Durham taking a bit of punishment here - Negan scoring with strikes.
Negan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Durham has escaped the position, nice work there.
Negan is trying to get an arm triangle but Durham is defending well.
Negan working the ground and pound from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Negan working the ground and pound from side control.
Negan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Durham gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Negan breaks from Durham's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Negan dominating with strikes here.
Durham is rocked!
Negan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Philip Negan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Negan thumps Durham with a low kick.
Negan pushes Durham up against the cage in a clinch.
Negan successfully pulls guard.
Negan is pulling down on Durham's head. It's preventing any offense from Durham, at least for the moment.
Let's hope that Negan has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Philip Negan has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Durham is posturing up here but Negan has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Durham tries to roll out but it's too tight and Durham has to tap! Slick submission there by Negan!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Philip Negan!
A less than humble Philip Negan misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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