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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Young could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mauricio Rua's chin.
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215 lbs
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205 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mauricio Rua!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rua tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Young trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Young lands with some strikes.
Young is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Rua to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Rua shrugs it off.
Rua wants to get back to his feet.
Young controlling the position easily from mount.
Rua wants to hold on but Young pushes him away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young lands a nice shot to the head.
Young controlling the pace for now.
Rua really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Young. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Young in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Young unloading with bombs!
Young looking for a guillotine from mount but Rua is having none of it.
Young has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rua's face.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rua is looking to improve his position but Young isn't that keen on the idea.
Rua tries to hold on but Young pushes him away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rua is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Rua wants to control but Young is having none of it.
Young quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Young but it's paid off an Rua is forced to tap! Nice work by Young.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jim Young!
Jim Young bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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