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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Dwayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Embernate (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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170 cm
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200 lbs
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193 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Richard Dwayne! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacques Embernate! The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Embernate misses the shot to the body. The fight stays on the outside here - Embernate looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Embernate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dwayne bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Dwayne darts in and clinches Embernate up against the cage. Dwayne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Dwayne is working Embernate over against the cage. Dwayne has Embernate pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Dwayne pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Embernate tumbling to the mat - Dwayne dives into Embernate's guard. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Embernate has his foot on Dwayne's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dwayne works his way back into a safe position though. Dwayne wants to control from the top but Embernate keeps moving. Dwayne has gone for a leg lock! Embernate slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dwayne's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dwayne is trying to control the position but Embernate postures up. Dwayne looking for a sweep. Not yet Dwayne, not yet. Embernate throws an elbow that misses. Dwayne uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Embernate's guard. Nice move by Dwayne! Embernate isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dwayne stacks Embernate on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dwayne! Dwayne looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Embernate is avoiding damage well.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dwayne looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Dwayne just content to control the position. Embernate is not content to let Dwayne control the position. Embernate is pushing Dwayne's head away, looking to escape. Dwayne manages to hold on to the position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Embernate gets back to half guard. Dwayne tries to stand and escape but Embernate actually recovers to full guard. Dwayne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Embernate swivels though and keeps the full guard. Embernate wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Dwayne tries to stand but Embernate is controlling from the bottom. Embernate keeping moving, preventing Dwayne from controlling successfully. Embernate is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dwayne defends well. Dwayne could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Dwayne trying to control the position from guard on top but Embernate is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Dwayne dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Dwayne misses with a head kick.
Embernate throws a head kick but Dwayne moves out of range.
Embernate drives through with a takedown into Dwayne's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Embernate throwing strikes from guard but Dwayne blocks nicely. Embernate is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Embernate is looking to work some ground and pound but Dwayne has wrist control. Dwayne tries to land a sweep but no joy. Dwayne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Embernate throws a big right hand that misses. Embernate has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Embernate advances position into side control! Embernate scores with a couple of short elbows. Embernate lands a nice forearm strike. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Embernate throws a strike aimed at the side of Dwayne's head but Dwayne avoids it well. Embernate working the ground and pound. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dwayne is looking to reverse the position. Dwayne might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Dwayne takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jacques Embernate has got the better of the ground game so far. Embernate scoring with punches and elbows. Embernate tries for a kimura but Dwayne is defending well. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Embernate landing strikes. Embernate working the ground and pound. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Embernate scoring with punches from side control.
Dwayne is rocked! Embernate lands a strong strike to the head of Dwayne. That's dazed him! Embernate looking to finish here. Dwayne is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Embernate lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques Embernate!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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