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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Visa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke The ripper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy Visa looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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186 cm
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188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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182 cm
22
183 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Visa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke The ripper! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Visa drives through with a takedown into guard. Visa throwing strikes but missing. Visa throws and elbow that misses. The ripper uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Visa's guard. Nice move by The ripper! Visa looking to control but The ripper passes into half guard.
The ripper is looking to take a break and control but Visa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. The ripper looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. Visa wants to improve his position but The ripper is controlling well.
Visa punching from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. The ripper has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Visa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Visa is desperately trying to improve his position but The ripper has a good base and remains in mount. Visa is working hard here to advance position. The ripper trying to control but Visa is having none of it. Visa tries to get back to half guard but can't. The ripper takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. The ripper landing strikes from the mount. The ripper trying to control but he's not successful this time. The ripper lands a big elbow. Visa is breathing heavily. The ripper can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Visa is looking to escape. The ripper is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Visa flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Visa defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from The ripper. The ripper trying to control but he's not successful this time. Visa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Visa is squirming around, avoiding The ripper's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Despite being in the dominant position, Luke The ripper just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Visa changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The ripper looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. The ripper is not content to let Visa control the position. The ripper is looking for a sweep. The ripper is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Visa lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear The ripper down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Billy Visa will probably get the nod. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The ripper lands with a slapping head kick. Visa gets the takedown into side control. The ripper is looking to reverse the position. Visa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. The ripper knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. The ripper can't do much from the bottom here. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. The ripper parries the strikes from Visa easily there. Visa is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable The ripper to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round. The ripper wants to get back to his feet but Visa drags him back down. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. The ripper manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. The ripper trying to control here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. The ripper misses with a takedown attempt and Visa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Visa. The ripper looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Visa wants to control from the top but The ripper keeps moving. Visa advances position into side control! Visa working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Visa creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Visa lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ripper is rocked! Visa in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and The ripper looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Visa turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Visa!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
32% |
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