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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Demetrious Karagounis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and What Is Your Name (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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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Demetrious Karagounis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, What Is Your Name!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karagounis pushes Name up against the cage in a clinch.
Karagounis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Name looks for a takedown but Karagounis sprawls well.
Name moves to clinch but Karagounis breaks away
and Karagounis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Name's guard now.
Name has an active guard here but Karagounis has managed to pass into half guard.
Karagounis frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Name is squirming around, avoiding Karagounis's attempts to control the action.
Name is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karagounis controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Name is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Karagounis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Name is looking to escape.
Karagounis with good strikes from the mount here!
Karagounis landing punches.
Karagounis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Karagounis trying to control but Name is having none of it.
Karagounis raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Name takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karagounis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karagounis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Karagounis working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Name looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Karagounis! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Demetrious Karagounis!
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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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