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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Schilling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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184 cm
24
185 lbs
9 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takanori Gomi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Schilling! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Schilling tries to clinch up and Gomi moves into the clinch. Gomi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Schilling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Gomi avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Gomi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Schilling swats him away and circles back towards the center. Gomi throws a looping overhand right but Schilling ducks down to avoid it. Gomi scores with a nice strike. Schilling throws an overhand right that lands on Gomi's shoulder, as Gomi tries to avoid the shot. Schilling fails in his attempt to clinch. Gomi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schilling. Gomi moves into the clinch successfully.
Gomi lands a left hand.
Schilling goes for a takedown attempt but Gomi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gomi jabbing away but nothing is landing. A good leg kick by Schilling. Gomi connects with the punch. Gomi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Schilling scores with a jab. Schilling displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomi throws out the jab. Nice defenses there by Schilling. Schilling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gomi paws at him with a jab and circles away. Schilling throws a body punch but Gomi moves out of range. Schilling throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Gomi tumbling to the canvas! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup. Gomi wants to control the position but Schilling says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard. Gomi looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Schilling pushes past his half guard into mount! Gomi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Schilling looking to control but Gomi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Gomi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Schilling stands up from mount. Strange move. Schilling clinches up with Gomi and pushes him back against the ropes. Schilling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Gomi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Schilling counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Gomi! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Schilling! Ben Schilling really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Black Hand Alliance Only Laundry Service logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
76% |
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