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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Rak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lleonidas King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lleonidas King will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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230 lbs
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190 cm
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270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pawel Rak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lleonidas King!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rak misses with a series of wild punches.
King tries to clinch but Rak moves away
and Rak counters with a left to the body.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rak avoids the head kick by King.
King scores with a head kick. Rak tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Pawel Rak has been cut.
Rak tries to clinch there but King circles away.
King cracks a nice hook into Rak's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King blocks a head kick by Rak.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rak.
Rak shoots for a takedown but King saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
King misses with a head kick.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rak slips a jab and a cross from King.
Rak has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rak has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by King after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pawel Rak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rak has hold of one of King's legs. King is fighting the takedown attempt but Rak gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Rak is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King wants to stand and escape but Rak is having none of it.
King wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Rak manages to pass to side control.
Rak winds up and cracks King with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rak working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Rak is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rak stops King from getting back to his feet.
Rak keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Pawel Rak.
Rak has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rak has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. King is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King stops a takedown attempt from Rak.
Rak is trying to pull guard but King turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rak manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rak has a closed guard, preventing King from standing up.
Rak knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for King on the ground.
Rak has his feet on King's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Rak closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rak lands in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rak is standing up over King. King looks to escape but Rak dives into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King wants to get back to his feet but Rak drags him back down.
Rak is staying tight to King's torso, preventing him from escaping.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rak asserts his dominance and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pawel Rak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pawel Rak's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rak moves into range and clinches up with King.
Rak pulls King into guard.
King preventing the sweep.
Rak trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
King wants to stand but Rak has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
King stands and steps away. Rak gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
King lands with a hook. Rak tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rak wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
King throws a body punch but Rak moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Rak.
Rak misses the jab.
King is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a double jab.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Rak is just out of range.
Rak throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck King on the side of the head.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rak tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but King swivels and escapes.
Rak wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
King misses with a few strikes there.
Lleonidas King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A combination from Rak does no damage.
King feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Raks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
King stuffs the takedown.
Rak walks into a jab.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rak has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
King can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King stops a takedown attempt from Rak.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pawel Rak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King is trying to break the clinch but Rak has him pressed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rak tightens his grip and picks King up, before dumping him to the ground. King manages to land in guard.
King is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rak.
King is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rak showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rak prevents King from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Pawel Rak just wasn't active enough.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lleonidas King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rak blocks a head kick by King.
Rak moves into range and clinches up with King.
Rak looking for a takedown.
Rak is trying to pull guard but King has him pressed against the cage.
King breaks the clinch.
King lands an overhand right.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Rak here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A head kick misses from King.
Rak closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming King to the mat! King manages to get full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rak trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rak showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rak content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rak looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King is looking to stand up but Rak isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pawel Rak will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pawel Rak's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
King gets tackled into the cage by Rak. Rak maintains the clinch.
Rak goes for a takedown attempt but King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
King defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rak.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pawel Rak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
King lands a high kick!
King misses with an attempted mid kick.
King just misses with a punch to the body.
Rak fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.
Rak looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pawel Rak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Rak has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rak's head.
King misses with the combination.
Rak throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
King misses with an uppercut. Rak saw that one coming.
Rak clinches.
Rak keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rak shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rak in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. King tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Rak!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pawel Rak!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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