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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angus Grundi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jia O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Connor is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Parkway Drive - Feed them to the pigs. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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217 lbs
12 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Angus Grundi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jia O Connor!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Connor swings for the body but Grundi moves out of range.
Grundi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says O Connor as he avoids it easily.
Grundi tries for a takedown but O Connor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from O Connor misses its intended target.
O Connor stuffs the takedown attempt from Grundi. Grundi gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angus Grundi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grundi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Connor.
O Connor tries to sprawl but Grundi drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Grundi thows a huge punch but O Connor dodges it nicely.
O Connor works his way to full guard. Good work.
Grundi throws a big elbow that misses.
Grundi scoring with punches to the head and body.
O Connor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grundi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
O Connor has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Grundi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Connor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
O Connor manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grundi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by O Connor there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
O Connor prevents Grundi from getting the reversal.
Grundi is squirming around, avoiding O Connor's attempts to control the action.
O Connor has isolated one of Grundi's arms. Grundi looking to fight him off but O Connor twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jia O Connor! Jia O Connor retains his light heavyweight title!
Jia O Connor made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'How many times do I have to beat this guy before he retires?'.
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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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