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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Salace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Zero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zero has chosen José the Bronx Rican - Spittin' Narcicism as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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222 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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221 lbs
17 - 25 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Powerful takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Salace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 25 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Zero!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zero fails with the takedown
and Salace counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Zero!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sloppy strikes there by Salace.
Salace staying calm.
Salace is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Zero has escaped the position, nice work there.
Salace wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Zero, who protects the arm well.
Zero regains half guard.
Zero looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zero is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zero actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salace trying to mount his opponent but Zero defends it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Salace lands a nice short elbow.
Zero looking for subs from the bottom but Salace mounts him!
Zero is working to get back to half guard.
Zero bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Zero forces his way into half guard.
Zero wants to work for an arm triangle but Salace is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Salace trying to control but Zero postures up.
Zero is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zero is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Salace sees it coming and defends easily.
Zero is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Salace trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zero is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Salace as he works his way to full guard.
Salace wants to sweep here but Zero controlling him for the moment.
Salace is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zero postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Salace is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Zero, into his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salace postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Salace trying to control the position from guard on top but Zero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Salace trying to control the position from guard on top but Zero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zero keeping full guard, as Salace tries to pass.
Zero had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salace defends it easily.
Zero has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Salace should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Zero has tightened it up now! Salace should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Max Zero!
An out of breath Max Zero thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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