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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Birmiski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Birmiski has chosen I'm Back - T.I as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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143 lbs
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Luiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Birmiski!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birmiski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Luiz throws a big shot that misses.
Luiz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Birmiski tries to close the distance and clinch but Luiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luiz misses with a combination
and Birmiski counters by moving into the clinch.
Birmiski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Luiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Birmiski darts in trying to clinch
and Luiz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luiz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Luiz throwing strikes from guard but Birmiski blocks nicely.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Luiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Luiz stays in close to Birmiski's body and controls the position.
Birmiski has his foot on Luiz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Luiz works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birmiski keeping moving, preventing Luiz from controlling successfully.
Birmiski is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Birmiski strikes from his own guard.
Luiz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Luiz postures up.
Luiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Luiz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Luiz scoring with some ground and pound.
Luiz won't allow Birmiski to sweep him here.
Birmiski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Birmiski isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Luiz stacks Birmiski on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Luiz!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luiz is chipping away with strikes.
Birmiski is trying to get back to half guard.
Birmiski being controlled for a moment.
You can see the frustration on Birmiski's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Birmiski is trying to improve his position.
Birmiski sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz slips a nice elbow through Birmiski's hands, connecting with Birmiski's forehead.
Birmiski looking for submissions off his back.
Luiz drops an elbow to the side of Birmiski's head.
Luiz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Birmiski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Luiz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Birmiski is not content to let Luiz control the position.
Luiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Birmiski is not content to let Luiz control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Birmiski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Luiz is looking to take a break and control but Birmiski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Luiz tries to pass to full mount but Birmiski defends it.
Birmiski wants to improve his position but Luiz is controlling well.
Luiz trying to control from half guard but Birmiski is working away.
Birmiski tries to get to full guard but Luiz has control of the leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luiz is looking to take a break and control but Birmiski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Luiz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Birmiski's head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski is not content to let Luiz control the position.
Birmiski makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Birmiski.
Luiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Luiz looking to pass the guard.
Luiz is in close to Birmiski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Birmiski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Luiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Birmiski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Luiz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Luiz landing some decent shots from guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Luiz connects with a couple of short punches.
Birmiski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luiz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Luiz working the ground and pound.
Birmiski is trying to work for a sweep but Luiz has mounted him!
Luiz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Luiz controlling his opponent.
Luiz tries to control but Birmiski wriggling away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski is looking to improve his position but Luiz isn't that keen on the idea.
Luiz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Birmiski wants to control but Luiz is having none of it.
Birmiski is trying desperately to improve position.
Birmiski gets back to half guard.
Luiz is nestled in close to Birmiski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Luiz content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Luiz looks to land a strike but Birmiski avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Luiz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Birmiski working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Luiz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Luiz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Birmiski wants to sweep but no luck.
Luiz looking to sit in guard and control but Birmiski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luiz keeping moving, preventing Birmiski from controlling successfully.
Birmiski connects with a couple of short punches.
Luiz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Luiz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Birmiski connects with a couple of short punches.
Birmiski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Birmiski prevents Luiz from getting back to his feet.
Luiz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Luiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Birmiski.
Birmiski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Luiz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luiz wants to stand and escape but Birmiski is having none of it.
Birmiski looking to sit in guard and control but Luiz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Luiz postures up and lands a big shot to Birmiski's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Luiz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Luiz looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Luiz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Birmiski's guard.
Birmiski wants to get back to full guard.
Luiz blocks the strikes from Birmiski.
Luiz wants to control but Birmiski is keeping him busy.
Luiz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Birmiski wants to get back to full guard.
Luiz misses with a head shot. Birmiski uses the momentum to regain guard.
Luiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Birmiski has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Luiz is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Birmiski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz trying to control the position but Birmiski is working away.
Birmiski tries to buck Luiz off but Luiz is having none of it.
Luiz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Luiz cracks Birmiski with a big right hand but Birmiski just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Birmiski manages to get back to half guard.
Birmiski tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Luiz has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Birmiski is breathing heavily.
Luiz looking to control but Birmiski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski regains half guard.
Luiz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luiz working over Birmiski with some ground and pound. Birmiski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
David Luiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Birmiski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Luiz.
Luiz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Birmiski tries to get to full guard but Luiz has control of the leg.
Birmiski is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Luiz pulls his head out easily.
Luiz drops an elbow to the side of Birmiski's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Luiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Luiz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Luiz is nestled in close to Birmiski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Luiz is nestled in close to Birmiski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Luiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Luiz drops an elbow to the side of Birmiski's head.
Birmiski is looking for a sweep. Luiz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Birmiski wants to control but Luiz is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Birmiski's head.
Birmiski is looking to improve his position.
Luiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Birmiski keeps working.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luiz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Luiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Birmiski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Luiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Birmiski desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Luiz is looking to take a break and control but Birmiski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski is trying to get back to full guard.
Luiz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Birmiski manages to get to full guard.
Birmiski is trying to keep Luiz in close.
Birmiski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luiz is one step ahead there.
Birmiski looking to control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Luiz trying to control but Birmiski is working from the bottom.
Luiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Birmiski looking for a sweep. Not yet Birmiski, not yet.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Luiz cracks Birmiski with a solid left hand.
Luiz chips away with some ground and pound.
Birmiski wants to sweep here but Luiz controlling him for the moment.
Luiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Birmiski is looking for a triangle but Luiz pushes his legs off easily.
Luiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Birmiski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luiz stands up over Birmiski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Luiz seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Luiz wants to control from the top but Birmiski keeps moving.
Luiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Birmiski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Luiz is working Birmiski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Luiz won't allow Birmiski to sweep him here.
Luiz throws a big elbow that misses.
Birmiski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Luiz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Luiz postures up in Birmiski's guard and throws a big left but Birmiski blocks it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Luiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Birmiski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Luiz wants to control from the top but Birmiski keeps moving.
Luiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Birmiski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Luiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Birmiski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Luiz defends well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luiz wants to control from the top but Birmiski keeps moving.
David Luiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Luiz cracks Birmiski with a solid left hand.
Luiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Birmiski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Luiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Birmiski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Birmiski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Luiz defends well.
Luiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luiz showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Birmiski will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Luiz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Luiz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for David Luiz!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for David Luiz!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for David Luiz!
David Luiz wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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