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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fred Easton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bam Bam Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bam Bam Rios has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Fred Easton's chin.
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140 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Good in bed |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fred Easton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bam Bam Rios!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios misses with the combination.
Easton fails to land with a series of punches.
Rios misses with a wild combination.
Easton shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rios but Rios pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Easton shoots in and drives through. Rios sprawls well.
Easton looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Easton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Easton lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheers as Rios lands an impressive looking overhand right. Easton doesn't seem phased though.
Rios throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fred Easton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Easton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rios is fending him off so far but Easton persists. Nope, Rios circles away and we're back to standing.
A slow jab from Rios misses its intended target.
Easton shoots in and drives through. Rios sprawls well.
A combination from Easton does no damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Easton is defended easily by Rios.
Rios feints a jab promting Easton to slip. Rios then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Easton slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rios stalks Easton and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Easton's face. Easton staggers backwards, shaken.
Rios throws a looping overhand right but Easton ducks down to avoid it.
Easton fails with a takedown attempt.
Rios throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Easton dodges the punch combination from Rios.
Easton fails with a takedown attempt.
Easton is breathing heavily.
Easton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Rios!
Easton trying to control the position but Rios is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios wants to get back to his feet.
Easton working the ground and pound.
Rios tries to buck Easton off but Easton is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rios takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Easton looks up at the clock and then as Rios takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Easton smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Easton lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Easton lands an elbow.
Rios is working to avoid the ground and pound but Easton connects with a decent elbow.
Rios is looking for a sweep.
Easton connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Rios some visible discomfort.
Rios is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Easton grinds an elbow into Rios's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Easton wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Easton landing a few strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rios can do anything to dispel that myth.
Easton moves into full mount!
Easton lands a big shot there that rocks Rios but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rios is in all sorts of trouble here.
Easton lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Easton lands a big elbow.
Rios is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Easton dominating with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Easton lands with some strikes.
Easton with shots to the head and body - Rios looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rios is in a horrible position here. Easton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rios is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rios hang on?
Easton working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Easton.
Easton lands a heavy elbow.
Easton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rios is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Easton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Easton landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rios takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Easton landing shots from mount.
Rios working to try and regain half guard.
Easton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Easton dominated that round.
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.
Easton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rios.
Easton fails with the takedown.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rios, as that shot connected.
No luck for Easton with that takedown attempt.
Easton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Easton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rios looking for submissions off his back.
Easton is looking to take a break and control but Rios is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rios actively working from the bottom here.
Easton takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Rios is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easton is nestled in close to Rios, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Easton working over Rios with some ground and pound. Rios looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Easton working over Rios with some ground and pound. Rios looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Easton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rios looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rios looking for submissions off his back.
Rios looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Easton works his way into side control.
Easton connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Rios some visible discomfort.
Easton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Easton working the body and head with strikes.
Easton looks up at the clock and then as Rios takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Easton smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Easton grinds an elbow into Rios's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easton cracks Rios with a big right hand but Rios just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Easton lands an elbow.
Rios really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Easton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Easton lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rios is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Easton is putting a hurting on Rios here, landing some big shots from side control.
Easton working the head and body with strikes.
Easton scoring with punches from side control.
Rios is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Easton has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Easton takes a little break here. Rios wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Easton decides to stand back up.
Easton lands a left and a right that sends Rios crashing to the canvas! Easton dives into mount looking to finish!
Rios is rocked!
Easton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rios can do to turn this around?
Easton working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rios is still in real trouble! Can Easton finish him?
Easton with the ground and pound from mount.
Easton trying to control but Rios is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Easton postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rios looks a forlorn figure.
Rios seems to have recovered his senses.
Rios is trying to stand up.
Easton dominating with strikes here.
Easton unloading with bombs!
Rios in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fred Easton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Easton lands a big shot to the head and Rios winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Fred Easton!
Fred Easton was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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