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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Montoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Bassiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bassiki has chosen Niggas in paris as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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190 cm
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200 lbs
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224 cm
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204 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Montoro! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dick Bassiki! The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bassiki wants to clinch but Montoro slips to the side and Montoro holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Bassiki tries to break free but Montoro pushes him back against the cage. Montoro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Bassiki tries to clinch up and Montoro counters with a takedown into side control. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup. Bassiki throws a few strikes from the bottom but Montoro takes advantage and mounts! Montoro controlling his opponent. Bassiki taking shots to the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Montoro cracks Bassiki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Montoro controlling the position easily from mount. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bassiki can do anything to dispel that myth. Bassiki swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Montoro trying to control but Bassiki is having none of it. Bassiki really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Montoro looking to control but Bassiki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Bassiki takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Bassiki is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes. Bassiki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Montoro takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Bassiki chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt Montoro. Bassiki takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Bassiki is trying desperately to improve position. Montoro 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. Montoro controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bassiki swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Montoro controlling from mount. Bassiki throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing. Bassiki working to try and regain half guard.
Montoro takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Montoro with a couple of short strikes. Montoro controlling the position easily from mount. Montoro breaks from Bassiki's wrist control and lands an elbow. Montoro connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bassiki throws a strike from the bottom but Montoro uses the opportunity to take his back. Montoro keeps control of the position as Bassiki tries to break free.
Montoro has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Bassiki is in real trouble here. Montoro gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Bassiki is tapping out! Montoro wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alex Montoro!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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