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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luke Friday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Kucharski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Michal Kucharski was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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22
144 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luke Friday!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michal Kucharski!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kucharski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Friday!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kucharski looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
You can see the frustration on Friday's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Friday tries to bench press Kucharski off him but Kucharski keeps the position.
The referee asks Kucharski politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Kucharski prefers to stall for the moment though.
Kucharski moves into full mount!
Kucharski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kucharski looking for a guillotine from mount but Friday is having none of it.
Friday keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kucharski is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Friday can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kucharski trying to control but Friday is having none of it.
Kucharski avoids the attempt from Friday to control.
Kucharski is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Friday can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Kucharski connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Friday working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kucharski cracks Friday with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kucharski working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
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.
Kucharski cracks Friday with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Friday is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kucharski looking to secure an arm triangle but Friday defends it well.
Friday is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kucharski working for a submission but Friday is keeping him at bay.
Friday is trying desperately to improve position.
Kucharski working for a guillotine from mount but Friday is in no mood to give up.
Kucharski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kucharski trying to control but Friday is having none of it.
Kucharski controlling the pace for now.
Kucharski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Friday really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kucharski controlling from mount.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Michal Kucharski wasn't active enough on the ground.
Kucharski looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kucharski trying to control the pace.
Friday wants to control but Kucharski is keeping busy.
Friday actively working from the bottom here.
Friday is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kucharski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kucharski's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kucharski rolls, trying to escape but Friday keeps control of the position.
Friday gets his hands free as Kucharski looks to control.
Friday looking for the RNC.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Friday is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Kucharski has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Friday is breathing heavily.
Kucharski breaks Friday's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kucharski passes Friday's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Friday is looking to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kucharski not doing much here.
Kucharski seems to be working for a kimura but Friday defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Kucharski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kucharski.
Kucharski trying to control the action but Friday is working from the bottom.
Friday tries to improve position but can't.
Kucharski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Friday keeps working.
Kucharski wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Friday, who protects the arm well.
Friday is looking to reverse the position.
Kucharski working the head with strikes.
Kucharski in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Friday is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michal Kucharski! Michal Kucharski retains his bantamweight title!
Michal Kucharski thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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