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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Abbot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and La Tigre Munanaposa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Munanaposa has chosen I'm an Adult Now as his entrance music. Tom Abbot could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to La Tigre Munanaposa's chin.
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135 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tom Abbot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, La Tigre Munanaposa!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbot looks to clinch
and Munanaposa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Munanaposa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Abbot keeping moving, preventing Munanaposa from controlling successfully.
Munanaposa controlling from the top position.
Munanaposa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Abbot on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Abbot tries to get out of the position.
Munanaposa is in close to Abbot's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munanaposa is looking to work some ground and pound but Abbot has wrist control.
Munanaposa distracts Abbot with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munanaposa controlling from the top position.
Munanaposa told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Munanaposa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Munanaposa sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Munanaposa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Abbot is breathing heavily.
Munanaposa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Abbot swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Munanaposa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munanaposa looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Abbot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Munanaposa.
Abbot utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Munanaposa controls from within his opponent's guard.
Munanaposa throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munanaposa controls from within his opponent's guard.
OK we're going to have a standup here. La Tigre Munanaposa hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Abbot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Munanaposa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abbot looks to land a combination but Munanaposa avoids it well.
Munanaposa closes the distance and clinches.
Munanaposa breaks from the clinch.
Munanaposa throws out a powerful jab.
Munanaposa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Munanaposa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Abbot circles away.
Abbot throws a combination that misses
and Munanaposa counters with an outside leg kick.
Munanaposa throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Abbot was covering up waiting for the punch and Munanaposa finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munanaposa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munanaposa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Abbot swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Munanaposa slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Abbot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Munanaposa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Munanaposa with a nice head shot there.
Munanaposa working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
La Tigre Munanaposa 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.
Munanaposa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Munanaposa slips a nice elbow through Abbot's hands, connecting with Abbot's forehead.
Munanaposa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Munanaposa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Abbot's head.
Abbot is defending against the submission attempts here by Munanaposa.
Munanaposa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
La Tigre Munanaposa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munanaposa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Munanaposa has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Abbot defend it? Munanaposa steps over the head and cranks it - Abbot is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Munanaposa!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). La Tigre Munanaposa!
A relieved looking La Tigre Munanaposa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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