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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Pyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pyle comes to the cage accompanied by Bate Pesadão. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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181 cm
20
186 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Christopher Pyle! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mac Storm! The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Storm shoots for a takedown but Pyle saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Pyle moves in looking to clinch but Storm pushes him off.
Storm gets tackled into the cage by Pyle. Pyle maintains the clinch. Pyle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.
Pyle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.
Storm ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Storm no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Storm controlling the position. Storm manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pyle's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up. Storm controlling the pace for now.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Pyle is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Pyle is breathing heavily.
Storm working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet. Storm unloading with bombs!
Storm goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Pyle is on top in guard.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Storm has Pyle pulled in close to control his posture.
Pyle gets to his feet - Storm follows without any prompting. Storm has a takedown stuffed. Storm has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Pyle is landing a low percentage of strikes. Storm shoots in looking for a takedown. Pyle tries to sprawl out of it but Storm keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pyle manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Christopher Pyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mac Storm.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Pyle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Storm swats him away and circles back towards the center. Pyle looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Storm shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Storm decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Storm shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Storm showed some decent athleticism there. Pyle is trying to stand.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. Storm not landing any meaningful shots this time. Storm thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pyle is defending against the submission attempts here by Storm.
Storm has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Pyle defend it? Storm steps over the head and cranks it - Pyle is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Storm!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mac Storm!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
40% |
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