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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Bate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
23 - 14 - 1 |
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30
159 lbs
20 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyrone Bate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bate gets caught flat footed, as Salabim shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Salabim is in close to Bate's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bate had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salabim defends it easily.
Bate has Salabim pulled in close to control his posture.
Bate working for a triangle but Salabim defends it easily.
Bate is trying to keep Salabim in close.
Salabim is working Bate over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bate has his hands on Salabim's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salabim is looking to work some ground and pound but Bate has wrist control.
Bate avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bate seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Bate preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Salabim trying to control the position from guard on top but Bate is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salabim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bate swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Salabim wants to control from the top but Bate keeps moving.
Salabim with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salabim wants to pass the guard but Bate is keeping the position.
Salabim throws a big right hand that misses.
Bate is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Salabim postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Salabim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bate has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salabim can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Salabim throws a big elbow that misses.
Bate has an active guard here but Salabim has managed to pass into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim trying to pass the guard but Bate defending well.
Salabim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salabim is trying to control. Bate wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Salabim performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bate might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Salabim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bate actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salabim looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bate with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bate looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Salabim is thwarting Bate's attempts to control the position.
Bate avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Salabim.
Salabim is trying to control the action in half guard but Bate is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bate won't allow Salabim to pass to mount.
Salabim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bate regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Salabim.
Salabim advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sim Salabim dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bate avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bate takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bate shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sim Salabim has got the better of the ground game so far.
Salabim is looking for a sweep. Bate is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salabim is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bate jumps into side control!
Bate throwing strikes but Salabim manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Bate taking a bit of punishment here - Salabim scoring with strikes.
Salabim trying to control the action but Bate is working from the bottom.
Bate avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Salabim.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bate is not content to let Salabim control the position.
Bate is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bate is not content to let Salabim control the position.
Salabim tries to score with some ground and pound. Bate controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Salabim wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bate keeps working.
Salabim working the head with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bate is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Salabim off and has taken his back!
Salabim is trying to break free.
Bate throws a series of strikes and Salabim wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Bate scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bate lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bate landing punches.
Bate looking to finish Salabim with some ground and pound. This is bad for Salabim!
Salabim is rocked!
Bate lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Salabim is still in real trouble! Can Bate finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bate working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bate drops a big elbow. That's hurt Salabim! More shots from Bate and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Bate!
Tyrone Bate 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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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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