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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Royo Salander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rain Ask (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rain Ask has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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188 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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183 cm
27
190 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Royo Salander! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rain Ask! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Salander goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Ask feints and as Salander raises his hands in defense, Ask changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Ask connects with a couple of short punches. Salander trying to control the position.
Ask distracts Salander with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Salander knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ask on the ground. Ask gets to his feet. Salander looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ask drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Ask with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Ask has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at **CENTRUM GYM**. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one. Ask decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Salander, up you get! Ask drives through with a takedown into Salander's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Ask controls from within his opponent's guard. Salander looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ask is one step ahead there. Ask pushes down on Salander's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Salander is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Salander on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Ask decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet. Ask looking to score a takedown here. Salander is defending well but Ask drives through and ends up in Salander's guard. Ask decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Salander, up you get! Ask has Salander up against the cage in a clinch.
Ask tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salander avoids it. Salander trying to control the position but instead, Ask has worked for underhooks and has pushed Salander into the cage. Ask turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Salander taking a bit of punishment here - Ask scoring with strikes. Ask is working Salander over with some ground and pound from side control. Salander is letting Ask control him for a moment. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Ask scores with punches from side control. Salander is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ask connects with a decent elbow. Ask working the ground and pound from side control. Ask controls the position from side control. Ask working the ground and pound from side control. Ask working away. Salander is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ask controlling from side mount. Ask advances nicely into full mount. Ask in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Salander is looking to improve his position but Ask isn't that keen on the idea. Ask looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ask punishing his opponent with strikes. Ask has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salander's face.
Salander is rocked! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Salander is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Oh Salander is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Ask looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Salander covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rain Ask!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
81% |
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