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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Devon Bane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bane's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alaska. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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174 cm
25
145 lbs
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169 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Devon Bane! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zack Young! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bane shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Young is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. Young keeping moving, preventing Bane from controlling successfully. Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bane. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Young working for a triangle but Bane defends it easily.
Young is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bane defends well. Bane is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Young wants to control the position but Bane says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard. Bane trying to pass the guard but Young defending well. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Bane working Young over with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bane is looking to take a break and control but Young is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Young is looking to improve his position.
Bane is working for a kimura but Young is defending it quite comfortably.
Bane prevents Young from improving his position. Young trying to hold on to Bane's head to control him but Bane postures up.
Young is trying to stand back up but Bane is controlling him
Young wants to improve his position but Bane is controlling well.
Young is not content to let Bane control the position. Nice strikes from Bane there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Young wants to improve his position but Bane is controlling well.
Young looks winded! Bane looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Young with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Young has hold of Bane's hands but Bane slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bane seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Young does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Bane seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Bane is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Young doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bane. Bane is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Bane working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Bane is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Young is just riding it out for now. Bane eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Still in half guard, Bane seems content to control. Bane is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Bane is controlling the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bane lands a nice short elbow. Bane is trying to control the action in half guard but Young is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Young wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Young trying to control from the bottom.
Bane is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Bane has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Young is looking to improve his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Devon Bane has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet. Bane fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Young to the ground. Bane is now in Young's guard. Bane avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Bane 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. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Bane working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young's head. Bane got a little sloppy there for a moment and Young has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bane has managed to get both his arms back between Young's legs - danger averted. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Devon Bane dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bane closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Young to the mat! Young manages to get full guard. Bane postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Bane definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Young working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bane has passed into half guard!
Bane has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Young defend it? Bane steps over the head and cranks it - Young is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Bane!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Devon Bane! A relieved looking Devon Bane 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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hype
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pop
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RATING
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