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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Mma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jere Stephens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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164 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno Mma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jere Stephens!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mma tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Stephens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mma tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Stephens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mma wants to clinch.
Mma gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mma keeps control of Stephens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stephens is looking to break free of the clinch but Mma has double underhooks.
Stephens has Mma pressed against the ropes, preventing Mma from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stephens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mma definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A frustrated look appears on Stephens's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stephens.
Mma is trying to pull guard but Stephens has him pressed against the ropes.
Stephens tries to break the clinch but Mma is controlling the position.
Mma misses with a body punch.
Mma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stephens prevents a body shot from Mma.
Stephens working hard to break the clinch.
Stephens's coach down at Island Conditioning was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Stephens's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Stephens tries to break the clinch but Mma is controlling the position.
Mma is trying to maintain a safe position but Stephens gets an underhook and turns Mma into the ropes.
Mma fails to pull guard.
Mma tries to pull guard but Stephens forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Mma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stephens.
Stephens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mma has him pressed against the ropes.
Mma tries a body shot but Stephens blocks it.
Stephens wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mma is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Stephens prevents a body shot from Mma.
Mma jumps guard and drags Stephens to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Stephens is stalling in the full guard.
Stephens scoring with some ground and pound.
Mma is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Stephens is controlling him.
Stephens working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mma's head.
Stephens working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stephens postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stephens working some strikes from top position.
Stephens avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stephens works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mma taking some punishment here, with Stephens in his half guard.
Stephens really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stephens seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mma is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stephens scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mma is rocked!
Mma has hold of Stephens's hands but Stephens slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh Mma is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stephens perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Stephens passes to full mount!
Mma is breathing heavily.
Stephens in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Stephens! Mma is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jere Stephens!
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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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