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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norberto Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rexford King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen Chase and Status- No Problem as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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278 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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209 cm
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280 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norberto Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rexford King!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King closes the distance and clinches.
Howard working aggressively here.
Howard is pressed up against the cage. King has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Howard down to the mat. Howard avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Howard stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Howard wants it to stay on the feet.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Howard tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. King is in Howard's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
King works a leg free and moves into half guard.
King throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
King thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Howard's head.
King has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
King seems to be looking for submissions.
Howard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
King missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
King is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
King looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Howard is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rexford King!
Rexford King spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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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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