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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Lucas (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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135 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcelo Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfredo Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor darts in looking for a takedown but Lucas gets double underhooks and turns Taylor into the cage.
Taylor has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Lucas is trying to keep an underhook but Taylor manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Taylor seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lucas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Taylor is looking for a kimura but Lucas is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Taylor to get the leverage.
Taylor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lucas has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Taylor is working away from the top position though.
Taylor thows a huge punch but Lucas dodges it nicely.
Lucas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Taylor works his foot free and advances to mount.
Taylor working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Lucas working to try and regain half guard.
Lucas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Taylor.
Taylor goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Lucas is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lucas's guard.
Taylor looking to pass the guard.
Taylor passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Taylor moves into full mount!
Taylor prevents Lucas from getting the reversal.
Taylor 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.
Lucas is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Taylor punching from mount but Lucas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Lucas is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Lucas flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Taylor anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Lucas and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Taylor slips an arm under Lucas chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Taylor has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Taylor is squeezing on Lucas like an anaconda would it's prey. Lucas fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcelo Taylor!
After the fight, Marcelo Taylor was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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