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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baisais Lacplesis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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175 cm
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169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baisais Lacplesis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Johnson! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Johnson gets a double leg takedown into Lacplesis's guard. Lacplesis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well. Lacplesis working for a triangle but Johnson defends it easily.
Lacplesis seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. Lacplesis wants to sweep but no luck. My spies in Morbid Conditioning School $150 inform me that Johnson has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends! Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Lacplesis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lacplesis swivels though and keeps the full guard. Johnson stops Lacplesis from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Lacplesis has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though. Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lacplesis swivels though and keeps the full guard. Johnson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lacplesis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lacplesis is looking to stand up but Johnson isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lacplesis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johnson is fighting to break Lacplesis's control of his arms but Lacplesis is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Johnson wants to pass the guard but Lacplesis is keeping the position. Lacplesis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard. Johnson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lacplesis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lacplesis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Lacplesis passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lacplesis tries for a kimura but Johnson is defending well. Johnson is looking to regain half guard here but Lacplesis keeps moving and retains side control. Johnson looks winded! Lacplesis landing a few strikes. Lacplesis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Lacplesis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Johnson has escaped the position, nice work there. Lacplesis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lacplesis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Johnson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. The strikes coming from Lacplesis are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Lacplesis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. This has been an exciting period of action! Lacplesis is working to tighten his grip on Johnson's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Johnson has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Lacplesis is really squeezing tight and eventually Johnson passes out! Lacplesis breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Baisais Lacplesis!
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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
39% |
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