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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Temitope Obama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ice Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ice Drago has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Temitope Obama's chin.
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196 cm
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141 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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172 cm
26
136 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Temitope Obama! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ice Drago! The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Obama moves out of range of the strikes. Obama shoots in but no luck this time. Obama takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Obama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Obama defending well as Drago loads up on a big left hand. Obama lands with a nice combination. Drago backs away looking to recover. Obama doesn't manage to clinch there - Drago circles away.
Obama misses the jab. Obama looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Obama throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Drago. Obama shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Drago sprawls well. Drago wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Obama gets slowly back to his feet. Drago looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. A left lands for Drago. Drago stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Drago wants it to stay on the feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Temitope Obama. That's going to take a lot out of him. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Obama keeps the fight on the outside. Obama tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Drago uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Obama. Obama really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round. Obama displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Obama throws a right and a left that both miss. Obama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drago. Obama on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Drago. Drago obviously looking to wear him down.
Obama throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drago fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Drago throws the left hand but Obama avoids the punch easily. Drago slaps away a takedown attempt from Obama, before circling back to the center of the mat. Obama throws a hook but Drago blocks it. Obama misses with the combination.
Drago takes the fight into the clinch. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drago creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Drago gets through Obama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Drago swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Drago scores with a shoulder strike. A short right from Drago on the inside. Drago working some nice short punches in the clinch. Obama is trying to pull guard but Drago turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A short uppercut from Drago. Drago lands with a short shot to the head. Nice elbow from Drago.
It looks like Temitope Obama has been cut. A short right from Drago on the inside.
Obama is rocked! A short left from Drago. Oh Obama is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Drago cracks Obama with a nice body shot. Drago creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Obama's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Obama drops to his knees and Drago pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ice Drago! After winning the bout, Ice Drago thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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