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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jarvis Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grandmaster Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grandmaster Sagat will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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160 cm
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178 lbs
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199 cm
23
172 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jarvis Sosa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Grandmaster Sagat! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sagat tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Grandmaster Sagat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sagat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. A head kick misses from Sagat. Sosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt and Sosa counters with a nice body kick. Sagat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sosa.
Sagat doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
Sagat tries to clinch there but Sosa circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Sagat scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jarvis Sosa has been cut. Sagat breaks the clinch.
Sagat thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sosa if he has to take too many more of those.
Sagat closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side and Sosa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sosa.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sagat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sagat backwards. Sagat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sagat trying to land knees to the body.
Sagat leaning against his opponent.
Sagat breaks from the clinch.
Sagat tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sosa swats him away and circles back towards the center. Sosa keeps the fight on the outside. Sagat moves in looking to clinch but Sosa pushes him off. Sagat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sagat fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sagat looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Sagat avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt and Sosa counters with a nice body kick.
Sosa blocks a low kick nicely. Sosa swinging wildly here.
Sosa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Sagat is looking to clinch. Sagat tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range. Sosa could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Sagat tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sosa swats him away and circles back towards the center. Sosa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sagat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt and Sosa counters with a solid body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sosa has closed the distance and engaged Sagat in a clinch.
Sagat can't break the clinch.
Sagat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Sagat closes the distance and pushes Sosa back into the cage. Sagat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sagat misses with a body kick. Sagat closes the distance and clinches. Sagat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sagat closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side and Sosa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Sagat blocks an uppercut.
Sagat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Sagat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Sagat is looking to clinch. Grandmaster Sagat is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sagat is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Sagat goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Sagat is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Sosa throws a head kick that misses. Sagat is looking to clinch but Sosa is avoiding it.
Sagat is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Sosa throws a push kick but Sagat slaps the foot to one side. Sagat tries to clinch and Sosa counters with a big head kick but Sagat shrugs it off. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sosa throws a push kick but Sagat slaps the foot to one side. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Sagat tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Sosa drives through and clinches with Sagat against the cage.
Sagat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Sagat tries to clinch up. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grandmaster Sagat dominated that round. The cut man is working on Jarvis Sosa's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sagat looks to clinch and Sosa counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sagat! Sosa throws an elbow but Sagat slips to the side and avoids it well. Sagat is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Sosa is controlling him well. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Sosa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sagat keeps working. Sosa has an Americana. Sagat didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Sosa is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Sosa hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jarvis Sosa!
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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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FIGHT
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