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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Baraona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Konu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Konu's choice of entrance music: Disturbed-Ten Thousand Fist . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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175 cm
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179 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Baraona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ben Konu!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baraona tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Konu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Konu.
Baraona tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Konu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ben Konu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Konu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Konu swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baraona moves into the clinch.
Konu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Konu.
Baraona throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Konu blocks it with crossed arms.
Baraona tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Baraona landing knees to the body.
Konu jumps into guard, dragging Baraona to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Konu is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Konu is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Konu wants to free his trapped foot but Baraona is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Konu moves into full mount! Baraona won't be happy about that!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Konu with the ground and pound from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baraona wants to try and get back to his feet.
My spies in Mano`s Elite BJJ Gym inform me that Konu has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Baraona is bucking up trying to escape but Konu cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Konu raining down hammerfists from mount.
Baraona squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
BOOM! Konu connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Konu tries to control but Baraona wriggling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Konu lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Baraona hang on?
Konu controlling his opponent.
Baraona trying desperately to get to his feet.
Konu postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Baraona looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Konu looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Baraona is rocked!
Konu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konu controlling his opponent.
Oh Baraona is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Konu dominating with strikes here.
Baraona's coaches at Soul Supremacy Fight Club - ELITE TRAINERS----$580 have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Konu unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Baraona wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Konu celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Konu!
During a confident post fight interview, Ben Konu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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