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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazushi Tanba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rui Rodrigo Germano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Germano's choice of entrance music: Black Flood Diesel - Lost Cause. Kazushi Tanba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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208 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kazushi Tanba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rui Rodrigo Germano!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Germano throws a right and a left that Tanba avoids nicely.
Tanba is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Germano.
Nice jab there from Germano.
Tanba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Germano lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tanba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tanba manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Germano on his heels. He'll look to pass Germano's guard now, I'm sure.
Tanba in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Germano looking for a sweep. Not yet Germano, not yet.
Tanba throws a strike but Germano rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Germano missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Germano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tanba wants to sweep but no luck.
Germano drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Tanba manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Germano has Tanba in his guard.
Tanba distracts Germano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Germano has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Tanba doesn't defend quickly enough and Germano has managed to lock this one up! Can Tanba escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Germano on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rui Rodrigo Germano!
An intense looking Rui Rodrigo Germano took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there’s no fighter smarter than me.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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