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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Bruny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Oliver's choice of entrance music: Enter Sandman-Metallica. This should be fireworks!
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155 lbs
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161 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerome Bruny!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Oliver!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliver fails with the takedown
and Bruny counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Oliver is not content to let Bruny control the position.
Bruny scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Oliver to see if he's OK.
Bruny lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Oliver down.
Oliver is looking for a sweep.
Bruny trying to control the action but Oliver is working from the bottom.
Bruny goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Oliver rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bruny's guard! Nice work there by Oliver!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliver is looking to advance position but Bruny has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruny lands a big shot there that rocks Oliver but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oliver tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bruny controlling from mount.
Bruny lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bruny has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Bruny can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Oliver is looking to escape.
Oliver takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruny scoring with strikes but Oliver is staying in there.
Oliver is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bruny wants to control the pace but Oliver is squirming around nicely.
Bruny unloading with bombs!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruny lands a couple of good shots and Oliver has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Bruny is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Oliver. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Oliver prevents Bruny from getting a body triangle.
Bruny has good solid back control here.
Bruny throwing damaging strikes from the back! Oliver could be in trouble here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruny controlling well, preventing Oliver from escaping the position.
Bruny has Oliver flattened out and is raining down punches.
Bruny scores with strikes from the back.
Can Oliver hold on?! Bruny is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
You can see the frustration on Oliver's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Bruny lands a shot to the body.
Bruny lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Bruny lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Bruny.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruny has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Oliver's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruny working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Bruny is punishing Oliver with strikes - can he finish him?!
Oliver is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Bruny off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Oliver is trying to remain composed but Bruny is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Oliver tries to break free.
Bruny throwing damaging strikes from the back! Oliver could be in trouble here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliver wants to escape the position.
Bruny scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Oliver is looking for a way out.
Bruny slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Bruny dominated that round.
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.
Oliver has his takedown stuffed
and Bruny counters with a takedown into side control.
Oliver taking a bit of punishment here - Bruny scoring with strikes.
Bruny lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Oliver down.
Oliver is looking to reverse the position.
Oliver on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Oliver is trying to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliver on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bruny creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Oliver tries to improve position but can't.
Bruny landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver is looking for a sweep.
Oliver taking a bit of punishment here - Bruny scoring with strikes.
Oliver is rocked!
Bruny scores with a couple of short elbows.
Oliver is still in real trouble! Can Bruny finish him?
Oliver taking punishment in the form of punches.
Oliver gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Oliver takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Bruny's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jerome Bruny!
Jerome Bruny retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Jerome Bruny 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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