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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Akamoah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cloud Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akamoah comes to the ring accompanied by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop. Strife has chosen One Winged Angel as his entrance music. The key to victory for Gabriel Akamoah has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabriel Akamoah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cloud Strife!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strife showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Akamoah.
Akamoah misses with a wild body shot.
A jab-cross combination lands for Akamoah and sends Strife crashing to the mat! Akamoah follows him down to the mat - Strife regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
It looks like Cloud Strife has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Strife gets full guard.
Akamoah won't allow Strife to sweep him here.
Strife is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Akamoah postures up in Strife's guard and throws a big left but Strife blocks it.
Akamoah working some strikes from top position.
Akamoah with a flurry of punches that miss.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Strife is on top in guard.
Strife preventing the sweep.
Strife forces his way into half guard.
Strife wants to pass to mount but Akamoah is defending the position.
Strife prevents Akamoah from standing back up.
Strife lands with a punch from half guard.
Strife missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Strife has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife wants to finish this one by submission but Akamoah is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Strife.
Akamoah swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Strife is working for a guillotine from mount but Akamoah frees his head quite easily.
Strife has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Strife blocks Akamoah's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Strife moves to back control.
Strife is hanging on to Akamoah's back as he tries to escape.
Akamoah wants to get back to his feet.
Strife tightening his grip on Akamoah, looking for the choke.
Strife has the hooks in. Akamoah is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Strife working for a choke but Akamoah reverses nicely into Strife 's guard.
Strife is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Akamoah pushes Strife off looking to stand but Strife dives back in and keeps control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Strife trying to mount his opponent but Akamoah defends it.
Akamoah manages to get to full guard.
Akamoah punching from the bottom - just letting Strife know he's still in a fight.
Strife slips nicely into half guard.
Strife passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Akamoah has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Akamoah is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Akamoah trying to get back to his feet but Strife is in full control for now.
Akamoah defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Strife's arms.
Strife looks gassed!
Strife loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Akamoah hold on?
Akamoah is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Strife is looking for the choke from the back position but Akamoah is controlling his hands well.
Akamoah wants to get back to his feet.
Strife throwing sloppy strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strife looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Akamoah avoids the strikes from Strife.
Akamoah preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Strife.
Strife has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Akamoah has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Akamoah is trying to stand back up.
Akamoah manages to reverse the position and now he's in Strife's guard. Nice work there by Akamoah.
Akamoah postures up in Strife's guard and throws a big left but Strife blocks it.
Akamoah preventing the sweep.
Strife is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Akamoah stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Strife swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Akamoah won't allow Strife to sweep him here.
Akamoah has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Strife shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Strife fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Akamoah lands a right hook to the body.
Akamoah lands with a nice combination. Strife backs away looking to recover.
Akamoah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Akamoah throws a right and a left that Strife avoids nicely.
Akamoah scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akamoah misses with a few strikes there.
Akamoah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Akamoah misses with a few strikes there.
Gabriel Akamoah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Akamoah throws a jab but it's blocked by Strife.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Strife slips a straight right by Akamoah.
Horrible takedown by Strife or perhaps it was just good defense by Akamoah which made him look bad.
Gabriel Akamoah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cloud Strife.
Akamoah goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Akamoah misses with a series of wild punches.
Akamoah stuffs the takedown attempt from Strife. Strife gets slowly back to his feet.
Akamoah lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Akamoah misses with a jab, cross combination.
Akamoah misses with the combination.
Strife closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Strife is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Akamoah knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Strife tries to move into full mount but can't pass Akamoah's legs.
Strife prevents Akamoah from escaping the position.
Strife in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Akamoah tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Akamoah tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Strife looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Strife is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Akamoah is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Strife tries to advance to mount but can't.
Akamoah is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Strife off and has taken his back!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Strife grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Strife tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Akamoah in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Akamoah is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Strife can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Strife is trying to escape the mount.
Akamoah dominating with strikes here.
Strife is trying desperately to improve position.
Akamoah landing punches.
Strife sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Akamoah wants to stand up but Strife has a hold of him and won't allow it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Strife wants to get back to full guard.
Strife is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Akamoah looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Strife with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Akamoah tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Strife regains full guard. Nicely done.
Strife wants to sweep but no luck.
Strife looking for a guillotine here but Akamoah defends easily.
Strife is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Akamoah keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Strife's head.
Strife is working an open guard so Akamoah takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Akamoah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Akamoah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cloud Strife's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Akamoah. No joy for Strife on that attempt.
Akamoah keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Strife uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Akamoah.
Akamoah thows a body shot but no joy.
Gabriel Akamoah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Akamoah looks to throw the jab but Strife is out of range.
Strife shoots in and drives through. Akamoah sprawls well.
Gabriel Akamoah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cloud Strife.
Strife tries to move into range but Akamoah moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Strife avoids a punch combination nicely.
Akamoah misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Akamoah with a hook.
Akamoah fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Akamoah lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Strife circles away quickly and effectively.
Strife drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife looking to pass the guard.
Cloud Strife has got the better of the ground game so far.
Akamoah scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Strife pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Akamoah is keeping the position for now.
Akamoah is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Strife tries to pull guard but Akamoah holds him up against the ropes and eventually Strife drops back down to his feet.
Akamoah goes for a takedown in the clinch but Strife prevents it.
Strife fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Strife tries to pull guard but Akamoah won't allow it.
Akamoah wants a takedown.
Strife jumps guard.
Strife looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Strife wants to sweep but no luck.
Akamoah would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Strife looking for a sweep. Not yet Strife, not yet.
Akamoah content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Strife looking to hit a scissor sweep but Akamoah is one step ahead there.
Strife trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Akamoah will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Akamoah is looking to work some ground and pound but Strife has wrist control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Strife decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Akamoah is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife works his way into full mount!
Akamoah trying desperately to get to his feet.
Akamoah throwing hammer fists to the chest of Strife. What's that going to do exactly?
Strife lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Strife moves to take his opponent's back.
Akamoah breaks Strife's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Strife looking for a triangle here. Akamoah is fighting it but it looks tight! Strife pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Akamoah is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Cloud Strife!
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energy
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hype
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