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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dany Legorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
25
211 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dany Legorious! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Sullivan! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sullivan throws a series of punches but Legorious avoids them all with ease. Legorious could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Sullivan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Legorious is looking to improve his position.
Legorious wants to control but Sullivan is keeping busy.
Legorious looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Legorious on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Legorious trying to hold on to Sullivan's head to control him but Sullivan postures up.
Sullivan tries to pass to full mount but Legorious defends it. Legorious looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round. Legorious is trying to control but can't.
Legorious looking for submissions off his back. Sullivan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Ground and pound from Sullivan. Legorious looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Sullivan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Legorious looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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. Sullivan is still trying to improve position. Legorious trying to control here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Sullivan stalling away here and it's allowed Legorious to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard. Sullivan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Legorious is keeping the position for now. Legorious has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Sullivan doesn't defend quickly enough and Legorious has managed to lock this one up! Can Sullivan escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Legorious on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dany Legorious! Dany Legorious opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
29% |
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