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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Doyle Hargraves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Held (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcin Held struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Marcin Held has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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175 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doyle Hargraves! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcin Held! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Held is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hargraves sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Hargraves moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hargraves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Held tries to pull guard but Hargraves won't allow it.
Held tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hargraves just stands there and leans against the ropes. Doyle Hargraves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcin Held. Hargraves prevents the takedown attempt.
A right hand to the body from Hargraves.
Hargraves lands a hook to the side of the head. Held jumps guard and drags Hargraves to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Held keeping moving, preventing Hargraves from controlling successfully. Held keeping full guard, as Hargraves tries to pass. Hargraves trying to control but Held is working from the bottom. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Held is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Hargraves frees his head nicely. Oh but Held has switched to an armbar! Hargraves is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Marcin Held! A relieved looking Marcin Held thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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