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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Storm Tower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gary Richards acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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165 lbs
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181 cm
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158 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Storm Tower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gary Richards!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tower gets a takedown into half guard.
Tower is tying to control. Richards wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Richards looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Richards gets back to full guard.
Tower is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
It looks like Gary Richards has been cut.
Richards is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Richards working a defensive guard here.
Richards working for a triangle but Tower defends it easily.
Richards looking for a sweep. Not yet Richards, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tower trying to control but Richards is working from the bottom.
Richards wants to sweep but no luck.
Tower throws and elbow that misses. Richards uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tower's guard. Nice move by Richards!
Tower throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Richards trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Tower manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Richards is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Richards looks gassed!
Tower forces his way into half guard.
Tower is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Richards is trying to get back to full guard.
Tower slips a nice elbow through Richards's hands, connecting with Richards's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards is not content to let Tower control the position.
Tower working Richards over with strikes.
Richards is looking to improve his position.
Tower not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Richards is trying to get back to full guard.
Richards won't allow Tower to pass to mount.
Tower prevents Richards from improving his position.
Tower wants to take a breather but Richards is having none of it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tower darts in and clinches Richards up against the ropes.
Richards avoids the elbow strike from Tower, against the ropes.
Tower pulls guard.
Tower thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Tower wants to sweep here but Richards controlling him for the moment.
Richards slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Richards jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Richards trying to control but Tower is working from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Richards forces his way into half guard.
Richards is working for a submission of some sort.
Richards is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Tower!
Richards has hold of Tower's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tower manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Richards wants to control the pace but Tower is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gary Richards!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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