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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Axel Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustapha Shiit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Axel Strong is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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184 cm
24
179 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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178 cm
20
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Axel Strong! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mustapha Shiit! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Strong bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Shiit is looking for a sweep. Shiit keeps trying to improve his position. Strong wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Shiit, who protects the arm well. Strong misses with the ground and pound. Shiit is looking to regain half guard here but Strong keeps moving and retains side control. You can see the frustration on Shiit's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. An elbow from Strong crashes against the mat.
Shiit can't do much from the bottom here. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Shiit is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Shiit parries the strikes from Strong easily there. Strong is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shiit to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round. The referee asks Strong politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Strong prefers to stall for the moment though. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Shiit can't do much from the bottom here. Shiit tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Strong wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Shiit struggling a bit here. Shiit tries to buck Strong off but Strong is having none of it. Shiit tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Strong presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount! We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shiit can do anything to dispel that myth. Shiit is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Shiit is still trying to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Strong tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Strong landing shots from mount. Shiit is trying desperately to improve position. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Strong cracks Shiit with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shiit tries to hold on but Strong postures up. Strong has control of Shiit's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Shiit regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Shiit tries to get back to half guard but can't. Strong with shots to the head and body - Shiit looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Shiit is looking to improve his position but Strong isn't that keen on the idea. Strong has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Strong looking to finish Shiit with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shiit! Strong avoids the attempt from Shiit to control. Shiit takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Strong wants to control the pace but Shiit is squirming around nicely. Shiit is desperately trying to improve his position but Strong has a good base and remains in mount. Shiit is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Strong lands a big elbow - Shiit is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Shiit is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Axel Strong! Mustapha Shiit was interviewed post fight and said 'Fair play, Axel is a tough mother fucker and the best man won.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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