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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bongo Drum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Fox's choice of entrance music: Kalimba. Bongo Drum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
18
146 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bongo Drum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Fox!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drum closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Drum lands in his opponent's guard.
Fox is trying to control the position but Drum postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drum is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Drum got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fox has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Drum has managed to get both his arms back between Fox's legs - danger averted.
Drum works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drum scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Drum content to control rather than advance.
Fox strikes from the bottom but Drum uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Fox felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fox is letting Drum control him for a moment.
Fox tries to buck Drum off but Drum is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox is letting Drum control him for a moment.
Drum tries to advance to mount but Fox denies him.
Drum is staying tight to Fox's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Fox is looking for a sweep.
Fox wants to control but Drum postures up.
Drum advances nicely into full mount.
Fox takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fox is squirming around, avoiding Drum's attempts to control the action.
Fox wants to hold on but Drum pushes him away.
Drum unloading with bombs!
Drum tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drum is landing with some decent strikes but Fox is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Drum landing strikes from the mount.
Fox is rocked!
Drum controlling the position easily from mount.
Fox is still in real trouble! Can Drum finish him?
Fox tries to hold on but Drum pushes him away.
Drum lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drum takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Drum's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Drum working Fox over with strikes here.
Drum cracks Fox with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Drum content just to control the position here.
Fox flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Drum takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Fox seems to have recovered his senses.
Drum with good strikes from the mount here!
Drum postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Fox badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Drum around the waist but Drum pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Drum is the winner by TKO! Drum jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bongo Drum!
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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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