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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Ping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Funktastic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ping comes to the ring accompanied by Open Hapiness. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pierre Ping!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Funktastic!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ping tries to close the distance and clinch up but Funktastic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Funktastic gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ping trying to control but Funktastic is working from the bottom.
Funktastic manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ping manages to get himself to full guard.
Funktastic sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ping is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ping is tying to control. Funktastic wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ping seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Funktastic is looking to escape.
Funktastic punching from the bottom.
Ping is looking to take a break and control but Funktastic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Funktastic holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Ping trying to control from Funktastic's half guard. Funktastic has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ping sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ping trying to control the position from guard on top but Funktastic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ping pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Funktastic is keeping the position for now.
Ping content to stall in guard here.
Funktastic working for a triangle but Ping defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ping trying to control but Funktastic is working from the bottom.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Pierre Ping just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Ping wants to clinch up but Funktastic keeps it at a distance.
Ping takes the fight into the clinch.
Ping stops a takedown attempt from Funktastic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ping wants to stall.
Ping manages to break the clinch.
Ping misses with a takedown attempt - Funktastic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Funktastic swats away the attempt to clinch by Ping.
Ping pushes Funktastic up against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ping breaks the clinch.
Pierre Ping seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Funktastic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ping pinned against the cage. Ping gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Ping dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ping throws a head kick that misses.
Funktastic swats away the attempt to clinch by Ping.
Ping fails with an attempt to clinch.
Funktastic avoids the head kick by Ping.
Ping lands a nice hook to Funktastic's body. Funktastic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ping fails with the takedown
and Funktastic counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ping holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funktastic trying to control but Ping is working from the bottom.
Funktastic controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Funktastic wants to control from the top but Ping keeps moving.
Funktastic pushes down on Ping's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ping has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Funktastic is working away from the top position though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Funktastic in particular looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Funktastic passes to full mount!
Ping tries to control the position but Funktastic now has his back.
Funktastic gets his hands free as Ping looks to control.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ping is keeping busy.
I would not like to be Ping right now.
Despite being in the dominant position, Mr Funktastic just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Funktastic blocks a head kick by Ping.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Funktastic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ping tries for a takedown but Funktastic circles away easily
and Funktastic counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ping's guard now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ping looking for a sweep. Not yet Ping, not yet.
Funktastic advances position into side control!
Funktastic has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Ping!
Funktastic controlling the pace for now.
Ping wants to hold on but Funktastic pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Funktastic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ping looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ping trying to control from half guard but Funktastic is working away.
Funktastic trying to control but Ping postures up.
Ping wants to take a breather but Funktastic is having none of it.
Funktastic manages to get to full guard.
Ping has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Funktastic pulls Ping in to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funktastic keeping moving, preventing Ping from controlling successfully.
Ping has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Funktastic is proving hard to escape from.
Ping postures up.
Funktastic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ping trying to control the position from guard on top but Funktastic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ping doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Funktastic counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ping won't be happy with that.
Funktastic advances to full mount.
Funktastic controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ping is looking to improve his position but Funktastic isn't that keen on the idea.
Funktastic is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ping has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Funktastic tries to control but Ping wriggling away.
Funktastic controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ping is wriggling around trying to escape.
Funktastic forces the positional change into back control.
Funktastic is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Funktastic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Funktastic has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Mr Funktastic!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Mr Funktastic!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Mr Funktastic!
Mr Funktastic wins by unanimous decision!
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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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