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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Essss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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183 cm
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192 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
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185 cm
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195 lbs
6 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Coleman! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Essss! The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Essss slaps away a takedown attempt from Coleman, before circling back to the center of the mat. Essss pushes Coleman up against the cage in a clinch. Essss controlling the action here for a moment.
Essss is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Essss lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Coleman is looking for a takedown. Essss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Essss wants to take the fight to the mat but Coleman manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch. Essss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Essss moves in looking to clinch but Coleman pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round. Essss throws a body kick that misses. Coleman half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range. Essss looks to clinch and Coleman counters with a nice double leg into guard. Essss trying to keep a closed guard but Coleman is proving a slippery customer.
Coleman trying to control the position from guard on top but Essss is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Coleman lands a couple of decent looking shots. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Essss utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Essss not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Coleman throwing strikes from guard but Essss blocks nicely. Essss is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Coleman dives into side control.
Essss really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coleman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Essss is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Coleman scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Essss to see if he's OK. Coleman is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Essss is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Essss is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Essss on the wrong end of some ground and pound. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Coleman trying to control the position but Essss is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Coleman landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Essss taking a bit of punishment here - Coleman scoring with strikes. Coleman in side control lands a decent elbow. Coleman passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Essss! Coleman landing strikes from the mount and Essss is in trouble! Coleman is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Essss is surviving well by controlling Coleman's body position as best he can. Essss 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. Coleman cracks Essss with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Coleman 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. Coleman lands with some strikes. Coleman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Essss?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Coleman lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Essss is bucking up trying to escape but Coleman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Essss is rocked! Coleman drops a big elbow. That's hurt Essss! More shots from Coleman and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Coleman!
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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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