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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Naankuse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devin Jaqquard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaqquard is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rebirthing-Skillet. Devin Jaqquard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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139 lbs
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145 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jacob Naankuse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Devin Jaqquard!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naankuse shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jaqquard defends it nicely.
Naankuse definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jaqquard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jaqquard is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Naankuse with a body shot.
Naankuse misses with a head kick.
Naankuse takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Naankuse slips a jab and a cross from Jaqquard.
Naankuse thinks about countering with a head kick.
Jaqquard fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Naankuse checks it well.
Naankuse throws a head kick that misses.
Jaqquard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Naankuse attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naankuse misses with a right hand
and Jaqquard counters with a straight right hand.
Jaqquard looking to score a takedown here. Naankuse is defending well but Jaqquard drives through and ends up in Naankuse's guard.
Jaqquard controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaqquard is in close to Naankuse's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Naankuse working a defensive guard here.
Jaqquard looking to improve position, pressing down on Naankuse's thigh with his hand. Naankuse seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Jaqquard paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Jaqquard's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Naankuse picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jacob Naankuse!
Our winner, Jacob Naankuse, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Devin Jaqquard stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sucks I had to bow down this early, but hey im facing the top guys in the tourney no shame in that. Island season 3 was a success and I am thankful to be part of it. Best of luck to the remaining participants. May we all have great careers ahead of us!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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