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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hioron Papastopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macho Alpha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papastopoulos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Spectrum - Florence + The Machine (remix Calvin Harris). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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148 lbs
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150 cm
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130 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Good takedowns
Good elbows
Knockout power |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hioron Papastopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Macho Alpha!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papastopoulos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Papastopoulos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Papastopoulos there.
Alpha blocking the ground and pound attempt from Papastopoulos.
Papastopoulos lands with a punch from half guard.
Alpha avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Papastopoulos.
Alpha desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Papastopoulos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Alpha knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papastopoulos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papastopoulos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Papastopoulos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alpha's head.
Papastopoulos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Papastopoulos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alpha's head.
Papastopoulos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alpha defending well though.
Papastopoulos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Papastopoulos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Alpha avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Papastopoulos.
Papastopoulos thows a huge punch but Alpha dodges it nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Papastopoulos connects with a nice short shot to Alpha's temple.
Papastopoulos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alpha is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Papastopoulos pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papastopoulos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alpha's head.
Papastopoulos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Alpha is trying to get back to full guard.
Papastopoulos throwing shots but Alpha is blocking nicely.
Alpha trying to control but Papastopoulos postures up.
Papastopoulos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Papastopoulos 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.
Papastopoulos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alpha defending well though.
Papastopoulos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Alpha trying to control but Papastopoulos postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papastopoulos lands strikes from half guard.
Papastopoulos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alpha defending well though.
Papastopoulos is trying to control. Alpha wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Papastopoulos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Papastopoulos thows a huge punch but Alpha dodges it nicely.
Alpha is controlling Papastopoulos's trapped leg to prevent Papastopoulos from advancing to side control.
Papastopoulos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alpha keeps working.
That's four 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.
Alpha avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Papastopoulos.
Papastopoulos working Alpha over with strikes.
Papastopoulos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Papastopoulos connects with a nice short shot to Alpha's temple.
Alpha blocking the ground and pound attempt from Papastopoulos.
Papastopoulos is controlling the pace.
Papastopoulos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alpha with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hioron Papastopoulos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Papastopoulos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Papastopoulos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alpha with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Papastopoulos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alpha keeps working.
Papastopoulos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alpha defending well though.
Papastopoulos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papastopoulos throwing shots but Alpha is blocking nicely.
Papastopoulos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alpha's head.
Papastopoulos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Papastopoulos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papastopoulos lands with a punch from half guard.
Papastopoulos lands with a punch from half guard.
Alpha is rocked!
Papastopoulos is nestled in close to Alpha, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Alpha is still in real trouble! Can Papastopoulos finish him?
Ground and pound from Papastopoulos.
Papastopoulos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Papastopoulos lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Alpha! More strikes land and this one is all over! Papastopoulos jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hioron Papastopoulos!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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