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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tamiwe Kamanula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Sansing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamanula kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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175 cm
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150 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tamiwe Kamanula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alan Sansing!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sansing shoots in for a double leg but Kamanula sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kamanula looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sansing fails with the takedown
and Kamanula counters with a good, hard body kick but Sansing shrugs it off.
Sansing throws an overhand right that lands on Kamanula's shoulder, as Kamanula tries to avoid the shot.
Sansing throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kamanula feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sansing takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A head kick from Kamanula lands but Sansing takes it in his stride.
Kamanula looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kamanula slips a jab from Sansing.
Kamanula throws a counter high kick but Sansing was just alert enough to avoid it.
Sansing throws a hook but Kamanula avoids it easily.
Sansing throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A head kick misses from Kamanula.
Sansing wants to counter the offense by Kamanula and move into the clinch position.
Kamanula tries to land a front kick but Sansing steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kamanula misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sansing wants to counter the offense by Kamanula and move into the clinch position.
Kamanula throws an overhand right that lands on Sansing's shoulder, as Sansing tries to avoid the shot.
Sansing avoids the head kick by Kamanula.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sansing slips a jab from Kamanula.
Sansing misses with a takedown attempt - Kamanula sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tamiwe Kamanula has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alan Sansing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Kamanula.
Kamanula tries to land a front kick but Sansing steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sansing checks a leg kick.
Sansing looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sansing shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kamanula counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kamanula attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sansing or perhaps it was just good defense by Kamanula, which made it look bad.
Sansing misses with a hook to the body
and Kamanula counters with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kamanula.
Kamanula slips a jab from Sansing.
Sansing takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sansing fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kamanula sprawls well initially but Sansing persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kamanula tries to roll over but Sansing keeps him under control.
Kamanula wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sansing seems to be working for a kimura but Kamanula defends the submission attempt.
Kamanula is looking to escape.
Sansing uses his free foot to push down on Kamanula's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Kamanula.
Sansing with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamanula tries to lock up and control but Sansing gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sansing trying to control but Kamanula is having none of it.
Sansing with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sansing cracks Kamanula with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kamanula tries to reverse the position but Sansing maintains control.
Sansing is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Kamanula has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Kamanula!
Sansing throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kamanula uses it to pass to side control.
Sansing tries to bench press Kamanula off him but Kamanula keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sansing manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Sansing wants to get back to full guard.
It looks like Kamanula is going to stand back up.
Kamanula knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sansing on the ground.
Kamanula stalling away here and it's allowed Sansing to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Sansing is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sansing not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sansing prevents Kamanula from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tamiwe Kamanula will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sansing fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kamanula avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice cross by Kamanula.
Kamanula throws a series of punches but Sansing avoids them all with ease.
Kamanula buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sansing tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sansing blocks a low kick nicely.
Sansing has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamanula lands a two punch combo.
A jab from Kamanula does it's job there.
Sansing is rocked!
Kamanula throws a powerful right kick. Sansing tried to block low but the kick was high! Sansing was taken right off of his feet! Kamanula jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tamiwe Kamanula!
An out of breath Tamiwe Kamanula thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Alan Sansing spoke after the fight, saying 'This fight's not over until my opponent tests negative for performance-enhancing drugs...and given his past history, I doubt that his system's clean.'.
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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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