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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert coke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hassan Moradi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert coke! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hassan Moradi! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Moradi tries to clinch there but coke circles away.
coke stuffs the takedown attempt from Moradi. Moradi gets slowly back to his feet.
coke bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. coke creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. coke lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Moradi down.
coke working away. Moradi wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done! coke lands some shots froms side control. Moradi stops coke from passing to mount.
coke is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Moradi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
coke tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Moradi taking punishment in the form of punches.
 That's one minute gone in the round. coke lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Moradi down.
Moradi is trying to get back to his feet.
coke tries for a kimura but Moradi is defending well. Moradi is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
coke working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. coke is breathing heavily. coke works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Moradi is looking to work his way out of this bad position but coke is controlling him well. coke in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Moradi bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet! Moradi stuffs the takedown attempt from coke. coke gets slowly back to his feet.
Moradi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Moradi trying to control but he's not successful this time. Moradi prevents coke from getting the reversal.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Moradi with the ground and pound from mount. Moradi scoring with strikes but coke is staying in there. coke taking shots to the head. Moradi lands a heavy elbow. Moradi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can coke hang on? coke tries to get back to half guard but can't. coke wants to control but Moradi is having none of it. Moradi should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete. coke tries to get back to half guard but can't. Moradi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Moradi lands a big elbow. Moradi cracks coke with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Moradi with good strikes from the mount here!
 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. coke regains half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. coke is pressing down on Moradi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. coke trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage. Moradi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
coke working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Moradi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Moradi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Moradi wanted to stand there but coke had control of the position. Moradi trying to control the position from guard on top but coke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
coke looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
coke not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert coke dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
coke slips a straight right by Moradi. Moradi wants to clinch up but coke keeps it at a distance. Moradi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and coke counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Moradi moves into full guard.
coke lands a couple of digs. coke distracts Moradi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. coke works over Moradi with some ground and pound from guard.
coke avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
coke stopping the sweep attempt from Moradi.
coke drops back looking for a leg! Moradi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Moradi manages to kick coke off! coke jumps back into Moradi's guard. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
 That's one minute gone in the round. coke preventing the sweep.
Moradi looking for a guillotine here but coke defends easily.
 Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Moradi throws a leg kick but coke sees it coming and checks it nicely. A combination from Moradi does no damage.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Moradi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and coke counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by coke. Moradi wants to get back to his feet but coke is in a dominant position and won't allow it. coke distracts Moradi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. coke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Moradi's head. coke prevents Moradi from getting back to his feet. Moradi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with coke. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Moradi has momentary wrist control but coke slips an elbow through the middle.
coke avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Moradi looking to sweep here. No luck so far. coke will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
coke drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Moradi manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now coke has Moradi in his guard. Moradi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Moradi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. coke throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
coke trying to keep a closed guard but Moradi is proving a slippery customer.
coke keeping full guard, as Moradi tries to pass. Moradi throwing strikes but missing. Moradi wants to stand but coke has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
coke working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Moradi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but coke is tightening it up a little... Moradi has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Moradi reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Moradi taps out! nice BJJ there by coke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Robert coke!
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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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