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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khal Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khal Stark acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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144 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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138 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anderson Rodriguez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khal Stark!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rodriguez showed some decent athleticism there.
Stark is controlling Rodriguez's trapped leg to prevent Rodriguez from advancing to side control.
Rodriguez is looking to take a break and control but Stark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rodriguez uses his free foot to push down on Stark's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Stark.
Rodriguez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stark tries to lock up and control but Rodriguez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rodriguez is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Stark is surviving well by controlling Rodriguez's body position as best he can.
Rodriguez 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Rodriguez goes for an armbar but Stark turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Stark.
Rodriguez looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Stark is defending well. Rodriguez quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Stark has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Rodriguez celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anderson Rodriguez!
Anderson Rodriguez retains his bantamweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Anderson Rodriguez made sure he mentioned Spartan Nutrition , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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FIGHT
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