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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heavy Hitta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davin Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 cm
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205 lbs
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187 cm
25
215 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heavy Hitta! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Davin Battle! The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hitta darts in and clinches Battle up against the cage. Battle avoiding damage as Hitta throws knees to the body.
Battle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hitta has him pressed against the cage. Battle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hitta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Battle tries to keep at a distance but Hitta has taken the fight into the clinch. Hitta looking for a takedown. Battle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Hitta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Battle slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Hitta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Battle missing with a left hand there. Hitta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Battle takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Hitta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Battle is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here. Hitta shoots in and bounces Battle off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Battle wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hitta's corner is telling him to maintain position. Battle is trying to control the position but Hitta postures up. Hitta distracts Battle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Hitta scoring with some ground and pound. Hitta makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Hitta's corner is telling him to maintain position. Hitta with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Battle is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Hitta scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Hitta content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Hitta slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Battle. Hitta prevents Battle from improving his position. Hitta takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hitta drops an elbow to the side of Battle's head. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hitta lands a nice short elbow. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Battle can do anything to dispel that myth. Battle on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Battle tries to roll over but Hitta keeps him under control. Battle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hitta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Hitta working Battle over with strikes. Battle tries to get to full guard but Hitta has control of the leg. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hitta in particular looking to stall. Hitta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Hitta is trying for a kimura here. Battle looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Hitta wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Heavy Hitta!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
36% |
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