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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Armiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Omeruo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter fighter
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Armiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Omeruo!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armiger gets a double leg takedown into Omeruo's guard.
Armiger prevents Omeruo from getting back to his feet.
Armiger throwing strikes from guard but Omeruo blocks nicely.
Omeruo wants to stand and escape but Armiger is having none of it.
Armiger might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Armiger is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Devils Den New York that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Omeruo is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Armiger working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Omeruo wants to stand and escape but Armiger is having none of it.
Armiger wants to pass the guard but Omeruo is keeping the position.
Armiger trying to control but Omeruo is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armiger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Armiger bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Omeruo's head backwards.
Omeruo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Omeruo there.
Omeruo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Armiger is trying to get back to full guard.
Omeruo is nestled in close to Armiger, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Armiger has hold of Omeruo's hands but Omeruo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Armiger manages to get to full guard.
Omeruo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Armiger's head.
Omeruo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Omeruo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Omeruo is in close to Armiger's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Omeruo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Omeruo throwing strikes but missing.
Omeruo working some strikes from top position.
Armiger is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armiger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Omeruo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Omeruo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Omeruo landing some decent shots from guard.
Armiger is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Omeruo defends well.
Armiger is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Omeruo is working Armiger over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Armiger is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Omeruo defends well.
Omeruo stands up over Armiger, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omeruo works over Armiger with some ground and pound from guard.
Omeruo landing with the ground and pound.
Omeruo throws a big elbow that misses.
Armiger throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Omeruo connects with a couple of short punches.
Omeruo postures up and lands a big shot to Armiger's brow.
Armiger is rocked!
Omeruo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oh Armiger is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Omeruo postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Armiger covers up, he's hurt! Omeruo keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Omeruo and the ref steps in to end the fight! Omeruo can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Omeruo!
A very excited looking Joseph Omeruo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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