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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marlin Paschal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rune Ankjrll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ankjrll has chosen Laibach as his entrance music. Rune Ankjrll struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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160 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marlin Paschal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rune Ankjrll!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paschal closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ankjrll quickly recovers to half guard.
Ankjrll looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Paschal performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Paschal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ankjrll with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Paschal is looking for a kimura but Ankjrll is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Paschal to get the leverage.
Paschal is trying to work for a kimura but Ankjrll is defending well.
Paschal is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Paschal has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ankjrll has hold of Paschal's hands but Paschal slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paschal frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Paschal 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.
Paschal landing punches.
Paschal is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Paschal connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Paschal controlling the pace for now.
Ankjrll told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Paschal is landing with some decent strikes but Ankjrll is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Paschal looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paschal is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ankjrll can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Ankjrll is in a horrible position here. Paschal smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paschal working the ground and pound effectively.
Paschal unloading with bombs!
Paschal with the ground and pound from mount.
Paschal goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Ankjrll turns into him and now he's in Paschal's guard.
Paschal controlling Ankjrll's posture.
Ankjrll postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ankjrll is sitting in close to Paschal's body. Paschal has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Ankjrll is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Ankjrll is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Paschal.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marlin Paschal!
A victorious Marlin Paschal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Rune Ankjrll was interviewed post fight and said 'He`s a cheat and a joke'.
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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
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