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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Angel Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and River Greywar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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130 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Angel Torres!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, River Greywar!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres shoots in but Greywar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Greywar moves into range and clinches up with Torres.
Greywar wants to get back to striking at distance but Torres won't allow it.
Torres has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Greywar uses from the top position.
Greywar drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Torres dives on top into guard.
Greywar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Greywar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greywar will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Greywar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Torres's guard.
Greywar showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greywar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Greywar passes Torres's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Greywar is taking a breather. Torres says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Greywar trying to control from half guard but Torres is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Greywar controlling the pace.
Greywar is looking to take a break and control but Torres is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Despite being in the dominant position, River Greywar just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Torres steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Greywar.
Greywar shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Greywar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Greywar trying to control the action but Torres is working from the bottom.
Greywar with the ground and pound but Torres uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greywar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Torres is looking for a triangle but Greywar pushes his legs off easily.
Greywar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Torres is keeping the position for now.
Torres throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Greywar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Greywar trying to control the position from guard on top but Torres is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Greywar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Torres will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Greywar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Torres dodges the ground and pound from Greywar.
Torres prevents Greywar from improving position.
Greywar throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Torres tries to bench press Greywar off him but Greywar keeps the position.
Greywar scoring with punches from side control.
Greywar throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Greywar in side control, throwing shots but Torres defends.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
River Greywar dominated that round.
That's time! Torres's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Torres scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Greywar throws a half hearted mid kick.
Greywar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Torres, pushing him back against the cage.
Greywar has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Torres is trying to keep an underhook but Greywar manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Greywar is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Torres defends it well.
Greywar trying to control from half guard but Torres is working away.
Torres blocking the ground and pound attempt from Greywar.
Greywar is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Torres sees it coming and defends easily.
Greywar working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres is in trouble now - Greywar has advanced to mount!
Torres blocking the ground and pound.
Greywar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Greywar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Torres. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Torres has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Greywar's lack of action.
Greywar seems to be working for a kimura but Torres defends the submission attempt.
Greywar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Torres tries to get to full guard but Greywar has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Greywar wants to take a breather but Torres is having none of it.
Greywar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Torres is defending against the submission attempts here by Greywar.
Greywar is tying to control. Torres wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Greywar throws a low kick, looking for Torres's leg but Torres calmly moves out of range.
Greywar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Torres will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Torres avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greywar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Torres looking for a sweep. Not yet Torres, not yet.
Torres utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Greywar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Greywar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Torres swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Greywar throws a strike but Torres rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Greywar trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Greywar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Greywar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Torres is one step ahead there.
Greywar is trying to keep Torres in close.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Torres tries for a takedown but Greywar circles away easily
and Greywar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
River Greywar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Greywar misses with a body kick.
Greywar throws a jab but it's blocked by Torres.
Greywar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Torres misses with a takedown
and Greywar counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Greywar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Torres throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Greywar advances to half guard.
Greywar perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Greywar trying to mount his opponent but Torres defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greywar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Greywar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Greywar throwing shots but Torres is blocking nicely.
Greywar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Greywar controlling the pace.
Greywar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Torres does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
River Greywar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Greywar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Greywar trying to mount his opponent but Torres defends it.
Greywar controlling the pace.
Greywar is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Greywar controlling the position easily from mount.
Greywar throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Greywar trying to control but Torres is having none of it.
Greywar controlling from the full mount.
Greywar trying to control but Torres is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Greywar controlling the position easily from mount.
Despite being in the dominant position, River Greywar just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Greywar pushes Torres up against the cage in a clinch.
Torres keeps control of Greywar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Greywar has had enough of the clinch but Torres keeps him there for the moment.
Greywar manages to break the clinch.
Greywar clinches up with Torres and pushes him back against the cage.
Torres fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
River Greywar really 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.
Torres looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Torres looking to pass the guard.
Greywar is looking for a triangle but Torres pushes his legs off easily.
Greywar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Greywar had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Torres is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Greywar Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Torres's back instead.
You can see the frustration on Torres's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Torres covering up well and avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greywar missing with punches from the back.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Torres covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Greywar throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Greywar throwing damaging strikes from the back! Torres could be in trouble here!
Torres tries to roll but Greywar sticks to his back.
The referee is taking a good look at Torres as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Greywar!
Torres is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Torres is trying to break free.
Greywar has good solid back control here.
Greywar landing with strikes.
Greywar lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Greywar is throwing strikes by Torres counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Torres regains half guard.
Greywar trying to control the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres won't allow Greywar to pass to mount.
Greywar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Greywar is looking to advance position but Torres won't allow it.
Greywar is tying to control. Torres wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Greywar working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Greywar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Greywar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Greywar tries to pass to full mount but Torres defends it.
Greywar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Torres keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Greywar in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Torres tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Greywar!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). River Greywar! River Greywar retains his bantamweight title!
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energy
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hype
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