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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between CJ Saaim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Mahone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mahone comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Shadow - Austin Mahone kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Austin Mahone has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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187 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Likes comics |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, CJ Saaim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Austin Mahone!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saaim shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Saaim showed some decent athleticism there.
Mahone is looking to get back to is feet but Saaim passes into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mahone can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mahone is trying to improve his position.
Mahone seems a little lost for a moment, as Saaim dominates the positioning.
Mahone takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahone tries to improve position but can't.
Saaim tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Mahone's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Saaim takes a little break here. Mahone wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Saaim creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Mahone is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Saaim working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Saaim advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saaim controlling his opponent.
Mahone in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Saaim sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Saaim tries to control but Mahone wriggling away.
Saaim tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Saaim can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mahone is looking to escape.
Saaim controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahone can't escape the position.
Saaim lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mahone hang on?
Saaim controlling his opponent.
Saaim has control of Mahone's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Mahone regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Mahone working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saaim is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mahone can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mahone can't escape the position.
Saaim content just to control the position here.
Saaim pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Saaim looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Saaim is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Mahone is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). CJ Saaim!
Austin Mahone spoke after the fight, saying 'I lost my mind.'.
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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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