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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brain Joyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Faith (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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216 cm
19
214 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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197 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brain Joyce! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Faith! The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Topper Green and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Joyce tries to close the distance and clinch but Faith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Faith fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Joyce, pushing him back against the cage. Joyce wants a takedown.
Stalling in the clinch from Faith.
Faith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Brain Joyce has been cut. Faith manages to break the clinch.
Faith looks to land a left hand but Joyce moved out of range nicely. Joyce tries to counter by clinching up but Faith breaks away and moves out of range. Faith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Joyce swivels and escapes. Joyce tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Faith manages to circle out of the way. Faith moves into the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Joyce successfully pulls guard.
Joyce is pulling down on Faith's head to control his posture. Faith gets to his feet - Joyce follows without any prompting.
That's one minute gone in the round. Faith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Joyce throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Faith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Joyce. Faith clinches. Joyce wants to break free but Faith has control.
Joyce is trying to break free. A head punch on the inside from Joyce fails to land. Faith has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Joyce is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. Brain Joyce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jim Faith. Joyce drags the fight down to the ground.
Faith trying to control the position from guard on top but Joyce is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Faith must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Joyce has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Faith should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Joyce has tightened it up now! Faith should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Brain Joyce!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
41% |
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