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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Harry Angstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and EM Punk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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161 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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175 cm
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160 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Granite chin |
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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Angstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, EM Punk!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punk drops his hands momentarily and Angstrom takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Angstrom cracks Punk with an open hand slap.
Punk moves in looking to clinch but Angstrom pushes him off.
Punk fails to land the takedown.
Punk shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Angstrom as he avoids it easily.
Angstrom lands a jab.
Punk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Angstrom throws out a loose jab but Punk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Angstrom misses with a few strikes there.
Punk is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Angstrom drives through and clinches with Punk against the ropes.
Angstrom breaks from the clinch.
Angstrom drives through and clinches with Punk against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Angstrom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Angstrom misses with a knee strike.
Angstrom is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Punk is keeping busy.
Punk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Punk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Angstrom is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Angstrom stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Angstrom is working for takedown but Punk is calmly controlling the position for now.
Angstrom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Punk misses with a knee to the head.
Punk blocks an elbow strike.
Angstrom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Punk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Angstrom prevents a body shot from Punk.
Punk managing to block the knees to the body from Angstrom.
Angstrom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Angstrom uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Punk has time to react.
Punk closes the distance and clinches.
Punk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Punk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Angstrom blocking some punches.
Angstrom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Punk backwards.
Angstrom has Punk pressed against the ropes, preventing Punk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Angstrom tries a knee to the head but Punk blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punk is trying to maintain a safe position but Angstrom gets an underhook and turns Punk into the ropes.
Punk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Punk takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Angstrom working aggressively here.
Punk tries to circle away but Angstrom has him pinned against the ropes.
Angstrom manages to break the clinch.
Angstrom throws a front kick aimed at Punk's knee but Punk avoids it well.
Nice sprawl there from Angstrom as Punk shoots in.
Harry Angstrom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of EM Punk.
Punk scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Punk creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Angstrom sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Angstrom tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Punk wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Angstrom wants to control but Punk postures up.
Angstrom is looking for a sweep.
Punk trying to control the position but Angstrom is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angstrom can't do much from the bottom here.
Angstrom regains half guard.
Angstrom slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Punk tries to free his leg and advance position but Angstrom is retaining full guard.
Angstrom keeping moving, preventing Punk from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Punk might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Angstrom haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Angstrom is trying to control the position but Punk postures up.
Punk looking to pass the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Angstrom misses.
Punk shoots for a takedown but Angstrom saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
It looked like Angstrom was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Punk steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Angstrom. That one must have hurt.
Angstrom fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Punk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Punk changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Angstrom tries to avoid it but Punk manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Angstrom to the ground. Angstrom escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Angstrom clinches up with Punk and pushes him back against the ropes.
Angstrom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Punk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Angstrom blocks it with crossed arms.
Punk looking to stall.
Angstrom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Angstrom dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Punk closes this distance looking for a takedown but Angstrom circles away.
Punk has closed the distance and engaged Angstrom in a clinch.
Punk misses with a knee strike.
Punk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Punk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Punk looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Angstrom is fending him off so far but Punk persists. Nope, Angstrom circles away and we're back to standing.
Angstrom throws a sloppy head kick and Punk moves out of range easily.
Punk shoots in but no luck this time.
Harry Angstrom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of EM Punk.
Punk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Angstrom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Angstrom looks to land a body kick but Punk moved away.
Punk slips under a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Angstrom darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Punk on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Punk slips a jab from Angstrom.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Punk.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Angstrom throws a sloppy head kick and Punk moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punk fails with the takedown.
Angstrom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Punk can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punk gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Punk is breathing heavily.
Punk is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Punk not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Angstrom keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Angstrom trying to control here.
Punk seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Angstrom does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Angstrom moves into full guard.
Angstrom is looking for a triangle but Punk pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punk wants to control from the top but Angstrom keeps moving.
Angstrom is trying to keep Punk in close.
Punk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Angstrom swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Angstrom keeping moving, preventing Punk from controlling successfully.
Angstrom bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Punk's guard.
Angstrom trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angstrom throwing strikes from guard but Punk blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Angstrom's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Punk keeping full guard, as Angstrom tries to pass.
Angstrom looking to sit in guard and control but Punk gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Punk avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Punk wants to pass the guard but Angstrom is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punk is looking to advance position but Angstrom has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Angstrom with a couple of short strikes.
Angstrom trying to control but Punk is having none of it.
Punk is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Punk felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Angstrom working Punk over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Angstrom dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Angstrom pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Angstrom throws a jab when Punk was well out of range.
Angstrom stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Angstrom wants it to stay on the feet.
Angstrom keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
An attempted straight right counter from Angstrom misses the target.
Punk fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It looked like Angstrom wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harry Angstrom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of EM Punk.
Angstrom pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Angstrom swats away the attempt to clinch by Punk.
Punk dives in and scores a takedown into Angstrom's guard.
Punk trying to control the position from guard on top but Angstrom is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punk wants to pass the guard but Angstrom is keeping the position.
Angstrom looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punk trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Angstrom has his feet on Punk's thighs here. He's pushed Punk off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Punk screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Harry Angstrom!
Harry Angstrom spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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