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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Colt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Misterioso Damballah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as El Misterioso Damballah enters the cage!
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188 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Colt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, El Misterioso Damballah!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Colt swings for the body but Damballah moves out of range.
Colt dives in and scores a takedown into Damballah's guard.
Colt prevents Damballah from getting back to his feet.
Colt content to stall in guard here.
Damballah wants to stand and escape but Colt is having none of it.
Damballah is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Colt slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Damballah wants to stand and escape but Colt is having none of it.
Colt not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Colt chips away with some ground and pound.
Damballah wants to stand up but Colt is controlling him.
Colt slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Damballah is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Colt showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colt continues to stall.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Colt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Damballah rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Colt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Colt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Damballah.
Damballah needs to keep his hands up - Colt had a free shot at his head there.
Colt rushes Damballah and presses him up against the cage.
Colt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Colt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Colt misses with a punch to the body.
Colt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Damballah backwards.
Damballah prevents a body shot from Colt.
Damballah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Damballah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Damballah misses with the head strike.
Colt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damballah blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Colt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damballah drops down looking for an ankle pick but Colt pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Damballah.
Damballah throws a series of punches but Colt moves out of range.
Damballah closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Colt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Colt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Damballah misses with a combination
and Colt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damballah misses with the combination.
Damballah lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Damballah.
Colt darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Damballah 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.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Colt perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Colt working Damballah over with strikes.
Colt lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Damballah is trying to stand up here but Colt is controlling him well.
Colt not doing much here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
More hug and hope from Colt.
Damballah is trying to stand.
Colt controlling the action here.
Colt prevents Damballah from standing back up.
Colt seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Colt drops an elbow to the side of Damballah's head.
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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Colt lands a nice short elbow.
Colt takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Colt winds up and cracks Damballah with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Colt is taking a breather. Damballah 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.
Colt has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Damballah looks like he's trying to stand up.
Still in half guard, Colt seems content to control.
Damballah wants to get back to his feet.
Colt perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Colt lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Colt dominated that round.
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.
Damballah scores with a one two! Colt had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheers as Colt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Damballah doesn't seem phased though.
El Misterioso Damballah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Colt dodges the punch combination from Damballah.
Colt tests Damballah's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Damballah looks to land a combination but Colt avoids it well.
Damballah misses with a jab, cross combination.
Damballah gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Colt connects with a right hand. Damballah shakes it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damballah fails to land with a series of punches.
Damballah throws a nice looking combination but Colt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Damballah drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Colt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Damballah can do to turn this around?
Nice shot by Colt.
Damballah swinging wildly here.
Damballah takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Colt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Damballah is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Colt is defending well.
Damballah tries for a takedown but Colt manages to get underhooks.
Colt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damballah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colt lands a body shot in the clinch.
Colt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Damballah is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Colt gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Brian Colt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of El Misterioso Damballah.
Damballah is breathing heavily.
Damballah wants to get back to striking at distance but Colt won't allow it.
Damballah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Colt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Colt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Colt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damballah misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Colt.
Colt is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Colt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Colt tries to land a knee to the head but Damballah blocks with his arms.
Colt lands a body shot.
Colt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damballah's elbow.
Damballah misses with the head strike.
Colt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Damballah or not.
Colt tries to throw a body punch but Damballah avoids it by throwing Colt back against the cage.
Colt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Colt digs a right hand underneath Damballah's ribcage. Damballah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Colt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colt lands a shot to the body.
Colt misses with a punch to the body.
Colt lands a hook that snaps the head of Damballah backwards.
Colt lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Colt tries to throw a body punch but Damballah avoids it by throwing Colt back against the cage.
Colt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Damballah misses with a punch on the inside.
Colt works on Damballah's body with a couple of short punches.
Colt digs a right hand underneath Damballah's ribcage. Damballah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Colt lands a nice shot to the body.
Colt misses with a body punch.
Damballah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brian Colt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Colt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Colt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Colt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Colt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Colt tries to throw a body punch but Damballah avoids it by throwing Colt back against the cage.
Colt lands with a left to the head.
Colt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Colt scores with a shot to the side of Damballah's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Colt.
Colt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Damballah backwards.
Colt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damballah's elbow.
I was talking to Colt's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Colt misses with a punch to the body.
Colt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Colt as the two fighters clinch.
Colt scores with a hook to the body.
Colt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Colt jerks Damballah's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Damballah drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Colt goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Colt because Damballah was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Brian Colt!
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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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