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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zane Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Paris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wagner comes to the cage accompanied by Whoeva. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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175 lbs
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183 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zane Wagner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cody Paris!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Francis DeMontford and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paris dives in and scores a takedown into Wagner's guard.
Paris is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paris is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Paris is in close to Wagner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paris is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
It looks like Paris might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Wagner knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Paris on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner is looking to stand up but Paris isn't so interested in that idea.
Paris lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paris sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Paris landing some decent shots from guard.
Paris advances position into side control!
Paris advances nicely into full mount.
Paris controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Paris cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Paris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Paris raining down shots from the mount!
Paris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Paris raining down hammerfists from mount.
Paris tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Paris punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paris with good strikes from the mount here!
Paris in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Paris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wagner definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Paris has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wagner's face.
Paris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Paris is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Wagner is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cody Paris!
A relieved looking Cody Paris thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Zane Wagner spoke after the fight, saying 'I just was not good enough tonight, I was very disappointed because I had such a great camp. Props to my opponent for beating me tonight , but I will be back better than ever.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
32% |
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