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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between damien cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ajax Anstice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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225 cm
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130 lbs
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169 cm
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135 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Inexperienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, damien cook! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ajax Anstice! The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! cook showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anstice.
cook shoots in but no luck this time. Anstice fails to land with a series of punches.
Ajax Anstice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Anstice throws a series of punches but cook avoids them all with ease. A combination from Anstice does no damage. Anstice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
cook feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. cook is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Anstice escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. cook gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. cook won't allow Anstice to sweep him here. cook drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and cook jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. cook drops back looking for a leg! Anstice is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Anstice manages to kick cook off! cook jumps back into Anstice's guard. cook forces his way into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. cook is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Anstice has managed to free his arm - good work. cook is breathing heavily. Anstice tries to roll over but cook keeps him under control. cook is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
cook is working for a kimura but Anstice is defending it quite comfortably.
Anstice slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. cook preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Anstice escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. cook gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Anstice is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! cook rolls with it to try and escape but Anstice cranks on the arm and cook is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ajax Anstice!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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