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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alton Maxin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Hope Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hope Jr comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dmx The Rain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Billy Hope Jr will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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195 cm
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235 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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192 cm
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270 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alton Maxin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Hope Jr! The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hope Jr has managed to clinch.
Maxin keeps control of Hope Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Maxin keeps control of Hope Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Maxin has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hope Jr regains guard immediately. Maxin scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Maxin looking to pass the guard. Maxin working some strikes from top position. Hope Jr told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet. Maxin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Maxin is looking to work some ground and pound but Hope Jr has wrist control. Maxin with a nice head shot there. Hope Jr had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Maxin defends it easily. Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground! Maxin lands a couple of decent looking shots. Maxin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Maxin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. This has been an exciting period of action! Maxin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Maxin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Hope Jr pushes a forearm under Maxin's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Maxin is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Billy Hope Jr! After the fight, Billy Hope Jr was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
77% |
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