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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eliod Bunkley Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haji Muakbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bunkley Iii might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Knocksville Girl. Muakbar has chosen That Punjabi Jay-Z song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
41
193 lbs
32 - 30 - 1 |
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171 cm
46
192 lbs
41 - 30 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
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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
32 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eliod Bunkley Iii! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
41 - 30 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Haji Muakbar! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bunkley Iii with a hook. Bunkley Iii shoots in and gets a takedown into Muakbar's guard. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bunkley Iii accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Bunkley Iii working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Bunkley Iii landing with the ground and pound. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Bunkley Iii throws a big right hand that misses. Bunkley Iii postures up and lands a big shot to Muakbar's brow. Bunkley Iii throwing strikes but missing. Bunkley Iii stopping the sweep attempt from Muakbar. Muakbar working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Muakbar pulls Bunkley Iii in close to his closed guard and prevents Bunkley Iii from doing any damage or advancing position. Bunkley Iii 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. Bunkley Iii throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bunkley Iii trying to control but Muakbar is working from the bottom. Bunkley Iii in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bunkley Iii accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Muakbar has Bunkley Iii pulled in close to control his posture. Muakbar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Muakbar looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it. Bunkley Iii trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Bunkley Iii throws a big elbow that misses. Bunkley Iii is looking to work some ground and pound but Muakbar has wrist control.
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. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bunkley Iii accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Bunkley Iii throws a strike but Muakbar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. Muakbar lands a couple of decent looking shots. Muakbar is sitting in close to Bunkley Iii's body. Bunkley Iii has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Muakbar is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Muakbar is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Bunkley Iii.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Eliod Bunkley Iii! Eliod Bunkley Iii 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. In defeat, Haji Muakbar stepped up to the mic, saying 'the roid rage just didn't kick in this time'.
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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
37% |
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