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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lee Sang Seok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alka Mangrove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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160 lbs
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163 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lee Sang Seok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alka Mangrove!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Seok misses its intended target.
Nice uppercut there from Seok.
Seok gets tackled into the cage by Mangrove. Mangrove maintains the clinch.
Seok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mangrove's elbow.
Seok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Seok blocks a body shot from Mangrove.
Seok can't break the clinch.
Mangrove pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Seok fails to pull guard.
A nice left hand lands by Seok.
Mangrove blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seok working aggressively here.
Seok scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mangrove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seok breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Seok misses.
Seok on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mangrove - that will leave a mark!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mangrove misses with a hook.
Seok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangrove throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seok has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mangrove.
Seok stuns Mangrove with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mangrove will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Seok lands the left hand.
Seok tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mangrove was well out of range. Poor timing from Seok.
Seok fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mangrove looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seok ducks right into an uppercut from Mangrove.
Mangrove throws a wild body kick that Seok sees coming a mile off.
Seok appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Seok fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mangrove avoids it really well and circles away.
Mangrove throws a lazy body kick
and Seok counters with a single leg into guard. Mangrove didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mangrove isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Seok stacks Mangrove on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Seok!
Seok lands a nice forearm strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove is working to avoid the ground and pound but Seok connects with a decent elbow.
Mangrove manages to work his way to half guard, despite Seok's best efforts.
Seok is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Mangrove has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mangrove wants to improve his position but Seok is controlling well.
Seok 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.
Mangrove is not content to let Seok control the position.
Seok looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mangrove with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove is looking to improve his position.
Seok tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mangrove knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mangrove is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mangrove is in trouble now - Seok has advanced to mount!
Mangrove is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seok lands a nice shot to the head.
Seok is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Mangrove has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Mangrove is bucking up trying to escape but Seok cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Seok manages to capitalize on a mistake by Mangrove to take his back!
Mangrove is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Sang Seok dominated that round.
That's time! Seok's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mangrove wants to clinch up but Seok keeps it at a distance.
Lee Sang Seok is winning the standup battle so far.
Mangrove is looking to clinch but Seok is avoiding it.
Mangrove throws a head kick that misses.
Mangrove avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mangrove wants to counter the offense by Seok and move into the clinch position.
Seok avoids a kick to the body.
Seok feinted with a counter takedown.
Mangrove connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mangrove circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mangrove throws a front kick that sends Seok stumbling back into the cage.
Mangrove avoids the body shot from Seok.
Seok wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangrove looks to land a body kick but Seok moved away.
Mangrove looks to land a right hand but Seok moved out of range.
Seok dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Mangrove. No joy for Seok on that attempt.
Seok fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mangrove on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Mangrove blocks the leg kick.
Mangrove throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mangrove pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seok moves out of range of the body kick.
Seok misses with a hook.
Mangrove feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Seok's calf.
A swing and a miss from Seok.
Mangrove feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Seok's calf.
Seok keeps the fight on the outside.
Mangrove misses with a leg kick.
Mangrove takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mangrove fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove tries to score a power double leg takedown but Seok sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mangrove somewhat.
Seok drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mangrove sprawls and moves away.
Seok slaps away a takedown attempt from Mangrove, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Seok tries to counter with a takedown but Mangrove is quick to defend against it.
Lee Sang Seok has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alka Mangrove.
Mangrove throws a body kick that misses
and Seok counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mangrove won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mangrove is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mangrove is working to avoid the ground and pound but Seok connects with a decent elbow.
Seok is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mangrove can do to turn this around?
Mangrove tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Seok presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Seok raining down shots from the mount!
Seok tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove tries to reverse the position but Seok maintains control.
Seok landing strikes from the mount and Mangrove is in trouble!
The referee warns Mangrove that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Seok can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mangrove is looking to escape.
Seok with good strikes from the mount here!
Mangrove is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Seok tries to control but Mangrove wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seok working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mangrove is in all sorts of trouble here.
Seok lands a couple of good shots and Mangrove has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Lee Sang Seok overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Seok has the hooks in. Mangrove is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seok scores with punches and elbows.
Mangrove is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Seok off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Mangrove wants to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mangrove is trying to remain composed but Seok is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Seok goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Mangrove escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Mangrove content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Sang Seok dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Mangrove lands with a kick to the ribs.
Seok changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mangrove takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mangrove explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Seok is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Mangrove takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Seok does it's job there.
Seok misses with a hook.
Seok tries to work over Mangrove's front leg with a kick but Mangrove checks it.
Seok takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seok looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Our spies down at at Montreal Elite Gym inform us that Mangrove has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mangrove trying to control the position.
Mangrove keeping full guard, as Seok tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangrove is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mangrove looking for a guillotine here but Seok defends easily.
Seok is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Seok tries to free his leg and advance position but Mangrove is retaining full guard.
Mangrove is trying to keep Seok in close.
Seok stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mangrove swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alka Mangrove has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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.
Mangrove pulls Seok in close to his closed guard and prevents Seok from doing any damage or advancing position.
Seok pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mangrove is keeping the position for now.
Seok is stalling in the full guard.
Mangrove looking to control but Seok passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seok trying to control from half guard but Mangrove is working away.
Mangrove gets full guard.
Mangrove working a defensive guard here.
Seok trying to control the position from guard on top but Mangrove is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mangrove cracks Seok with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Seok shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mangrove but Mangrove pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mangrove is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove tries to land a body kick
so Seok counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mangrove wants to hit a switch here but Seok passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Mangrove there!
Mangrove tries to hold on but Seok postures up.
Mangrove is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mangrove keeps trying to improve his position.
Lee Sang Seok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Seok takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Sang Seok showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Seok has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Sang Seok!
A very excited looking Lee Sang Seok made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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