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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Armando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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190 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut |
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brad Foster! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Diego Armando! The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Armando showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Foster.
Foster showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Armando.
Foster looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Armando is fending him off so far but Foster persists. Nope, Armando circles away and we're back to standing. Diego Armando seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Armando throws a right and a left that Foster avoids nicely. Armando fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Foster shoots in and drives through. Armando sprawls well. Foster throws a hook but Armando blocks it. Armando lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Foster shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Armando wants to stand but Foster is controlling the position. Foster showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Armando pushes Foster off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Armando tries to clinch up. Armando is looking to clinch. Foster defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Armando. Foster lands a head kick!
Armando fails to land with a series of punches.
Foster lands a high kick!
Armando fails with the takedown and Foster moves into the clinch. Foster pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Foster throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Armando tries to clinch up. Foster fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Armando avoids it really well and circles away. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Foster. That's going to take a lot out of him. Armando throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Foster. Armando with a poor takedown and Foster counters with a one-two to the body. Armando looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Armando throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Foster counters with a head kick. Armando misses with the combination.
Foster connects with a high kick.
It looks like Diego Armando has been cut. Foster shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Foster sitting in guard here, content to control. Foster advances to half guard. Foster throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Foster is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Armando is in trouble now - Foster has advanced to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Foster controlling his opponent. Foster lands a heavy elbow. Foster content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Foster pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Foster controlling his opponent. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Armando in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Foster sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Foster working Armando over with strikes here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Foster dominated that round. The cut man is working on Diego Armando's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Armando swinging wildly here.
Foster fails with a takedown attempt. Foster really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Armando tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Foster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Foster is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Armando. Foster is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Armando can do to turn this around? Armando takes a kick to the side of the head.
Armando is rocked! Armando wants to stay close but Foster steps back to make room for something. Armando seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Foster and Armando drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Brad Foster! Brad Foster 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.
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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
44% |
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