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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Papy Abedi (ranked 3726 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eulalio Gonzalez (ranked 10594 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez has chosen El Party Me Llama as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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42
182 lbs
31 - 18 - 0 |
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179 cm
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183 lbs
25 - 24 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good kicks
Granite chin |
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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
31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papy Abedi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 24 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eulalio Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abedi avoids the head kick by Gonzalez.
Abedi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
Abedi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Abedi scores with a push kick.
Gonzalez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Abedi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gonzalez just manages to avoid it.
Abedi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gonzalez to the mat! Gonzalez manages to get full guard.
Gonzalez trying to keep a closed guard but Abedi is proving a slippery customer.
Abedi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gonzalez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Abedi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abedi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abedi scoring with some ground and pound.
Abedi wants to control from the top but Gonzalez keeps moving.
Gonzalez wants to sweep but no luck.
Gonzalez striking off his back but it's not causing Abedi any problems.
Abedi wants to control from the top but Gonzalez keeps moving.
Gonzalez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Abedi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Abedi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ground and pound from Abedi.
Gonzalez wants to get back to full guard.
Abedi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Abedi lands a nice short elbow.
Abedi lands with a punch from half guard.
Abedi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gonzalez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Abedi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Abedi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abedi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Abedi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gonzalez tries to kick Abedi off in order to stand up. Abedi Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Gonzalez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Abedi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Abedi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gonzalez keeps working.
Abedi is putting a hurting on Gonzalez here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The strikes coming from Abedi are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Gonzalez manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Abedi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Abedi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Abedi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Abedi is trying to control. Gonzalez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Abedi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gonzalez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Abedi drops back, looking for a kneebar! Gonzalez looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Gonzalez looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Gonzalez!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abedi tries to buck Gonzalez off but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Gonzalez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Abedi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Abedi is refusing to be controlled, as Gonzalez sits in half guard.
Gonzalez is looking to stall here but Abedi recovers full guard.
Gonzalez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papy Abedi dominated that round.
That's time! Abedi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A slow jab from Gonzalez misses its intended target.
No joy there for Gonzalez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Abedi dives in and scores a takedown into Gonzalez's guard.
Abedi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Abedi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Abedi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Abedi connects with a couple of short punches.
Abedi stopping the sweep attempt from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Abedi manages to get himself to full guard.
Papy Abedi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Abedi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abedi being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Abedi wants to sweep but no luck.
Gonzalez stands and throws Abedi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gonzalez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Abedi's shoulder. That is not cool.
Gonzalez scoring with punches from side control.
Gonzalez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Abedi is trying to get back to half guard.
Gonzalez working away.
Abedi defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Abedi!
Abedi tries to hold on but Gonzalez pushes him away.
Gonzalez lands a couple of good shots and Abedi has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Abedi covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Gonzalez throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Gonzalez is landing with strikes from the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Abedi! Can he survive? No! He's out! Gonzalez gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Eulalio Gonzalez!
Eulalio Gonzalez took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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