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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Cotton (ranked 7126 p4p, 648 weight class) and Vincento Vega (ranked 8953 p4p, 711 weight class). Cotton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Humble by: Kendrick Lamar. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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189 cm
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189 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
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199 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leon Cotton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vincento Vega! The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cotton misses with a takedown attempt - Vega sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Vega misses with a low kick. No luck with that takedown attempt from Cotton. Vega gets caught napping as Cotton dives in and scores a takedown. Vega manages to retain guard. Vega keeping full guard, as Cotton tries to pass. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cotton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. We've been hearing good reports from Cotton's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. Cotton 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. Vega 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. Vega is looking to stand up but Cotton isn't so interested in that idea. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Vega holds on and takes a little breather. Cotton thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cotton is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Vega is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Vega has escaped and now he's on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Cotton is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Vega is aware though and is defending well. Cotton is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Vega has his hands clasped together but Cotton extends and breaks Vega's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Cotton.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leon Cotton! Leon Cotton thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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