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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Manuel (ranked 176 p4p, 10 weight class) and Eyeam Yurmommy (ranked 652 p4p, 37 weight class). Yurmommy has chosen Peanut Butter Jelly Time - Galantis as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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163 cm
24
140 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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150 cm
24
135 lbs
10 - 2 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Manuel! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Eyeam Yurmommy! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yurmommy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manuel. A jab from Manuel finds it's way through Yurmommy's defenses. Manuel lands with a hook. Yurmommy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Manuel throws a looping overhand right but Yurmommy ducks down to avoid it. Yurmommy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Manuel throws out the jab. Manuel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yurmommys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! A lazy left from Manuel finds it's target. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A punch combination from Yurmommy misses. Yurmommy slips a jab from Manuel. Yurmommy unleashes a big counter combination but Manuel bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Manuel misses with a looping right. Manuel is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Manuel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Yurmommy throws a lazy uppercut
and Yurmommy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Manuel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Yurmommy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Manuel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yurmommy. Manuel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yurmommy on the side of the head. Manuel misses with a looping left. A little jabbing left from Yurmommy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Yurmommy ducks under a wild hook from Manuel. Manuel throws a right hand that misses
and Yurmommy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Manuel avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Manuel misses with a hook. Yurmommy ducked under it nicely. Yurmommy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. Manuel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Yurmommy wants to clinch up but Manuel keeps it at a distance. Nice defenses there by Yurmommy. Yurmommy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. A jab from Manuel misses. Yurmommy throws a counter combo. Manuel throws a poor cross that misses
and Yurmommy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Manuel throws a lazy uppercut
and Yurmommy counters with a stiff right hand.
Manuel is rocked! Manuel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yurmommy counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eyeam Yurmommy! Eyeam Yurmommy is the new bantamweight champion! Eyeam Yurmommy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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C
A |
G |
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B |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
41% |
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