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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Lam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablito Sapo Verde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pablito Sapo Verde has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 cm
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265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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184 cm
18
234 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Lam! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablito Sapo Verde! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lam scores a takedown into full mount! Sapo Verde is looking to get to half guard. Lam knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sapo Verde on the ground. Sapo Verde regains half guard. Lam landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Sapo Verde slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Lam postures up in Sapo Verde's guard and throws a big left but Sapo Verde blocks it. Lam throws and elbow that misses. Sapo Verde uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lam's guard. Nice move by Sapo Verde! Sapo Verde sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lam's guard. Lam tries to get to full guard but Sapo Verde has control of the leg. Lam strikes from the bottom but Sapo Verde passes into mount!
Sapo Verde fails to take his opponent's back. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lam flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lam on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lam tries to get out of the position. Lam tries to improve his position but instead Sapo Verde has taken his back! Lam turns into Sapo Verde and is now in his guard.
Lam with a nice head shot there. Lam throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Sapo Verde preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Lam lands a couple of digs. Lam lands a couple of elbows. Lam missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Lam tries to free his leg and advance position but Sapo Verde is retaining full guard. Sapo Verde looking to control.
Sapo Verde utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Sapo Verde is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lam stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sapo Verde swivels though and keeps the full guard. Sapo Verde should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lam landing some decent shots from guard. Lam lands a couple of decent looking shots. Lam postures up.
Sapo Verde looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sapo Verde looks gassed! Sapo Verde is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lam connects with a couple of short punches. Lam forces his way into half guard. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Lam scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lam is nestled in close to Sapo Verde, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Lam takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Lam drops an elbow to the side of Sapo Verde's head. Lam looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sapo Verde with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Lam working the head and body with strikes. Nice strikes from Lam there. Sapo Verde wants to improve his position but Lam is controlling well.
Lam seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Sapo Verde has hold of Lam's hands but Lam slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Lam lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Lam working over Sapo Verde with some ground and pound. Sapo Verde looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sapo Verde is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Lam works his way into full mount! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Sapo Verde taking shots to the head. Lam looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lam landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sapo Verde is rocked! Oooooh, big shot lands for Lam! Sapo Verde is hurt baaadly! Lam is firing away with more strikes - Sapo Verde is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Lam!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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