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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Benito Galea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sanders's choice of entrance music: LL Cool J. This should be fireworks!
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155 lbs
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162 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Benito Galea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Earl Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanders tries to clinch up.
Sanders looks to land a combination but Galea avoids it well.
Galea keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanders is looking to clinch.
Sanders throws a right hand that Galea ducks under and follows up with a left that Galea also avoids with ease.
Galea looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sanders is fending him off so far but Galea persists. Nope, Sanders circles away and we're back to standing.
Galea throws a shot from downtown. Sanders moves away and avoids it.
Sanders looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Galea!
Sanders stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Sanders lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Galea backs up against the cage.
Sanders works Galea's body with a nice hook.
Galea could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sanders buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanders shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Galea counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sanders's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanders really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Galea. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Galea trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanders is looking for a triangle but Galea pushes his legs off easily.
Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sanders looks gassed!
Galea advances to half guard.
Sanders wants to get back to full guard.
Galea not doing much here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sanders looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Galea in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Sanders tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Galea!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Benito Galea!
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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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FIGHT
RATING
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