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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jah Wobble (ranked 5913 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Salazar (ranked 6219 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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162 lbs
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159 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 The Island, Jah Wobble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luke Salazar!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salazar throws a series of strikes that have Wobble backpedaling.
It looks like Jah Wobble has been cut.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Wobble.
Salazar is looking for a sweep.
Salazar being controlled for a moment.
Salazar is trying to buck Wobble off.
Wobble looks up at the clock and then as Salazar takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wobble smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wobble working the head and body with strikes.
Wobble working the ground and pound from side control.
Wobble trying to control the action but Salazar is working from the bottom.
Wobble just content to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wobble scoring with punches and elbows.
Wobble landing a few strikes.
Salazar tries to improve position but can't.
Wobble is looking to take a break and control but Salazar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Salazar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Salazar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wobble lands some shots froms side control.
Wobble working the ground and pound from side control.
Wobble looks up at the clock and then as Salazar takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wobble smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Salazar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar pushes Wobble away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wobble gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Wobble lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Salazar down.
Wobble taking a breather here.
Salazar is trying to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here as Wobble stalls from top position.
Wobble taking a break here but Salazar is having none of it and regains half guard.
Salazar wants to control but Wobble is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Wobble there.
Wobble trying to control the pace.
Wobble looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Salazar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wobble takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wobble working Salazar over with strikes.
Wobble is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wobble seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wobble lands strikes from half guard.
Wobble sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wobble lands a nice short elbow.
Wobble wants to lay and pray for a moment but Salazar keeps working.
We've been hearing good reports from Wobble'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.
Salazar is trying to stand.
Wobble is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Salazar trying to control from the bottom.
Wobble looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Salazar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wobble performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Salazar is trying to maintain the position but Wobble is very close to passing his half guard.
Nice strikes from Wobble there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jah Wobble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jah Wobble's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wobble stuffs the takedown.
Wobble darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Wobble.
Wobble trying to control the pace.
Jah Wobble overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wobble scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Salazar has hold of Wobble's hands but Wobble slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wobble content to control rather than advance.
Wobble trying to control from half guard but Salazar is working away.
Salazar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wobble scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wobble perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wobble has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wobble takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wobble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salazar can do to turn this around?
Salazar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wobble's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wobble's back!
Salazar is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Wobble has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Wobble can't escape the position.
Wobble just trying to survive but Salazar is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
You can see the frustration on Wobble's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salazar trying to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar is trying to stick to Wobble's back but Wobble is turning into Salazar. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Salazar's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Wobble.
Wobble postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wobble scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Salazar keeping moving, preventing Wobble from controlling successfully.
Wobble lands a couple of elbows.
Wobble scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wobble slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wobble postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wobble is working Salazar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wobble working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Salazar's head.
Wobble controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wobble stands up over Salazar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wobble working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Salazar's head.
Wobble has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wobble keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Salazar's head.
Wobble lands a couple of elbows.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Salazar can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wobble working some strikes from top position.
Salazar had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wobble defends it easily.
Salazar is breathing heavily.
Wobble is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wobble advances to half guard.
Wobble prevents Salazar from standing back up.
Salazar taking some punishment here, with Wobble in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wobble controlling the action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salazar won't allow Wobble to pass to mount.
Wobble lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jah Wobble dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jah Wobble's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Salazar gets a takedown into half guard.
Salazar prevents Wobble from improving his position.
Salazar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wobble tries to get to full guard but Salazar has control of the leg.
Salazar is thwarting Wobble's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wobble keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Wobble has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Salazar is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wobble wants to improve his position but Salazar is controlling well.
Salazar is looking to pass Wobble's guard but actually Wobble recovers to full guard.
Salazar throws a big right hand that misses.
Wobble managing to control the position.
Jah Wobble is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wobble's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Salazar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wobble avoids it really well and circles away.
Wobble decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Salazar manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Wobble takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wobble stuffs the takedown attempt from Salazar. Salazar gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wobble looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Wobble's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Wobble postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Wobble looks for a takedown but Salazar sprawls well.
Wobble throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Salazar tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Wobble is in Salazar's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salazar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wobble content to stall in guard here.
Luke Salazar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Salazar throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Salazar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wobble has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jah Wobble!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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